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the fuckface who holds time itself in his hands ([personal profile] collector) wrote in [community profile] luministi2010-08-23 10:33 pm
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Fantasiestucke VI. Fabel

[The CAT turns on without warning as Brax is trying to open his front door. He is fine, his half-amused smile settled easily. He doesn't show a sign of having lost to any of the questions, and he's holding two coins in one of his hands.]

[Then the hologram pops up, and Braxiatel loses all expression. If there is one word to describe him now, it's cold.]

[It is asking him this: What is inside your head?]

[Very, very quietly, Braxiatel speaks.] I'll take the penalty.

[He steps into the house. There is the mechanical click of joints as his hands close into fists, then open again. He drops his coins and a silver pen on the table, then sinks into a chair.]
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[identity profile] grimmjerk.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Fine.

[of course, of course] Do you know why it's asking all the questions?
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[personal profile] collector 2010-08-31 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
It wants to know how much we know, it wants to learn from us, it wants to force us to rely on each other, it wants to incapacitate and distract us as well as those who might help us, it wants to punish someone for something, or it's doing it for the kicks. Those are my best theories. Oh, and it could be some sort of program run wild, but that sort of thing generally isn't this spiteful. Still, best not to discount it until we have proof to the contrary.

[identity profile] grimmjerk.livejournal.com 2010-09-01 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[...an oddly contemplative silence] You sure about any of that, or it's it all just your best guess?
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[personal profile] collector 2010-09-01 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, I don't have much to support any theories. And a theory is completely useless if you haven't anything to prove.

[identity profile] grimmjerk.livejournal.com 2010-09-01 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[call him crazy, but Brax sounds a little...bothered]

And you're not happy about it?
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[personal profile] collector 2010-09-01 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[The last time he didn't have facts with which to prove his theories, he tried to pull off a murder-suicide to find out the truth, so Grimmjow wouldn't be far off there.]

I don't like playing when I don't have complete information. If you don't know the strategies or payoffs of the other players, you can't predict what they'll do. Or to take it out of game theory: it's hell trying to outplay someone when you don't know what they want or how they'll go about getting it.

[Some humour, though, is hard to completely get rid of.] I take it you've been having trouble with the doors?

[identity profile] grimmjerk.livejournal.com 2010-09-09 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[all of that boils down to he hates it that there isn't an avenue of victory.

Grimmjow can understand that.

he makes the typical 'che' sound] Some.

I'm not answering their bullshit if I don't want to.
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[personal profile] collector 2010-09-09 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
And if you don't know the answer. How much of you is still you?
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[personal profile] collector 2010-09-10 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . Can you still move?

[identity profile] grimmjerk.livejournal.com 2010-09-11 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but it slows you down. The worse it gets, the weaker you get.
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