[That question isn't what he had expected to hear, and it catches Chuuya off-guard. When he responds, it sounds almost confused, like he doesn't understand why Akira's asking it.]
Peach-san asked me that question when I asked her about the story told before Haruka-san's death. And when I told her I usually do, she told me to "look hard enough to find the answers I'm looking for."
I guess it might not sound like much, but when I take what she said and put it alongside what we've experienced-- the loss of our senses, of our limbs, the fact that we couldn't see the rats or the evidence of Haruka-san's death until the day of the trial-- it makes me wonder. . .
It makes me wonder if something about this mansion is affected by our perceptions of it.
It's...possible, I guess. 'This must be an ability' is what I thought when we started losing our senses last week.
But everything that's happening here, it's for a reason. Even our perceptions being affected is for a reason. And we'll be in a better place to break out once we know the 'why'.
In the meantime, all we can go on is what we perceive. Even if that's faulty, finding the patterns in what we see and feel is just another clue.
I think we need to be careful about jumping to conclusions, though. I think we need to be more mindful about looking for things that escape our notice the first time around.
And I don't mean we should do that during trials, I mean— in general.
[tilts his head at Chuuya, expression thoughtful]
You say you think this place is a holding pen— a feeding ground— for monsters. But is there more to it that we're missing?
Of course we do. We're not gonna get out of here if we just sit around and go "I guess it can't be helped."
[That's never been Chuuya's style, honestly.]
if the monsters were 'Blue' or the girls, I could see it as just being us brought here for food. But the monsters, they're mixed in with us, aren't they? And like, Nikki didn't seem to think she was one at all. Or at least she was friendly and nice up until that trial. She wouldn't do that if she just saw us as food.
[So, yeah. Even if he's pretty sure they're there to be eaten, he's also sure it's more complicated than just that.]
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Date: 2020-03-01 05:14 am (UTC)Aaaand that's probably why our abilities were taken from us.
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Date: 2020-03-01 05:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-01 05:34 am (UTC)I don't know about that, actually.
[???]
Chuuya, have you considered what kind of place this mansion might be?
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Date: 2020-03-01 05:41 am (UTC)It's a feeding pen. We were brought here to be food for the monsters.
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Date: 2020-03-02 02:30 am (UTC)[. . .]
[instead of responding directly, he asks a question, though the question almost sounds like he's repeating something someone else already said to him]
Chuuya, do you always believe everything you see and hear?"
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Date: 2020-03-02 02:47 am (UTC)I mean, yeah? What else is there to believe in?
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Date: 2020-03-02 03:27 am (UTC)Good question.
[how to best put this into words. . .]
Peach-san asked me that question when I asked her about the story told before Haruka-san's death. And when I told her I usually do, she told me to "look hard enough to find the answers I'm looking for."
I guess it might not sound like much, but when I take what she said and put it alongside what we've experienced-- the loss of our senses, of our limbs, the fact that we couldn't see the rats or the evidence of Haruka-san's death until the day of the trial-- it makes me wonder. . .
It makes me wonder if something about this mansion is affected by our perceptions of it.
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Date: 2020-03-02 04:26 am (UTC)[...]
It's...possible, I guess. 'This must be an ability' is what I thought when we started losing our senses last week.
But everything that's happening here, it's for a reason. Even our perceptions being affected is for a reason. And we'll be in a better place to break out once we know the 'why'.
In the meantime, all we can go on is what we perceive. Even if that's faulty, finding the patterns in what we see and feel is just another clue.
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Date: 2020-03-02 03:29 pm (UTC)I think we need to be careful about jumping to conclusions, though. I think we need to be more mindful about looking for things that escape our notice the first time around.
And I don't mean we should do that during trials, I mean— in general.
[tilts his head at Chuuya, expression thoughtful]
You say you think this place is a holding pen— a feeding ground— for monsters. But is there more to it that we're missing?
I think there is.
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Date: 2020-03-02 04:05 pm (UTC)[That's never been Chuuya's style, honestly.]
if the monsters were 'Blue' or the girls, I could see it as just being us brought here for food. But the monsters, they're mixed in with us, aren't they? And like, Nikki didn't seem to think she was one at all. Or at least she was friendly and nice up until that trial. She wouldn't do that if she just saw us as food.
[So, yeah. Even if he's pretty sure they're there to be eaten, he's also sure it's more complicated than just that.]
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Date: 2020-03-02 07:02 pm (UTC)Yeah. I agree. Whatever force is causing people to turn into creatures and kill others, it can't change who they really are, deep down.
. . . so the question is, why are these transformations happening at all?
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Date: 2020-03-02 07:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-03 02:25 am (UTC)[he doesn't know about "force," but]
As nice as it sounds to get it all at once, I think this is a marathon, not a sprint.
We need to start getting smaller answers from the hosts firsts.
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Date: 2020-03-03 02:29 am (UTC)[He's joking.]
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Date: 2020-03-03 03:11 am (UTC)[YES THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE'S SAYING]
[but the teasing tone in his voice shows that he realizes that Chuuya is being silly]
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Date: 2020-03-03 03:41 am (UTC)Maybe I'll be nice to them and bully you instead.
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Date: 2020-03-03 03:57 am (UTC)[HE IS BULLY-PROOF or so he thinks]
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Date: 2020-03-03 04:06 am (UTC)So he's totally gonna try to catch Akira in a headlock to noogie him.]
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Date: 2020-03-03 04:22 pm (UTC)