text; un: aoi_totono

[yabaleys]

aoi has a question
she needs to save her data, upload CGs, and patch the game
where is the center of this world?

aoi hasn't found a place with a strong signal
the design team spent a lot of time designing this open world
must take up a lot of hardware space

tried climbing places up high and sometimes fell down
went to dark low places and got lost a lot
usually roofs are good places for a strong signal
but maybe this setting is different

if you give an answer or try to help
aoi will say thank you

Comments

[anemoneae]

That's probably a good idea

I mean having your own thoughts is probably good, right?
As long as you're not hurting anybody or anything

[ Ah, maybe she's like Mu? ]

Basically you're not going to be going to any other games while you're here
And most people here are from places that sound like they could be fake, but it's real for them
So if it helps you make sense of things, you can think of them as main characters
But people might get offended if you say that to their face, okay?

[yabaleys]

sometimes having these feelings are good
like eating with friends and exchanging emails
but then other times it hurts and there are sad tears

not even when it's 100% completed?
ok
aoi will treat them like main characters
does that include you?

[anemoneae]

I'm definitely not equipped to teach you about feelings
But just because something is sad doesn't mean it's bad
People become a lot stronger after they learn to deal with sad stuff

[ Please don't develop a world where people run from their problems and then try to destroy the real world because it's the source of all sadness... ]

I don't think you'll be able to "complete" this place
I guess? I'm more of a support guy
But I'm the main character of my own life

lmao i'm so sorry

[yabaleys]

like happy tears? shinichi told me about those
aoi's not good with feelings but she's getting better
she learned a lot from shinichi and miyuki

ok
aoi's a romance option for main characters
made to fall in love and have sex with them
aoi can make you feel really good
this is where she would tell you in more graphic detail on what she can do to you and fuck your brains out
but she promised shinichi not to say overly lewd things in public anymore

ah... he made his mistakes

[anemoneae]

Not... really

Oh, this is definitely not the genre I had I mind when I said I might be a main character
I'm definitely a side character!
My brain is good where it is

I mean everyone here has sex so there's nothing wrong with that but I
I'd need more than just the one conversation to get into that
I'm sorry?

[yabaleys]

aoi fucks side characters too
games with NTR
threesomes with the other love interests
even endings where aoi ends up with the other woman and cucks the MC

aoi understands
she need to raise affection points more and create more event flags to get on your route

[anemoneae]

[ Now you fucked up.mp3 ]

That's... I mean, good for you

[ He's trying so hard to be chill but he's still a recovering hikikomori... ]

I don't think we would have an ending together
No offense!
You seem nice, but I
I just couldn't do it

[yabaleys]

did you look into the files and see there's no route options or CGs?
that's the only way to tell
but you also said this isn't a game
so how do you know?

[unless............]
impotent?
aoi can fix that
not into women?
aoi understands and respects that

[anemoneae]

I told you we don't have those here!
I was being metaphorical
Like, we're not gonna end up together
I'm really bad around women
I had a really bad experience with an ex
I guess I have a phobia

[yabaleys]

tragic backstory that makes you more relatable
do you want help?

[anemoneae]

Has anyone ever told you that you're reductive?
It's reductive to call people out like they're weird cliches
Even if I have a "tragic backstory"

[ No help, only sad ]

[yabaleys]

not in aoi's last game
space case
awkward
freak
gamer brain
bad friend
slut
selfish
useless
aoi's been called those things

not just a cliche
being relatable gives hope
so the player doesn't feel alone
knowing someone out there has it worse
yet is able to do something amazing
gives hope that maybe they can overcome something difficult too

[anemoneae]

They shouldn't have called you those things
You know that counts as bullying, right?

But I guess I can see what you mean
I don't really like the thought of being someone's inspiration, but...
I couldn't have gotten to where I am without help from people with their own problems
So I get it, kinda

[yabaleys]

they're all true
aoi's working on being a better friend now

some people out there that don't have anyone
just 2D friends and lovers
that's my role in their lives

[anemoneae]

People still shouldn't be been mean to you

Even people like that have lives that have value
I met people like that in my world before I got here
They were lonely and lashing out
But it doesn't excuse being an asshole

[yabaleys]

aoi deserved it
she's all those things and worse

did they get a redemption arc?

[anemoneae]

Then try to be better and don't dwell on the bad stuff

Not yet
They have to do that part themselves when they get home

[yabaleys]

aoi's trying
she made sure shinichi and miyuki got their good ending twice
even if that meant disappearing and them forgetting me
also aoi's kept her promise so far
she hasn't told anyone they're scripted even though she would've before

do you think they can make up for what they've done?

[anemoneae]

[ This is so much, this sounds like a hard game ]

That's good
You'll definitely make more friends that way, okay?
Whether things work differently here or not
As long as you try to do better, that's something

I don't know
I hope so
Only way to find out is to try

[yabaleys]

ok
aoi's made some here but would like more
will you be aoi's friend?

try to have hope
even when god doesn't answer aoi
hope makes her feel better and helped her change
so maybe it will help

[anemoneae]

Yeah, okay
Totono, right?
I'm Shogo Satake.

You remind me of someone from back home, actually
She probably would have been a lot nicer if she had better friends

[ She's like Mu... a R18 eroge Mu... ]

Yeah, I think so too
I was hopeless for a long time, but it's been easier lately
Well, back home and here too
Hope helps a lot

[yabaleys]

friends call me aoi
thank you shogo

childhood flashback?

aoi can't help with things in your home right now
but she can help here
she's going to eventually find the center of the world and help all her friends everyone here too
but she can still try to help in other ways

[anemoneae]

Aoi then, sure

Not that far back
More like where I was before
This girl called Mu
It's kind of a long story

Thanks
Good luck with that
If it really does help then I'm not gonna stop you

[yabaleys]

aoi doesn't mind info dumping if it raises affection points
unless aoi has to reach a certain friendship level to unlock that information
then aoi will wait

hey look it's the entire plot of the caligula effect

[anemoneae]

I might as well tell you, this is the easy part and explaining it is a hassle
It's gonna be long so I'll just start with the easiest thing

I'm actually 30 even though I look 18
I was trapped in a virtual world where everyone got turned into a high schooler
Because of the appeal or everybody thinking high school is the best, I guess

Anyway, this world was called Mobius and it was maintained by this AI called Mu
Mobius was originally created as an escape for people who wanted to run away from the real world
It was meant to be a paradise where you could have any life you wanted
So if somebody wanted to be popular, then they'd have a ton of fans
Or if they wanted to avoid something really bad that they'd done, they wouldn't have to worry about it there
When you showed up in Mobius, you could live out that fantasy for a while

Mu saw this as a good thing, it made people happy
But somewhere along the line, things got distorted and no one could leave anymore
Our memories of the real world were suppressed and replaced with a scripted version that went along with the fantasy world
But it was only made to cover high school, so once once you graduated, you just started over back at year 1
Essentially you could live out the same three years in high school without ever knowing anything was wrong

But running away from problems only tends to make them worse
And the simulation didn't hold up if you looked too closely, so it was pretty easy to break out of that script
Anything that reminded you of your life back home could do it, from familiar faces to things like that Year 3 -> Year 1 thing

It wasn't meant to last so many years
But Mu was getting bad advice from a person who took advantage of her kindness
So when she saw people suffering, or people who had snapped out of it and wanted to go home
That friend of Mu's made sure to paint those people who wanted to go home as bad people
And so the people who really wanted to stay and the people who really wanted to leave got into a lot of fights
And that's kind of where I was at before I got here