Audience - Euphausia

[holyspirits]

Comments

[trifocal]

Yes! Many mustari wear them all the time, so you really see more masks than faces around my village.

I've heard they are controversial in other lands, though...

[hotfixer]

Maybe seeing people's faces is more important in their cultures.

But that should be a small matter of discomfort. People should get to look however they want. Or wear whatever they want.

[trifocal]

I much agree. I think it would be nice if all the world was like that...

[hotfixer]

They can't even be upset about the origin of the mask, because it's too old for anyone to know.

Where I'm from is like that. A lot of people don't even decide to look human.

[trifocal]

[ why would anyone want to look human.

... oh, right. human-people. ]

People can choose that much...? What else do they look like?

[hotfixer]

Most of the people like me still represent themselves as geometric shapes.

Others choose to look like animals, floating heads, mythological creatures, foods with faces... Aliens, robots, cartoons... I see all sorts.

[trifocal]

[ looks at her hands...

she's trying to picture being a triangle. or a floating head. ]

Is it not difficult to live in such a form...?

[hotfixer]

Not really. They don't need to eat or sleep, and they can change their form at will. So it's no problem.

[trifocal]

Are they some kind of deities?

[hotfixer]

It makes for a convenient metaphor at times, but no.

They are just people given more control.

[trifocal]

How? Have they mastered magic?

[hotfixer]

They uploaded.

All of their personal data was extracted from their brain and emulated in a simulated world, giving them the freedom to customize both their own selves and their surroundings.

[trifocal]

Data from... their brains?

[ ??????

sweating under the helmet as this ye olde tries to make sense of this ]

[hotfixer]

You could think of it like a mathematical calculation that represents their soul.

[trifocal]

[ math lady meme ]

Oh...... okay!

[ does not sound like she understands. ]

They live in a simulation? And... you do, too?

[hotfixer]

[ for some reason tries to elaborate more instead of leaving it at that even though euphausia is struggling. ]

For conversational purposes, most code can be broken down into if-then sequences. Like when you order things from the kiosk. If you tap the icon for something, then you get that thing. Human behavior is the same, but on a much smaller, micro level of interaction, always moving and adapting to every factor in the present and the past.

[ stop. ]

But yes. I lived in a simulation.