Entry #A-12: "Assimilation" [February 13, Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

[A smooth, soft voice can be heard over the networks.]

I'm getting the feeling that this consumer-driven holiday invented by greetings-card companies is more of an affair in Death City than it was in my own world.

While I don't approve of holidays cashing in by making people feel obligated to buy things for others, I don't have a problem if people feel obligated to buy things for me.

There are some stores selling fine chocolates. I like these in particular, so... as a true gourmand and an expert at gauging human emotions, I will give you excellent, informed romantic advice in exchange for any of the following.

[TEXT]

1. Creme buttermints (package of 12)
2. Vanilla caramel truffles (package of 16)
3. Milk fudge squares (NO NUTS, package of 8)
4. Hand-dipped marshmallow dream bars (package of 2)
5. Cotton-candy heart sticks (package of 1, the most cost-effective option)
6. Belgian nougat sprinkled in gold leaf (package of 1, the least cost-effective option but I'll certainly notice you.)
7. Candied orange slices (Package of 10)

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Comments

[Audio]

[blossomgale]

I've existed for thousands of years. Around that much. But... I look fourteen.

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

That's an interesting place to stop apparently aging.

[Audio]

[blossomgale]

I never really stopped aging. I've always looked this way.

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

You mean you came into being looking exactly as you do now?

[Audio]

[blossomgale]

Yes, that's right.

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

And that happened, how...?

[Audio]

[blossomgale]

How it... happened? [ She's not sure how to explain that in detail. ] I was created by scientists. I'm not human.

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

If you're not human, then what are you? Artificial, I know, but... are you a machine, or organic?

[Audio]

[blossomgale]

A humanoid. [ Machine or organic? Machine doesn't sound right for her, but she can eat and feel emotions like a normal human. Organic might be closest? ] ...I'm... not sure which one of those I am. Emeraude said I'm composed of many tiny particles.

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

That's true for everyone and everything, you know. The universe is composed, first and foremost, of tiny particles.

[Audio]

[blossomgale]

Is it? But I think I'm made up of a different kind from everyone else.

[Audio]

[dead_black_eyes]

Do you have a good reason to think this?