R1 DEADLAND

[lockdownmods]

[it’s strange, for the people who were already dead, the shift in scenery is sudden and complete. For those who have just arrived? It’s like you’re back where you left?

How strange.

But if you ever need her, you can always reach out to the guardian of this place.]

LOCATIONS
Note: locations lag a week behind the living counterparts

Comments

[preconstruction]

Oh, right.

[ actually gosh this could be awkward for humans ]

Our data has been backed up. These aren't our souls. They're versions of ourselves backed up on some kind of hard drive.

[machrophage]

[Luckily, Viral isn't human.]

...Sure, why not.

[THIS ISN'T EVEN WEIRD BY GURREN LAGANN STANDARDS.]

[12d3]

[...................................]


















..........pardon?

[preconstruction]

Think of it like saving a song to your computer.

[12d3]

But I'm not a song!

[Oh god. Oh god? Oh god what the fuck is any of this anymore--]

I'm a person! A real, livin', breathin' person!

[preconstruction]

Vivienne's method is very thorough. I doubt any data was lost in the process.

[12d3]

B-but.. but..

[2-D starts, but ultimately he cuts himself off as confused tears rise to his eyes. He just can't comprehend the idea of being anything but a living human, and Connor's calm reaction to it just isn't helping.

This is fine(tm).]

[itwasfeyt]

...Wait.

[. . . She's composing herself.]

You mean... this isn't the spirit world? We're on a computer?

[She's.... this has to be taken one step at a time.]

[preconstruction]

That's right.

[itwasfeyt]

[.....]

Dangit. I was kind of hoping to find Mia...

[This is So Much. She's not even touching on the AI part yet.]

[preconstruction]

Who is Mia?

[itwasfeyt]

My big sister. She's been dead for... for two years now.

[More than she thought, but it still stings a little.]

I was wondering if, if I was really dead... then I could see her somewhere.

[starswink]

[Ah.]

... How long have these backups existed?

[photomode]

[she's tried to not give it away but]

I can answer that.

[starswink]

Please do!!

[This is definitely the kind of news that would make you anxious.]

[photomode]

I take the last moment you are "alive." I repair the fractures in the data, and I restore you here.

This is how you are here, with your memories.

[starswink]

But you couldn't have done that in an instant, right? There must have been something you copied it from... was there something...

[Yoosung's touching his head. He'd had a half-baked theory about chips in brains, and he's paranoid enough to consider that sort of thing.]

[preconstruction]

I'm not sure, but I imagine for awhile. I saw -- a couple people I didn't know, I assume from the entrance exam? That must mean at least since then.

[starswink]

... I'm just worried about it being even earlier than that.

[preconstruction]

I might not have understood your initial question - your conversation with Eve seems to be more about when the backup of an individual was taken rather than the backups as a whole.

Do you have a theory?

[recodified]

...What...is data?

[ uh oh. a confused cat. ]

[donotlick]

0's and 1's that eventually come together to make computer code. So like... DNA for living stuff. If you wanna simplify it.

[ He's talking to a cat, he's gonna simplify it. ]

[recodified]

[ i'm sorry because ]

What's DNA?

[donotlick]

[ Biiiiig sigh. ]

You know your skin and hair? And how they're made up of tiny... cells?

[ Please say yes, why is he explaining science to a cat. HANK, KNOW WHEN TO QUIT... ]

[machrophage]

[I'm a Gurren Lagann character I can't not tag this.]

The source of Spiral Energy, apparently.

[Viral that means nothing to anyone.]

... Think of it like a set of instructions for making your body. It's why you're a cat and most of the rest of them are human.