rusty muse is rusty; upd8 spoilers

[bl1ndfolds33r]

C4N W3 DO TH1S L4T3R
TRY1NG TO R3G41N CONTROL OF MY L1F3 H3R3
GOT 4 B1TCH TO ST4B B3FOR3 1 BL33D OUT

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[kingunmaker]

Not enough of them.

[He debates leaving that particular thread dangling. The TRUE nature of his goals are not for anyone, even a very clever girl like her to hear, buuuut... this might be a good opening...]

But I did once come out as the winner of a game involving time travel.

[bl1ndfolds33r]

HOW N1C3 FOR YOU!
G4M3S 4R3 LOV3LY D1V3RS1ONS

[Her current grin is far too saccharine for Terezi's face. It... it's just not right.]

[kingunmaker]

[Now what sort of reaction do we have here? Ingratiating? or a warning...]

Oh, but that isn't all they are! Why, I believe they can be very educational as well- you would be surprised at how much one can learn by studying the same events play out again and again, with slightly altered variables here and there.

[bl1ndfolds33r]

[She'd been aiming for condescending indulgence.]

3DUT41NM3NT 1S 4LW4YS 1N STYL3
GOT TO K33P TH3 WR1GGL3RS TH1NK1NG

[Studying the results of what if you'd made a little alteration here, what if you'd prevented this here, what if what if what if... wasn't that exactly what she'd tried doing with her powers in the early nights on the meteor? Before she realized it was an exercise in futility and her powers--or at least her own ability to make use of them--were shit? So excuse her if she sounds a little bitter right now, if her grin grows a little strained.

She's getting pretty sick of surrender though.]

BUT WOULDNT 4 TRULY OBST1N4T3 P3RSON R3FUS3 TO CH4NG3 THOS3 V4R14BL3S
4FT3R 4LL W3 3ST4BL1SH3D TH4T SUCH P3OPL3 DONT C4R3 1F TH3YR3 WRONG, 4ND TH4T TH31R V1RTU3 1S 1N STUBBORN P3RS1ST4NC3 3V3N WH3N F4CTS 4R3 4G41NST TH3M

[kingunmaker]

My, miss Pyrope... I suppose that I should, in my magnamity, speak with a bit more clarity.

That depends entirely on what your endgoal is.