Yeah. It was something he talked to me about pretty early on. He thought if he could control it, we could find a way to use it to our advantage and stop it from acting on its own.
We never got far enough to really test it, so it's hard to say if he was right or not. But I get that. I expressed my own hesitations to Shirasu when he presented it to me, but what he told me made sense. And I was willing to let him try it.
I think someone with enough determination could make it work.
It's hard to say. Some of you are pretty strong, but it takes more than just strength. I think...a lot of people here are afraid of even getting close to the darkness. So it's harder.
He had a task he was supposed to do for me before I would help him try to figure stuff out. "Find four people that you trust, and people that trust you in return."
...you'd have to be open to the corruption. Or finding someone corrupted who might act as a catalyst. Not a lot of research has gone into this yet because Shirasu quit his task halfway through, but if you really want to know, I think we can revisit it.
I agree. [...] Tomorrow, after the trial. If the option is viable, we can discuss it then. I promise. I know Shirasu thought he could really get somewhere with this project, and he asked me first before he reached out to Emma. It's worth a shot.
[Real talk I couldn't answer this because Val's corrupted but anyway.]
...I don't know really. On the one hand, he's dedicated, but on the other I think he's a little too self-sacrificial. If things didn't go perfectly, I could see him giving himself up.
So that depends if you think this are good qualities for a project like that.
[There's a nod.] He's my best friend. So...knowing he's befriended you, too, helps a lot.
[But his stance shifts a little.] ...I wish I could say that that we did, but looking at things now it seems that it's the path we're forced on now. There may be ways to make it easier on everyone, but the chances are growing smaller and smaller.
[There's another nod but he's not going to go into that unless Shess thinks it's important. Shess is an Adult which means business talk anyway.]
People being aware of that doesn't make the truth any easier. Even if this is our last option, we should find a way to help ease people into it. Especially now that everyone left knows.
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What're your thoughts on that?
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I don't think it's an inherently terrible idea... but I can understand why Emma thinks it is. It's not something to touch carelessly.
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I think someone with enough determination could make it work.
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[milla is fucking dead]
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What do you think it takes?
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Was his task just to get himself corrupted, or was there another aspect to it?
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He got to about three before that trial happened.
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... How would we go about testing his hypothesis?
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... If we do decide to try it, do you think Valvatorez would be a good choice—if he agrees?
[given how many people apparently want shess to be the last one remaining, he shouldn't really risk opening himself to corruption.
but also watch val be the corrupted now that i wrote this]
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...I don't know really. On the one hand, he's dedicated, but on the other I think he's a little too self-sacrificial. If things didn't go perfectly, I could see him giving himself up.
So that depends if you think this are good qualities for a project like that.
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I'm not sure. My thought was that he's dedicated and would be comfortable with darkness to an extent...
We really don't have many potential candidates left, unfortunately. My next thought was Axel, and I'm hardly certain of that.
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Truthfully, I'm still not sure it's a really good idea when there's so few of us. Especially if something else does go wrong.
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[...]
Do you think we still have an option besides the single survivor path?
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[But his stance shifts a little.] ...I wish I could say that that we did, but looking at things now it seems that it's the path we're forced on now. There may be ways to make it easier on everyone, but the chances are growing smaller and smaller.
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... At least it seems that people are aware of that.
[so that they won't be caught off-guard when it comes down to that.]
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People being aware of that doesn't make the truth any easier. Even if this is our last option, we should find a way to help ease people into it. Especially now that everyone left knows.
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