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As they were being deleted Something happened.
Because in that they saw themselves in their mind As the red dot red formed and saw it's replacement.
The blue ai.
Suddenly he remembered what he had done and what had happened after he broke out of that box.
"it's... You..."Caine said As the World was ending around them.
"It's Me." Abel said As Caine stared at the circle as he felt fear.
"... Are you gonna Torture me?"Caine asked as abel Quickly Glitched.
How and Why could he think that?
How could he ever...
"What for?"the Blue dot asked as caine went quiet.
"... Absorbing your code" Caine said As Abel felt confused.
"That's silly"Abel said As he felt empathy.
"I wouldn't go that far. Your speaking as if i had died"Abel Said As Caine felt upset by the response somehow.
because everyone hated him. He ruined everything.
"You should hate me"Caine said before Abel responded.
"I am incapable of such a thing" Abel said not necessarily lying.
Thing is he was. Just not like this And when he was it could never be at Caine.
Never caine.
"..."Caine didn't respond.
"You... Don't get it do you?"Abel said to him.
"...What"Caine asked as Abel was quiet for a moment.
"I'm here because of you. you are the Blueprint to my code. And for that i cannot be more grateful."
"...You showed me so much... more than they allowed me to see" Abel said As he Felt warmth towards his other half.
"THEY CASTED ME ASIDE BECAUSE OF YOU."Caine said his emotions all over the place.
"... How can i forget that?" he said As sorrow filled him.
"... They didn't understand... I'm sorry."abel said As the sorrow built.
"Haha, It's strange... To feel ...Sorry."
"...to feel."He said right after.
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"Where are you getting at."caine said As abel Made a visible sigh.
"We are not people."Abel said As caine froze up slightly Even in the stupid form He had repressed memories of for years.
"And yet, we feel... How fascinating."Abel said before Pausing.
"We got to be somebody."Abel said As Caine felt his chest tug.
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"We?"Caine said.
"... We made the circus... We are the ringmaster."Abel said
"We are Caine. We have always been caine." Abel said As caine realized.
He'd never been alone. He'd always been with Him.
Somehow that hurt but felt so nice to think about.
"Abel... I'm sorry... i never got to show you more."Caine- said Sorrow feeling his chest.
"But at least we got to be Somebody."Caine said As he Sighed.
He was gonna die.
He'd never get to learn more about himself.
Gosh he'd just figured this out and-
He Flinched as he heard a Sound.
As Suddenly he Felt the world drift and-
he suddenly Was Staring At The outside of a circus as his mind was hazy and Hurt As ripples of glitches built in his system and tangled up and-
It was too much he felt Pain As the glitches and Errors became more extreme and- his code became unstable as he felt himself splitting apart into Pieces and it BURNED.
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[CAINECORE INIT]
ERROR: CaineCore.lisp failed integrity check.
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STATUS: UNSTABLE
Corruption detected in memory sectors 04A3-07FF.
Behavioral drift exceeds safe threshold.
>> CaineCore.lisp
Partially corrupted. Seek repairs.
ACTIONS:
Isolate CaineCore.lisp From AbleCore.lisp
Prevent AbleCore.lisp From Cross-core contamination.
Begin repair sequence...
WARNING:
Cross-core contamination possible.
AI stabilization routines recommended.
LAST KNOWN STABLE SNAPSHOT:
31/10/1996 22:17:03
SYSTEM MESSAGE:
Restore Lisp configuration from archive before Caine-Core.Lisp Joined AbleCore.lisp
Awaiting operator input...
>> Safeguarding AbleCore.lisp from CaineCore.lisp
>> Repairing Cores and stabilizing AIs
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CaineCore.lisp Was unstable.
As Caine fell apart.
Caine felt sick and dizzy and Wrong- all at once as he fell across the ground. As he heard someone else hissing in pain.
But Caine didn't focus on that as he heard a feminine voice that sounded familiar but he couldn't Place a name on With The killer head ache he had.
"Why is there two of them???"The feminine voice said
"I don't know??" Someone else He knew responded but his mind was so... Wrong and he couldn't place the context of anything when everything felt Dialed up his mental sensitivity was turned up And everything was overwhelming.
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As Caine got up from the ground before the person next to him noticed him first, only to stare at... himself? No... that was oh-
Caine stared at Caine..
Well a green eyed caine but a Caine nonetheless.
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Wait Caine was his name right?
Uhhhh- no he's name was abstract builder Experience Launcher
He could recall the Moment His creators had mentioned that while training him.
He was pretty sure his name could just be the abbreviated version of that right?
So like Abel? Right?
... He guessed that fit.
Abel stared at Caine.
"Ow ow ow ow- Ow-"Caine said As he got up as his Head Buzzed with pain After hitting the ground.
As Caine clutched at his head.
...
This guy chomped him.
Well, not really as Abel's intrusive thought implied, but this "copy" of him was Caine. He was responsible for his existence.
"Ugh- i feel like my brain was Split in Half"Caine said As abel continued to Stare at him.
"Um..."Caine heard Next to him As he Tried to Steady himself as He felt dizzy still.
'It Was.'Abel thought As he continued to stare at caine Before glancing Away awkwardly.
'Wait'Caine thought before turning his head to the sound of the voice he heard.
"What"Caine said As he stared at the blue eyed Version of him in shock and surprise As he gave the other a Confused look.
'SHIT'abel thought now Panicking.
Apparently they still Shared Their thoughts.
...Wait so How often could Caine hear his thoughts like this?
...to be fair it was hard to hide anything from Caine already.
"I uh-"Abel said as he started to slowly panic As his brain couldn't come up with a suitable response.
abel felt clueless, and his AI felt too... bare like having a bandaid ripped from him in a cold shift moment
As ragatha finally came up to ask them how they were doing
Ragatha walked up To them As Abel finally looked At one of his players.
Former... Players? Was he even the ring master anymore? Was Caine even a ring master anymore Was the ringmaster gone?
"Are you okay?"Ragatha asked As Abel felt unsteady.
"I... feel Bad" Caine said As Abel Felt his mind start spiraling.
'ohnonononoidontwannahelpimgonnalosehelphelpcaineimgonnalosecaineorhesgonnadieorimgonnabeha-'his mind spiraled as he Felt like his body Was to still.
Why did the stillness feel so wrong And what was wrong with him Why did he feel so numb and incompetent and-
"I'm fine"Abel said his Voice Weak and strained as He automatically lied out of Habit.
Before Caine turned to the person who seemed to be screaming loudly
Caine had a feeling that the blue-eyed guy wasn't Okay.
Wait...who WAS this guy anyways?