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[hopefanatic]

There's something I've been thinking about for a while so I hope all of you will be patient enough to indulge me.

A good deal of fantastic and seemingly-impossible things happen in this place, ranging from all of us raising dragons to encountering killer plants like ones out of an old horror movie. I know that I don't just speak for myself when I say that a lot of the things we encounter here simply don't happen where I'm from... In fact one could even call all of it downright impossible and against the laws of nature and physics! I mean, the moons changing us into animals? Some mysterious space society that we've "mysteriously" encountered right when they need our help? It almost sounds like a video game!

Which brings me to the question I'd like to pose to all of you...

How do you know that any of this is reality?

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[1upzero]

[It was a scary thought that everything might not be real, but then... did she know what ‘real’ was in the first place? She only had one frame of reference, and she was at least sure of one thing....]

I can’t say what any of this is.... but, I am sure of one thing. This is not the same place we were. It is fundamentally different. I don’t understand how... but I am very sure it is something else.

Probably.

[hopefanatic]

[That "probably" isn't encouraging him, but he also didn't bring this up to have his mind changed.]

"Fundamentally different"? Are you so certain that you would recognize that sort of thing?

[1upzero]

[She herself wasn’t completely sure, after all a simulation would make more logical sense.]

Yes.

I don’t know how to explain it though. There is something missing. There is no support system, and Oniisan isn’t here. The environment is too detailed and too large. There are other processes that are required that just don’t exists.

[Of course her programming could have been changed, since she should have been deleted anyway, but she felt pretty sure of it.]

It’s a feeling....

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[badluckblues]

isn't the whole idea of magic is that it's against the laws of nature and physics tho

[hopefanatic]

But if something as advanced as you could exist doesn't it also stand to reason that there could be countermeasures taken to ensure that you wouldn't notice? After all, it would defeat the purpose of everything if it could be picked out that easily.

I'm sorry if I can't accept "a feeling" so easily, but you'll have to understand that some things don't add up if you look at it from a logical standpoint.

[hopefanatic]

A computer program can simulate that sort of thing just as easily. Doesn't it all just strike you as a little too convenient?

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[coolerjunpei]

you think it's not real because some weird shit happens? but it's happening to you either way, isn't it? sounds real enough to me.

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[codecmoment]

I'm okay if it's not.

The escapism is welcome.

[badluckblues]

so us this like a... our evil alien robot overlords are trapping our consciousness inside a simulated reality while using our bodies as an energy source theory

or a we never actually existed in reality and all of our memories and experiences are in fact made-up theory

[1upzero]

It is true, a lot of things don't add up, and, it would make the most sense if it were a simulation.

However, even if it is, I don't believe we are in the same place. This is definitely not related to The Neo World Program, or anything the Future Foundation could do. I want to keep an open mind before having theories, because it might make understanding the truth more difficult.

[hopefanatic]

Well if it's a simulation, while our minds might perceive it as real the situation isn't the same for our bodies, right? Don't you wonder what might be happening to them?

[hopefanatic]

Oh? You wouldn't be worried about how it happened or where your body might be?

[codecmoment]

When I arrived on the moon, I saw... a vision in a lake, there. Of my comatose body and my daughter crying over me.

So whatever's happening, I don't entirely believe it's real, exactly.

[coolerjunpei]

if all i'm aware of is the simulation (or not) in here? no, not really. until someone can prove otherwise, this reality is the one that matters.

[hopefanatic]

I've never really bought into that second theory, even I think that's a little far-fetched!

But as for the first one, if we're being used for energy could that really be considered strictly "evil"? Sure we'd eventually outlive our use and become lifeless husks, but if we're helping save a race wouldn't that be an honor?

[hopefanatic]

It's good to have the opinion of someone directly involved, I had thought that might be the case but figured you would know better than me.

[But of course he couldn't have just... Asked her, like a normal person.]

Who said I'm not keeping an open mind? I'm just posing a question. I think it's only right to make people consider all the possibilities, wouldn't that make it much easier?

[And it might push people to search for the truth harder, whether or not they agree.]

[hopefanatic]

How uninspiring.

[hopefanatic]

But you'll accept whatever it is that's happening, even after seeing that? Wow, you're pretty carefree!

[coolerjunpei]

seriously? you want to spend all of your time worrying about a maybe, go ahead, but that's bullshit. you can't get any living done like that.

[codecmoment]

I spend every day being afraid of leaving my daughter alone in the world. Don't put words in my mouth.

While I'm here, I've been given... a chance at something I never got back home. There was no chance, no hope of it. So I'm not going to turn my nose up at it.

[hopefanatic]

I never said I was worrying, I was just posing a question.

[coolerjunpei]

splitting hairs. why would you ask people about it if you weren't some kind of concerned?

[1upzero]

Of course.

Considering them all will make learning of this world easier.

Though, I do hope we were whisked away to another world, trapped in a simulation would be....

[Too soon.]

[hopefanatic]

So you're looking for that hope here? How nice, I hope you pursue it with all your might while you have the chance!

[hopefanatic]

Oh I don't really care one way or the other! I just want to see everyone search thoroughly for their own conclusion and reach a bright hope together!