[Fukuda isn't really sure what to make of Aoi. This whole situation is completely abnormal, like a waking dream, a created reality. Maybe Aoi really is a computer program somehow brought to life. Maybe she's just a girl whose mind has been twisted and crushed so badly to convince her she is. Either way, she's some sort of lonely and fractured existence, and because of that he couldn't help but feel the need to connect with her.
And well, she only seemed interested in connecting one sort of way. So he complied, handling her soft body with care and attention, hoping that it might have any sort of affect on her mind that seems to be lacking something. Maybe it's just wistful thinking.
When it's finished, he reaches up to brush the hair from her face because it seemed like the correct thing to do. And he lets a thumb linger on her right temple, above her eye, for a more personal reason.]
Mm. Because I feel like your programming is incomplete. [He's decided to use her framework for looking at things. His thumb presses down gently on her temple, before he takes his hand away.]
[ which she seems to have no strong feelings about. she also doesn't really seem to mind whether he's touching her or not. but she does look pretty cozy lounging around? so that's nice. ]
[He's glad that at least she looks comfortable and not in pain or anything. That's at least worth something, he thinks.]
... Maybe less than I used to be, since I drilled the hole in my head. Or maybe I'm just glitched in a different way from before. [He feels like he can tell Aoi this. She's too passive to react negatively to it, even if she doesn't really understand.]
Aah. It does seem abnormal for you to know that you're a character.
[And gently, as he strokes a hand idly down her side, tracing the gentle slope of her hips;] We all came from different places, here. Isn't it possible you've somehow been summoned into the real world. I feel like I would know if I was a character.
[ you know, this is the first time someone broke it down for her like that. that maybe the reason her game didn't patch for the new content is that she was removed from her game.
she still has some hesitations about that, though. ]
But Aoi is just data. Pixels and text. Aoi can't exist outside of a game.
Maybe, but I don't know if the virtual world and the real world are as disparate as they seem. Where I'm from, there's a machine that runs a computer program that's generated from people's minds. And it's possible for other people to then enter it.
[Splaying his hand out against her stomach. She really is so small and strange, and yet the softness and warmth and proximity still makes him feel more human, even if she's not.]
Ah, I really shouldn't say. But I doubt we're within the jurisdiction of the Japanese government, and my participation is coerced, anyway...
They have a device that registers an intent to kill. It uses this data to generate a program called an id well. It's not the person's mind, exactly, but it can fluctuate based on their thoughts and behaviors. By sending eligible parties into the id well, they're able to uncover the identity of the killer.
[Hm. That is a fair point. He thinks it over for a long moment. Say he really is a character too. What would that mean?]
But couldn't it be a different genre of visual novel besides an eroge? Since you and I are both here. [Please think of things beyond having sex. He is definitely not an eroge character.]
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