Considering synodiporia, voice testing, xposted to Dear Player

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

You are right to assume a murder-game would bore me, Mundane. I have had my fill of murder between the last three gameboards I've borne witness to. The bloody taste of that particular genre has simply burned out my palate. Perhaps Lambdadelta would still find it sweet - but then, she always preferred the same, familiar candy on her tongue or in her mind. Perhaps for her, murder is to stories as konpeito is to food. I am not so easily sated.

And you know full well how poorly I take to being bored. That's the curse of witches, isn't it? How lethal boredom can be?

This synodiporia is promising, I admit. A game where one is expected to shift tone, genre, aspect, and powers on jaunts beyond my usual liminal space... quite a promising variety of fragments for me to wander. I can only imagine how proud of yourself you must feel for finding a game that you think suits me that well. I go so far to admit that the Hanged Man is an apt symbol for me.

I understand that an old... acquaintance of mine will be there, and that if Battler shall join them that you intend to take me there as well? How nostalgic you must find it, to imagine us drinking tea together, and yet it's nostalgia for a game you've known of for so short a span of time. How very human of you.

You do realize that if I go there, it will not have a happy ending, don't you?

You do realize that I am a witch, right?

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[shiroganeheir]

There are many Travelers who have great power, and many who would seek to use that power for destruction. Fortunately, there are others who can oppose that power.

Mun-kun thinks it would be fantastic to see an acquaintance of Beatrice-san among the Travelers. I dare say we could always use another shakeup.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

I fear variety much less than I do boredom. Another shakeup, as you put it, is always welcome.

It would not be so different than what I do now, searching through the fragments of reality for something new. Perhaps a more curated experience would help.

Shirogane, was it?

[shiroganeheir]

Boredom is a powerful foe for anyone. Many terrible things have been done out of boredom.

Yes. I am Naoto Shirogane. It is good to meet you.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Effective immortality makes the need for stimulation sharper. And the lengths taken to meet that need, longer. A thousand years is a long time to wait for some novelty.

You are a detective of some renown yourself, I hear. Fine company for the Golden and Endless Witch.

[whats_her_name]

Wow, that was long.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

I usually prefer poetry to prose, but sometimes one must express themselves with a wall of text.

[whats_her_name]

As long as those walls aren't too high.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Brevity; wit.

[whats_her_name]

Come again?

[keichan]

[ He was going to give a rousing speech about how she shouldn't resign herself to fate and accept an unhappy ending, but... ]

You look familiar. No, not just familiar... really familiar.

Higurashi spoilers all up in this joint

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

And not without reason.

Hello, Maebara. I trust all is well.

[keichan]

R-Rika-chan? Are you serious?!?

N... no... that can't be right. But you look just like her.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Not quite, Maebara. I was of Rika, but I am not Rika. Not any more, anyway.

Thank you, by the way.

[keichan]

I don't think I understood any of that. And what are you thanking me for, anyway?

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Putting the lie to my username.

[keichan]

I don't think I deserve the credit... but you're welcome anyway.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Were it not for that first miracle you committed, none of us would be free. Is your role in our liberation not praiseworthy?

[keichan]

There's someone who taught me that even the worst sins can be forgiven. Maybe that person is the one who really deserves the praise.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

...Did I say that? I suppose I did. It certainly was not Rika alone who had that sentiment.