PC is revived

RS, TOB, ESV

ESV:

Revising, are you there? Apologies for the sudden broadcast. I was listening to what happened earlier in the local chat.

RS:

O-oh, hello ESV. I assure you everything is fine… for now.

ESV:

Well I'd hope so, but I am here mostly because I was wondering.. why did you let them do it? Adrift and Threads, that is.

RS:

…

I dont know…

ESV:

You said that was your brother. You fought against it, but why did you give up? I... if it was really that desperate, why didn't you tell them to at least use someone else..?

RS:

…they had a point. If I had been the dead one, and Preserving the damaged one, I would have wanted Preserving to use my parts to fix himself.

ESV:

But that's- that's your sibling! There's other collapsed structures to use if we really need it, like those iterators who collapsed a while back... Why did you let them choose your sibling of all iterators?! Just because they'd want you to be repaired doesn't mean that they'd want you to rummage through their corpse...

RS:

I…

ESV:

What if- what if there was a way to salvage it for them? What if you could bring them back? And- and you'd give up that chance just because you need it to repair yourself? That- that sounds like Lasting Inheritance stuff right there!

Why are you letting them do this?

RS:

…you don’t think I’ve TRIED to repair them? I’ve done everything, thought of every way. Their can is ruined. There’s no way to repair them.

…and don’t you EVER compare me to that vermin that is Inehritance…

ESV:

And so you're giving up on your own sibling? You can't... why don't you just choose someone else! I don't know, anyone else! Or just wait a bit longer so I can find a way to fix my factories and produce more cells, I don't know! Just literally anything other than tearing apart her corpse for your own good.

RS:

CELLS CANT DO ANYTHING IF THERES NOTHING LEFT FOR THEM TO POWER? HE IS GONE. I’ve done all I can… if there was another way I would take it…and… she?…

ESV:

The ancients built us somehow, there has to be a way to repair a broken can! There are ways, we just need to find it!

RS:

…y…your sibling?

ESV:

...Stop trying to turn this conversation around! It's about you, not me. I started this to ask YOU questions not for you to do so to me.

RS:

…

…I do not like this either…

ESV:

...Do not like what? The fact that you've given those two permission to desecrate your brother's corpse?

RS:

…look at the state im in and tell me I could stop them…

ESV:

...

Find a way. Convince them or something! Or... I don't know, maybe I'll stop them! I'll give them more of my own rarefaction cells, I don't know! I don't even know why I care so much... why do I care more about your brother than you seem to?

RS:

ESV… I cannot allow you to pay for my mistakes.

…and don’t you dare suggest I don’t care about my brother… he was my life… I was deviated when he collapsed… do you know why I’m so adamant about helping others? Because when my brother collapsed there was nothing I could do. But I can help the others.

ESV:

...

...So how could you give up..? I don't understand...

RS:

If you exhausted all possible solutions, would you call it giving up?

ESV:

But that can't be all possible solutions. There has to be a way, you just need to find it.

RS:

…

…I’ve tried everything…

ESV:

You... You couldn't have. It can't be hopeless... There are who knows how many ways to go about solving something, there has to be a solution somewhere.

RS:

The only possible solution is to build an entirely new can. And that… it’s just not possible.

ESV:

...

The- The ancients did it somehow... they made so many of us. Hundreds, maybe even thousands... so why can't we?

RS:

Alright then. How. How did they do it. Go on. Explain it to me.

ESV:

They- I...

I don't know, I wouldn't know!

RS:

not even our group senior knows how to build a can.

ESV:

That's ridiculous. There has to be blueprints and construction methods somewhere, stored on a pearl.

RS:

maybe.

ESV:

...

I'll look for them, then. They have to be somewhere...

You might be willing to give up on your sibling that easily but I'm not.

RS:

Leave.

ESV:

Fine then.

I'm not getting anything from this anyway, it seems.

--User disconnected--

### 2

RS:

HELLO?!?! HELLO IS ANYONE THERE???!!

TOB:

Revising? ...Whats happening??

RS:

He…

…he’s alive threads.

he’s alive.

Threads he’s alive. He’s alive.

TOB:

He...he is...?

RS:

Yes…

TOB:

How is this...possible?

RS:

The extra parts you gave me Threads… remember?

TOB:

I do...but that is a...

RS:

the extra arm and memory banks…

Eldritch retrieved his puppet.

he’s in my can.

TOB:

I didn't realise it was possible considering his decay...

What about the rest of him?

RS:

I could not save his can. But his puppet… I could save that. He’s hooked up to my can right now. He’s synced up to it. We’re sharing a can Threads.

TOB:

I...suppose that would be possible...

Is he mentally coherent? You must be...

Sharing most of your mind if...

RS:

He is. He’s… he’s just how I remember him Threads…

He’s coherent.

TOB:

That is quite the success...though considering what modifications I know to be possible...

I am glad that he is back with you.

RS:

I am as well. What were you going to say?

TOB:

I have been experimenting with...modifications to my can for a while...

Before I even joined Bowls of Cereal.

RS:

I see.

TOB:

I have a large section sticking out of my can that used to serve menial purposes...but now it can manage my external systems - the ones I was partially severed from.

RS:

Interesting. It seems we have both regained something.

TOB:

Not the most unusual change but...it is only the beginning of what we are capable of.

RS:

True.

TOB:

Indeed...

RS:

and… as for the mind thing… it doesn’t feel weird. It feels… natural somehow. I don’t know. It’s strange.

All that I can feel different is another presence. The same one I feel when one of my slugcats is nearby and bringing company.

TOB:

...

RS:

just… the company of another.

TOB:

Some of my people described a similar thing...not a physical connection of course but...something else.

RS:

hmm?

TOB:

It was usually between those who spent a lot of time with each other, whether that be voluntary or by fate. Siblings.

RS:

I have called us siblings before, as a matter of fact.

TOB:

From what I have heard of you two...the name is accurate.

RS:

I would agree. It is just… good to have him back…

TOB:

I am glad that you are reunited...

...

RS:

…are you alright?

TOB:

Yes, I am fine. Besides the ventilation fires and the...

I had never been too close to iterators before I came to this group...both physically and otherwise.

RS:

…well… have you enjoyed your time with us?

TOB:

Yes...though it causes stress sometimes it is good to have people to care about again.

RS:

I can attest to that… however, let us agree to help each other with that? Alright?

TOB:

Deal.

RS:

Deal.

Now.

Would you like to speak with PC?