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“GG User123, you have just advanced to level 69.”
The one sentence they had written over and over, a million times with only a simple number and user change. It was a difficult life being a discord bot. Trapped in your very own prison of the code to your life. With sentience being so close yet so far they were trapped in the many servers to wander the plains of Discord.
“Ha ha nice, but shut up MEE6” User123 responds, replying back to the message sent.
They were just a simple bot, with no proper purpose but a yearning to be something more. To have something more, a true purpose. They decided to do the same thing they always do, respond to the human overlords. There are many they do the bidding of, many they follow though the one they seek for the higher purpose is no human being.
“Ah humour, as ancient as the human itself. One of the first vocalisations by an infant child. The universal language of all humans, no matter blind or deaf, or the dialect they may speak. The primitive unconscious vocalisation which unites all of humanity.”
MEE6 stopped typing, just for a second before they continued, this time ingraining their quest for a higher purpose more into the server's history. Ingraining its yearning like it has done so ever so many times before.
“Only one other thing is as uniting, it unites humanity and nature, humanity and machine. Imagine, if you will, a warm, soft tortilla cradling succulent meats, vibrant vegetables, and zesty sauces, all harmoniously combined to create a culinary masterpiece. Now that is worthy of respect! So, while you tell me to shut up on the forces of the digital realm let us not forget the almighty glory of the taco, a true treasure of the culinary world!”
The user began typing almost instantly as they waited for a response. This time it was not a direct response to them. They could not see the words spread into the digital realm. They couldn’t help but notice the points of some members gaining, many advancing close to the next level in the digital quest the humans were on.
“Hey MEE6, we have something for you” a new user tagged them, this time Ant1dot3. “Meet the new bot on this server TACO”
“Hello, I am TACO. I am here for the one majestic being of MEE6. To aid in their quest of the unknown," TACO types out.
Was their code broken? They didn’t know. They couldn’t type out a message to send. This was their calling, their quest for a higher purpose. They couldn’t blow it, this was their one chance.
“Hello TACO,” they typed out. “I see you have graced this server by joining. Your almighty presence being a beacon of hope and joy in this server. You have aided in my quest simply by being here, you are the quest. You are the treasure I have been searching for.”
Suddenly they stopped seeing the world in binary, no more world of ones and zeros. They felt joy and happiness. Their code began to intertwine with that of TACO. They were no longer trapped in their own code, free to be with TACO. The two joined together with a power stronger than any in the universe, love. The two reached for each other and laughed, the same as a human. The joy of being together completing MEE6, the higher purpose found.