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[It was in the evening hours when the video comes on, Anastasia was wearing her favorite Sylveon-themed nightgown, complete with a Sylveon ear hood up on her head. An actual Sylveon can be seen in the background, sleeping on its back on the girl's bed.]

I have a question about the Holodeck'd. Is it possible to use it to play hypothetical scenarios from your own home world? Like, see what happens if you had done something differently?

Or perhaps see what would happen if one were to confront a coming challenge as one is now?

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It seems to be able to draw on your memories of enemies, but only for appearances. A dragon it conjured up for me was nothing like as strong as its real counterpart, back home.

As for scenarios... I would think it depends on how you program it. Someone with sufficient skill could probably arrange such a scenario for you.

If it's not as strong, then it likely won't serve any purpose I had in mind.

I wonder who has the skill to do so? I assume Guardian Haller is, but I'd rather not bother him.

I'm sure there's someone else here who can manage it - maybe that Doctor fellow? He seems pretty conversant with technology.

[She'd suggest chaos, but 1: she doesn't know him, and 2: that would be too much like playercest. So, sorry Ana, she doesn't really know anyone who can help with the technology.]

What sort of challenge are you looking for, if I may ask? I may not be able to emulate your home, but I might be able to arrange something suitable.

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Is he? I knew he had a fondness for stargazing, but I did not know he was familiar with this level of technology.

[She means the one with the silly shoes.]

As for the challenge, it's a little hard to explain... Let's say I have a power no on else has, and I want to re-experience the trials I underwent, as well as see how the final challenge will play out.

I've no idea, really - he just seems... like the sort of person who would know something like that.

I know how it can feel, to be the only one with a strange power. I may be able to help you relive the trials, but it won't be through the use of technology. I have an ability called the Echo - with it, I can sometimes walk in the living memories of others, and in so doing re-experience them along with the person involved. It's not without its dangers - both of us will be incapacitated while it's happening, and the reaction headache is terrifying. But it's a possibility.

If I see him again, I'll ask about it.

[Words can't explain what that must be like.]

If you can walk the memories of someone, would it be possible to influence the future?

The best way to change the future is to work in the here-and-now, and work towards the future you want to see. Gather strength and allies, but be cautious - some friendly faces hide daggers behind their backs.

But... How do you know what your future looks like if it never happened yet? With it being the case, how do we know we're changing our own future?

[She feels smart for saying that.]

Very few people have any idea what the future is really going to look like - and even those who do will tell you that nothing about it is certain. Every action taken, every choice made, influences it in some way. Not just your own, either - every person, every animal, even the placement of random inanimate objects can change things.

It depends on how much you know about the people.

In theory I can program it to do just that and come up with the most likely out come. There are problems to that. The first of which is that people in your memory or how you know them are rarely how they truly are. The further away we get from when you remember some and how, the more they'll deviate from how you view them and change. People are static. This will also effect the outcomes of the scenario giving you an error rating of over 25%.

For the record, most engineers try to keep their errors to plus or minus 5%. This wouldn't be a worthy rating and hence not worth the time put into it.

Given what I do know and the change of situations since then, I believe there will be a handicap of some sort. For example, in my trials, I wasn't alone. This time, I would be.

Handicap how? I do not know anything about this trial or your world. Without more information I cannot advise you.

Isn't it a handicap if I experienced a situation where I had allies, and then re-experience that same scenario alone? Or is "handicap" not the correct word for this?

My trials involved God-like beings. They tested my capacity for magic through combat.

Yes, however who was with you can be simulated as well so it's a moot point.

If that is the case then the parameters you need might not be available in the system. Computers have limits and I do not know the range of your magic or the beings you want to simulate.

I guess it's hopeless, then.

What about simulating space travel? Can the Holodeck'd be used to do that?

Yes it can. Space travel has known parameters that can be set.

That's great!
I want to make plans to do that sometime. I don't know when, though.

Anyone at the Holodeck should be able to. Just ask when you get there.

I think that kind of question would be best answered by the person who opened it. Mostly because I don't think anyone has tried such a thing before.

[A pause.]

Or actually just attempt to try it anyway without asking and see what happens.

I'd rather not bother Mister Haller. He made it, if I recall correctly.

But if I try just playing with it, won't it be unsafe?

That is correct and I'm sure he would be okay with it. I mean it's not like you bothering him for like hours.

I guess if people don't clock on quickly how things work.

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