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[shanghaiworld]

Greetings, I am speaking today to ask what may seem like an odd question.

[Despite it being an odd question, Alice looks rather serious when she proceeds to ask it. The use of video was to hopefully get the attention of more people.]

For this question, let us assume the following scenario. You find yourself in possession of a life sized replica, or puppet, of someone that you know. As it is a puppet of sorts, it is not a perfect recreation, but it appears to be the same until further investigation. You are able to control it's every single motion, but it is only able to do anything that you yourself are capable of doing,

If you were to be in this situation, what would you do?

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[nephentes_rajah]

[ Yuuka sits amongst the flowers on the side of the road, regarding the feed without any intensity at all. It's almost like she's not quite seeing things that are right in front of her, no matter how clear the image on the mirror is.

And she's also quiet. Deathly still, in fact.

After about a minute of this, she finally opens her mouth to take a breath and then speak, quietly. ] Familiar... you look...

[majin_fukushou]

Why do you have such a thing?!

[shanghaiworld]

[Okay Alice, keep calm. She only just noticed you.

... Maybe. She seems rather out of it. It's not like Alice knows her well, but this just seems off.

... And despite how hard she tries to resist...] ... Are you okay?

[shanghaiworld]

I wanted to see if I could emulate how they acted and see if I could fool anybody that knew her! Why are you reacting like this?

[majin_fukushou]

It just seems...

No, you're right, I'm overreacting. I apologize, Alice.

[shanghaiworld]

... You were going to say creepy, weren't you?

[nephentes_rajah]

Am I? [ It's an honest question, which Yuuka looks away briefly to contemplate. ] I feel just fine...

[shanghaiworld]

[A mantra of 'tread lightly' occurs over and over in Alice's head.] Ah... you just gave the impression that something was amiss.

[nephentes_rajah]

Oh. Everything is missing... [ She creases her brow and looks to her closed fist. ] Everyone.

[shanghaiworld]

... [Okay, now Alice is certain something is wrong. This is very much not how she remembers miss flower acting.]

Were you... somewhere else until now?

[doc_holi]

[Put it in the corner because that's weird but start to feel bad about it so take it on walks every now and then.]

... That's an odd hypothetical.

[shanghaiworld]

Well, I did say it might seem odd.

[doc_holi]

... You made a life sized puppet, didn't you?

[shanghaiworld]

Quite some time ago and I was using this for advice based on what other people say.

[doc_holi]

[She's going to skip the "why" part.]

Prop it up in a corner? There's only so many things you can do with one that won't seem... you know... [Creepy.]

[nephentes_rajah]

Wasn't I?

[ Squinting. ] But you still look familiar...

[majin_fukushou]

Please understand, Alice, this is all still very new to me. I haven't quite... adjusted to how you've grown.

[video]

[swordthrowing]

Alice... [...No, you know what, she isn't even going to ask why she has a doll like that. Instead:] What exactly is the point of asking that question?

[video]

[undefines]

...That's really creepy.

[ported]

Probably sell it for a lot of money.

[shanghaiworld]

...? What does me having grown have to do with me making life sized dolls of people?

[shanghaiworld]

Well, I'm not exactly unique looking.

[shanghaiworld]

No. Enlighten me. Please, tell me what it would seem.

[shanghaiworld]

[You're still getting that answer, in a certain way.] I was looking for ideas, and was hoping other people would answer. Instead all I'm getting is people saying that this is creepy.

[shanghaiworld]

Why does everyone think that?