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[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

[There's a notlittle boy standing outside the Labyrinth. He seems to be seriously debating whether or not to go in.]

If I keep my hand on one wall, I should be able to make my way out, even if I lose track somehow. And if there's dangers, I should be able to handle it. How bad can a maze be? Not like a large predator would be able to find all it's food in there unless there's a lot of animals...

[He's mostly talking to himself in this debate. He hasn't really talked to anyone that day. Too bad or he might have realized what's going on.]

Comments

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

It's not unfathomable for someone to be a complete idiot in one area and a genius in the other. I'm sure even you have your weak points.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

...I suppose that's true.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Humans are fascinating like that.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

True. That's why the ones with the biggest contradictions are most fascinating.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Like that thief?

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

That kind of person... witch, human, whatever they may be... is always fascinating to come across.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

And why they're the most fun to pursue.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

True, true! You and I can agree on that much.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

So does that mean Battler is contradictory too?

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Naturally. He fights me with blue, accepts my red, battles on the grounds that I rewind time and reality, yet denies my magic as a witch. That's a strong contradiction, don't you think?

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

...this is true. Unless he's trying to think of a way to explain that too.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

He's not. He's just fighting me on the grounds that I didn't commit the murders, and to deny me out of existence.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Does he? Huh, maybe he thinks he's gone mad.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

I doubt it. I just think he has a major cognitive dissonance regarding his fight with me. Or perhaps he's changed the tune of his argument, not to deny magic, but to deny it had any involvement with the murders.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Would he still win if he said that?

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[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

He'd never openly say it. And on the grounds that we're fighting, he only has to deny my existence on the game board of Rokkenjima to kill me, not in the world we fight.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

... So I can do things like let my stakes tear him to bits and revive him again and again in that world, and it'll have no bearing on the game or his stance on it. Really, he's such a marvelous contradiction to himself that it's really something to behold.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

..... [That gets a bit of a stare.]

You really are demented.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

[ cackle! ] He's the one who happily plays with my stakes. He even regards them fondly, since they have personifications. Take it that way, and you can call him even more demented than me!

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Both of you are. Just...a crazy masochist and sadistic duo.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! [ cackle! ] I think he's just too stubborn to let something like that cut him down so easily, or to let it show weakness. It's not masochism, it's pure and utter stupidity.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

When is masochism ever a good idea?

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Ask him yourself, if he ever shows up.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

I really hope he can't answer.