[Eleventh Heart] BBS

[feedmyglitch]

[He'd hardly admit it, really, but he had developed a fondness for Aerith. It's distant, yes, but it's what he can manage being a Heartless and all. She had, after all, accepted him as individual rather quickly--something quite unexpected. So, perhaps, when she'd vanished, it had... Bothered him, more or less. So, it's back to anonymity for him.]

Has anyone seen Aerith? She appears to have gone missing. It is quite unlike her, and it is also quite worrisome. Has she simply gone missing? Or is she off on a mission? Perhaps she has gone home? I request more data.

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[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

Her hair is brown, worn in a braid down her back. Green eyes. Kind face.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

I have no desire to return to the few short cycles I likely have left. As well, I do not understand sadness. Is that what I am feeling and not disappointment?

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

Emotions are somewhat new in my evolution. I was created without them. All of my race lack them. It was only through the absorption of countless bytes that I evolved to have them.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

...My life before the Garden was inside a computer. I was, as you humans would say, a virus.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[buh.]

[feedmyglitch]

...No. I was pulled from the computer and brought here. I am as physically present as you. However, I still use the same terms from my time as a program to refer to ordinary processes.

[vestigiaflammae.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

Neither.

[werepanther]

Her name disappeared from her dorm room, so I think she's gone. :( Sorry, man.

She was a good person.

- Instructor Tom Bronson

[feedmyglitch]

...This is disappointing to say the least. Thank you for the data.

[werepanther]

Least I could do.

If you ever want to talk, let me know. She was a friend of mine too.

[feedmyglitch]

She wasn't my friend. I am incapable of forging those bonds. However, she did view me as an individual instead of as part of some hive mind.

[werepanther]

I don't think you're a hive mind either? I mean, you don't sound like it. :/

But yeah that sounds like her.

[dataspaced.livejournal.com]

[Dataku neglected to read the archive today; otherwise he might be slightly more concerned. And by 'concerned', we mean 'trying to wrap his head around Ardos caring about Aerith'. Fortunately though, he is not, and so it becomes two anons having a conversation.]



[That's all he says. He rather liked Aerith.]

[feedmyglitch]

Correct. I have not seen her in a few days. It is quite unlike her.

[dataspaced.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

The instructor I spoke to has stated she is no longer here, according to the missing name outside her dorm room.

[dataspaced.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

...I suppose. But not everyone belongs in their original worlds.

[dataspaced.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

I understand. It doesn't change the fact that I feel... I am unsure if it is disappointment or sadness over this. Emotions are not my strong point.

[dataspaced.livejournal.com]

[feedmyglitch]

It would seem we have that in common, then.

late response is late

[dataspaced.livejournal.com]

[He's done it once before, but she was a special case.]

Even later

[feedmyglitch]

It is the same in my case. I am hardly similar to anyone else here, save for one or two.

Re: Even later

[dataspaced.livejournal.com]

[nisenosonzai]

I don't know this Aerith. Is she a friend of yours?

...and have you talked to an instructor?

[feedmyglitch]

She isn't a friend. But she viewed me as an individual.

Yes. It would seem she's gone home.

[nisenosonzai]

Sorry to hear that. I know how important that is to some.

[feedmyglitch]

It is especially important when there are multiple cases of people or things you are associated with.

[nisenosonzai]

[... It's almost as if he's typing to himself. What.]

That it is.

[feedmyglitch]

...I am probably boring you with such information, though. It is not exactly a conversational topic most are interested in.

[nisenosonzai]

...Not really. Actually, It's eerily similar to my own situation.

[feedmyglitch]

Really? I wasn't aware there were others who faced this dilemma.

[nisenosonzai]

I've been told I'm the fourth who looks like me to arrive, but I was never my own person to begin with.

So no, you aren't the only one.

[feedmyglitch]

You are your own person, regardless of what others may say. And no matter what data was forced onto you, you are an individual with unique experiences.

[Yes. Yes, he's a bit bitter.]

1/2

[nisenosonzai]

[Data- ... ... ...]

[There is no immediate response, for in his current state he's bent over, hands to the side of his head with a silent scream in his eyes. Not like anyone would know this...

'Surprised? I guess you should be. After all, I look just like you.'
Was that...his voice?
'I'm an exact replica that-bzzt-made from your data.']

[nisenosonzai]

[... What... was that-?]

Glad one person... thinks so.