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[personal profile] crucifer 2023-08-23 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, that's not the one who was throwin' the tantrum. She's on a lower rung, where she didn't like havin' to run the game so she tried to suicide bomb the entire system down.

[ There's apparently a lot of people involved and Wolfwood is not paid enough to think about it too hard, especially since they're out of it. He does have some sympathy for Ruby? She's only seventeen and she was so stressed out by the killing game that she thought exploding the world to save the rest of the multiverse would be better. Not so much sympathy for whoever other higher-ups are out there. ]

They're two different people. We never got to meet whoever was kickin' their feet like a toddler and organisin' the game in the first place.
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[personal profile] diffract 2023-08-23 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ alhaitham furrows his brow, genuinely concerned. ]

How did you find out what their motive was?

[ the tantrum part ]
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[personal profile] crucifer 2023-08-23 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Through a fun game of "put together the pieces yourself, and then get an exposition dump from the villain of the hour at the finish line".

[ Their CYOAs and their weekly fragmented bits and pieces of lore that they had to keep all hush-hush and all that... ]
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[personal profile] diffract 2023-08-24 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ if alhaitham was ww he would be just as pissed off ]

Kaveh explained some of this, but remind me. Does this mean that there is no true safeguard to prevent this from happening again, and we are all technically still at the mercy of this anonymous, powerful, and emotionally fragile being?
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[personal profile] crucifer 2023-08-24 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
As far as I'm aware?

Yeah.

[ He's obviously not happy about it either and has been trying not to voice it out loud too much, because he'd be a mega downer if he did. But yeah, as far as he can tell, the games are still on board. Reap...3? ]
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[personal profile] diffract 2023-08-24 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ alhaitham sighs through his nose, touches his fist against his mouth, and contemplates the floor for a moment.

yeah, it is a downer, but it's the truth. the only thing they can do is move forward from it however they can. alhaitham isn't the type to spiral or linger on what he can't control; he finds out what's within his power to change and works from there. he looks back at wolfwood. ]


We have now learned what's been going on in these different worlds, and you are all privy to valuable information about its structure and mechanics. You have also obtained capabilities that would not have been afforded to you previously. As there are multitudes of different universes, so too are there multitudes of possible ways to end these games. As far as we're aware, a solution has yet to be found. That doesn't mean it isn't out there.

[ maybe it's nearly impossible to find, but that chance is never zero. it may sound like optimism; to alhaitham, it's merely fact. kaveh, surprisingly enough, is the one who believes in anomalies. ]

Right now, you and Vash are guests in Sumeru. Contemplating such matters can be saved for a later time. Thank you for answering my questions.