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[huntressing]

I thought you would know better than to send me to one of such places, mun. I have many more important matters to attend to that simply can't be put off-- but then again, you are aware of that to begin with as well, aren't you? Even so, you seem to refuse to change your mind about any of this..

[ .. a sigh. ]

If there is truly no way to avoid it, then I suppose I'll just have to crush them as soon as possible to be able to move on once more. It can't be that difficult. The people currently in that place must just be types who haven't even fully put their mind to their goal if they haven't accomplished anything yet. [ Only Masako can insult a whole grou of people carelessly in one breath.. ]

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[osservare]

How do you know they haven't accomplished anything?

[capitanressentiment]

Whoa, that's sorta harsh, isn't it?

[So says the dude that's practically already enamored by how good looking this girl is, like...wow maybe he finally hit the jackpot for today, who knows! Either way, he's clearing up his throat so he can...somewhat seem cool.]

So, uh, your mun is sending you to this place? It can't be too bad- unless you really are surrounded with idiots. Then may some god somewhere have mercy upon your soul. Not that I'd really complain, but...

[deputychief]

Pardon me, but isn't it true that, in the same vein, you haven't accomplished much in the way of dissuading your mun from sending you to such a location? I would consider the possibility that they are in similar situations, although not, perhaps, all with the same caliber of mun.

[morethanavessel]

You would have a goal then?

[keptwaiting]

Haven't accomplished anything? Oi, isn't that a bit hard? They might have had plain better things to do!

[ Like reading magazines or going out with friends, you know? He's too simple-minded for this. ]

[shukuchi]

Wow, is it really that bad the game, miss? Maybe these muns should app more competent characters.

[huntressing]

Isn't it simple? If they would have accomplished their goals, they no longer would have been stuck in that place to begin with. They already would have been allowed to return home once more.

[huntressing]

[ Yosuke.. be careful where you thread, okay, this is the executions style like Mitsuru, even if that's the wrong Persona.. ]

I haven't personally spoken to any of the residents there yet, so I can't exactly make a good assesment of what they are like just yet. However, it does seem like they are fairly incompetent if they haven't even reached their goal just yet. Not to mention that such a place requires you to team up with someone else, so finding someone capable is probably going to take a lot of effort. [ Sorry, she's all-business. ]

senpai.......................

[huntressing]

.. I am willing to admit that I haven't been able to do much myself in this sort of situation. [ Even if that's already admitted super relunctantly, she doesn't like admitting it because of her sense of pride.. ]

But even so, judging from the way these muns seem to act, they have some sort of obsession with making the people they send to places stand out, right? In that case one would assume they would have let them have some great accomplishments at least.

[huntressing]

Of course I do. Doesn't everyone in life have a goal? Otherwise there is no point to life.. simply living through the days isn't really living, it's about survival and reaching your goals.

[huntressing]

[ Unfortunately Masako has no idea of the word "fun".. she's always been so focused on business and her goals that she's never even done anything people would remotely consider fun, honestly. ]

And what kind of things exactly would be more important than accomplishing your goals?

[huntressing]

It sounds like it from the reports I've heard. [ IT ISN'T EVEN REPORTS, MASAKO, JUST RUMORS.. calm down girl. ] You would think people would fight harder for their chance to return home, but it seems that all they do is loafing around.

[morethanavessel]

But there are the little things, aren't there? After all, reaching a destination takes a thousand small steps, no?

[shukuchi]

And you're getting reports too? You really know how to collect your intel it seems. [No Sojiro look at her SHE'S JUST A TEENAGER THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF SPY NETWORK YOU'RE USED TO.] But perhaps the people there don't really want to go home? Or they could be on a journey, so returning home isn't a priority.

hm? did you say something...

[deputychief]

I don't know about that, miss. While I certainly think it holds true for some of them, on the other hand, it seems possible that some of them rather enjoy the process of making people struggle to attain what things they are able to attain.

[He coughs politely.] Not to be too intrusive, but I may say that I have some experience with your mun, myself, and I tend to think that she might fall into the latter category.

[huntressing]

While I recognize that sometimes reaching your goal takes multiple steps, it's still important to go through them as quickly as possible. If you're just sitting around while you have something to do, you're merely wasting your time.

[huntressing]

[ Sojiro don't believe this stuff.. Masako just likes to believe she's more dramatic than she really is, okay. The problems of being rich and elegant and all. ]

.. Why wouldn't they want to go home? Is being kidnapped to some place you're unfamiliar with really that much better? [ Sure, Masako doesn't have much of a concept of a "home" either, but she sure as heck knows she can only accomplish what she wants back home.. ]

i-- i just-- um....

[huntressing]

[ Ah, this was information that didn't reach her ears just yet.. although it only sounds like it's going to make things more of a pain. ]

What would be the purpose of that? Don't they have something better to do in their lives than making other people struggle?

[morethanavessel]

At the same time, isn't it possible that they are taking their steps, but from this distance, they're just too small to see?

oh excuse me for a second jelle-chan

[deputychief]

It's an excellent question. There are all sorts of explanations, but I suppose most prevalent is the concept of our lives as entertainment. [Certainly not one he is unfamiliar with.] A hobby, if you will. A race of ancient gods, with flaws and desires, emotions they wish to satisfy, and - ah - "feels", I believe is the term, that they intend to create and hold delicately, like sharp-thorned flowers.

[He smiles.] But please, excuse my waxing poetic, Miss, ah...

[huntressing]

.. If progress is so small that it doesn't even come close to reaching the goal, then is it truly worth anything?

[ It's just like her situation back home - she doesn't care about having half of the diary when she needs to have the whole thing to succeed. ]

where are you going, senpai..

[huntressing]

That would be Miss Natsume. [ Her last name, but she sure as hell isn't just going to let anyone call her by her first.. ]

And.. "feels", is it? [ She pronounces it like it might as well be some completely foreign word to her. ] It all sounds merely ridiculous. Then would it be something like the concept of fate? We are just being dragged along by forced we cannot control nor plainly crush.

oh just over there to talk to this girl i noticed

[deputychief]

[He's all smiles at the slightly brusque last-name introduction.] A pleasure to meet you, Natsume-san. My name's Itsuki Koizumi.

It would be something like that, yes. Although I would say that there is not quite the same inexorability as true "fate." You see, there is uncertainty about what the end result will be. Most eventually do leave, after all, after a certain period of time. It depends on whether we can successfully exist there, whether we mix well. Whether the "feels", perhaps, are indeed produced.

May I take it then that you think, Natsume-san, the only things one may do with a force are either to control it or to plainly crush it?

o-oh.. well that's okay, senpai, i'll patiently wait for you!!

[huntressing]

Of course. What else would you want to do with a force, Koizumi-san? It's important to make sure to crush everything in your way towards your goal while you live - after all, isn't that what's called "survival"? It's why we have such things as the food chain.

[ Masako takes her nature metaphors a little too far sometimes. ]

.. Even so.. I suppose I have heard something from my mun about the chances to be able to continue to exist in their headspace. I wasn't exactly sure what it would have to do with boats though. [ "Shipping", Masako.. ]

[osservare]

That might be true.

[She hesitates.]

But what if they're actually trapped?