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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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[complementing]

I'd say that killing himself would be going pretty far

but also, it sounds like a kind of psychological warfare? He sounds like he was smart enough to know that his plan would work and his father would back off

or at least that's what I'm presuming what happened

if he killed himself, there's no guarantee that his father would stop, after all

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[vendettastool]

I'm not sure, but he does startle the old man, I know that. He didn't seem to expect him stabbing himself to prove that he would go through with anything.

I don't know though. It might be a start of an escalation too. I haven't gotten enough parts to figure it out.

[complementing]

an escalation to...what?

[vendettastool]

His father wants a bloody revenge and he doesn't want it and was setting himself up against him.

[complementing]

so basically, some kind of final showdown

seems I was right to use the term warfare

what specifically about this is bothering you, though? Are you worried you might become more like your other self? Or that you and your father in this life will go down a similar path?

[vendettastool]

I think it might be a little of both. Father isn't an easy man to like. He can be harsh and strict but I've never really felt like he could go as far as the one I'm seeing from my other.

[complementing]

then you should trust that feeling

there's only so much about our past lives that we should let dictate our current ones, if at all

[vendettastool]

I know. I guess it's just hitting me now how much alike the two are?

[complementing]

yeah...I know how uncanny it can be

my best friend in this life was a part of my other life too