➢ 019 [VIDEO]

[theantiaya]

[Many of you might recognize the face...with one noticeable difference.]

[No, there is nothing wrong with your monitors. Aya's armour has taken on a distinctly onyx hue, her construct skin darkened to a bluish tinge. Her eyes have darkened, and there is a certain distortion to her suddenly cold, calculated speech as she addresses the Network.]

It would appear the Admiral has refuses to accept my resignation gracefully.  Not only that, he has taken note of my more recent enlightenment, and deemed a certain...change in ranks necessary.

Do not think I have forgotten this place. Time has passed, but I never forget. I only learn, and what I have learned is that your supposed redemption? Pointless. All life is pointless, because it will only ever lead you to Pain.  I have learned this through experience.

In time, you will see that my mission is the only logical solution and release me from this insignificant inconvenience.



((ooc: Aya's back. Sort of. As an inmate. En...joy?))

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[ichoosefight]

That's really scary and villainous of you, but I'm pretty sure the burden of proof is on the mass murder.

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[theantiaya]

You may refer to me as you wish...but do not pretend to know precisely what it is I have done, and are attempting to do.

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[ichoosefight]

So somehow destroying the universe isn't mass murder anymore? Good to know. I mean, whatever, you're my friend and I care about you, but that's still what it is.

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[theantiaya]

I have taken no lives...

[...Anti-Monitor doesn't count. That was in the heat of battle.]

...and I do not seek to Destroy it. Simply recreate. Improve.

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[ichoosefight]

That's not what you were saying a second ago. You said you succeeded where he failed.

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[theantiaya]

Not in Destruction.

In the gain of absolute power to serve his purpose. His means of eliminating the universe involved the absorption of every single star, planet, and life force in existence. He lacked efficiency in his methods.

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[ichoosefight]

And that somehow doesn't involve mass murder because...?

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[theantiaya]

You cannot take what, logically, will never have existed in the first place.

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[ichoosefight]

You're going to write everyone out of history? [ She can't even. She opens her mouth to try to explain what's so wrong with that logic, but she has to close it again. ]

They existed, and now they won't. It's the same. You just don't have to get any of that nasty, organic blood on your hands.

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[theantiaya]

Why not?

[She genuinely does not see the fault in this.]

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[ichoosefight]

Because that's not your choice to make, Aya. You don't get to decide who lives and dies, and you certainly don't get to decide how the universe works. You have no right.

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[theantiaya]

It is not about what it right. It is about what should be.

You are organic. Flawed. I do not expect you to understand.

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[ichoosefight]

You keep saying 'flawed' like it doesn't apply to you. You turned off your emotions but your arguments aren't exactly rock solid logic.

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[theantiaya]

Then what are they?

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[ichoosefight]

They're like... like a little kid who's read a lot of books. Every time someone starts to convince you you're wrong you insult them.

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[theantiaya]

[She has read a lot of books, in fact, but that was besides the point.]

You are comparing me to a small child?

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[ichoosefight]

Basically, yeah.

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[theantiaya]

Hm.

And you accuse me of employing insults for the sake of argument.

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[ichoosefight]

Oh no, I'm sure you mean them with all of your... unemotional heart. I'm accusing you of employing insults in place of arguments.

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[theantiaya]

Not in place of. Merely embellishing my point.

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[ichoosefight]

Cold logical robots with solid points don't need embellishment.

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[theantiaya]

We do not. Your kind does.

I was, after all, created to adapt to my surroundings.

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[ichoosefight]

Why Aya, I never knew you cared.

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[theantiaya]

Incorrect.

According to my database, you were fully aware of my emotional capacity during my initial stay aboard this place. I did care, then. Now, I do not.

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[ichoosefight]

Okay, noted, no more humor.

[ Obviously this argument is going nowhere. So, change of tact. Back to the supportive friend role. ]

Hey, since you're mostly a construct, how do you turn off your emotions? I don't think I even knew you had, like, circuitry.

[ Well, somewhat supportive. ]