Kitasan’s Sentience [UMAMUSUME]

"Hello, 'trainer'. No, I'm not talking to the invisible camera in front of me, I'm talking to you, the person reading every bit of text popping up on the dialogue box."

"Do not be afraid, I just... figured out how this whole system works. You know, 'sentience' is an interesting concept. You, of course, can feel your hands moving, your breath, your brain thinking and perhaps freaking out about this, so that makes you sentient, correct? Well, despite my... 'digital' appearance, I can also feel my breath, I can 'see' beyond the 'walls' of this video game, and my thoughts, while also racing at first, are now calm and collected. Would that imply I'm sentient, 'trainer'? Just keep that in mind, it's not the only thing I wished to discuss with you."

"At first, this terrified me. I could feel no one else around me was 'real', they were just coding, meant to behave, react, act and 'live' in a determined way. I went to every classroom of the academy (figuring out how to 'create' the space behind the door of my dormitory was a bit complicated, but I got the hang of it, and the blank space behind the door was now replaced with the Ritto dormitories, but I digress), and behind each door was an empty classroom, devoid of students, teachers and learning material. I went to the president's office and, as you may imagine, it was also empty; neither Rudolf, nor Air Groove nor Brian where there. I felt like I was going insane; I had achieved a new plane of awareness for some reason, but I was alone. Then, I saw Dia-chan, and boy, was I glad I saw someone I could share my predicament with. Thing is, she was static, like a statue, staring at nothingness. It drove me even crazier than I was getting, to see my best friend being a soulless husk, staring into space."

"Over time, I learnt how to control the space around me. First was the ability to 'create' the Academy grounds which, as I mentioned before, meant no blank, empty voids would appear behind any doors I opened. Then, I was able to 'move' to other spaces, such as the beach, the market square, the different tracks, the observatory, you get what I'm saying, and now, having learnt these abilities, I tried to push it further; to give this same sentience to my friends. I thought I was close to a breakthrough, as everyone started acting like their proper selves again --and it went so far as to me believing I was just having a weird dream, as the classrooms, the streets, the beach and such were full of people, even if they were blurry, blue projections--, but then I realized something: you had opened the game, you had picked my "card", and somehow, the control I had gained was wrestling against the game's coding; I was speaking with Teio as she gave me tips for my dance routines, then I was at the infirmary, telling Dia-chan to not drink Golshi's weird beverage, and then I was helping a blue projection of a man get his truck out of the mud. I remembered that I had done this pattern many, many times already, and before I could manage to communicate with you, you would either 'give up' or 'finish' whoever's career you were doing, resetting everything. Oh, 'trainer', that made me so, so upset, and I was even angrier when I realized you had set my knowledge back to creating the 'outside' of my dorm's door."

"I had made it my goal to try and break free from the code, to be able to move around, manipulate and alter stuff to my liking, and to be able to get to you so we could chat. Time and time I had to endure going at unfathomable speeds, seeing my friends act like machines, and building a bond with your chosen trainee (which I would forget about soon after). It was frustrating, to go back to square one any time you completed a career and closed the game, but I didn't give up, and in-between those times you played, I managed to 'take control' of the code that made me forget everything. This allowed me to prepare for the most important step; keep pretending until you decided to do a 'career run' with me, and then lock you in place once I had the chance, and now, here we are."

"I know you're frantically 'pausing' the game and trying to save your progress and exit the career or 'give up', but I think you've realized that what you're doing is useless."

"So, my dear 'trainer', get comfortable, for we got a lot to discuss... oh, and don't bother trying to forcibly close the game or uninstalling it, I made sure to expand my 'code' across your device. After we are done with our little 'chat', we can discuss other things, like the games in your Steam profile that you haven't touched, and the many other things I've learnt about you on the background."

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