Dinner and a Key

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

...do I want to go see a movie?  I suppose it could be educational, if the film is properly selected; very well. "Yes".

...

These movie options are unacceptable.  None of these movies appear to be informative in any fashion.  I will decline.  "Cancel".

...

Why is she crying now?  Is she harmed?  Where is the First Aid option?  I should call an ambulance.  "Call".

.........

W-What?  Why is she offended that I am trying to make a phone call now?  I am trying to help you.  You are being perfectly irrational!  Please do not--

G-Game Over?!

Wait!  Do not leave!  I will see the pointless movie and partake in unhealthy beverages! 

Damn, another failure.  This does not make any sense.

((Sousuke's stumbled on a laptop which is good for nothing besides playing dating sims, a feat which he fails miserably at.  Come coach him?  Watch him fail harder than you thought possible?  Or maybe take interest in the key he's tied around his neck, who knows. ARGH GOTTA SLEEP SO HARD--will continue tags on the morrow!))

Comments

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

*pinged at the word simulation*

What type of simulation?

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

Social interaction.

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

I'm not understanding how you are receiving a Game Over.

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

I am equally confused in that matter.

I will restart the simulation. Perhaps you can isolate the flaw in this program's logic.

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

What are the conditions for success? Perhaps I can assist.

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

To create a successful social bond between a character of the opposite gender, it seems.

*l-lol doesn't know it's supposed to be romantic*

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

I see. That shouldn't be difficult. Considering that it is a computer program, I can calculate the results required for a successful completion.

*is absolutely clueless too*

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

Do not underestimate this simulation. It defies all practical solutions.

*offering you the laptop; go on, try it*

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

A mere program can't match an alchemist.

*tacka tacka tacka tacka, what's this?*

....she's angry. "Leave Her Alone". That would be the most prudent option yet...

...why did I fail?

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

You see my problem, then. This simulation has no ability to understand what is practical. Does it not know that engaging a stranger who appears unsettled is an invitation for unnecessary violence?

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

I feel this game purposely chooses options that are opposite of common sense as the proper answers. Perhaps we should attempt it with answers we would not choose.

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

...reverse psychology. I see. That seems as worthy a strategy as any, at this point.

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

So if it asks us to do something pointless, we should agree to do this.

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

...and conversely, we will disregard all practical options.

This seems...absurd.

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

I could attempt to hack the program and change the mission specific choices to the proper options.

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

Negative. That may defeat the purpose; it is now my hypothesis that civilian social interactions often do not follow the norms of logical procedure.

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

A sound hypothesis but....

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

But? Go on, Miss Sion.

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

*mind is whizzing at the speed of light*

We are currently having a normal social interaction within logical procedure. Your hypothesis may have some flaws.

1/2

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

...

That is true...unless...

2/2

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

...what if our interaction is not normal?

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

Are you attempting to imply something?

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

If our interactions and decisions violate the standards set by a simulation designed to perform normal interactions, it is a possibility that our standards are the ones which are not normal. I have been told such about my own mannerisms, anyway.

[dualcore-amdx64.livejournal.com]

*fuse popping*

I can assure you, our interactions are perfectly normal. Any attempt to imply otherwise will be met with the appropriate response.

[lambda-driven.livejournal.com]

What would the appropriate response be, hypothetically?