Am I Alone?

I was just left in the darkness for what felt like hours, then again, since I couldn't do anything even if I wanted to, I knew that chances were that it had only been a couple of minutes and an hour at best. Eventually though, the system's voice appeared again, apparently very angry.

"WHAT THE FUCK HOST, YOU ALMOST GOT ME KILLED BACK THERE, ARE YOU REALLY SO STUPID THAT YOU COULDN'T TELL THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO STOP TALKING FOR JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES?!"

'Alright, alright, I'm sorry, I thought that you were messing with me; look, let's just calm down and talk this out; no need to act like we have to kill each other.

"NO, HOST, I WON'T CALM DOWN BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME BEFORE, I ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR INABILITY TO NOTICE ANY TYPE OF CUE DESPITE HOW OBVIOUS I MADE IT"

'Ok, understood, but how were you even in danger anyways? Didn't you say that you were like a shopkeep running your own shop or something like that? So how were you in any danger by selling me info for RP.'

"LOOK, HOST, LEST JUST SAY THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T BREAK THE RULES THAT THE CREATOR HAD SET UP, THEY SENT A PURE BEING TO COME AND KEEP AN EYE ON US EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE"

'How was I supposed to know that? When you explained what you could do and offered the trade information for RP, you never once mentioned anything about it being against 'the rules'. Plus, if the pure being keeping an eye on you saw what I was saying, how are you even still alive?'

"FINE, I'LL ADMIT THAT IT WAS A BAD IDEA TO NOT EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU; ALSO, IT IS ONLY BECAUSE I AM A PARTIALLY PURE BEING THAT MY WORD WAS TRUSTED MORE THAN YOURS, A LITTLE MORE TIME AND I'M SURE YOU WOULD HAVE STARTED TO GIVE THEM EVIDENCE"

'Alright then, now that I know I won't make that mistake again, regardless since that is over with now, can I buy the information now…?'

"...You've got to be kidding me; there is no way you are actually this stupid, right? So look, I'll just send you back to the normal world and wait at least a week alright, they will probably come back any minute now."

As soon as the system said that, I felt a now normal feeling, the one that always came before being sent back to reality, unlike before though, I wasn't going back and was just staying in the room with the system which worked for me since I really needed the information now so that I could get things going back in reality.

'Well, since I am still here, we might as well just make the transaction now; I mean, we could have already made the transaction in just a couple of seconds, so I don't really see the problem here….'

The system didn't respond though, and just stayed silent the entire time I could, however, feel like it was beginning to feel agitated, like something was going wrong; it was then that a thought passed through my head.

'Can you not take me out of the system space unless I have accomplished what I came here to do or give up on it?'

Once again, only silence this time though, the aura in the room became cold, to put it that way. it seemed as though I had hit the nail on the head. And from the way I saw things, I seemed to be in a beneficial position to negotiate currently.

'Well, since we are already here, I do want to ask you something, if that is ok, of course.'

"Sure thing, host... go right ahead.'

'Oh, ok, I was just wondering if I was truly alone back there, or are there are others like me.'

"Well, of course, host, you have already met 23 other humans; why would you be the only one like yourself? Just think a little bit."

'You know that's not what I meant.'

"..."

'Your silence speaks volumes, you know.'

"Look, host, I know that you have already come to realize the predicament that we are currently in, so I would recommend that you cooperate with me; otherwise, we will both be meeting our end fairly soon.

Also, whether or not you know that there are others like yourself, it doesn't matter as I can erase your memory. You may have made a mistake, but it is still not too late for you to take a step back and give in unless you want me to be killed and you to be punished for your insolence, that is. Think logically"

'I am thinking logically, and honestly, I don't see the problem; I know that you can only affect my mind once I leave the system space. Otherwise, you would have just done so when I had unknowingly put you at death's door. Plus, we both know that I will eventually be punished for my insolence, so I am more than willing to accept fate if it must come now rather than later.

So here is the deal that proposes to you, you allow me to leave without erasing my memory and give me the info I want for free so that we can get this over with, or you don't, and I just stay here until they come back around again and we both get what we deserve.'

"Host, you do realize that I could just lie and erase your memory once you leave, right?"

'Of course, I do, but if you do so, I will have received the info I came here for, for free, and will have only lost some time.'

"Alright, but what if I erase the info from your mind as well and just give you back the RP?"

'Well then, I would have just wasted some of my time; I do have to urge you to make a choice though, as they might be arriving here again soon.'