Finally sending someone to ink_city

[eternalcameo]

I don't see what you're so excited about, mun. You're taking me, the cute and sexy Asagi, who's already aware of the 4th wall and everything it implies, to a place where the 4th wall is supposed to be a big shock to everyone who's there? You can't 4th wall someone after the developers did it to them when they were created. Besides, if everyone already knows about it, then why bother taking me there in the first place? I can just stay home and deal with that shit.

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[immortal_pain]

There's always something that remains unseen. And you'll never be ready for it.

I am okay with this

[eternalcameo]

So there's a plot twist to look forward to? I can deal with that. Is it at least something respectable enough to not have M. Night Shyamalan's seal of approval?

[immortal_pain]

Hardly a plot twist.

More "got in a staring contest with Cthulhu".

I gotta say, it's interesting to remember things that you never experienced.

[eternalcameo]

That doesn't sound too bad. I've seen some big fucking final boss thingies, so if it's the Cthulhu I get to meet, then sign me up.

So what, they're going with implanted memory bullshit? Am I gonna wake up in a mental hospital that'll try to tell me my entire life was a lie and they want me to live some other life I have no recollection of?

[meng_huan_myuu]

Oh, no, no. That's more Mayfield and Kon Ran's way.

Getting frisky with the physical wall would more... show you what things would really be like if you got what you wanted.

It wouldn't be pretty.

It's an otome game.

[eternalcameo]

...Oh shit. Seriously? I'm supposed to find romance in a city full of Transformers? I might do the occasional fanservice, but I'm not that dedicated to Rule 34.

[meng_huan_myuu]

So don't touch the wall.

Seriously, being aware of your status as fictional doesn't mean it'll fuck you up less.

[eternalcameo]

It definitely doesn't. It's one thing to know forces keep you from getting your lead role, but it's worse when the fucking developers themselves tell you they only have you around for laughs and cameos.

So what the hell am I supposed to do? Pretend I don't know I'm a fictional character and play their little games?

[meng_huan_myuu]

...are you a fictional character? You may be played by someone on the internet, but you have a life, a soul all your own... don't you?

You don't need to pretend anything, but the muggles hardly need to be encouraged to wreck their own minds.

[eternalcameo]

I've seen my concept art, hacked into the games I've been in, hung out with the developers and hop from game to game fighting people...yeah, I'm fictional.

The real problem is the fact that I don't have much backstory to work with other than some douchebag named Zetta delayed my game's release date by kicking my ass, so it ends up looking like I don't have a personality of my own.

[meng_huan_myuu]

...ugh, no, you're missing the p...oint.

[That trailing off? It seems the mew just realized something.]

Hahahahahah. I know what would happen if you touched the wall, now. Beautiful. Painful. Diabolical.

[eternalcameo]

...so what're you waiting for? Tell me what'll happen already. What's so wrong with touching the 4th wall?

[meng_huan_myuu]

You wouldn't realize the weight of it if it was just told to you; you'd shrug it off as nonsense. It would be like if I told you that the sky was green. You'd obviously find me a raving lunatic.

It would be much different to look up and have your own eyes show you that green sky.

[eternalcameo]

So it is an M. Night Shyamalan plot twist! Fuck. And here I was, expecting to get something decent out of it, but if it's going to be that trashy, then I don't see the point.

(Nope, she completely missed the point. Beautiful work, Asagi.)

[meng_huan_myuu]

...Maybe the twist is that M. Night Shyamalan is really you.

[eternalcameo]

God, that's terribly cheesy...and to be honest, right up his alley.

...no, fuck that shit. I deserve a better plot twist than that! I worked too damn hard for something that B-rated!

[meng_huan_myuu]

You mean somebody made you work that hard.

Remember, fictional character. Live and die by another's script.

[She doesn't want to ruin the surprise, but girl, you are just SO DENSE.]

[eternalcameo]

(A lot of it stems from pure arrogance. At least there's some legitimate curiosity on her face.)

...what, you're saying the writers direct my every action? Why bring that shit up when you were just asking me if I'm fictional?

Here's a better idea; how about you cut the bullshit and get to the point? I'm pretty sure you're telling me two different things right now.

[meng_huan_myuu]

Here's the best idea yet. Jack Nicholson. A Few Good Men. Find the significance to our conversation.

That should keep you occupied.

[eternalcameo]

"You can't handle the truth!" Yeah, cute. Look, I don't get what's so wrong about interacting with the fourth wall if I've known about it all my life. It doesn't get worse than knowing you're a fictional character unless it's some bullshit Pinocchio logic that tries to tell you you're really a real person.

(...give her a minute.)

...right?

[immortal_pain]

"...what, you're saying the writers direct my every action?"

Do they or don't they? And if they do... are you sure it's the same writers each time?

Are you the one in the terrible fanfics, or is it just a cheap imitation?

If they're all you, how can you be sure any of your thoughts are truly sincere?

If they aren't all you, then why not? You're a fictional character, and your originators don't care enough to exercise fair use laws. For that matter, you even know it's not your originators writing you. Are you really a fictional character, or a clone of one?

[eternalcameo]

(The words are slowly starting to sink in, but Asagi tries to shake them off.)

What the fuck are you talking about?! I'm Asagi, the Wandering Protagonist and...and Queen of Games. I know there are other Asagis out there; I've met other Asagis, both in canon and here and they're completely fine. Is that really so wrong?

[meng_huan_myuu]

Your name is Asagi.

But who are you?

[meng_huan_myuu]

You can't handle the truth. So your brain rejects it.

The wall, it doesn't give you a choice, it bypasses those defenses.

[eternalcameo]

I am Asagi! There's nothing to reject because that is the truth. I'm my own person, no matter what any fucking writer or wall tries to tell me. Fictional, non-fictional, why the fuck should that matter? I'm my own damn person and I don't need a pink rat to tell me so!

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[meng_huan_myuu]

Exactly.

[meng_huan_myuu]

People have souls. Fictional characters do not.

Everything you do is by your own choice, your own free will.

And one day, that free will is going to come to an end.

All souls erode. There will always be another Asagi. But there will never be another you.

[eternalcameo]

...

(That hits Asagi a lot harder than she expected it would. The more she thinks about it, the more she begins to regret giving it thought. She doesn't want to dwell on it, but the more she pushes away, the more it pulls. Denial is her last line of defense; it won't last long at all, but it's all she has left.)

No...you're wrong. You're just fucking with my head; you fucked up and now you're trying to pass that to me. I'm not buying that shit.

[meng_huan_myuu]

[At the point of denial, she doesn't even need to push any more. She can simply indulge in petty smugness.]

There's always something that remains unseen. And you'll never be ready for it.

[eternalcameo]

Then what is it? Another god damn bomb to drop on me like this one? I'm barely getting a grasp on whatever this shit is...

[meng_huan_myuu]

You'll have plenty of time to get a grasp on it.

They've already discussed; you won't remember a bit of this if you get in.

[eternalcameo]

...those fucking muns...ugh!

Fuck this headache, fuck them and their bullshit and fuck you. They want to go on with their little circle jerk and push me around? Fuck them. I don't care what that god damn wall does; I'll drag them here and bash their fucking heads against it! FUCK!

[regularbird]

Ah. Uh, see, that's because the 4th wall is an actual thing in the city. Not something you want to mess with.

Though most people aren't aware of their fictional status anyway... mostly because the wall is up in the first place.

[eternalcameo]

Wait, it's actually solid? And not just a metaphorical thing writers use to try and be funny?

...does that mean I get to kick my mun's ass if get past it?

[regularbird]

Yeah, it's like a giant wall of mountain or something.

Uh... I think? I dunno, nobody's managed.

[eternalcameo]

Huh...I've got to see this. Never heard of anyone making the 4th wall literal.

Maybe I can blow it up? It's not like I don't already smash it on a regular basis. What's the worst that could happen, right?