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[thenightmarebegins]

[Vincent is off in a forested area not far from town. He's seated under a tree, thinking and watching leaves fall.]

Yet another alternate reality... but something about this was different from others. As if we were living out a set story, each time...

[It's not as if they have the exact same fairytales on his world, after all, but there had been a strange way to how the week's events had unfolded that it was noticeable. He wonders about it, vaguely, and about the parallel to the one he'd lived through and how it fit into his own background. There's also plenty of other things on his mind, the typical human vs monster divide, and the love issues... but he won't bring any of those up on here.]

[He takes a red leaf in hand as it falls and stares at it.]

...the time of year... it's close. Perhaps it's best if I spend it away.

Comments

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I doubt they would want to make it too easy for us.

[doubleppk]

It might ruin the effects if we knew in advance.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I assume it would, from their perspective.

[doubleppk]

Right, well it's like lab tests. You have to have controls and specific factors as eliminated as possible. If we could thwart them, it would twist the outcome of the study.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

It's unfortunate that we cannot render their findings useless.

[doubleppk]

Maybe we can! We could create the Shift pact! Every Shift we face, we have to try to figure out what their objective is and skew their results...

Oh but... then they would just do it all over again rather than give up. And 2 of the same shifts in a row would be really boring.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Still a good idea in theory... but I doubt many of us could bear repeats of some experiments.

[doubleppk]

Maybe you could find a small population and because you keep skewing results they wouldn't use you?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Perhaps... if it were only possible to use such an idea within the barrier...

[doubleppk]

Oh you never know... Where there's a will, there's a way, as they say. And you could probably find someone who would know how to bypass things.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Even the most powerful are controlled by the whims of the Malnosso... but... perhaps it's not a matter of power itself.

[doubleppk]

I don't think it's something a superpower or magic would help, no.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I have yet to meet anyone who understands it...

[doubleppk]

I guess it's not an easy thing to grasp.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

It's beyond anyone here, apparently.

[doubleppk]

Maybe because they're used to relying only on their powers.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Yes... and none have encountered anything like this predicament before.

[doubleppk]

Oh, I don't know... Jack Horner had.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

...How so?

[doubleppk]

He was in a prison camp like this for people with super abilities.

It was easier to break free though.

[And Fujiko's been kidnapped by mad scientists for testing purposes way too often than any logic or reason could possibly dictate. She doesn't have superpowers though. Ironically enough.]

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I understand. There were... situations like that on my world as well.

[doubleppk]

Hontou?

I mean, really?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Yes. We had to deal with a corrupt scientist, who used people for experiments... among other problems.

[Which is... a lot to get into.]

[doubleppk]

That's terrible! How did you get away?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[Much of that is an even longer story, starting decades ago and ending in the more recent past...]

We ultimately had to fight him.