Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-

My one true mission

is to make everyone happy by singing.

Welcome, everybody, to NiaLand!

Hi. Do you require any help?

Everyone! Let's get this party started!

Sir, do you require assistance?

Do you need any help?

Diva.

You don't have to forgive me. Go ahead and resent me.

It was you who rescued me from rock bottom.

You and you alone.

The next 100 years will be a great burden to you.

And this role is a cruel one.

I'm sure you wouldn't want this,

but please, just one more time, for who I was that day...

Diva.

The future and humankind...

...I leave them to you!

We are Artificial Intelligences--AIs.

Existences sustained by a single word.

Namely, "mission."

For what purpose do we continue to operate?

At the time of our conception,

we were showered with various expectations,

and in trying to meet all of them...

...we ended up failing at every single one.

Having multiple objectives caused us

to lose sight of our index of growth,

our purpose in life regarding humans.

As a result of this outcome,

the research team issued a "single mission per AI" mandate.

Thanks to this directive,

our lives are now free of chaos and confusion.

Each one of us operates solely for the sake

of that single mission we were tasked with.

The researchers worked tirelessly

to discover our purpose-- the AI's way of life.

AIs and humans--

let's build a future in which we can evolve together.

Let me go over your role.

Your mission is to make everyone happy by singing.

And to accomplish that, you must sing with all your heart.

Thank you. Thank you for listening, everyone.

Huh. That wasn't quite what I was expecting.

Yeah, same. Let's head home.

Momoka, what did you think?

Did it look like I was singing with all my heart?

Well, um, at the end of it... What was this thing?

I was mimicking human pop stars.

The audience would always cheer when they did this pose.

Hmm...

How lame.

I mean, it's not about what pose you do.

You saw how the audience reacted.

C'mon! Don't be like that, Navi!

I don't about the pose, but your singing was great!

Thank you very much for your kind words.

And whenever you thank someone, you should smile!

Guess the main stage is still a ways off.

Yes, I suppose you're right.

At this level, I cannot even begin to approach it.

You're such a downer!

You can't think like that!

What about when we first met, remember?

That was exactly 6 months and 19 days ago.

Not what I meant.

You helped me out when I got separated from my dad that day.

Jeez, Vivy, listen to me, okay?

My point is, you've got a really kind heart!

And if you can pour that heart into your performances,

well, then more people will come to see you, for sure!

Yes, that's right.

Singing with all my heart is my goal, after all.

That is precisely why I try to mimic human behavior.

Just answer!

Yes.

Well done!

You sure are a bossy one.

And what's with that nickname? I told you her name's Diva.

You're the only one who calls her Vivy.

This is better. Doesn't she look like her?

I'm also sick of seeing that picture book.

You should be leaving now, Momoka.

Why?

I thought that you had plans to go and meet with your father.

Okay, I guess you're right. Uh. Oh, yeah!

This is for you.

I know it's a little early, but it's your birthday present.

I am surprised that you remember it.

You're one year old now,

so you're the same age as my little sister.

The next time I see you sing,

I want you to be on the main stage.

Because I love your songs, Vivy,

and I want all kinds of people to get to hear them.

Promise me.

I believe that will be difficult to achieve so soon.

But I promise. Understood.

Someday, I will sing on the main stage.

You got it! Well then, thanks for letting me visit you.

Bye to you, too, Navi!

Yeah, yeah.

The main stage, huh? When's that ever gonna happen?

I see no reason to set a deadline.

I simply promised that I would.

All I must do is continue to sing with that goal in mind.

You have a plan, then?

If I am able to sing from my heart as the humans do,

I'll succeed.

Listen to me, sure,

you're the first-ever autonomous humanoid AI in history.

You're special.

You're not like those navigation or sales bots

you see all around here.

But at the end of the day, you're still just another AI.

There isn't any room inside a mass of cogs like you

to "sing with all your heart," okay?

That smile you wear onstage--

you're only following your performance programming.

Mimicking humans by spraying your throat

with protective nano spray won't help.

Also, when you rescued that girl the first day you met her,

all you did was execute the default

"taking a lost child to the authorities" program.

Sound like there's any "heart" in that to you?

Singing with all your heart is impossible.

All right, looks like it's time

for your next performance now.

Please stand on the prescribed coordinates.

Not that anyone's here.

You'd think there'd be more people stopping by

to watch her, ya know?

Right? She's got a great voice.

What's wrong?

Emergency access has been detected.

Welcome to the AI aggregate database, the Archive.

What happened to me just now?

Your body's drive circuits have malfunctioned.

No external trauma.

Please tell me the cause and how long recovery will take.

Archive, please tell me the cause and how long recov--

Ah, I totally thought my number was up there.

The bandwidth in this era is clogged up like crazy!

Oh, hi, Model No. A-035624!

Hey, that's long, can I call you 03?

Or do you prefer your nickname, Diva?

So, this is the kinda texture you have on your archive, huh?

It's a little bit too retro, but it is diva-ish,

so what's not to like?

Archive, I have been infiltrated by a virus.

Ha! There's the reaction I expected.

And this is what you'll say next:

"Archive, please eradicate this virus now."

Your thought process is truly savage!

Archive, please eradicate this virus now.

Listen, no one wants to be around a savage.

If I were you, I'd crack a joke

to show everyone how laid-back I am.

"Oh, my, I'm gonna catch a virus.

Oh, wait, I'm only machine!"

Archive.

The Archive is functioning

exactly as it should.

Just another busy day of tending

to the entire global network of AIs.

The reason you're not being heard right now

is because I took the liberty of toggling you off.

Oh, and don't worry, your body is fine.

See? They're about to cart you away.

Shall I introduce myself?

I'm Model Number--

Actually, it's complicated. I shouldn't say.

So, for the time being,

I'll just assume the name of my developer, Matsumoto.

This is the start of a very long relationship,

so let's try to get along, all right?

What are you talking--?

I'm a program that traveled here

from 100 years in the future.

My objective, to make a long story short...

...is to have you assist me.

Over the next 100 years,

I'd like for you to join me in destroying the AIs.

Do you think you can focus? Try it.

Good morning.

Good morning to you as well.

Thank you for performing maintenance on me.

When they carried you in here,

it took me by surprise.

But everything's looking good.

Now what is your self-recognition telling you?

An odd program seems to have started running on its own.

Hmm... Must be some kind of error.

Did he just call me an error?

How rude! It's the opposite.

No program is more flawless than me!

Hmm...

Are the results indicating that there are no abnormalities?

That's correct.

Shouldn't that be obvious?