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[thingpuncher]

hey

raise ur hand if youve been abducted by aliens before

cool

now lower it if youve escaped

now use ur hands to tell me how

and for those of you not flapping ur hands around: dont let this shit get to you. its 101 bullshit. theyre probably studying longerm effects of isolation or systematic community building on a nonorganic environment or whatever bullshit the mad scientist of the week cooked up. social experimentation. the fucking showtunes are making it pretty obvious.

i mean has anybody been experimented on yet?

physically. i mean physically. blondie is probably torture but not what im talking about

ps: who the fuck took my name. do i got fans here? if yes: youre fucked up. i should not have fans. look at bludhaven if u need somebody to feel warm and fuzzy about

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[neuralnet]

[ He wants to know because he also has tech in his head. Except it's not in his head, it is him. He is an AI, masquerading as a human.

He's been wanting to trust, lately. It's a hard first step to take, though. ]

Because... I can relate. But I haven't been as open about my own differences.

[thingpuncher]

im open about my shit because i lied for a long fucking time
but thats my choice
plenty of people have secret identities
its up to them
i just couldn't do it anymore

[Because he's not sure how to respond to that. Nobody should be going to him for advice.]

[neuralnet]

No one in my world keeps secret identities. We don't have heroes or anything like that, outside of stories.

The only reason to have a secret identity is if you're hiding from someone or something.

[thingpuncher]

can i ask what brought this on

[please dont make him be responsible]

[neuralnet]

Ever since Apollo mentioned that you had computers in your brain, I've been... curious. Our situations are similar, that's all.

[thingpuncher]

you can just fucking ask you know
dont have to do the whole song and dance routine

[neuralnet]

Please understand, I've never talked to anyone about this before. It's not so easy for me to be forthcoming.

[thingpuncher]

take ur time
sounds like were gonna be stuck here for a fucking while

[neuralnet]

Thank you.

[ Then, after a long pause... ]

My name isn't Hideki. That's the name of the person whose body I have, but that's not my name.

[thingpuncher]

[thanks for that unwelcome stab of deja-vu]

sounds like you wanna tell me what your name is kid

[neuralnet]

The name I was given is Kilroy. But the name I chose for myself is Haruto Saitou.

[thingpuncher]

which feels like less of a lie

[neuralnet]

[ That's an interesting way of putting it. Haruto hadn't thought of any of his names as lies, aside from the obvious lie of Hideki Matsukawa. ]

Haruto.

[thingpuncher]

cool

sup haruto

[neuralnet]

'Sup.
:)