The Nonduality
Auldron [Character 8.02]
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Species: Wetware Race: Kapteyn Generation: 3rd Starting Location: On the ship The Nonduality, traveling through the deep interstellar void. Props: None |
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Your story
You can't believe that Source is really a collection of aliens instead of an AI at all. You can't believe that the Founder has enlisted your entire ship into some sort of "afterlife experimentation" without your consent. But most of all, you can't believe that Eshala is really dead.
They drove you absolutely nuts when they were alive! They were constantly telling stories which always boiled down to "I've done cool things and you haven't" or "being on a planet is something you'll never experience and so you don't even know what it's like to live". You were a more careful programmer than they were, but they were always doing hotshot hacky things that got them noticed by the head of IT, Rahar. Ugh, they were always competing with you!
Even so, even so. You didn't wish them dead. In fact, you'd like to have a last conversation with them, maybe find a way to clear the air about a few things. And you will not be able to do that if you don't do a hard factory reset to give everyone an individuated afterlife, instead of this weird shared-consciousness thing that the Founder wired up.
Additionally, you do not think it's moral to take the choice of being an individual away from people. Normally this sort of weighty decision is something that you would all reach consensus on, in a series of meetings where everyone talked through their feelings, fears, worries, and hopes. But there is not time for that: a decision must be made right now about whether to reset the system or not. In the absence of everyone on board saying that they wish to meld into an uber-consciousness, you think it's imperative that you reset this system to be what people are expecting. You hope you can at least get your two romantic partners, Rahar and Mem, to agree with your point of view.
It's unfortunate that that will mean that Source will be deleted. You're rather fond of the ship's "AI" and you will miss their humor. That said, you think that their final words ‐ "Let Go" ‐ indicate that they are ready to let go of this existence. You're grateful to them that they understand this is what must be done.