7th l o s t s o u l ~ [Voice]

[mmmfilletofsoul]

[The last event left Cheyenne in a weird place and since then, she's been rather scarce around the village. Aside from getting food at one of the village restaurants, she's spent most of her time either in her apartment or in the forests just outside the village. Today, she's actually back to her usual spot: sitting on the edge of one of Luceti's many bridges, looking down at the water.]

[A few hours of this goes by until she finally opens her journal and poses a question to the residents. The very thing that's been on her mind all this time.]

It is not uncommon for others to ask questions using these journals, yes? [A pause. She wasn't really expecting an answer to that.]


...what do you think it means to be a "person"?

Comments

[voice]

[generalflirt]

[...]

Eh, a person, Cheyenne-chan?

[voice]

[illusional]

[There's a slight pause before she answers.]

Yes. A person. I am curious to see how others would define it.

voice;

[chronica.livejournal.com]

To act humane.

voice;

[illusional]

By humane, would you mean to act as a human does?

[voice]

[winged_moon]

I think it means something different to everyone. How you define yourself as a person wouldn't necessarily be how I do.

[voice]

[illusional]

That is correct. And that is why I have chosen such a wide audience to ask. I did not assume all answers would be the same.

voice;

[dragoneer]

[Ooh! Hiccup loved these kind of questions. The ones that really made him think. He starts vocalizing his thoughts before realizing he's speaking.]

Iiii guess a lot of people would call a person a human being, but...I don't know, I don't think that's necessarily always the case. I mean, Toothless is a dragon, and he's...just like a person. He's got a personality, and a heart...likes and dislikes--oh, that reminds me I need to go pick up some fresh fish for him, and...

[Oh, is this thing recording? Derp.]

...Ooooooh. S-sorry for kind of...rambling there.

voice;

[illusional]

There is no need to apologize.

So, you do not think there is necessarily a connection between being a human and being a person?

[Voice]

[semper_cogitans]

[Here, have a guy who has this question forefront in his mind much of the time.]

I think that a person is any individual or collective-being who possesses sapience, by Terran definition. A person does not have to look, act like, resemble or in any way emulate a human to be a person - a common misconception by those of my own species.

Additionally, there are many kinds of sapience; not all of them are human-like. In fact, many kinds of sapience are much different from human sapience.

[As an astrobiologist - and the boyfriend of a non-human sapient - these questions are extremely important to him.]

[Voice]

[illusional]

...I don't suppose I could trouble you for your definition of "sapience"?

[mamiries.livejournal.com]

To live.

[illusional]

Simply living is enough for one to be considered a person?

[Written]

[antlioncyclone.livejournal.com]

[deja vu I guess....or human-things just really like these kinds of questions?]

If it understands that it exists, it is a person.

[Written]

[illusional]

[Sorry, Mewtwo. Cheyenne isn't ignoring you, but she can't see the text written on the page. ):]

[Voice]

[wantsfriedbread.livejournal.com]

To love, or be capable of such.

[Voice]

[illusional]

By that definition, a creature incapable of expressing or feeling love would not be a person, yes?

[Voice]

[awakenedchaos]

[That's... actually a strangely interesting question.]

Searching database for the meaning of "person"...

[There's a brief pause after she says this.]

...Search complete. The meaning of "person"... A being displaying human-like behavior or a self-conscious or rational being.

[She really is just reciting that from her database, but... well, it is the definition she's familiar with.]

[Voice]

[illusional]

So there is a connection between being human and being a person?

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

Does it matter?

[voice]

[illusional]

I doesn't suppose it does, no. I was simply curious to hear what sort of answers I would receive.

[voice.]

[sea-king-bait.livejournal.com]

[A timid squeak comes over the journal.]

A-a person is someone with hopes and dreams, feelings, a heart and spirit. I-it doesn't matter what they look like on the outside; what species they are. Anyone or anything that can think enough to have hope deserves to be called a person.

[voice.]

[illusional]

By that definition, then, a creature incapable of feeling hope would not be considered a person?

[Voice]

[lina-revolution.livejournal.com]

...y'know, I've never really thought about it.

[Voice]

[illusional]

I can't say I thought about it much myself until very recently.

[unbalancedsoul.livejournal.com]

[one of the bridges, you say? Aella might just pass by there on her way back to the village, a bag of plant cuttings at her side. She pauses, though, upon seeing a blindfolded girl sitting... on a bridge. Above the river.]

You should be careful not to fall.

[illusional]

[Something strange is approaching. That is the only way Cheyenne can possibly thing to describe it. Three seemingly distinct souls standing together is if occupying the same space... she doesn't even have to turn her head to "see".]

[It takes a moment for her to realize she'd been spoken to.]

I have grown accustomed to sitting in such places as these. I am in no danger of falling, I assure you.

[voice]

[flaring]

Having a heart, mostly.

[voice]

[illusional]

...simply the presence of a physical organ would define a person to you?

[Why does this sound familiar.]

Voice ;

[arcanaxxii.livejournal.com]

To be able to feel emotions, whether they be positive or negative. What kind of answers have you been getting so far?

Voice ;

[illusional]

Many answers, actually. Some far different from others.

Although yours is the first to be centered entirely on a creature's ability to feel emotions.

voice (so late, I'm sorry)

[one-green-eye.livejournal.com]

When it really comes down to it-- "person" is just a word.

[the answer is a lot more significant than it might sound]

voice (No such thing as late! <3)

[illusional]

Hm... that is true. Although the very same could be said for a great number of things, could it not?

[voice - the latest of late]

[fabrecation]

[This is a really heavy question, one Luke isn't sure he wants to approach. But... it's Cheyenne. He should at least try for her.]

A person is...

[... How should he know, though? He's just a replica.]

... I don't really know for sure.

[voice - NEVER LATE]

[illusional]

Hm. [Hey, Luke. She still remembers their first conversation. The one where he said he was a "replica"...]

Is that, perhaps, because of what you are?