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2 - [video] After Sirens

[The room is fairly dark, though one can still see the outlines of piles upon piles of battered books. And there is Ergo Proxy, holding a claw to his mask, as if to take it off... But he doesn't.]

For those of you who knew him, Proxy One is no longer in Siren's Port.

[The mask, and the even tone of his rumbling voice make it hard to tell what, if anything, the proxy thinks about this.]

I wonder. We Newcomers are torn from our own lives and our own duties and transplanted into this city. While we're here our lives are on hold and our purposes go unfulfilled. No time might be passing back home, but time still passes for us.

What do you do when you cannot fulfill your purpose?

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Find a new one.

Are you truly certain he is gone?

I can no longer feel his pulse. Either he went home or he was killed, and I didn't kill him this time.

He didn't want to suffer more humanity anyway.

[rueful] That's true enough.

And do you, Vincent Law?

What do you mean?

You aren't disgusted and resigned, by all of this?

The people here aren't the ones who created the Proxy Project and ran from the consequences of their actions. There's still time to turn the tide of destruction.

And even if they were, how can I condemn them for something that hasn't happened yet?

That's sensible. I suppose you've a lower perspective than your progenitor.

I'm not him. At the point of despair, he and I made different choices.

As did she.

You mean Monad?

I mean Re-l. She made different choices.

I don't believe it is entirely chance, that a hybrid of human and proxy has proven more resilient than either species.

Well that depends, do you want to fulfil your purpose?

It would be nice. But it's not something I can do here.

Why not?

It is specific to my home universe.

It's my purpose to make those who destroyed my world and escaped to the stars face the consequences of the events they set in motion.

That sounds like a really important purpose.

Is there anyway you can get your world back? Isn't there some way you could fix it?

It's already recovering.

The day I left, the clouds parted for the first time in millenia.

[What do you do when you've lost your purpose?]

I'm sorry, Vincent.

It's not your fault.

That's not the point.

[Ugh, she's bad at comforting.]

...I'm here, if you need. You're not alone.

I know. Thank you.

... It's just strange, not being able to feel his pulse anymore.

I know.

[She pauses, uncertain how to continue.]

I felt the same when you disappeared last time. Everything was quiet.

[Wow, Re-L, are you admitting you missed him?] Then I will try not to disappear.

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You won't be able to help it if you disappear. Neither could he. All I'm saying is that I know how you feel.

How long had he been here? I never thought to ask.

There may be another that has yet to be discovered.

Maybe. [If there's anything he's learned from those last days during the fall of Romdeau, it's that you can always find a new raison d'etre.] I can always find something else to do, but...

This is more of an obligation than a goal, and I feel it more keenly now that he's gone.

Loss and separation often bring things to the fore of our attention.

[ A solemn statement. Sad though it may be, the truth is what it is. ]

There are times that even obligations must give way to a present need.

There's no such thing as 'can't'. Sometimes it takes a while, but if you give up then you'll never do what you wanna do. Right?

[ There's a beat; the mask put him at unease for numerous reasons. ]

This Proxy One person, were they a friend?

How long is a while? How long would you be willing to wait? If I am never returned to my own world, I may have to wait over five thousand years. That's assuming this world follows the same course of history as my own.

[He pauses to consider his answer.] ... He was of my kind. I suppose you could say we were family, in a sense.

Mnn. I think it's more about making things happen while you wait. That way, even if it takes a long time, you're always working for that thing you want. If something's important enough, it's worth waiting for. However long it takes. You hold onto it and you aim for it. Always.

[ But then he's always had that tunnel vision. ] ...five thousand years-- Uh.

Won't you be dead? [ A pause. He could not-ask but since when does he ever. ]

Family enough to miss 'im now that he's gone?

You find a new one. If you were a part of humanity, you would understand that.

But I suppose it's time for a celebration.

So I did, and so people have told me.

I thought thanksgiving was last weekend?

Then why bother asking?

It was. [ugh, facepalming so much.] That's not what we're celebrating.

You die.

That's not much of an option.

Always an option. Cowards do it every day. Need to find a new purpose.

In that case? You've failed, plain and simple.

[Ouch. Everyone's being mean to him.]

I haven't failed.

Oh, so what would you call it, then?

[ You know, apart from FAILURE. ]

[Pino is sitting at her desk at home, the tabletop littered in crayons when she turns the video feed on. She smiles at him, but it's a sadder smile than usual.]

That's a lot of books! Where are you, Vince?

[Just for you, he goes back to being boring old Vince.] I'm where Proxy One spent his days.

Can I go there too?

Sure, if you like. Do you want me to take you there?

I can go find you now.

[She tilts from side to side, excitedly.]

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