[video] no sign of your flawed design

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Who: Asuka Shikinami Langley and... you.
Broadcast: Video
Action: Red Fish, if you want it
When: 4/29 (today)

[And here's a sight typically reserved for sore eyes-- Asuka flopped on her half-made bed, hair in braids on either side of her head, wearing a t-shirt and a pair of baggy pants. The overall effect leaves her much less intimidating-looking than usual, but really, she's just about to go to bed.]

I've been thinking about augment glitches.

[Not the most profound statement, but she presses on.]

Everyone gets them. Sometimes it's sort of an epidemic of them, other times it's just a handful of people. I know people in the Fleet keep track of all the planets and stations we end up at, but I don't think anyone's kept up with glitches. [An eyeroll, and then--] Probably because everyone wants to forget they happened. But I think it might be good to have a record and see what comes up most often or if there's any sort of pattern.

If you want to talk about any augment malfunctions you've had, go ahead right here. Even if they're really screwed-up. It might help somebody else out.

Comments

[scanninggaydis]

I'm inclined to believe it's part of an experiment. Along with the rest of the experience, of course.

[He'd be more careful talking about this, but it's not like the Atroma have ever seemed to care.]

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It's possible. But an experiment is supposed to prove or disprove something. And it's supposed to have an end. I haven't seen anything pointing to either this whole time.

[scanninggaydis]

It could be a particularly long-running experiment.

[But he's not overly attached to the theory, so he shrugs.]

You have any theories on the point of the glitches?

[It's not aggressive, like she needs to come up with another reason. Just curious.]

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[Asuka looks a bit caught off-guard. Nobody really tends to take her seriously enough to ask her questions like that and mean them.]

Self-improvement isn't the right word for it, because nobody's really wanting to change. They're making us. [Of course, that makes it sound like an experiment, too.] Maybe we're not entertainment at all. Maybe we're just a warning.

[scanninggaydis]

[Hey, she had the smarts to ask the initial question. That seems like enough reason to take her seriously.

And honestly? Her reason isn't something he'd even considered. Felix's head tilts to the side a little as he considers that. It's not like it's impossible, though.]

A warning to their audience? To their home galaxy?