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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-03-27 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Akane just goes quiet for a bit, eyebrows hiked up before she adjusts the headphones over her ears as if making sure she heard her right.

"A friend..." Or a babysitter? "You are using friendship as a way to...make sure he doesn't blow up like a pipe bomb. Interesting." She wasn't being judgemental at all, her tone was in fact levelled. Hamuko’s joke served as a well enough distraction atleast. "I admire that level of patience though I am not sure how Wolf would feel about it- given he's Ichinose’s refuge."

"I have opinions about Maruki's ideologies but as of now I am going to have to queue them in the backburner." She continues rather methodically. She fidgeted with her hands, weaving different thoughts together.

"...it makes sense why he was so obviously excited when Ichinose spoke up on the network. Or why she found him as a safe spot- given the mutual persecution."
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-03-29 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Akane listened intently, considering Hamuko's point as she built up Maruki's profile. Maybe it was a way to prepare herself when she finally bites the bullet and meets Ichinose face to face, predicting what he would say or the way he acts is the right way to go about it so that she isn't caught off guard.

"Human feelings are so goddamn depressing," she muttered. "The Ichinose in our world is completely isolated from the rest of the world. She could go anonymous and no one would even notice but no- she still sticks around that AI who ruined our lives."

She closed her eyes for a moment, considering her next steps before she peaked in to find the waggling finger and then-

It's almost as if she's read her mind.

"..."

"No. I don't think we have an option of turning our backs from her, knowing what she's capable of," she shakes her head. "Dad definitely sees her as his responsibility and he will be around me when I will be auditing her code. Will say though you know despite everything..." She looks up and her expression almost feels guilty.

"I just know I died. I don't trust her but I can't...process my pains. Not more than factually. He says he will never forgive her because her actions lead to him losing almost everyone in his life and I am like...do I even feel that level of anger? Or is it just easy for me to direct my anger on him since he's the only one I have really ever known?"

"How does it feel like when you lose someone dear to you, Hamuko-san?"
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-03 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
To lose someone important...someone close to you. Is it like losing a limb? A missing part that is unfairly taken away from you- never to be fully replaced ever again? Akane can construct those questions in her head. She can look up websites in a matter of few seconds and weave over all its possible symptoms and effects but the loss itself is...its human.

She thought the human soul attached to her code would help her understanding all that. Why can't she?

Any way you could've saved them - and then it hurts all over again because even if you could have, that doesn't change the fact that they're gone.

Gone.

Her mind went back to Zenkichi, remembering the look of utter defeat in his eyes when Akane had stormed out of the place.
Then she had felt like crying. She wished she could cry to relieve herself from her heavy emotions- instead all she was left was this gaping emptiness.

This...void.

Dad...

Her sigh hitched as she heaved a deep breath and considered her words.

"If you ever had the option to run into them again...would you tell them what you just told me? About a different life? The memories that you shared with them?"
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-29 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Akane heaved a deep breath, tilting her head as she parsed her words carefully, eyebrows drawn together as she tried to log away what Hamuko was saying. Right. She lost her parents at a young age...her friends, whoeever Minato and Ryoji were- whoever they were they had a place in her heart. Their memories that she carried long after her passing.

"You sound like one of those protagonists at the end of a cliche manga," she ended up sputtering instead- feeling awkward despite her deliberate stare. "Though cliches are a cliche for a reason. I am a little jealous."

"By that logic Wolf and I did love each other. As family. When we were human," she hummed as she clutched her chin. "Love. I don't know if I can even describe it anymore...as an AI, I don't think I can love my dad anymore, can I?"
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-29 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Interesting."

That would just make her even more faulty and glitchy then originally expected no? That she can't even differentiate between too many emotions or there were too little for it to hold any weight. Just buttons that triggered its way when her systems experienced a glitch, hell was she even upset by her memories or was that just a coerrelated reaction? Did it even matter?

"Er- sorry, we are going in circles again, huh? I think I am getting a grasp of what you are trying to say. Thank you for hearing me out anyway," she leans back in her chair.

That said...the Ichinose issue.

"Getting back on track- I did find some really concering behaviours exhibited by both EMMA and the Maruki I have read about in comments and posts. Not the current Maruki but like...just in general. With his powers and his capabilities. Even with no EMMA he easily fills in the gap."

"Ughhh," she leaned forward- burying her head in her hands as she messed it up in frustration, "I don't know what to dooo. What if someone else attacks her?"
Edited 2025-04-29 22:32 (UTC)
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-29 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Akane blinked back at her. "Yeah um, no? Hamuko-san with all due respect- I can easily predict a scenario where Wolf will simply watch from the sidelines and pretend nothing happened."

"...I am not thrilled to be her bodyguard either." Sorry Hamuko, she does not understand where you are getting at.
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-29 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay...talking other people out of said violence. It's a noble act, one that she and her father would have done in a heartbeat for anyone else. They promised exactly that on their message now pinned on the main conspiracy board. It was their job.

She looks up from her otherwise frustrated state, hair slipping between her fingers as she shook her head.

"I am not mentioning any of this to Wolf," she pushed stubbornly, her father's fierceness peeking through. "He will never be on board with it and its just going to waste both of our time."
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-29 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Even as her hand drifted to the side, bored as fingers tapped against projected screens to open flutter again, trying to find patterns of when exactly did people start tolerating or opening themselves to Maruki's presence. If any. This will take a while.

Or maybe...

"Maybe I should put up a warning post..?"
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-30 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Akane's lips parted, grateful for the approval. She's never made decisions outside the scope of a usual mission and to work on an idea that didn't lead to a clear objective...she wasn't all too confident about it.

"Since she is helping us, I can point out that we will be supervising her. It's our primary objective at the end of the day." She rests her chin on her hand. "That is...if working on EMMA's andidote doesn't give her notes to work on a stronger version once she's back in her world."

Or I genuinely start hating the very ground she walks on, she doesn't say.
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-30 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"A preventative rehab, thing."

Akane couldn't help but actually chuckle at that- despite the seriousness of the topic. "Or babysitting. Adult-sitting?"

At her own correction she groans. "Damn- I forgot we are dealing with adults here. It really makes you think, doesn't it?"
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-04-30 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, Wolf's a bit of an exception-!" She teases. "I am kidding- I did yell at him for nearly an hour after making me go through a full stack overload. I swear I thought I couldn't even percieve shit for a moment with the way how fast he found her. Or how fast she contacted Maruki- right before my eyes."
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-05-01 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"...I wouldn't say completely helpless," Akane shrugged as he lowered her legs to the floor. "She did rip out the microphone of her phone without damaging any other parts. Plus at the end of the day, no matter how advanced me or Wolf are- she's an artificial intelligence researcher. She just needs the tools..."

And with that, what Hamuko said was the cherry on top.

"Exactly."

An EMMA and Maruki hybrid...the mere thought of it...

She taps her foot against the floor. "Think I should mention Maruki in the warning post as well? Or would that just make this situation more- us against the world kind of mentality?"
Edited 2025-05-01 00:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] counterfeitphantom 2025-05-01 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
That makes sense. She doesn't want to rally someone who can apparently manipulate time along with someone proficient enough to hack into her against her at the end of the day. Besides retracting away to a safe spot, what else will she be able to do?

"You’re right," Akane nods. "I just figured I should think through all the scenarios before I go about making a public announcement. It needs to serve its purpose and make our intentions clear from the get go so we can safely deploy the antidote against the EMMA of our world."

And there it was, the more artificial side to her. Always quick to sort out its purpose.