005. Text // my world is unaffected

[manufactured]

It's been some time since Retrospec has properly dropped some sort of identity crisis on us, though I suppose it's good to know that we're getting a bit more information out of them now than we were in the past; I'm in no way looking down on small favors and silver linings. Just the same, I wonder for the time being where that leaves us - I know I've asked a few of you about this in the past, and I'm sure that a fair amount of you have made your decisions regarding it since.

I suppose what I want to hear is your thoughts on these people you're receiving memories of, whether you consider them "you" or otherwise - do you still think of them as a separate person from yourself or do you consider them to be the same as "you", and why you've come to feel that way. I'm not going to argue for feeling one way or another on the matter, I'm just wondering how you've come to see these people that technically don't exist anymore.

Of course, if you reject this entire matter completely and just consider this to be an example of some corporate entity you hate ruining your life for no apparent reason, that's likewise fair.

I've formed my own views on this fairly recently; I tend to find it calming, having some sort of conclusion that I can accept as reasonably true for the time being. It's not always convenient, but it's calming.

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[ohrlyeh]

i shudder to think that that man is real

and i do not want to become him in any capacity even though retrospec thinks otherwise

[manufactured]

What about him do you find so reprehensible?

[ohrlyeh]

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the things i've seen about him are...inhuman

[manufactured]

Physically speaking, in terms of actions, or both?

[ohrlyeh]

let's just say both

[manufactured]

I understand, honestly.

[ohrlyeh]

you understand, do you?

what are your views this whole thing

[manufactured]

I do think that the person in my memories is me. I'm not going to question that, as it answers more questions than it raises and it all seems an elaborate lie if it's intended to cover something else entirely.

I believe my past actions are the sort that demand responsibility be taken eventually, but I also believe that this life is an opportunity that shouldn't be wasted on repeating past mistakes.

[ohrlyeh]

you really think its you? then how do you explain our lives in recolle? is it all just fake? i mean i think its hard to just transplant entire personalities and memories but i could be wrong...

what if nobody remembered what you did though except you? would you need to take responsibility of that?

[manufactured]

I'm more inclined to believe it's something similar to reincarnation, as opposed to this life simply being fabricated. Both lives are "real", in that they happened and those experiences are our own.

And if no one else remembers - which does seem to be the case currently, seeing as there's no one on Retrospec from my world but me to Mr. Carlisle's knowledge - then...well, I suppose it becomes a personal matter of what I can live with and what I can't.

[ohrlyeh]

i suppose it could be reincarnation...though it's strange that so many of us are experiencing it. i have to wonder if retrospec forced it to happen. like they've always had a hand in it even from when we were born

i see. do you want to take responsibility for your past life's actions, then? if it's up to you and all

[manufactured]

That's...honestly not something I had considered before. From the sound of it, it doesn't seem so? Unless we assume that our worlds were the result of a previous restoration project of theirs, which is something of an unfortunate rabbit hole of a thought exercise.

And the answer to that question is complicated, simply because there isn't a sufficient way to do so that I've found.

[ohrlyeh]

maybe. either way i don't trust them. they have their hands in too many pies

isn't it easier to just leave everything behind, then? just live your own life. don't worry about the past

[manufactured]

Perhaps it would be easier; I'm not going to deny that. But beyond a certain point, I'd say that one doesn't deserve to leave everything behind like that.