[FFML] [FIC][BGC] Frozen Butterfly Arc 3 Chapter 5 Draft

[skychan]

>
>  The world seemed to swirl around me, vibrant and alive. Around me
>>>> marched throngs of young attractive students.
>>>> In the haze I focused on Sylvie, it helped. There was no lust
>>>> there, no secret unspoken craving, just sisterhood and
>>>> understanding.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting here. I was starting to think she was getting better at
>>> riding
>>> the subway... maybe she was just picking better (not-morning-rush-hour)
>>> times?
>>> ...Or maybe the fresh blood also increases her system's responsiveness to
>>> sensory input? That could make things more difficult than expected :/
>>> Seems
>>> like she's dealing ok with it though.
>>>
>>
>> Its actually a combination of both.  She has been careful on when she
>> rides the subway, and this was the first time she's been caught in
>> standing
>> room only for a long while.  As for fresh blood, it does increase
>> the efficency of pretty much everything she does.
>>
>
> Wow, both of my guesses were right? Success! :D
>
> You earn a cookie.


>  Pretending to look affronted she replied quickly. "I'm not
>>>> stalking you,I just happened to be heading to breakfast when I
>>>>
>>>> saw you, but enough about me. What were you doing out so late
>>>> you're only getting in now?" There was a definite gleam in her
>>>> eye making it obvious what her fertile imagination had conjured
>>>> but I wasn't going to
>>>> rise to the bait.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds like a stalker to me -laughs-
>>> (Or at least on her way to becoming a stalker? I'm not expecting it but
>>> it's starting to feel that way a little bit.)
>>>
>>
>> Well Kari is the first girl she's found attractive, and if I've failed by
>> now to show just how impulsive and... experimental and experiential a kind
>> of girl Nanami is then I'll have to fix that, somehow.
>>
>
> Oh, no, I didn't mean it that way!
> I'm just noting that I do find her stalker-ish right now, but haven't made
> a final judgement on it.
> (If I were Kari, I would probably half-jokingly refer to Nanami as a
> stalker for a while, at least in part to try to stop her from being one.)
>
> Sorry if that wasn't clear.
>
> Well, later you say that she is using Mackie to test the waters.  I would
say she's also using Nanami.   So even if Nanami is acting a bit like a
stalker, Kari isn't at the moment feeling threatened by it.  It's another
one of her 'safe' outlets.



>  Riding the subway back toward the center of town it felt almost as if I
>>>> were a cork bobbing in the sea of humanity around me.  A part yet
>>>> separate
>>>> from my surroundings.  I was nervous.  How would Sylia look at me, as a
>>>> person or a machine?
>>>>
>>>
>>> and my response to Kari:
>>> I still think Sylia is right to see you as a machine. But you do a better
>>> job than most of thinking that you're a person, and hopefully you'll be
>>> able to get Sylia to treat you that way (regardless of how she sees you).
>>>
>>
>> Hmm, now this is the most hypocritical sounding view I've read in a
>> while.   I'm not saying it is, just that it sounds that way.  On the one
>> hand pointing out that she IS a machine.  While on the other complimenting
>> her on being a person and hoping she can be seen as one.  Talk about
>> sending mixed messages if you were there talking with her!  I'm not even
>> gonig to say that you are wrong.  There is a lot of machine in Kari, and
>> it's actualy growing a bit more pronounced even as the lines between her
>> two sides blur and those machine inspired behaviors stop being machine
>> inspired.  At least I hope that I'm getting across the fundamental changes
>> to her personality.
>>
>
> My stance wasn't entirely clear I suppose:
> Kari is definitely feeling more machine-like than she did originally,
> whether she's incorporating those behaviors intentionally or
> unintentionally.
> And I am personally more in Sylia's camp (boomers are not human) but I'm
> rooting enough for Kari that I hope she succeeds here.
>
> I tried to clarify by differentiating between how Sylia sees Kari and how
> she treats Kari, so let me reiterate: I do not hope that Kari can be seen
> as a human, but that (at least for now) she can be treated as one (since
> that's what she's comfortable with and wants).
>
> I can see the possibility for hypocrisy in my opinion, but would need more
> discussion before I'm bothered by it; hypocrisy is not highest on the list
> of vices I detest.
>
>
> I actually don't think it is hypocrisy, just sounds vaugly like it.  I do
see the diference in there.  Though your clarification does help with the
present and future versions of your wishes.



>  Already time spent with the others had me dividing the world into us and
>>>> them.  It was a distinction that I hadn't even dwelt on before.  How
>>>> much
>>>> greater would the divide get over time?  Would I even consider myself a
>>>> person?  Or more ethically worrying would it grow until I no longer felt
>>>> bound by the same social conventions that humanity is?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Good, she's finally getting to think about this some more xD
>>>
>>
>> Hopefully at the same time that the internal divide is going away!
>>
>
> Interesting point. Is she really moving from her old group of "I'm a
> human!" to seeing that being a 33-S is a valid, but different,
> culture/group/identity?
> I hadn't caught that as such until just now.
>
>
> I hadn't really thought of it as joining a new 'culture' or 'ethnic group'
but it does sort of work in that way as well... hmmm



>  Laughing slightly I took a quick moment to stuff the lingerie set into my
>>>> backpack.  It was a small gesture, but pilfering like this made me feel
>>>> rebellious.  It wasn't as if Sylia couldn't afford the loss and even if
>>>> it
>>>> weren't true it gave me the illusion that I wasn't worried about what
>>>> she
>>>> might do even if she did, as was probable, have a camera in here to
>>>> watch
>>>> me.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe you'll just owe her later?  >_>
>>>
>>
>> Or prove she's a little more human than boomer, or prove she has no morals
>> and is more boomer than human.  That gesture can be taken a lot of
>> differnt
>> ways.
>>
>
> And Sylia will take it whichever way best suits her ends. -sigh-
> I'd rather just owe her later, it's cleaner >_<
>
>
> Well yes, but really Kari wasn't thinking that clearly about things at the
moment.



>  Finally she broke the silence, her voice coming out cool, without
>>>> inflection.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Kari managed to get Sylia to speak first, so that's a point to Kari. :D
>>>
>>
>> Actually I just decided that Sylia didn't care enough to draw things out
>> further.  She recognized what Kari had done and decided she didn't want to
>> try dealing with the 33-S but instead the person.  Drawing out a contest
>> of
>> wills against 33-S programing is meaningless.
>>
>
> Yeah, but remember Kari is playing Sylia's game here, so Sylia still gave
> Kari that point.
> Or does Kari win the point herself, for getting Sylia to try to deal with
> her as a person?
>
>
> You know, I'm not sure.  I hadn't actually thought it through to that
level of overthinking things. :)



>  "I am not yet willing to discuss that subject."
>>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting... so what subject does she wish to discuss first?
>>>
>>
>> See, she wants to deal with Kari about Kari, not with a 33-S about other
>> 33-S's
>>
>
> :)
> I think I was noting that Sylia just meant it's later on the agenda... and
> then Kari seems to think she means it's not on the table at all.
>
> Thus once more proving that Kari doesn't have a great handle on Sylia.

>
>   Exasperatingly she remained absolutely calm.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sylia does that xD
>>>
>>>  Its kind of her defining character trait.  If she gets visibly angery be
>> afraid.
>>
>
> She's the type to get cold-angry first, too, so it's not always easy to
> tell.
>
> Thus if you see her get visibly angery be afraid!

>
>  Just before the doors began to close Sylvia said one more thing.  "Oh and
>>>> Kari, stick to black.  White would make you look 16.  I doubt you want
>>>> Mackie to think you are available."  Then they shut with a click.
>>>>
>>>
>>> HAH!
>>> This may be the most humorous version of Sylvia I have ever seen. I
>>> approve :)
>>>
>>
>> I was trying for a dry wit, I hope I succeeded.
>>
>
> That is exactly how I'm reading it. Now quit making me identify with Sylia
> so much! I can't afford a hardsuit!
>
> Well do like Kari did.  Get your brain frozen, have an unscrupulous genom
executive transfer your memories over into a prodoction model 33-S, and
then go convince Sylia that your a rogue with a heart of gold.

>
>
>>> Yeah, character development will do that.
> I intend to be here when you get the next one posted :)
> (And don't forget to post the final version here so I can see what other
> changes you made as well!)
>
>
> To be honest, I don't think there will be many changes at all,
surprisingly to this chapter.  Mostly the silly edits you pointed out.
I'll instead start working on the next chapter once I finish those today!
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