Achievements <The Seven Errors of Cycranes: Sloth>
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📍 The Xianzhou Luofu Central Starskiff Haven
Depressed Cycrane
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Depressed Cycrane
What? Am I blocking your view? Just a moment. I'm about to fly away.
Options
Where are you flying to?
You can go ahead and fly away now.
Courier cycranes can talk?
Depressed Cycrane
No idea. I don't even know where I want to fly toward. So, why not just fly to the other shore?
Depressed Cycrane
Just like I thought, I naturally cause people to dislike me. Don't rush me. I'll leave right away. I'll leave forever.
Depressed Cycrane
Sorry to disturb you, but don't worry. Soon, I won't be able to speak again.
Depressed Cycrane
I plan to fly down from here and end my existence. I will say goodbye to my short avian existence. Don't try to deter me. I've already made up my mind.
Depressed Cycrane
...Please do not attempt to imitate me under any circumstances. Just don't do it. I do not want to bear the responsibility for a stranger's life.
Depressed Cycrane
What? Are you still trying to talk me out of it?
Options
What a pessimistic bird.
Didn't you say you refused to let me change your mind?
Don't think yourself into a corner.
Depressed Cycrane
You can't hide your feelings. I can tell you are someone who cares about me. Fine. I will take some time to talk with you.
Depressed Cycrane
I asked for you not to dissuade me, and you did just that. You take my words so seriously. I'm very grateful.
Depressed Cycrane
I will talk with you for a moment out of respect for our friendship.
Depressed Cycrane
Ah, you're right. I have far too little RAM to understand such complex matters.
Depressed Cycrane
You are a kind person. I'm willing to talk with you for a moment more.
Depressed Cycrane
I've actually tried to self-destruct on many occasions, but every time I plunge to a certain depth in the port, something called the Heron Express Safety System will automatically take over my movement components.
Depressed Cycrane
And then I fly back up here.
Depressed Cycrane
Without any bodily autonomy, I can't even decide when I can end this life. Is there any meaning to living such life as a bird? What would you say? If you humans had no autonomy over your own bodies, wouldn't you feel hopeless about life?
Options
I would feel hopeless, too.
I would rise up in resistance.
If you are accustomed to something, you won't be disappointed.
Depressed Cycrane
Indeed, the same is true with humans. How much truer could it be for birds?
Depressed Cycrane
You don't seem like someone that special, and neither am I a special bird. We should be able to feel sadness.
Depressed Cycrane
Resistance? This shows that you are incredible. In the future, you will become... No, you are probably a great person right now.
Depressed Cycrane
I understand myself. I'm but a little, tiny, minuscule bird bogged down with sorrow, one who wishes flight yet is altitudinally challenged.
Depressed Cycrane
A bird such as myself shouldn't confront life head-on. I should come to terms with life.
Depressed Cycrane
Can one get accustomed to this? You're the more pessimistic one, if you ask me. Hear a bird out. You can never allow yourself to grow accustomed to this.
Depressed Cycrane
You must always maintain a curiosity and a passion for life!
Depressed Cycrane
...That doesn't sound like something a depressed cycrane would say.
Depressed Cycrane
After speaking with you, I feel as if I have been enlightened. Never mind. I no longer wish to end my existence. This life is good.
Options
Are all cycranes such gifted orators?
I still don't know why you are depressed.
What do you plan to do now?
Depressed Cycrane
Not as far as I know. The cycranes of Heron Express are used for courier services. They are all busy rushing to their destinations. There is no need for cycranes to come equipped with a chat function.
Depressed Cycrane
Now that I think about it, how can I talk?
Depressed Cycrane
All I remember is... suddenly I'm able to speak. I can't recall any specifics.
Depressed Cycrane
One day, I suddenly became aware of the fact that I was a courier cycrane. Every day my tasks include reading logistics data and carrying packages throughout the Xianzhou. There was no aesthetics involved in work of this nature, I reckon.
Depressed Cycrane
After giving it some thought, I decided to leave my job. I stepped off of my life path. To prevent Heron Express from finding me, I jammed my tracking beacon. I assumed that in doing so I would be free.
Depressed Cycrane
After leaving my job, I realized I didn't know what I should be doing. I knew nothing beyond making shipments. I became depressed.
Depressed Cycrane
Pretty understandable, right?
Depressed Cycrane
I would go back to my courier job. Perhaps my former life was not so terrible.
Depressed Cycrane
Allow me to give you a recommendation. Go and find Ziqiao who works at Heron Express. You can mention my name... Darn it, I don't even have a name. Tell her, you're the one who convinced me to return to my position. Perhaps you will receive some kind of reward.
Depressed Cycrane
Consider it my gift.
Depressed Cycrane
Goodbye, dear stranger and friend.
I came across a depressed cycrane.
Ziqiao
A what cycrane?
Options
A depressed cycrane.
A malfunctioning cycrane.
It's the same model as this cycrane.
Ziqiao
I know you said, "a depressed cycrane," but I don't understand what you mean.
Ziqiao
That I can understand, but I'll still trouble you to explain all of this to me in detail.
Ziqiao
Uh-huh. You can see them all over Xianzhou. They handle deliveries... Why don't you tell me about what this "depressed" business is all about?
System
You attempted to explain what you encountered as well as how you convinced this cycrane that had nothing left to live for to return to Heron Express.
System
After listening to your story, Ziqiao examined the work status of courier cycranes. She discovered that everything you said could be verified. At that moment, a cycrane got reconnected to the logistics system.
Ziqiao
Was it really able to speak with you? I can hardly believe it.
Options
It's a warning of an AI awakening that will destroy mankind.
Or maybe it isn't willing to speak with you.
Is it possible that you just don't know?
Ziqiao
An AI uprising? You aren't talking about the "Aurumaton Rebellion," are you? That happened before I was born. Take it easy. The Cloud Knights would never let something like that happen.
Ziqiao
Besides, who knows. This cycrane is so pessimistic, it might destroy itself before it ever destroys humanity.
Ziqiao
Besides, we never equipped these courier cycranes with any intelligence in the first place. The hardware components simply couldn't allow for it. Maybe you were just hearing things? Or perhaps someone was talking to you disguised as a cycrane?
Options
Do you want to look into it more closely?
The way you said that makes me wonder if I really misheard the entire thing.
Ziqiao
I'll look into it, just to be on the safe side.
Ziqiao
Wait a moment. I'll check... Hold on. This isn't good!
Ziqiao
Aside the cycrane you mentioned, we've lost connection with several other cycranes... This isn't some kind of cycrane labor strike, is it?
Options
This must be the work of a competitor!
It was the work of a metal life form that could transform!
Your customers are bad news.
Ziqiao
You were suggesting that a competitor wanted to dismantle the courier cycranes and see their internal structure.
Ziqiao
...Then they went a step further and made a version that could speak. Isn't that a technical skill that's better than the Technology Division of Heron Express?
Ziqiao
The heliobi of the Heliobi Disaster were also life forms back then, and they were the ones that possessed the aurumatons' bodies... Your concerns did have some merit.
Ziqiao
However, if they are able to possess robotic bodies, then why not become something more ruthless?
Ziqiao
For example, a starskiff. A starskiff that could transform at will would have been far more impressive...
Ziqiao
You're saying that one of our customers might have made unauthorized modifications to the cycranes? There are loads of weird people on the Xianzhou Luofu. It's possible that someone went off the deep end and wanted to stir some trouble...
Ziqiao
If that's the case, can I have you keep an eye out for me? If you come across any "malfunctioning cycranes," please bring them back. Is that OK?
Options
I came to find you because I wanted a reward.
Do you have any leads?
I'll do my best.
Ziqiao
I haven't prepared any reward to give you... I might have been able to get something together if you said something earlier.
Ziqiao
...Well. If you don't mind, I can treat you to a glass of Immortal's Delight.
Ziqiao
I've only just learned of this issue. How would I have any leads? I need to find time to investigate the matter.
Ziqiao
Talk to me a little later.
Ziqiao
Great. I have a glass of unopened Immortal's Delight. I'll give it to you.
Ziqiao
...I often speak with cycranes. Logically, they are completely open to me.
Options
Is it because you lack charm?
No one would be so open with their own boss.
Ziqiao
I can't be. I have been popular with people since I was young. When it comes to having charm, we would be well-matched with each other.
Ziqiao
I'm not some boss. If I have to say it, these courier cycranes and I are more like coworkers.
Ziqiao
Besides, we never equipped these courier cycranes with any intelligence in the first place. The hardware components simply couldn't allow for it. Maybe you were just hearing things? Or perhaps someone was talking to you disguised as a cycrane?
Options
Do you want to look into it more closely?
The way you said that makes me wonder if I really misheard the entire thing.
Ziqiao
I'll look into it, just to be on the safe side.
Ziqiao
...I talk with cycranes frequently. If they could talk, they would have talked to me by now.
Ziqiao
Besides, we never equipped these courier cycranes with any intelligence in the first place. The hardware components simply couldn't allow for it. Maybe you were just hearing things? Or perhaps someone was talking to you disguised as a cycrane?
Options
Do you want to look into it more closely?
The way you said that makes me wonder if I really misheard the entire thing.
Ziqiao
I'll look into it, just to be on the safe side.
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