[TIME TAG - APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE LUNAR ILLUSION’S DESTRUCTION]
ALAIS - Two weeks. It has been two weeks. How is she still laying there?
Luna - ...leave me alone alais.
ALAIS - But.
Luna - No buts.
I can't. Handle this anymore!
I don't want to be an assassin anymore
I'm tired of being used.
I'm just. Done.
LEAVE ME ALONE!
ALAIS - Lunie, I get it.
Luna - No you don't
You're my archival AI.
you didn't have to kill a hundred grunts.
Hinata - Well to be fair, I don't even remember doing that.
Luna - hinata? is it bad that i don't remember either?
Hinata - well... i mean let's be rational here. we were obviously out of our minds right?
Luna - i mean. Error? Do you remember what happened?
ERROR - Negative. Even I wasn't in control. Whatever those IMPs were, I couldn't fight them.
Luna - Then what the hell was in control??
ALAIS and Krystal - Unknown.
Luna - ????????????? But that’s never happened… right? R-right?
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[MEMORY ARCHIVES - That same day.]
Viper - Has this ever happened before?
ERROR - It... has. Knowledge on this specific topic is limited, unfortunately, but you all have experienced something like this prior with Elara. Do you remember Husks?
ALAIS - Bodies without souls but still being able to function. We just weren’t removed this time.
Viper - Interesting
ERROR - I would find it a lot more interesting myself if I wasn't being affected by it :) A lot of it makes no sense to me. For example, why were her eyes crimson? That's my Soul Color. I know I wasn't in control of her. :(
Krystal - And if it were hypnosis related, I could've released her myself with her trigger. But even that didn't work.
ALAIS - In fact, we were blocked. Couldn't even access controls. Were we taken over by Spark? But if that were the case, why kill all of those grunts?
Viper - Can you list the things that change Luna's eye color?
ERROR - Certainly.
For EYE GLOW COLOR:
Soul Colors - currently, she has red (myself), green (ALAIS), blue (her main soul), and purple (Krystal) but Orange and Yellow are also possible with matching Soul Colors. Luna currently does not house any souls with these colors. These Soul Colors can brighten or darken its glow to show mood or feeling. Typically, brighter means she's feeling happier or a mood is intense. Darker tends to be sadder or pain. Thus, if I, ERROR, am in control and am feeling happy, then her eyes will be bright crimson.
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As Husks do not have a soul, and thus no Soul Color, the glow in her eyes will be nonexistent. You could call this color "Black".
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Apparently 'White' is also possible, but I do not know how or why. I cannot find information on 'White'.
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Aside from Soul Colors: It is possible to manually change her EYE GLOW COLOR with certain Magical Abilities, but these Magical Abilities are rare and also rather narrow in focus. In this mode, it is almost as though the Controller is using its target as a remote controlled car or drone.
Viper - Can you tell me more about the magical abilities?
ERROR - Magical Abilities of this type have been banned by the AAA, the Agency of Arcane Affairs, for being much too powerful. With it, they are able to control targets like puppets or perhaps in our case, like fighting robots. The ability is called "Puppet Panic" and is said to be the Creature of Legend *Pietro the Mighty Marionette's* main Magical Ability.
Viper - How interesting, is there anything else known about this ability? Luna and Hinata were seen to have glass hearts hanging by a wire during that battle
ERROR - Glass hearts? Hrm. I'm not seeing anything in Puppet Panic's description about that. Maybe they're conduits for the Magical Ability? Like how a tank holds gasoline in a car. I don't know at all. I will continue to research. There are parts of her Memory Archives that are still not catalogued. It is a massive job but thankfully us three SOUL AI are pretty good about working through it. These past two weeks, despite our Host's depression, has been a Gods send for getting work done.
Viper - I wish there was more I could do to help but she said she wanted space so I'm respecting it, I wish I had more information but that's all I have
ERROR - It is not that she requires space, but rather, she is heavily disappointed in herself for not being able to fight back. Years of riding solo, being very self-dependent even after Krystal's death, moving away and finding friendship and family, and then... this happens. It brought her back to her past, a once stitch-sealed memory ripped open by a blade. A wound that reopened. I know she said to leave her be, but she's also been laying in bed for the past two weeks straight sans hygiene and meals. Her silence is rather deafening. She's suffering from these memories. Perhaps.. that was the goal all along. To remind her of her past self. Her evils. Her... role as a villain.
Viper - She isn't a villain though far from it, she's the sweetest person I've ever met in my life hell I could've sworn I had a cavity the first time I spoke to her. She's a victim of a higher power using her for evil, I can't blame her for how she feels after what happened. I just hope she knows how much she means to me and everyone else around her...
ERROR - If you feel a cavity while speaking to my Host, I recommend a trip to the dentist. :) But don't worry, I understand what you mean. It's just. What happened two weeks ago was deeply traumatic for her. Hinata as well. Wanting to escape their past and having it all brought back like that. It hurt them harder than any slash wound, gunshot wound, knife stab, or strangulation attempt ever has. And trust me. Luna's had all of those. Hinata as well.
Krystal - It's more pertinent to call the original LUNA PROJECT's intentions 'hyper-obedient battle servants that can be controlled on a whim'. Simple robots without free will. It was my goal to show her free will. To show her that she can fight back. That she has that choice. To give her a life.
Viper - I doubt the dentist could fix the cavity Luna would give me, is there a way to do anything about the hyper-obedient servant part? I doubt either of them want their combat abilities stripped away
Phoebe - Unfortunately, it's a fact that is innately imprinted on all LUNA models, regardless of Model Number. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, all share this curse.
Viper - Well shit, I guess the root of the problem isn't fixable
Phoebe - Not necesarily. The root of the problem isn't their curse, but rather, those who would want to use the LUNA PROJECT in that way.
Viper - So we should get rid of the people that wanna do that...in a non-lethal way
Phoebe - Sometimes nonlethal is impossible. It is the dream to be able to remove all those who wish harm on or seek control of LUNA Models in that way, but dreams aren't reality. The cold hard truth is: death is inevitable.