for uta

[dzelkva]

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[tot]

[ imagine if she could find this more sus than interesting. imagine.... ]

It does, but I doubt that there are any kind of baby pictures that you could share with me.

[ she's joking since she doubts that anything like that could exist or see the point in someone doing...unless..? ]

Were the people who created the Fragment surprised by you? Unless it was intentional.

[dzelkva]

[ If only.... ]

It was intentional. I'm meant to be here.

[ He was meant for this world, in a sense. ]

Baby pictures are a big deal, right? I know a lot of people save those.

[tot]

They are. [ she takes a moment to draw a shape in the sand before continuing. there's no reason to share this but given what she is hopefully politely asking of him, it'd be rude if she didn't share things of herself.

unless he knew about it? guess this can double as a test of sorts. ]

And you're right. I know I have more than a few stored away; my dad loved taking photos of us. I remember that there were times that I thought it was annoying, but now I'm happy to have them.

I'm assuming that you were born as you look right now. Were you always meant to take care of the Fragment and look after us?

[dzelkva]

[ She can look for a flicker of recognition on his face or an indication that he already knows this information, but his expression remains neutral. ]

I don't know. It's hard to know what I was meant to do, or the real motivations for making me.

[ But he isn't too bothered by that. He can't be. ]

I'm glad that you have those photos.

[tot]

[ (naru voice) i wish uta was the type to be more sus of people before they've wronged her. ]

I see... But they—CCCorp—were the ones who told you to look after us, right?

[ she really crack the egg on this one but somehow this is fine? kind of. ]

I'd offer to share one but I don't want them on the internet.

[dzelkva]

You don't have to share them. It's okay.

[ He wouldn't ask someone to permanently put their information on the internet forever like that anyway. ]

I want to look after everyone more than anything. Even if they didn't want me to, I would.

[tot]

That's very kind of you, and it looks like that it isn't something that they are upset with.

[ hmmm... ]

Were you aware of places like this within the depths of the Fragment before we stumbled upon them? They feel so different than everything else; it's like they are their own little space.

[ and because she must make the joke and then laugh about it: ]

Like a fragment.

[dzelkva]

[ That little joke gets a small smile from him. ]

I had a feeling they were out there, so I looked for them. I know that other players have gotten strange keywords, so I thought this might be a nice balance.

[tot]

Are there many of them out there within the Fragment?

[ quickly said until she realized just what exactly she's doing and who she's talking to. ]

If that's something you're allowed to share. I've tried to be good about not looking too deeply into the mysterious things that have been happening since the start of the beta.

[dzelkva]

I can share whatever I want.

[ He even grins, hoping that inspires some confidence. ]

The problem is that there isn't a lot I do know. For example, I don't really know how many areas like this are out there.

[tot]

I see; then if I think about it in the world I'm familiar with—it's the same kind of logic of just because I know there are coffee shops, it doesn't mean I know how many of them are out there.

[ no clue why that took her so long to make the connect but here we are. still, she's glad that it doesn't appear that she's forcing him to say anything he doesn't want to. ]

Do you not get in trouble from doing whatever you pretty much please then?

[dzelkva]

Nope!

[ He can do whatever he wants! You know, unless he runs into restrictions. ]

I'm not employed by CC Corp, after all.

[tot]

Eh?? You're not?

[ ?? ??? ?? ]

I thought that you were. Wasn't that what we were told?

[ IS SHE BEING GASLIT HERE?!?? I AM I BEING GASLIT HERE?? ]

[dzelkva]

Well... I'm your point of contact, but I don't get paid.

[ How does an AI get paid? ]

[tot]

[ in bits? ]

But you still have to report to the CC Corp? Right?

If you do something that they aren't happen with... Doesn't something bad happen?

[dzelkva]

[ He shrugs. ]

I don't know. I haven't had anything bad happen to me.

[tot]

Well, that's good. I'd hate to hear that things would have been rough for you here before us.

[ hmmm. she might not get a proper answer out of him but?? you never know?? ]

What do you think about all of the weird things that we've been running into? Some of it seems pretty extreme even for a "bug" or "glitch".

[dzelkva]

I don't like that it's happening to all of you. I know these bugs can be dangerous, and I know that they've caused some players a lot of grief.

[ He frowns, crossing his arms. ]

I want to try to stop them.

[tot]

Are they really bugs? Causing someone to pass out and then being stuck in here and unable to log-out seems more than a "bug" to me.

[ she frowns as well. ]

Do you think that there's anything you could do? The Fragment is your home...

[dzelkva]

They're serious, whatever they are.

[ At least Zelkova will admit that much, right? ]

I'll try to do what I can, but it's like coming up on caution tape when I do try something. I have to find a way to duck around it.

[tot]

Is there anything that me or anyone else here could do to help? The last thing I'd want is for you to get hurt while trying to help us.

[ since, well, that won't be good for anyone here. ]

...especially if the CC Corp isn't going to be stepping in and addressing what has been happening.

[dzelkva]

I'll look for a way that you can help. You seem like you really enjoy helping others, Unna, so I would like to give you a way to do it.

[ He genuinely means it too, he just... needs some time. ]

[tot]

Thank you!

But I suppose I do... It's just that whenever I see someone suffering or sad, I can't help but feel the same as them. So, I want to do something about it—makes sense doesn't it?

[ and while hearing someone other than an extremely limited number of people use her name is actually extremely unnerving, she'll approach it lightly. ]

I didn't realize that you would know my name.

[dzelkva]

I think so. I feel the same way.

[ Or at least, his coding attempts to emulate those feelings for him. ]

I know the information used in account creation.

[ Name, birthday, address, and so on. ]

[tot]

Oh!

[ she'll place a hand on her chest. ]

Oh, of course; that makes sense. It's not common for people to use that name so it took me by surprise.

[ and here is uta not wanting to know which last name he knows. rather, if it dares to differ from tott then she really would like to be ignorant about it. ]