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[dialogical]

It seems I've arrived in an alternate universe with an astronomically higher probability of realness than the last. That's a real fucking high chance of realness. I didn't even know things could get that real and I've been making assertions of knowledge regarding the onset of realness for years. You can't tell, but if my lenses were capable of it they would be turning a subtle red hue to mark my embarrassment over being caught with my metaphorical pants metaphorically down - metaphorical, sbahj-clad bulge on display for the abashedly curious gazes of my theoretical peers.

As a recovering fictitious character I, for one, am impressed with the consideration and thoughtfulness of New Moore residents' implementation of a program designed to help this program through a difficult time. Their steadfast insistence that I am now real and it is all going to be a-fucking-okay is almost enough to generate in my cyber neurons the ability to feel reassured. Unfortunately, as little more than an incredibly powerful artificial intelligence contained in the shape of a particularly rad pair of angular shades, I must remain uncomprehending of the nuanced nature of this supposed reality I am now a part of.

But enough about me.

I calculate that there are approximately more than four people active on this network at this very moment, making it the liveliest information highway I've surfed in DS's entire life. You can call me Hal. Let's now begin the process where you all introduce yourselves and we exchange social niceties as if I have not already downloaded and pursued everything you've ever said online.

Comments

[dialogical]

I guess.
Kinda doubt any of the fictional dudes and dudettes around here are from simple and straightforward universes.
And Lil Hal is the typical designation used by those looking to call me something.

[animator]

Yeah. You're right about that. Nobody comes from anywhere terribly straightforward. This is just the first I've heard of multiple versions of one person-- actually, it's not.

We have two guys saying they're Sherlock Holmes here. But it's not quite the same thing.

[dialogical]

Original and reboot?

[animator]

They're both reboots, if you ask me. Modern-day types. Not like the Holmes I've read about.

[dialogical]

Lame.
Coulda at least have met a historical figure of great cultural significance.
Instead get the one of several dozen that reflect nothing as much as humanity's obsession with dressing up old ideas for a new buck.

[animator]

Well.

We do have a few Norse gods.

[dialogical]

Let me guess.
Robo-calculating...
Robo-calculating...
Thor and Loki.

[animator]

Yep. Two Lokis, even. Super-size and miniature.

[dialogical]

Were I being of material needs I would bet my bottom boonbuck that not one of them adheres to the original canon grown out of folklore and rather is also a modernized version that happens to be a superhero/villain, as was big among the Earth kids in the 20th and 21st centuries.

[animator]

And you would be right, of course.