not sure what i'm doing right now, but.. voice test!

[finalnpc]

 My, you've certainly chosen an interesting muse this time, mundane. Giving an NPC a name? A life? That's definitely a new one. Considering that I was nothing but a tool before you decided to pick me up, I wonder what you will be doing with me in the coming future. Hopefully not falling in love - we've seen what that can do to a person; a world.

I don't want to become something like that, non-playable or otherwise. It's a little bit pathetic, don't you think—

Oops. Back on track, hm? I look forward to seeing what you will do with me, dear mun. Who knows what the future will hold?

[ he smiles like he's privy to a big secret, of which no one else knows, and he finds that amusing. ]

Comments

[OH MY GOD, The Programmer's avatar! *O*]

[flakyflakes]

Why would you call love pathetic?

It can make you stronger, too...

yes, yes! hello there ksjdhfg

[finalnpc]

As someone who has only seen the worst side of it, I find that hard to believe. But what do I know? I'm just an npc.

[flakyflakes]

U-umm, I've seen it lead to some pretty bad stuff before...

[Troubled and worried, but now— piping up!]

But I still want to believe it's not all bad! Because it can make you a better person.

An... NPC? What's that?

[finalnpc]

I've seen it lead to pure insanity, but never to becoming a better person.

[ --he still has a lot to learn about people. ]

A non-playable character. Like in a video game - you have the main character, which you play, and then those around you, which are NPCs because you can't play as them.

[1/2]

[flakyflakes]

Yeah, well, I've seen it rescue someone from insanity! [If only... temporarily. She deflates after saying this, now, where's that certainty gone?]

[2/2]

[flakyflakes]

... wait, we were talking about video games all along?

You're a video game character?

[finalnpc]

.. No, that was just an example. It's hard to explain.

[ a different world— simple enough. ]

[1/3]

[flakyflakes]

Um, this is going to sound dumb, sorry, but I don't get it!

What makes you different? Who's playing or not playing you there...?

[2/3]

[flakyflakes]

[Over-active, paranoid imagination's spinning out of control aaaaand—]

[3/3]

[flakyflakes]

AAHHHHH, don't-tell-me-you-have-no-control-over-your-actions and you're gonnakillusallwaaaaaAAAAAaah!!

[Panicking and flailing and running around in circles showering flakes everywhere, yup, you've got an unreasonably cowardly person on your hands. Emotions. Fun stuff!]

[1/2]

[finalnpc]

[ give him a moment to process what just happened and what was just said.. ]

[2/2]

[finalnpc]

I have no intention of killing anyone—

Though I have a certain task set to me, it's technically not killing...

[ just turning everyone into an NPC like him so the world can start over! easy enough. ]

[flakyflakes]

........

[Just going to freeze up and cry uncontrollably now.]

What do you mean not technically killing? [Bro, that's really vague, why'd you have to word it that way?

Just supressing your humanity, no big deal.]

[finalnpc]

[ it's not like you need to be human or anything— the NPC life is great fun! /insert advertisements here. ]

The task set to me by the one who created me.. Hm. I have been told to restart the world I live in. Which means taking every living - well, dead - soul and turning them into an NPC.

Of course, this only happens when love is developed in the world. We can't have the place turning into a paradise, after all.

[flakyflakes]

[Oh, yeah, an endless youth of total conformity, forever static and falsified! Perfect.

Calming down, just a bit, only because she's now more confused than terrified. Or maybe they're both there in equal amounts and are now cancelling each other out, whichever.]

Wait... so you want to rid the world of love? [That sounds like the evil plan of a villain from a kid's show, only applied in horrifying ways.]

Turning someone into an NPC, what does that mean, exactly?

There's so much bad in the world... just a little piece of Paradise wouldn't hurt, right?

[1/2]

[theonewhodied]

Damn, you're talkative for an NPC.

I used to drag guys like you out back to beat up. Even their begging was limited to a few set phrases though... it got boring. [A bit of a pout, then a grin.]

[2/2]

[theonewhodied]

You could be a fun, new toy. Quick, say something else. Let's see how well-made you are!

[finalnpc]

—...

You're disgusting.

[theonewhodied]

No, no, I'm afraid that line's gotten stale. [Grin dimming to a thin, sharp smirk.]

Your kind should address me as god.

[finalnpc]

Men who believe they are gods will always fall in the end, and they fall far. I've seen that first-hand.

So.. thank you, but no thank you.

[theonewhodied]

[And Naoi's no longer amused.]

What do you know of men, you broken down toy?

You've been abandoned by whoever made you, haven't you? You run your mouth more, but stringing pretty words together doesn't earn you a soul. You could never understand what wounds our souls and claws its way out of us in the words we say, because you. Everything that you are, say, or claim to feel—

Is a lie.

[finalnpc]

I know more than you do, child. Being abandoned is hardly an issue. The Programmer had his reasons; I'm just here to work in his stead.

Better to have no soul and never be wounded by foolish words and actions than end up like you, a silly little boy who has a complex that could match the size of this world. You deem what I say is a lie, but truly, you will always end up tipping over the edge of that breaking cliff. You all do.

[theonewhodied]

[Naoi is angry and he wants to retaliate, but his mind latches onto the new information so quickly it distracts him from the clear insults.]

The Programmer? ... you don't mean— is that person responsible for the way the Afterlife is now? Why did he leave?!

[Oh, Naoi. Are we going to repeat Yuri's confrontation with this guy, looking for answers?]

[finalnpc]

Oh? Wasn't it explained to you?

[ that smile of his has been stuck there this whole time, but maybe it's widened a little. he's seems interested. ]

Are you sure that you want to know?

[theonewhodied]

Of course!

[Naoi raises his head confidently.] I know what I want and I won't have you tell me any different!

Now, answer.