week 2, tuesday

[seaclipsed]

[ katara is seated in front of the bonfire, cooking... well, fish. fish is probably like 90% of everyone's diet at this point honestly.

anyway, this is a good opportunity for anyone to come by. it's almost midnight don't expect me to write anything more eloquent than this dammit. ]

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[vipmix]

[yeah it sure would be terrible if someone just. lied to people. about who they are. constantly. for the entire game.]

And therein lies the problem with "bonds" in a situation like this. You have to trust that what you know of a person is real and means something in the grand scheme of things, even though it's simply whatever they've chosen to share about themselves, true or not.

[seaclipsed]

We don't even know what kind of bonds they mean in the first place! I mean... you don't bond with someone you're working with the same way as you'd bond with a family member. How are we even supposed to be doing this?

[vipmix]

[just... sighs]

It might become more obvious as the weeks go on, but... we don't have that much time to figure it out. Our game clock is two months.

[seaclipsed]

Or sooner, depending on how eager people are about this.

[ she sounds mad??? you haven't even found multiple bodies yet katara chill ]

[vipmix]

Hmm, yes, that's a possibility, too. [there's a beat before he adds:] I can't say I expected you to point it out, but you're a lot more realistic than you seem, aren't you?

[seaclipsed]

Wait. What's that supposed to mean?

[vipmix]

Nothing. I thought you were more the optimistic, hopeful type... but I can admit when I'm wrong.

[seaclipsed]

[ she sighs, rubbing her face for a second with her TWO HANDS. ]

I'm going to do my best to make sure we get out of here alive, Joshua. But... I've seen enough to know that not everyone might think the same as me.

[ even though they're wrong and stupid. ]

[vipmix]

[I'm alive and you've got two hands why is this conversation still going]

And I hadn't expected that. It wasn't a complaint; it's a lot easier to talk to someone who doesn't absolutely believe the good in everyone.

[seaclipsed]

[ listen... katara just almost straight up murdered a man because of how much she hates him before she got brought here, she is not at a canon point to believe the good in everyone. ]

I guess. [ ... ] I do want to believe that there is more good here than bad though.

[vipmix]

[wow I cant believe katara would consider murdering a man for a valid reason what a horrible person]

And that normally wouldn't be a problem, but in this setting, that's quite the gamble.

[seaclipsed]

[ look... people would still consider that as proof as to why someone would kill someone. :/ ]

I know. And it's even harder to tell after the Chiefs pulled that stunt.

[vipmix]

[you should only kill people for bets :/]

...Which may have been their goal in the first place.

[wow from this side this shit is infuriating ???]

wait why are you tagging me arent you supposed to be doing something

[seaclipsed]

Well, I hope they feel proud of themselves for that accomplishment!

ill tell you in the gc lmfdks

[vipmix]

I don't think you need to hope for that.

[:|]

[seaclipsed]

No... they're probably patting themselves on the back.

[ ... ]

Actually, they probably aren't even doing that. They don't seem to care enough for it.

[vipmix]

They are machines. It's hard to tell what they can and can't "feel".

[... right katara doesn't fucking know robots]

[seaclipsed]

[ why do i keep apping characters who don't know what modern shit is ]

They're like... programmed, right?

[ she says this in the tone of someone who has that word said to her a billion times and she only has a vague understanding of what it means. ]

[vipmix]

[so that I'm stuck explaining robots to cavemen I guess!!!]

Hmmm... yes and no. You're in a war, so I assume you have some sort of man-operated machinery, yes? [he's HOPIng]

[seaclipsed]

Oh, yeah we do.

[ granted all of it is like... powered by bending. ]

[vipmix]

[y'all had a tank and blimps let me live??]

"Programming" is a way to automate functions on a machine. The actual process is a little more complicated than that, but that's the short of it.

[hums a bit as he thinks]

Now, when it comes to the Chiefs, what they're capable of doing-- I'm fairly certain that falls into a domain called "artificial intelligence". I'm not an expert, since it was still only theoretical where I'm from, but the kind of cognitive thought and learning they've displayed is far past anything a human being could've programmed into a machine. Does that make sense so far?

[seaclipsed]

[ yeah and that shit was powered by bending. ]

I think so. Basically, they're... machines that are smarter than the typical ones.

[vipmix]

Hmmm... Close enough. [shrugs] It's a little closer to machines that have been given life, but that implies more emotions than these two have shown so far.

[seaclipsed]

So it's more like a half life?

[ video game nerds yell for a sequel in the distance ]

[vipmix]

That's... not a bad way to see it. I can't say I know much of how souls work regarding machines, but they sure act like soulless beings, don't they?