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[vendettastool]

[ Welcome to CUBEnix's office where the sleek design of modern tech merges with the back drop of ye old Art Deco interior. There's huge computer screens hanging from brackets from the ceiling, the beeps of an arcade game in the background and a bunch of scrolling code on the computer screen behind Yoon-sung. The man himself is dressed in his usual style of business casual by way of a designer brand though he had upgraded his usual scoop neck shirt for something less revealing to spare anyone of seeing his scarring. He also has acquired a spent bullet that someone strung on a piece of rawhide to turn into a necklace. ]

First off, I should welcome all our lovely new users to the Retrospec world where things don't make sense, and we are all going insane. The app is just our way to know who is part of the end users of this framework and who isn't. What I mean by that is those that can see and use the app are those who also notice all the changes happening in the world around us. Congratulations. We're all lost souls connected by a ghost program. If you have any questions about my experiences with it, just ask.

[ Because he is probably one of the few people who has managed to peek at the coding even if he didn't see anything of note. ] Second, what does love mean to you?

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[wordcarvings]

[ He could switch to text because it's not like his phone doesn't have a whole lot of paint on it already but..eh, just have his atelier as a backdrop for today. ]

Right now, I'm trying to figure that out myself.. But, generally, a certain loyalty.. I suppose?

[ Or a whole lot, at least on his end. ]

[vendettastool]

Loyalty like what you would find with a pet or would find with a friend?

[wordcarvings]

With a friend, I think.

[vendettastool]

Gotcha.

[ Usually Yoon-sung tries to be careful with his accent, making sure to not slur the sounds, but he was a little tired and a lot bothered, resulting in his S.Korean accent marring his english. ]

Basically you feel that loyalty between friends is also a form of love?

[matchbreaker]

What on earth did that first part even mean. Is this going back to that idea we're in the Grid?

[ She'll get to the second part! but. Text for that first part because what. ]

[vendettastool]

They said that they grabbed whatever souls were laying around right? What kind of framework would they need to staple us together with? Would we be made into near perfect bodies or are we actually experience a type of avatar in a computer system?

[matchbreaker]

I don't know? I'm just asking what you're saying. I'd always figured it was magic, but what you're saying is that we're all playing some Last Fantasy type thing?

[vendettastool]

Considering that Last Fantasy is my company's baby, it's what first comes to mind when people talk about how this isn't our real world. I can be a lot wrong, but isn't it normal to think in familiar terms first in any case?

Which means that you might be more familiar with magic, while I'm looking at this in the form of scifi. And since they never really have come out to say exactly what they used, we can always just keep guessing as to what is happening, right?

[gudaguda]

not gonna lie dude

you totally look and sound like the plucky protag of a long running series about beating people up with a techno knife

[vendettastool]

Me?

[ And here, have him laugh and when he starts talking again, there's going to be a hint of his accent before his Ivy School accent comes back. ]

Why would you say that? I'm just an CEO in charge of this branch of Father's company.

[ascatic]

Excuse you?

Souls? A program?

[ ... ]

Love is... a cat. Precious and can show affection, but sometimes unpredictable and can hurt.

[vendettastool]

I take it you skipped the answer post the staffers from Retrospec posted? It's not hard to miss considering how it gets everywhere.

That makes some sense I guess.

[ascatic]

No. I did not. However, it is... unfortunate that you confirm it in such a way.

[ pretty matter-of-fact? or maybe Leaks is just tone deaf. either/or. ]

I am glad. But why do you ask about love? Are you a modern age philosopher?

[twostringsonebow]

Having a single muffin left and choosing to share the bigger half with someone else, rather than keeping it for yourself.

[... I'm sorry.]

[vendettastool]

I do that all the time except when I decide that I'm willing to exercise for another twenty minutes. It's not really having to do with love though, just me trying to keep my figure.

[twostringsonebow]

Food is the epitome of romances, you. Homecooked meals given to someone... Tasting the love and care they put into it, the consideration of their feelings towards you...
There's nothing else like it.
So of course sharing the last of something is like a declaration! Throwing it so frivolously at others will cause a misunderstanding, so stick to just having smaller snacks in its place.

That said, my boyfriend gave an apt description of love once... To me, love is knowing that I won't be alone during those times and that neither will he.

[reaquila]

I've only used this app for a short while and it's been strange, yeah.

Tell me more. What's the craziest thing that you've seen?

[vendettastool]

Craziest? When everyone was about three to six inches high and the rest of the world was still made for normal sized people. I ended up buying a Barbie Dream House and hung out with another guy who did the same thing and we created a Barbie Dream Block of parties.

It was pretty fun until a gang of wasps showed up.

[reaquila]

Are you serious? That's really uncool. It sounds like something from a messed up dream or a poorly written movie.

I can't believe that actually happened.

[complementing]

for me, love is feeling safe with another person

when they feel like home

why are you asking?

[vendettastool]

Oh, a little this and that got me thinking, that's all.

[ Private ]
Between you, me and the wall, I got a hallucinomemory of telling my father to leave my loved ones alone or I will hurt the only thing he cares about. Namely. Me.

And proved it by stabbing myself in the hand.

private

[complementing]

that

is more than I was expecting

so you're questioning whether or not he actually loves you?

[dandyofawolf]

[Well that question means quite a lot to him. But because he's in class, he answers with text to be on the safe side...]

I feel that love is a complicated thing. Particularly with how many ways it can be expressed. It can inspire beautiful things like music and poetry but it can also inspire harm against others.

So I suppose love to me is finding yourself willing to do more than you ever expected you would before.

[vendettastool]

Would it push you to even lay down your life for another person?

[dandyofawolf]

I believe I would.

[Especially after that...memory he had recently.]