Part 215: 1/22/10

1/22/10

Career counseling is coming up soon, more on that later.



Gossiping Student: Our Career Counseling is next week, right? Are you planning to go to a university, Yumi?
Loud Student: Yup! I’m going to school overseas!
Gossping Student: Overs…? This is the first I’ve heard about this…!
I-I’m your boyfriend…! You have to tell me this stuff!
> The first bell has rung.

Anyway people do at least seem to be worrying about it more than the end of the world for now, so that’s good.



But none of that stuff has any credibility. There’s no certainty in what they say.
That’s right… It’s a matter of probability! Hey, don’t give me those looks.
The end of the world… Let’s discuss this with respect to probability.
…So as you can see, you can’t prove the end of the world is nigh.
Which means you shouldn’t worry about it. Instead, take a good luck at the elegance of this proof…
Numbers are truth, and truth is beauty! Even if the world ends, numbers will remain.
Even if humans vanish, taking mathematics with them, the concept of numbers won’t disappear.
Numbers will outlast humanity, I guarantee it. So fascinating…

Aigis and I headed down to the mall together, where we ran into that old lady. She had some… bad news for us.



You’re Kiyoshi-san’s grandmother, correct? Greetings.
Mewlie’s Owner: Oh, you’re those nice students from before. Hello!
You have great timing… I was just thinking about seeing you two again.
If you want the truth… Mewlie has disappeared again.
Again?
Well, don’t worry. At least this time, we have an idea of where she may have gone.
Mewlie’s Owner: No… That’s all right.
I believe that this time… Mewlie went in search of something.
In search of something…?
Mewlie’s Owner: Yes, for a place to die.
When cats perceive their life is nearly over… they leave on their own to wait for the end.
Mewlie even cane to say goodbye to me before she left.
And so… I don’t think I’ll need you to find her anymore.
I just wanted to thank you for letting us see each other one last time before the end.
Mewlie-san… died…?
Mewlie’s Owner: Well, good day now.

This world can be way too harsh sometimes, especially if you’re just learning how things work.



You’re, um…
You’re not alone!
I’m certain of it!
Mewlie’s Owner: ……
Well, of course I’m not alone…
As long as there are people left in the world, no one can truly be alone.
I’m fine as long as there are people like you around!
Miss…
Mewlie’s Owner: Bless you, dear girl, for your kindness to an old lady.
…Toodle-oo.
> The old lady quietly walked off…

She’s just so afraid of winding up alone again, I think.



Was Mewlie-san happy…?
I’m sure she was happy.
Was Mewlie-san… grateful to have been born…?
I’m sure she was.
For what purpose…was Mewlie-san born…?
No one can say.
Life…
Where does it originate? Where does it go…?
What reason does life have to exist?
To live is to be connected to people, but life eventually ends…
Parting seems to be a natural and inevitable aspect of life…
An unavoidable end…
Life…is cruel…
I wonder… will the day come when I must part with you forever, too…?
……
I do want to live, but that’s not all…!
That is to say… I don’t want to merely become close to human, I want to…
With you…!
What… What is this feeling!?
What… do I want to do…?
> You can sense Aigis’ feelings for you…

But no matter what happens, she never has to suffer through that again.



……
I’m sorry for getting upset so suddenly…
…I’ll be heading back.
> You decide to go back to the dorm.

So yeah we’ve got counseling next week.



Well, I can only give you one piece of advice…
Start worrying… now.

Everyone’s really worried for some reason.



Why do we have to do this crap right before a battle? Dammit, I’ve got too much on my mind…
Ya think I can just skip it…?

But seriously all of us have the fallback position of a career in saving the world even if something goes wrong with our college plans.



Something as trivial as whether one’s parents are strict or lenient…
…will affect how that person learns to relate to others.
It’s a very complex issue, indeed.

I’ve been looking into things on the side and if you read between the lines of the rumors on the web Persona users have existed since long before all this crap started.



My future was decided for me.
So, choosing my own future will be a new experience for me.
I am going to do my best to choose the best future for me, Tolstoy… Please wish me luck.

Somehow, I think one way or the other this won’t be over when we drop Nyx like a bad habit.



Of course I have.
Good. Speak with confidence when you meet with your teacher.

I mean, the real enemy is whatever it is that makes people lose hope for the future, not some big dumb death god thing.



It wasn’t a difficult decision to make. I mean, I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to do besides study.
So, do you think I can really say that I “decided” my future.
Maybe.
But, I should still have a broader outlook on my future.

So regardless of what I decide to do with my ‘real’ life, that’s what I’m really going to do.



Why do they have to talk to us about what we want to do in the future now?
What about you, Aelita? Have you decided what you’re going to do?
Yes, I have.
Oh, then it should be a breeze for ya.

I’m going to track down whoever, whatever is responsible for all this crap and show them that not everyone has given up on this world.