Epilogue

[cartesio]

Welcome to Cartesio!

You open your eyes and see the ceiling of the lodge. There is no real sensation of having slept, but you're still feeling rested. Sitting up, you can see that the building around you is in ruins. Dust and dirt dominate your environment. Around you, there are familiar people - some of them you've been with up until now, some of them you have been brutally forced to part with weeks ago. They all look alright, a little confusion aside.

From a corner of the room, you can hear the soft whirring of a machine. Upon examination, you can see that it's 3D-printing more gelatinous bodies like you've seen earlier today. Every body that is dispensed from the machine is a safe haven for another mind from the simulation, another mind to join your ranks as real people.

After you've adjusted to the new situation and left the lodge, you find yourself greeted with perfect sunshine. There's a town welcoming you, friendly and peaceful. Though it is more modern than what you are used to, there is no mistaking it.

Cartesio, Nevada, welcomes you.

You're new people, in a new world. Every chance it has to offer is open for you.

Comments

[integratedsoul]

a) Waking Up

[ Cian wakes and sits dazedly where she plopped into existence for a moment. A body. Her body. Her first body it seems. Funny how she has all these vivid memories about what being alive means, yet this is the first time she's living.

After a few minutes, she gets up and just loosely addresses everyone around: ]

Congratulations!

b) Outside

[ Cian stands outdoors and breathes in deeply, looking very content. ]

I can't believe I got used to how busy this era is.

[ She's so so proud of herself for that. Though Miach doesn't know her, though she's a person who was only just now born... The memories of Cian Reikado still reside within her. Getting to live a new life, unchained from lifeism, in the era Miach made them dream of... That's incredible. She'll miss people from home, for sure, but in the face of that... ]

I'll show my courage now.

a

[amburere]

[ In a way, Dabi's used to this. He's cloned himself before with Twice, even if that was more temporary. There's a lot he has to deal with sure, but he'll get hung up on the details later. ]

You said that already, office lady.

[integratedsoul]

It bears repeating now that I'm alive for what may be the first real time, I think.

[ Dabi gets a warm smile. It's good to see him out here in the natural sunlight as well, though she does have to wonder what he's going to do from now. ]

[amburere]

[ He lets out a somewhat amused breath. ]

You'll have plenty of time to worry 'bout all that philosophical stuff from here on out.