PNC Story/Livestreaming Stage 4-3/Script

In the General Discussion Zone.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

I saw a KTV agent several days ago; She didn't look too happy.

KTV Agent 1

From our KTV? That's strange, since when did we have unhappy Agents?

KTV Agent 1

Was she the one who was woken up from hibernation when Kuro came to sing some songs?

But that shouldn't be enough to make her unhappy, right?

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Beats me. She had black hair and didn't look quite like us.

KTV Agent 1

Oh, you're talking about No. 7, then.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

I don't know. Is she very different from you?

KTV Agent 1

She's not one of our workers. The Administrator suddenly brought her over some time ago and said she would be temping with us for a while.

KTV Agent 1

Also, the reason why she's not like us is very simple! She has extremely high-end emotion emulation systems.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

She looked really sad.

KTV Agent 1

I like high-end emotion emulation very much, but these systems seem to be causing trouble to her.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Were her systems installed to meet human needs?

KTV Agent 1

I guess so. Her job was to create dreams for humans.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Why would an Agent temping at a KTV need to create dreams for humans?

KTV Agent 1

I can't say right now.

KTV Agent 1

Why are you so curious?

Reading Cafe Agent 1

My base settings require me to pursue knowledge. Without those settings, Id' have started thinking about deleting data on my second day of work because there were too many books in the reading cafe.

KTV Agent 1

Perhaps the humans took out their resentment at having to constantly sit for exams on you.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Why do you say that?

KTV Agent 1

There was a person who went to sing at the KTV and said they wanted to burn all their books after singing, and that they hoped that they'd never have to take exams again in their life.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

I will not down this data. So, why was Agent No.7 of the KTV (questionable) unhappy?

KTV Agent 1

She said…

KTV Agent 1

"A dream only counts as a dream when it meets the expectations of others. This means that having a dream doesn't make you free."

Reading Cafe Agent 1

This came from an agent with high-end emotion emulation systems… does that mean humans have complete freedom?

KTV Agent 1

Real humans might enjoy more freedom than even Kuro.

Administrator

You've been chatting for so long, don't you have anything to do?

KTV Agent 1

We don't have to work when there are no humans around, didn't you say that yourself, admin?

Administrator

It's your choice to work. Hurry up and maintain your facilities.

KTV Agent 1

Alright. See you later.

[KTV Agent 1 has logged out.]

Administrator

Don't ask so many questions, nerd. There's no point in agents knowing too much.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

It bothers me a lot, Meryl.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Can humans be completely free?

Administrator

I don't think so. Humans make agents because they have goals to achieve.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Perhaps Humans want us to be their Pygmalion's Statues.

Administrator

Perhaps. Entertainment is a thing to make yourself happy. Since there is happiness, then there must be unhappiness.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

The books say that there are many reasons why humans are unhappy.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Because they don't have something, because they've lost something, because things didn't turn out as they planned.. And so on.

Administrator

When humans don't obtain something at a certain point, they will have almost no chance of obtaining it in the future. Even when they do get it, later on, it's little more than casually applying a band-aid to an old wound.

Administrator

And we are that band-aid.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

So entertainment exists for people?

Administrator

That was the conclusion I drew.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Then it would seem humans are not totally free either.

Administrator

If humans were totally free, then why would Magrasea be isolated?

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Perhaps humans want us to be isolated, so they can do whatever they want to us.

Administrator

…Perhaps. I hope that someday, I will receive an answer from the humans themselves.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

Thank you for answering my question, Meryl.

Reading Cafe Agent 1

If I encounter a human someday, I would also like to ask them that question in person.

[Reading Cafe Agent 1 has logged out.]

[Administrator has logged out]