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yogen2021-08-05 12:02 am
closewithnewintown) wrote in yogen2021-08-05 12:02 am
give your friends a surprise
Who: EVERYONE
What: FAMILY MEETING
When: 8/4, right after school closes.
Where: Student council room
Warnings: Eventually, probably.
["If my friends back home were acting like this, I would've already locked them in a room and forced them to figure out their feelings."
the job puts all of her considerable superspy skills to the test. she knows where every normal kid's locker is; it's easy enough to slip the note into each that morning. if it's someone who she knows would be unable to read the note, she tells them its contents, but keeps her own involvement out of it. lies of omission don't count.
the note reads:]
I have very important information about this place. Please come to the student council room after school ends today.
- Nao Sato
[and if the text looks just a bit girlier than you'd think she'd write, hey, you don't know her. she's got layers.
either way, it's a pretty interesting proposition: the student council room door is, for the first time in seemingly ever, wide open. anyone can walk inside - and, hopefully, most everyone should. because it's only when Stephanie thinks that she's got enough of them inside that she actually enters the room, shutting the door behind her.
click.
it locks. she grins, spins the key on her finger, and slips it into her pocket.
"How are you supposed to do that with grownups?"
the exact same way, she's decided.]
We haven't had any meetings since, um. Well. The last one. But, I'm pretty sure nobody has no more murders to report, so it shouldn't be too bad, and we can all just focus on the most important task: Getting along! All of us are on the same team, but most of us barely even know each other; some of us even hate some of the others! [SHE SAYS, LIKE SHE DOESN'T ACTIVELY DESPISE KOKICHI] So, I figured we could spend the evening fixing that problem. Play some games, talk about stuff we've discovered since the last time...
And, maybe, if everybody does a really good job, I'll unlock the door!
[smiles]
What: FAMILY MEETING
When: 8/4, right after school closes.
Where: Student council room
Warnings: Eventually, probably.
["If my friends back home were acting like this, I would've already locked them in a room and forced them to figure out their feelings."
the job puts all of her considerable superspy skills to the test. she knows where every normal kid's locker is; it's easy enough to slip the note into each that morning. if it's someone who she knows would be unable to read the note, she tells them its contents, but keeps her own involvement out of it. lies of omission don't count.
the note reads:]
I have very important information about this place. Please come to the student council room after school ends today.
- Nao Sato
[and if the text looks just a bit girlier than you'd think she'd write, hey, you don't know her. she's got layers.
either way, it's a pretty interesting proposition: the student council room door is, for the first time in seemingly ever, wide open. anyone can walk inside - and, hopefully, most everyone should. because it's only when Stephanie thinks that she's got enough of them inside that she actually enters the room, shutting the door behind her.
click.
it locks. she grins, spins the key on her finger, and slips it into her pocket.
"How are you supposed to do that with grownups?"
the exact same way, she's decided.]
We haven't had any meetings since, um. Well. The last one. But, I'm pretty sure nobody has no more murders to report, so it shouldn't be too bad, and we can all just focus on the most important task: Getting along! All of us are on the same team, but most of us barely even know each other; some of us even hate some of the others! [SHE SAYS, LIKE SHE DOESN'T ACTIVELY DESPISE KOKICHI] So, I figured we could spend the evening fixing that problem. Play some games, talk about stuff we've discovered since the last time...
And, maybe, if everybody does a really good job, I'll unlock the door!
[smiles]
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From what I understood, things were "wrong" in each iteration of the worlds, though I will let those who hail from those worlds speak for themselves.
[But he watched a child get mauled to death with Stephanie, and he's pretty sure that's not something that happens in LazyTown, from what he was understanding, given her severe reaction to the scene.]
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I've only been able to see copies of my own world thus far, and I've been the one pressing it as well... there was one exception, but in that case the other individual was from the same world as me, so it's possible that affected the results. They pressed the button, but a scenario that was familiar to only me was shown. [so it might be related to who presses the button, but it might not? needs more data...]
Question. Did you notice anything unusual about the people within that world? Such as obscured features, missing sounds... anything like that?
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Answer. I did, yes. With regards to Stephanie's world in particular, the people within it were all faceless, and she had indicated to me that several things were "missing".
[Like the sports equipment, for example.]
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Your input is appreciated.
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But... It's like when there was that fog that made us hear people from home. They all said awful things they'd never say in real life. This place takes things we remember and shows them worse than they'd ever get.
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... Not necessarily. More likely... it's a matter of perspective.
Right and wrong, good and evil... these are human concepts, fabrications. Meaningless to an indifferent universe. If the rabbit escapes the fox, then is that a good outcome for the rabbit who lives, or a bad outcome for the fox who goes hungry?
"Right" and "wrong" are determined by individual perception. Whoever made these illusionary worlds... they've been tailored to the individual. What you see is something that is "wrong" to the person it belongs to. It's likely intended to elicit a reaction—shock, anger, despair... as for why, I can't say. But it is an interesting phenomenon.
About the world that you saw, though... was there another version of yourself there?
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I saw my best friend get torn to pieces. [LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA CITE ANYTHING AS AN OBJECTIVE EVIL IT'S DEFINITELY "PUBLIC EXECUTION OF NINE YEAR OLD."]
No, I wasn't there. I couldn't be; the world wouldn't have gotten like that if I was there to stop it.
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Noted. Something that the individual would have prevented... seems like it might be a common theme.
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I'd tell you about how she died being really brave and standing up for what she believes in, but you wouldn't know anything about doing either of those things, so why bother!
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See, that's what I mean! You wouldn't understand what she went through, because you somehow manage to be the worst psycho here by also being a cowardly little brat.
Do you even know how tight that competition is? It's really saying something.
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Reckless bravery is just another word for stupidity. Did the outcome of that world change because she stood by her beliefs? Or did she simply die a pointless death, unable to affect anything? Had she sacrificed those beliefs in order to survive, perhaps a better ending could've been achieved in time... but such things are meaningless now. Humans only have a limited span of time to make an impact on the world. Once that time is used up, they're as worthless as a speck of dirt.
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Well, not all little girls. The real Trixie has that one on you, huh.
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Watching you all squirm and struggle... entertainment like this is something that should be savoured.
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hehehe
the chuckles easily devolve into helpless giggles, and it takes a second or two before she's able to get in enough air to actually speak.]
There's no way you actually believe that! You have to know it's not true, right? You have to know you're trapped here!
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Of course, such methods would not come without their drawbacks... if you want to retain your current existence, you'll have to find another exit. But the only reason I'm here is because staying is more interesting than leaving.
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Leave and come back.
If you can.
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[... although
hmm]
There is something else I wanted to try... so perhaps.
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