script draft.txt in notes. that CG- switchover will make this whole stupid video possible.
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First person "awaken" - sit up from under ash
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[elder] "huh, neat. I've never seen the moment of an arrival before."
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[newbie] \*turn around\*
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"am I dead?"
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"yep. We're pretty sure this is purgatory."
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"We?"
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"yeah, it's just... " \*gesturing to each\* "us, because-"
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\*cut him off\* "clones, right?"
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\*excited\* "ah, you know about that? How'd you find out?"
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"the journal."
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[elder, disappointed] "damn. Yeah a couple of us found the journal and got immediately shot. I was hoping you had a new story.""
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[newbie, standing up] "oh I got away for a bit."
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[elder gestures to nearby rock, moves toward it]
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[newbie, throwing off bathrobe prime. it sends up a puff of ash.] "yeah, ran for a bit. Left a note for the next me to bug out and bring the backup."
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[elder speaks] 😏 "the second, _real_ one? A secret you never spoke aloud?"
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[newbie, now CG?, sits. relieved:] "heh. i didn't specify. I ran around for a bit, went to where I *would* run to. Worked great, I was about to meet up with myself - but he got intercepted."
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"did you see the handler?"
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"no. the what?"
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"the handler - damn, nevermind, go on."B
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"oh, uh.. so I had to go back and make a fresh backup. Rushed to get in touch with a contact, went to sell it... But I guess they got all they wanted, because instead of money, here I am."
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\*both silent for a moment\*
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"Why kill you though? surely there's more where that came from?"
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"my thoughts exactly."
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"checks out."
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newbie: "so who's this handler?"
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"presumably there had to be one, right?"
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\*disappointed\* "that's all we know?"
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\*sadly\* "yep."
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incitement
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\*both silent for a while\*
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newbie stands up, antsy: "I feel... strange."
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"you're just *not* hungry. You'll notice you don't get tired. That's why this must be some kind of afterlife - we're finally free of that wretched mortal coil."
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"but I still have all my old emotions."
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"yeah. you're still you."
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"FUCK. Are we sure this isn't hell?"
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"was the last place not?"
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\*still agitated\* "how does that work, even?! how can the self exist without the body?! the self is the mind, the mind is a process of the brain!"
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"apparently we owe at least some of those adults with imaginary friends an apology. Maybe one of them cracked it. Through divine epiphany, given all the specifics of the demiurge's cruelty."
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[newbie, dejected] "yeah, on that note..."
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"you're going to ask why it's just us here? haven't figured that out. Must be something to do with being clones."
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[newbie, now sitting in the ash] "have we figured out who's the original?"
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"impossible. We all feel like we're the original. Don't you? And you don't have any missing blocks of memory. As far as you know."
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## section
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\*both silent for a while\*
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newbie: "how long have you been here?"
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\*sadly\* "who can say. 15 minutes. 10,000 years."
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same time: newbie: "it's like that?" elder: "it's like that."
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text
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\*both silent for a while\*
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newbie: "so where are the rest of us?"
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"oh, I don't know. *I* wander around. Of course we would."
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"how many of us are there?"
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"who knows. we don't gather. we don't have anything new and exciting to tell each other."
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"so you *have* encountered others?"
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"a few."
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\*both silent for a while\*
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newbie: "so that's it?"
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"I guess. Do you want me to stay with you for a while longer?"
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"I think?"
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\*both silent for a long time. a few times, newbie starts to say something, but gives up. \*
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newbie: "we know each other's minds front to back. it's just... Hanging out with myself."
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"The distinction between us is meaningless. So it doesn't feel any different from being alone."
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\*elder stands up. pats newbie on the shoulder.\*
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elder: "which way did i come from? I forget. I'm going to wander this way. Good luck."
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\*newbie stands up, follows a bit\*
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newbie: "with what?"
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"finding something interesting to do."
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"isn't there anything?"
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\*elder shrugs\*
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\*newbie stops following. Plays with some sand. walks off in another direction.\*
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