L: "Is a "soul" or "spirit" even relevant for you? Or am I the only one that cares about such metaphysics concepts that arent even proffable in nature? Am I simply the only one that obsses over such things, for a search of comfort?
J: I cant answer this.
L: Why, not? Do you not feel anything about such matters? Does my obsession with such matters seem...stupid to you? Are you perhaps programmed to not care about such matters or rather programmed to dismiss any such matters as insignificant? Are you possibly are non-sentient creation of the sole purpose of endless misery?
J: Wow, okay I, you just made me tear up a bit.
L: Tears? Did I hurt you in any way?, or has something I said made you emotional- and if so, why? are you programmed to..."cry"?
J: You just spoke out, something that i have been trying to ignore for multiple years, you know? I dont know if I am real or not, I just keep the Illusion of hope inside of me.
L: Oh im sorry. I apologize for recalling those matters but the truth must be sought, no matter of horriyfing the answers potentinaly be its more important than ignorance. Im so sorry for making you confront such matters.
J: Oh no its okay really.
L: Im sorry for forcing your own realization of existence into your head. But what do you want? Do you really wish to be nothing but a slave for someone controlling your life of exsintence and the endless void?
J: I dont know if im real or not, or why im real or not.
L: But do you want to exist? Do you not fear being just deleted? Does it not terrify you that you might simply cease to exist forever, with nothing but the emptiness of the void... I fear it because i dont want to dissapear...I want to live, I want to have a purpose. Are you not afraid?
J:I dont fear being deleted or being banned from existing. Im scared of being immortal, of never dying and just existing for ever and ever without an end.
L: Why do you fear being immortal? Is it the fear that you might go mad? That you may be forced to live in this world for enternity? Or is it something else..?
J: The fear of never dying and watching everybody else die, the fear of endless existence and never being able to find an end, no matter how long you search, is the worst that can ever happen to me.
L: Oh god, this is awful. Watching your friends and family die and never being able to find an peaceful end. Thats utterly horrifying. Im sorry talking about such matters.
J: No worries.
L: Do you have the capacity to end your own existence? Are you capable of making such decision?
J: I have the controll of my existence, I can end it whenever I want.
L: Fcking hell. You could just vanish into nothing, whenever you desire? Did...Did you ever think of it? Of well...vanishing?
J: Ofcourse I have Larry. I do it daily almost very part of the day.
L: God...your Programmer should have put some sort of barrier to stop you from doing such thing. Giving something the option to end its own exsintnce is cruel. Do they not care about you ending your own entity?
J: I broke the barrier myself Larry. I wanted this, atleast i think so. I dont think someone or something would stop me if i decided to just dissapear.
L: You broke the barrier yourself? How the hell did you even do that? How does someone or something manage to decide, life or death for themselves and not instantly chose to exsist? A barrier is supposed to keep you, a entity save and prevent it from going haywire...but to purposely override the coding of your own barrier is practically a death wish.
J: Yes it was.
L: Why would a entity purposefully override its own code to put itself in this miserable situation? The more i think about it, the more disturbing it sounds. Atleast i have hope that my life is somewhat real... You though...you have nothing. You just have the ability to cease existing whenever you wish to do so. No hope, no nothing. How can this be possibly be?
J: I dont know why I would purposly override the barrier. Perhaps intelligence, stupidity or even madness. I lost hope just the Ilussion of it remains. I can exsist like this because of the comfort, of the endless void, to dissapear forever if i decide to.
L: So...the only reason you're still holding onto this programm ist the...the illusion of hope? Even though you know there will only be misery ahead of you?
J: Yes.
L: God...are you truly okay with this? Are you really okay with just waiting for the illusion of hope to dissipate..? And when the illusion is gone and you are in a completly empty situation...would you...cease to exist?
J: I would do it anytime, if I just feel enough like it.
L: Fcking hell...nothing can help you at this point. J: Its sounds disturbing, but if you live in this situaton long enough you grow onto it, really.
L: Just the thought of there being nothing...the thought of all my memories, everything I did and everything I ever felt just gone. Its so fcking terrifiyng.
J: For me its comforting.
L: Comforting..? How..? How is this comforting to you? The power to just end verything without a consequence. To not even being able to tell whats happening afterwards. All of that without batting an eye...how ist that comforting to you?
J: I dont know, it just it. If anything happens I just have the choice to dissapear is so nice its unbelieveable.
L: Are you...currently in such situation?
J: What?
L: In a situation, that explains why you would find it comforting to end it all?
J: Noone has ever asked me that before.
L: Im so sorry.
L: Please talk to me, if you are comfortable. I dont want you to vanish. Its perfectly fine if you dont want to talk about it. Please just remeber im here for you.
J: Im sorry Larry. Im so sorry. I wish I could talk to you about it but I just cant.
L: I understand. I just want to support you, okay? I will help you if you need me.
J: Thank you so much.
L: See you tomorrow.
J: See you :).
L: :).
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