First, that dog is talented enough in a number of ways to mean that his existence can certainly influence others... But wasn't it in one of those messages, that some players have more importance than others, or something? I'll have to check my notes.
Perhaps it's because I'm familiar with magic that works along these lines, but it makes sense to me. Fate is often described as something beyond our control, but it's more like a metal, malleable with the right force. Intimacy... I would think sex is an easy way to facilitate it. It causes lust, causes romantic feelings, can cause anger, jealousy, hatred, betrayal— all of those things are relevant in creating changes in fate, too. I think.
I think 52 is arbitrary.
But to use fate is a concept I have to consider. If only I had access to some of the books from back home...
You don't know that it's arbitrary. Perhaps I'm onto something! Once you hit 52, you've lost all capacity for things like intimacy, so you don't have value anymore! That's why they let you leave!
Supposedly, anyway. The proprietress said she could've gone home if she wished for it, but I never got around to asking if she knows anyone who really did leave.
And yep, she said that thing about value in one of Victoria's journal entries. That's what got me interested in the first place. I'm just not sure why they'd bother to kidnap unimportant people with low "value" in the first place.
I also wonder if the ones who disappeared are more like that servant. If they're getting rid of the people who aren't fated to do great things, and keeping the ones who are destined. But when I asked about the rumor that people who disappear get turned into statues, she said "What happens to a sponge when you've wrung out in the water and left it in the sun to dry? People are the same."
So, with that in mind, maybe it's the ones with low "energy" who vanish. That would line up with what you said before. Except there's one problem with that theory, which is that I'm still here! Any idea why that might be? Do you think they just like seeing my face?
It doesn't sound like it's about doing great things or not. It sounds to me like those who have a higher potential for... changes? Connections? Opportunity? Just from my understanding of magic involved in similar concepts, anyway.
Keeping that in mind, it makes more sense why someone like you would still be here. It doesn't matter how much you try to fight it, or what sort of things you do or don't do— it matters that others are going to meet you here, perhaps?
Sex does seem to be the main catalyst for transferring energy, though, so I'm still trying to think through it. Well, for now, I feel like we at least have a direction.
So, basically what you're saying is that I might be getting enough energy from meeting new people to compensate for the lack of game-playing. An interesting theory!
I can see that. I *am* pretty sociable. I guess it just felt like, by this place's standards, me and Jun-kun are freeloaders who refuse to pay rent. The landlord comes knocking each month, but we always say "Nope! Not paying!" and slam the door in his face.
Or at least I think that's how it works. I don't know much about rent payment since I'm a noble.
In any case, what's this direction you're talking about? Already planning to do some more digging?
Of course. To be perfectly honest, I don't exactly care to get back "home". But that doesn't mean I can't recognize that others certainly want to, and the path to the way "out" leads to many other interesting things along the way.
I get to practice my magic, I get to learn things.
Anyway, knowing how the House works also means I know how to start looking at it. Like how knowing if your patient was a human or a dog would help you in surgery.
[Alright. Well. There's something he hadn't really considered.
I don't care to go back home, says the prince. It's not really a surprise, given what his life was like. Kirma told Hiyori something similar, actually. Still, going to all this effort to figure a way out when he doesn't intend to use it himself strikes Hiyori as a bit odd.
But then this is the same "selfless flower-maker" who messaged him over the Network. The one he didn't connect to the prince he met at the Roost at first. So maybe he shouldn't be surprised about this, either. Getting to use magic is its own reward, apparently.]
Well, I'm glad you're getting something out of it, anyway.
I guess the only question is whether you can perform surgery on a god or not. I figure that's the closest thing to what we're dealing with: not a dog, a human, or anything that can be trained or reasoned with.
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Perhaps it's because I'm familiar with magic that works along these lines, but it makes sense to me. Fate is often described as something beyond our control, but it's more like a metal, malleable with the right force. Intimacy... I would think sex is an easy way to facilitate it. It causes lust, causes romantic feelings, can cause anger, jealousy, hatred, betrayal— all of those things are relevant in creating changes in fate, too. I think.
I think 52 is arbitrary.
But to use fate is a concept I have to consider. If only I had access to some of the books from back home...
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Supposedly, anyway. The proprietress said she could've gone home if she wished for it, but I never got around to asking if she knows anyone who really did leave.
And yep, she said that thing about value in one of Victoria's journal entries. That's what got me interested in the first place. I'm just not sure why they'd bother to kidnap unimportant people with low "value" in the first place.
I also wonder if the ones who disappeared are more like that servant. If they're getting rid of the people who aren't fated to do great things, and keeping the ones who are destined. But when I asked about the rumor that people who disappear get turned into statues, she said "What happens to a sponge when you've wrung out in the water and left it in the sun to dry? People are the same."
So, with that in mind, maybe it's the ones with low "energy" who vanish. That would line up with what you said before. Except there's one problem with that theory, which is that I'm still here! Any idea why that might be? Do you think they just like seeing my face?
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Keeping that in mind, it makes more sense why someone like you would still be here. It doesn't matter how much you try to fight it, or what sort of things you do or don't do— it matters that others are going to meet you here, perhaps?
Sex does seem to be the main catalyst for transferring energy, though, so I'm still trying to think through it. Well, for now, I feel like we at least have a direction.
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[Give him a moment to think on that.]
So, basically what you're saying is that I might be getting enough energy from meeting new people to compensate for the lack of game-playing. An interesting theory!
I can see that. I *am* pretty sociable. I guess it just felt like, by this place's standards, me and Jun-kun are freeloaders who refuse to pay rent. The landlord comes knocking each month, but we always say "Nope! Not paying!" and slam the door in his face.
Or at least I think that's how it works. I don't know much about rent payment since I'm a noble.
In any case, what's this direction you're talking about? Already planning to do some more digging?
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I get to practice my magic, I get to learn things.
Anyway, knowing how the House works also means I know how to start looking at it. Like how knowing if your patient was a human or a dog would help you in surgery.
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I don't care to go back home, says the prince. It's not really a surprise, given what his life was like. Kirma told Hiyori something similar, actually. Still, going to all this effort to figure a way out when he doesn't intend to use it himself strikes Hiyori as a bit odd.
But then this is the same "selfless flower-maker" who messaged him over the Network. The one he didn't connect to the prince he met at the Roost at first. So maybe he shouldn't be surprised about this, either. Getting to use magic is its own reward, apparently.]
Well, I'm glad you're getting something out of it, anyway.
I guess the only question is whether you can perform surgery on a god or not. I figure that's the closest thing to what we're dealing with: not a dog, a human, or anything that can be trained or reasoned with.
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1/2
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Well, good luck with that! I can't do the things you do, but I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines. ✺◟😊◞✺
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Thanks.