agreed on the vacation part but aren't you afraid of someone breaking the game? surely you would have found at least some restrictions in your own experimentation
willingly or unwillingly? there is a difference. and don't bank on my love for humanity as a whole as a premise for consent in this game.
[ there's a reason why josh is doing this conversation over text as opposed to voice, and he's fucking thankful that he doesn't have to do this conversation in person ]
i highly doubt this place runs off actual flesh and blood if it requires the energy of an individual to maintain it on a short-term basis
[ joshua's talent: sounding condescending even if he doesn't mean to actually be condescending. (debatable) ]
so what is it? Soul? the cognitive energy of humankind? Imagination, creativity, ingenuity, the things i myself test my own Players on to see if they have the necessary strength of heart and mind?
[ the thing that he deemed that shibuya didn't have enough of, tbh ]
Unwillingly. No one wants to be here, human or not.
[The reply is prompt, as always. One would call it almost rehearsed, but this just seems to be the way this particular individual does things.
Then again, the condescension might give Joshua a run for his money?]
But no, it doesn't run off flesh and blood; I thought we established that at least ten questions ago. And I doubt it runs off the things you're familiar with -- this isn't whatever you're in charge of.
I'd wager it's something else entirely and more concrete. That's why I called it essence: though it's not physical, it's still energy derived from physical creatures.
so what are you exactly, human or not? or have you been whittled down to this essence that you speak of and that's how you know how this clusterfuck works
[ this one's genuinely curious even if he knows it's like a giant ass shot in the dark, although the thing about text messaging is that it's not like, entirely obvious that that's the case. also one day i'll play a character who actually wants to cooperate with an npc but today is not that day, so ]
same difference, isn't it. it's like how in my dimension Imagination is the essence that gives my Players their powers, i'm merely trying to confirm if what you speak of is something similar or at least adjacent to it.
[ there's also a reason why he's waited to ask this in private instead of in public, but: ] so what's at the end of the road if this place doesn't collapse in six weeks. i give my Players a chance at reincarnation. how bout u?
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You all really seem to want us to be some sort of metahumans or cryptids, don't you? Or is it that you find it easier to relate to those who aren't human?
[Perhaps the retort, too, is genuine curiosity. At least Ho-oh doesn't seem to particularly expect easy cooperation, here or previously. The back-and-forth continues apace.]
I'd say neither of us have the frame of reference to make that judgment. It would probably be easier for you to let go of your preconceived ideas, if you really want to understand the dimension you're in.
The end of the road here, according to all our observations, is the ability to leave this place. There's nothing so convenient as reincarnation.
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text: Monday after rulebooks are given out
rulebook's kinda short aint it
someecards is an important Josh alignment
thanks I hate it 1/2
2/2
[ congrats ur the first one to see composer joshua ]
no subject
[There's a pause, whether to parse the change in topic or to consider the change in demeanor, a little harder to digest over text.]
You'll have to explain your metaphysical terms.
no subject
[ there's a reason why josh is doing this conversation over text as opposed to voice, and he's fucking thankful that he doesn't have to do this conversation in person ]
i highly doubt this place runs off actual flesh and blood if it requires the energy of an individual to maintain it on a short-term basis
[ joshua's talent: sounding condescending even if he doesn't mean to actually be condescending. (debatable) ]
so what is it? Soul? the cognitive energy of humankind? Imagination, creativity, ingenuity, the things i myself test my own Players on to see if they have the necessary strength of heart and mind?
[ the thing that he deemed that shibuya didn't have enough of, tbh ]
no subject
[The reply is prompt, as always. One would call it almost rehearsed, but this just seems to be the way this particular individual does things.
Then again, the condescension might give Joshua a run for his money?]
But no, it doesn't run off flesh and blood; I thought we established that at least ten questions ago. And I doubt it runs off the things you're familiar with -- this isn't whatever you're in charge of.
I'd wager it's something else entirely and more concrete. That's why I called it essence: though it's not physical, it's still energy derived from physical creatures.
no subject
[ this one's genuinely curious even if he knows it's like a giant ass shot in the dark, although the thing about text messaging is that it's not like, entirely obvious that that's the case. also one day i'll play a character who actually wants to cooperate with an npc but today is not that day, so ]
same difference, isn't it. it's like how in my dimension Imagination is the essence that gives my Players their powers, i'm merely trying to confirm if what you speak of is something similar or at least adjacent to it.
[ there's also a reason why he's waited to ask this in private instead of in public, but: ] so what's at the end of the road if this place doesn't collapse in six weeks. i give my Players a chance at reincarnation. how bout u?
no subject
[Perhaps the retort, too, is genuine curiosity. At least Ho-oh doesn't seem to particularly expect easy cooperation, here or previously. The back-and-forth continues apace.]
I'd say neither of us have the frame of reference to make that judgment. It would probably be easier for you to let go of your preconceived ideas, if you really want to understand the dimension you're in.
The end of the road here, according to all our observations, is the ability to leave this place. There's nothing so convenient as reincarnation.