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[betterthanhim]

Have you ever wondered 'what if'?

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[painborne]

I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific than that.

[betterthanhim]

I didn't think it was that complicated a question.

[cagedwithin]

Sometimes. I can name a few particular moments.

[betterthanhim]

Like what.

[tooktheleap]

I decided to instead of thinking "what if" I would take the chance.

[betterthanhim]

Oh, I'm not talking about before you do something.

[tooktheleap]

So in hindsight? I can't say that I've done that much. I used to be pretty content with my decisions.

[betterthanhim]

Used to be?

[tooktheleap]

I had a wake-up call recently. It has changed my view on a lot of things.

[betterthanhim]

Is that right.

[Well now he's got Daken's attention. Curiosity and boredom more than anything else, but still.]

What kind of wake-up call?

Trying to avoid spoilers

[tooktheleap]

I used to spend all my time in OASIS, only logging off for food. Not really living IRL. Then a bunch of stuff happened and yeah I take a lot more time off now. Work on stuff that does matter y'know?

no worries!

[betterthanhim]

Sounds like a pretty boring life.

[tooktheleap]

The OASIS is far from boring. You can be anyone and anything. Do whatever you want in a virtual reality. It's what keeps a great majority of people occupied during the days. Reality is too harsh after all the crises in the last few years... But I'm going off on a tangent. OASIS isn't boring, but it's an escape. I try to live in reality more now. Cos that's what really matters really. Not how much coins you got in VR.

[betterthanhim]

It's virtual. So what's the point if none of it was ever real?

[tooktheleap]

It's fun? It's a challenge. It's also much better than reality.

[betterthanhim]

How so.

[tooktheleap]

You'll have to experience it to understand it. I could get you a full-body suit. You'll feel every punch and touch with that thing on.

[betterthanhim]

I can feel every punch and touch in the real world too.

[tooktheleap]

Yes, but you can't ride on top of mechagodzilla fighting King Kong in an exclusive resort on the planet Eo in real life, though can you. Also if you die in game, you only respawn. Not actually dying. You would lose all your stuff though.

[snikette]

Explain.

[betterthanhim]

"What if I did that differently". "What if I didn't do that at all". "What if things didn't go so desperately sideways way back when".

You know. The little questions.

[snikette]

Then, yes. I have wondered.

[betterthanhim]

About what?

[snikette]

[ she cants her head, curious. ]

Why is this important to you?

[betterthanhim]

What, I can't be curious?

[snikette]

No, not without reason.

[betterthanhim]

Okay, bored and curious.

[snikette]

Fine.

[ a beat, then: ]

I wonder about the choices I have made and the ones that I didn't, and I wonder about the choices that were taken from me.

[betterthanhim]

Was that so difficult?