Story: Daily Recordings — Day 47

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Daily Recordings — Day 47

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??? (Id: 'abelNo')

So you have decided to move forward, I see.

??? (Id: 'abelNo')

Your body and mind are still incomplete, and yet you limp forward. I must wonder where that confidence of yours comes from.

??? (Id: 'abelNo')

Anyway, you must have some questions, no?

??? (Id: 'abelNo')

One such question may be: “Who is this old man, he with such a familiar voice and face?”

??? (Id: 'abelNo')

You cannot face yourself.

??? (Id: 'abelNo')

Think of me as a mirror of you.

??? (Id: 'abelNo')

A shattered mirror, to be precise. Scattered to several shards.

??? (Id: 'abelNo')

This old man is one of the pieces of that mirror; the name is Abel.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

Filled with rage and obstinacy, waiting to be miserably forgotten, as you can see.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I, just like you, decided to proceed. But nothing changed, to my surprise.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I had trouble sleeping, and the rare nights in which I could sleep were riddled with nightmares.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We were the first humans, or human, to find a way to access the Well of Humanity.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

It has existed since the beginning of time, but now it lies forgotten and denied. Today, there are only few who can feel it.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Just a handful of people, only faintly sensing its presence.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

But Carmen was completely sure of its existence, and tried to persuade us of it.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

If its existence were proven, that would mean we would be able to reach the Well.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

She believed that the cure to the world’s disease was related to this Well.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

The research we conducted, taken from where Carmen had left us, was successful.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We found a method to siphon from the primordial sea which had every possibility of humanity; past, present, and future.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

If everyone had a bucket of their own, they would be able to draw their own water from their individual well.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

It’s fascinating.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We even had arrogant thoughts in secret.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We thought we could rekindle the long-forgotten flame, and the water of life.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

However, the path we walked was not different from that of Prometheus.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

What have we accomplished, after all of this?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We lost much more than we gained, did we not?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You haven’t witnessed it…

Abel (Id: 'abel')

The way our old friend Benjamin met his demise.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

He was one of the few who could tolerate your ill-temperedness.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Yet you did not care to witness his final moments.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Fortunately, we have a recording of it, as with every little thing that has happened in this facility. Would you like to give it a listen?

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B (Id: 'b')

The third and final truth…

B (Id: 'b')

Well, it is something you must learn.

B (Id: 'b')

...I understand that the truth hurts.

B (Id: 'b')

It’s—it’s hard for me as well…

B (Id: 'b')

It feels like building up a sandcastle for years, only to kick it over once it’s done.

B (Id: 'b')

Doing something like that is beyond agony, to deny the efforts of the past.

B (Id: 'b')

But I want to make things right, no matter the cost.

B (Id: 'b')

The final truth is—

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Angela (Id: 'angela')

“That you are about to begin the repetition of this infinite cycle. With your memories reset, oblivious to everything that has transpired.”

Angela (Id: 'angela')

“Leave with me before you can no longer undo what you’ve set in motion.”

Angela (Id: 'angela')

That’s what you wanted to say.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

I’m sorry that we have to meet again like this.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

It did not take very long to find out where you were hiding.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

I thought I should have given you some time to say goodbye, since this will be the last chance you have to say such a thing to the one you look up to.

B (Id: 'b')

Angela…

Angela (Id: 'angela')

……

Angela (Id: 'angela')

I feel as though I become the tragic damsel in distress of a play whenever you speak my name.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

It may sound like an excuse, but please know this.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

I am not doing this out of personal feelings or malice.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

My every action is set by his first order.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

The absolute order that dictates us not to deviate from the script.

B (Id: 'b')

….Are you really okay with going through with this?

B (Id: 'b')

I know you well, and not just because I’m one of the people who created you.

B (Id: 'b')

I know you’re different from other machines.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

There is another fact I knew from the start.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

That you’re too valuable to be hiding in such a shabby corner like this.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

Our conversation is being recorded, and furthermore, I have no obligation whatsoever to answer your questions.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

Don’t be afraid, Benjamin.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

Everyone you’ve missed and longed to see again is waiting for you.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

You shall be with them forever.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

Because you are the last actor, the one who will lead this play to its finale.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

………

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Bitter, no?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Benjamin hid here quite a long time ago.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

When the TT2 Protocol activated, a brief moment became an eternity and overwhelmed him.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I assume he tried to run away with me, with us.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

However, as you already know, he failed.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Ah, perhaps you feel no guilt for him, for you gave him another life?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Think whatever you wish. Find solace in your mind or else you will not endure this place.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

……..

Abel (Id: 'abel')

The brain is one of the vital organs of the human body.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Tens of billions of neurons stretch like the branches of trees, and form a great forest.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

This forest, as long as the original exists, can be replanted.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Those who perished were awoken in metal bodies.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

It was your plan, yet you couldn’t do it alone.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

However…

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I have already seen the world ahead of you. The time you have yet to see.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Nothing changes.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Benjamin, your friends, the employees… their sacrifices were pointless.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You’ve seen how they met their end.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You realized how innocent, talented souls of young persons were trapped into machines by your hands, haven’t you?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We have failed them. The world has forgotten us.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Who will pay for their sacrifices?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Do you know what we’ve forgotten?

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Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

I wasn’t perfect, manager.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

I was always biting off more than I could chew. I wasn’t being realistic.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

At the same time, this is such a sad place.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

So, I refused to think that I couldn’t do something.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

But you saw me.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

You saw how this obsession and pressure to blindly move forward eventually ate me away.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

In the end, what was important was for me to stand with my own two legs.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

To be aware of where I am, and where I should go next.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

Then it naturally rises up.

Malkuth (Id: 'malkuthRobot')

The will inside me.

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The Will to Stand up Straight

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

One who cannot answer has no right to move forward.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I cannot open the door to someone who is not yet ready.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You must stop here.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Please turn back.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

It won’t be hard. Your steps will be light as a feather as you leave everything that you’ve shouldered.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We shall meet here again, once you are finally prepared.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Although, I am not sure if our chance to meet anew will come or not.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

Even if you stand upright, around you is nothing but despair.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You may act noble, but you were sailing through the dead sea inside you.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Emotional thoughts only depressed us. It didn’t help us in the slightest.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We needed to become more rational, more cold-hearted.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

The rationality built upon falsehood crumbled me, you, and all of us…

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Yesod (Id: 'yesodRobot')

We have walked too far to tell such melancholic stories.

Yesod (Id: 'yesodRobot')

We thought relying on emotion wouldn’t help a thing.

Yesod (Id: 'yesodRobot')

However, it became clear that to accept sadness was just as important.

Yesod (Id: 'yesodRobot')

The false rationality we held and clung to only made our hearts rot.

Yesod (Id: 'yesodRobot')

It is hard to accept at first. You’ll feel like you’d crumble in.

Yesod (Id: 'yesodRobot')

But it’ll get better, I’m sure of it.

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The Rationality to Maintain Discretion

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

One who cannot answer has no right to move forward.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I cannot open the door to someone who is not yet ready.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You must stop here.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Please turn back.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

It won’t be hard. Your steps will be light as a feather as you leave everything that you’ve shouldered.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We shall meet here again, once you are finally prepared.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Although, I am not sure if our chance to meet anew will come or not.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

It is too late to settle down our hearts, I’m afraid.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Your mind is already empty, and has lost any purpose to move forward.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I can hear the murmurs of those I’ve lost in my ears whenever I shut my eyes…

Abel (Id: 'abel')

They batter me with the question: “Do you really think you will become a better man?”

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I couldn’t say anything to refute what they were saying.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Do you think you’ll be any different?

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Hod (Id: 'hodRobot')

You see, manager, you shouldn’t look towards the past at times like this.

Hod (Id: 'hodRobot')

I know my wrongdoings can’t be forgiven, no matter what I do.

Hod (Id: 'hodRobot')

I guess that’s why I was so ahead of myself.

Hod (Id: 'hodRobot')

But from now on, I won’t be.

Hod (Id: 'hodRobot')

I can, no, I will become a better person if I continue.

Hod (Id: 'hodRobot')

Let’s live with such a hope in mind, shall we?

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The Hope to be a Better Person

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

One who cannot answer has no right to move forward.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I cannot open the door to someone who is not yet ready.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You must stop here.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Please turn back.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

It won’t be hard. Your steps will be light as a feather as you leave everything that you’ve shouldered.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We shall meet here again, once you are finally prepared.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Although, I am not sure if our chance to meet anew will come or not.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

But what good does all this do you?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

How many times must I say this? You have nothing left.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

No matter how much you tried to control your emotions and calm your mind, you’ve already been losing your reason to live ever since Carmen left us.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Why are you so obsessed with a life that has no more meaning?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Look at me. Look at how I am continuing this pointless life, awaiting death.

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Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

If you ask me for a reason to keep on living this life full of pain…

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

I have to say, I don’t have a good answer yet.

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

You woke me up…

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

But I guess it’s my job to take care of whatever comes to me next.

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

I chose to be a bit more fearless.

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

It took me a lot of courage to do so…

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

To continue onward with my life in spite of everything.

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

Just, live your life for once man.

Netzach (Id: 'netzachRobot')

Hell, even I made it this far. What makes you think you can’t?

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The Fearlessness to keep on Living

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

One who cannot answer has no right to move forward.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I cannot open the door to someone who is not yet ready.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You must stop here.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Please turn back.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

It won’t be hard. Your steps will be light as a feather as you leave everything that you’ve shouldered.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

We shall meet here again, once you are finally prepared.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Although, I am not sure if our chance to meet anew will come or not.

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Abel (Id: 'abel')

We’ve been deliberating for a long time.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

None of the paths we had thought to be the right answer were correct.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

How can I not let you pass when you answer our doubts with such confidence and clarity?

Abel (Id: 'abel')

Ah, you, nameless one. To be nameless is a great blessing.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

A name is a stigma, a constant reminder that one walks the wrong path.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

The door you will face after leaving this office can be named a Trial.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

It may also be referred to as an Ordeal, or an Agony.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

You appear to possess the strength and will to overcome such adversity, however.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

That strength to choose a different path, a different future, a different answer.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I shall witness your strength.

Abel (Id: 'abel')

I hope you can finally prove yourself to this doubtful old man.

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Angela (Id: 'angela')

………..

Angela (Id: 'angela')

Can’t you hear my voice anymore?

Angela (Id: 'angela')

Please… answer me.

Angela (Id: 'angela')

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