Their profiles are now mixed in with ours. I wonder if it means they can be infected or killed as well.
[ she isn't sure if that bodes well. having separating from those researching the thing was somewhat reassuring in it's own way. that even if they were to die, it could be prevented with their work. ]
You are from a place with magic, correct? Or something similar? Is there anything that feeds off of desires or pain?
Well, whatever is out there keeping an eye on us definitely has them on its radar, now.
[ which is. Fantastic. truly. ]
I do, though I can't use it myself. But, uh, nothing comes to mind. There are probably spirits who enjoy watching people's desires, or causing pain, but they don't actively feed off it. It's just their preference.
[ he slides an assembled sandwich over to Maomao ]
Origin's Trial had a wish at the end as a reward, but again, suffering wasn't like. A built in feature to the whole thing. Just a side effect.
she takes a bite and chews slowly on her food as she weighs on if she should ask something. she knows she is probably jumping to conjectures, and it may be better not knowing.
I had already assumed the wish that brought you here may be related to something else.
[ she doesn't have all the pieces yet and may never get them, but from their conversations before about regrets, she wonders if his wish has anything to do with the person he couldn't say his words to. ]
[ he won't ask about her conclusions or assumptions. instead, he'll move on. ]
It was effecting the cycle of reincarnation - because of the power granted to Milla Kresnik's line, the number of souls in existence were multiplying out of control. More souls, more strain on Origin, more strain on the cycle. So the wish had to fix that.
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[ she isn't sure if that bodes well. having separating from those researching the thing was somewhat reassuring in it's own way. that even if they were to die, it could be prevented with their work. ]
You are from a place with magic, correct? Or something similar? Is there anything that feeds off of desires or pain?
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[ which is. Fantastic. truly. ]
I do, though I can't use it myself. But, uh, nothing comes to mind. There are probably spirits who enjoy watching people's desires, or causing pain, but they don't actively feed off it. It's just their preference.
[ he slides an assembled sandwich over to Maomao ]
Origin's Trial had a wish at the end as a reward, but again, suffering wasn't like. A built in feature to the whole thing. Just a side effect.
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She will in turn slide him a cup of tea, careful not to make any contact to avoid giving him pain. ]
Thank you.
[ Picking up the sandwich as she considers for a moment ]
A side effect? What is this Origin's Trial?
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he trades the plate for the cup of tea! cradling it, he tries to think of the most succinct, accurate summary possible. ]
It was a race to win a wish. Except it was rigged like, three different ways by other factors.
[ yeah close enough ]
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she takes a bite and chews slowly on her food as she weighs on if she should ask something. she knows she is probably jumping to conjectures, and it may be better not knowing.
she is curious though.
maomao decides to ask something else ]
Did you have a wish?
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[ when there's so many wishes in play, you need to make clear which ones are actually relevant ]
The Trial got out of hand, so the wish could really only be used for one thing - to fix everything the Trial altered.
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[ she doesn't have all the pieces yet and may never get them, but from their conversations before about regrets, she wonders if his wish has anything to do with the person he couldn't say his words to. ]
What did the trial alter?
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[ he won't ask about her conclusions or assumptions. instead, he'll move on. ]
It was effecting the cycle of reincarnation - because of the power granted to Milla Kresnik's line, the number of souls in existence were multiplying out of control. More souls, more strain on Origin, more strain on the cycle. So the wish had to fix that.
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So you had the weight of many souls resting on you.
[ That is heavy. ]
And you fixed it.
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[ though given the circumstances surrounding one of those people, he certainly had a different sort of weight resting on him. ]
But we did- or, we're about to. There's just a little bit left to go before Origin handles the rest.