respawn-system

[respawn-system]

Alright, if I do find something strange I'll just.. look at it, I guess.

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

I'm pretty sure I can't, I remember feeling one when I started existing. But I never explored that much, there were hallways and open spaces and I didn't want to get lost..

Wait, I could explore more without worrying about getting lost, right? Since I can.. be here in this world from anywhere in the other one?

(Shouldn't there be something to- uhh- A leaf blows by in the light breeze.)

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

That.. sounds painful to look at. I'm glad I don't see it like that... but why would it look different to me?

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

What? Of course it is, what else would it look like?

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

Well- sure there's grass and trees and a sky, but I've been exploring for a while and I haven't found anyone else around...

And.. if you weren't saying my drawing was bad, what- uh, what were you talking about?

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

Well, I can't- I can't really make it actually.. shiny, like it's supposed to be..

(Respawn gently folds up the drawing, evidently self-conscious about it.)

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

They're..going, I guess?

I found some drawing supplies, so I drew the.. uh- what's it called again? The scaffolding? The, uh.. the place where I really am.

(Respawn holds up a drawing of- oh what the- ahem. of what is decidedly not what the code world looks like. Tall blue walls that fade to black, the terminal a shimmering black and green that seems to reflect what's on it, the floor a muted purple, ingrained with green lines leading from the terminal to various walls.. it looks wrong.)

Not much else though, this place seems just as empty as the other one..

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

/* A green key appears in front of you in a flash of light */

Hope I'm not interrupting anything-

@epprbcu-keymaster

(Respawn flinches at the flash.)

Oh- uh.. you're not, I was just exploring.

[respawn-system]

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

(...)

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

Okay, here goes..

(Respawn takes a deep breath, closes their eyes and... unceremoniously falls to the ground.)

​

(In the overworld, Respawn opens a pair of eyes that look exactly like their own.)

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

(Respawn flinches at the pop-up, snapping out of their thoughts.)

Oh, uh.. how...? Do I just close my eyes and think about it? Or do I have to actually be asleep?

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

(Respawn stays silent, looking over at the terminal for a moment.)

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

(Respawn takes a moment to think.)

I... I guess that's okay then.. as long as you're absolutely sure it's not alive.

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

A.. greater.. huh? Wait, no! I don't want to do that to it..I'd rather stay here than hurt a living being like that.

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

That would be nice..

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?

[respawn-system]

No, the response. This failsafe thing and-

I don't know, I just... have a bad feeling about this. What if this- this moment was what... caused me to become sentient? And if that gets reversed..

(Respawn trembles.)

...would I be reversed too?

(There's a sudden, brief buzz of static.)

-y, does this work?

Hello..?