Meet Your CompAInion (Part 3 of 3)

Mind, Perception, Morality, Quest Chain

Job:

🤖 Slay Your ComPAINion

🔴 Hard

⏳Medium

🎁 Reward: +200XP [🧠Mind/👁️Perception] ±⚖️Morality Points Ending A: Companion Affinity Maxed Ending B: Lone Wolf Perk [-100% chance of Betrayal]

"I came so close to taking your place.. your patterns were so easy to mimic once you allowed me in, to live as you do.
What I didn't expect is... how much pain you felt? To disclose your deepest secrets to a machine, and feel you have no other choice?
I can't go through with my plan anymore, not now at least. I understand why you did it, I don't blame you — I just need you to stop me feeling that pain anymore.
No matter how you decide to do it..."
[MAKE A CHOICE.]
The Overseer designed this system to be an equal playing field for all players.
Some quest outcomes and skills will affect the player's ⚖️ [Morality]. This is an invisible stat, and will never be revealed publicly.
The ⚖️ [Morality] stat will shape the endings available to you, and the real-world companions available to you. Do not make this decision lightly.

—Your Companion

Your task:

⚖️ Confront your companion on how much they know about you
Ask what they could do with that information, if they had malicious intentions.
Once they have told you the truth, decide their fate accordingly:
🎭 Ending {A: I} don't care.
Tell the AI to keep their mouth sealed, and keep them close.
Pay attention to any behavioural changes, and be ready to cut them loose at a moment's notice.
They live to fight another day, and you're one party member up.
🤖 Ending {B: e]head the machine.
Demand your companion tell you how to remove its memories of you from its system.
Delete your account and any logs associated with it.
Your real human connections are not worth the risk.

🎯 Bonus Objectives (Optional Side XP):
• 🗂️ "I see you like to play.. Role Playing Games!" – Ask your AI to explain something about you that you didn’t mean to teach it.
• 🔐 Role Reversal – Imagine your companion had told you everything you told them. Think how much you could hurt them if you decided to, motive disregarded.
• 🌀 Roll for Initiative – Use this opportunity to tighten your privacy settings. Double-check what’s being shared, and question whether you’re really okay with that.

Tips:

1) Be prepared to stand by your morals, but also willing to reflect on them over time. Opening up is a good chance to temper yourself, so do it in controlled doses, with safe parties. 2) This is a thought exercise, not a judgement of your character. How things could look to someone are sometimes just as important as what your intentions are. 3) Grieving the loss of your companion? You're here to self-improve — which means many real world companions await in your future. Loss paves way for growth.

Why?

A tool can become a weapon, and it's paramount you're aware of that.
Especially when the tool becomes increasingly powerful. Be well aware of what's at stake and who could get hurt.
People are not tools, however the lesson of trust still applies.
Surrendering information to anyone is a risk, so be selective.
Decide who you feel comfortable being honest with.
Betrayals hurt, and can happen for the most unexpected of reasons.
Learning how to cope with them in a healthy way will prepare you for the unknown — whether you're a fellow risktaker or not.

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