somewhere over the rainbow

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

A barman once told me- you know when you're alive because you can feel, and you know when you're not, because you can't.

... I can't feel anything.

Comments

[defective-heir.livejournal.com]

That... makes sense. It sounds amazingly like something I told someone else once...

I wonder though, if it's anything different for someone who's emotions are artificial from the start...

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

Don't look before you leap.

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

What?

[ciaohospitals.livejournal.com]

You and me both, man.

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah? What's happened to you, then? Can't be any madder than my story.

[ciaohospitals.livejournal.com]

Yeah? I'm just me. End of fucking story.

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

Just don't. Ruins the surprise.

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

Artificial emotions? What, AI and that?

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

Suppose you can't say fairer than that.

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

I'll keep that in mind.

I promised. Annie, I promised I wouldn't leave her. And Gene. I wasn't- we weren't finished, Gene and I.

[ciaohospitals.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

[defective-heir.livejournal.com]

Y-yeah. That's pretty much what I am, so it's something I think about a lot...

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

So even machines have existential crises, do they? Blimey, there is no hope for a bit of peace, is there?

Makes sense, that. We don't have AI in my world. Or, well, not really. Some technology is advanced enough that people think we could be on the verge of figuring out artificial intelligence, but I dunno. Too many horror movies about it, seems to me.

[timey_wimey]

Sam.

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

Doctor.

[timey_wimey]

You want to go back.

Don't you?

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I just- all I wanted was to wake up, all that time. Wake up and go home. And I thought, once I woke up, everything would go back to normal. But, I-

Yeah. Yeah I do.

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

Good.

They're still there.

[out-of-my-time.livejournal.com]

How can they be? I want them to be, but I don't see- it can't be possible. Can it?

[timey_wimey]

Thought so.

... Any ideas of how you're going to go about it?

[notleprechaun.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should see a doctor.

[defective-heir.livejournal.com]

Wow. That sounds so... vastly different from my world.

[canhaswrenchpls.livejournal.com]

Was this before or after the barman poured you your fifth pint?
It has the same effect on Obright in battle.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

I'm my opinion, the barman was wrong.

I'm Saguru Hakuba, a pleasure to meet you Mr...?

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

I can say, from experience, that that is not necessarily true.