Story: TipherethEpisode 3

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TipherethEpisode 3 SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'tipherethBK', effect: 'none' SYSTEM: SHOW character: Tiphereth (id: 'tiphereth_b') at 'left' SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - Forgotten Entrance Of Memories' Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') If you’re looking for Tiphereth, she’s still at the Middle Layer meeting. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') I’m bad at holding conversations. I kinda miss the managers who were more talkative at times like this. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Hey, there’s something I wanted to ask. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Have you noticed that someone’s memory and emotion bleeds and seeps out of us? Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') As you’ve seen, we act angry, feel happy, want things, and look sad, even though we’re machines. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') We even have our own weaknesses. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Why is that? What’s inside of us? Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') If “something” is really inside us, then why? Why make something imperfect, planting weakness? Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') I tried to find the answer… Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') But I really couldn’t get it. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') I’m sure you have that answer. SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - mirror dimensions' Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Locked away somewhere in your memory. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Maybe there’s a reason why there has to be imperfection? Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') We’re machines, yet, not machines… Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') Not… machines… SYSTEM: SHOW character: Tiphereth (id: 'tiphereth_a') at 'right-full', direction: 'left' SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - Frozen Moon' Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Hey, are you two having fun without me? Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') ... Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Tiphereth, it’s troublesome to have a conversation that’s this fun. SYSTEM: SHOW character: Angela (id: 'angela') at 'center', direction: 'right' Angela (Id: 'angela') It appears it is time for another replacement. The cycle is getting shorter and shorter. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') But it can be rebuilt anytime we need, right? Angela (Id: 'angela') Well, it’s still an asset to the corporation, so I would prefer not to have it go to waste. Angela (Id: 'angela') Tiphereth, perhaps we should explain it to the manager first. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Huh, why? Angela (Id: 'angela') I’ve told you, Tiphereth, the human mind is a fragile thing. It’s not capable enough to perceive the existence of beings like us in our wholeness. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') I mean, it’s not that gross. It’s nothing compared to, like, decapitating an employee, or slicing open their torso with their guts spilling out. Angela (Id: 'angela') Humans are susceptible to the unknown. The scene doesn’t always have to be graphic to break the mind. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Ugh… there’s so much to be mindful of… Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Why can’t they just replace managers with machines? We could simply replace them whenever they try to do something stupid, like how we replace Tiphereth. Angela (Id: 'angela') Tiphereth, there are things only humans are able to take care of. The founder of Lobotomy Corporation must have had a reason for assigning a human manager. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Well then… off we go to “storage”. That’s one of the few locations where the Cognition Filter is weakened. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') I know that place. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Tiphereth, what are you talking about? It’s where we always go during work. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') I don’t mean that. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_b') I remember what happened there last time. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') ….. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') You do? That’s great. Tiphereth (Id: 'tiphereth_a') Thank you for helping me, like you always do.