[IC] Mindscape continuations

[zettai]

[Super late continuations or new threads for Lambda's mindscape can go here]

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[moextispicy]

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[crumples it up hard] I don't know. [glares at the door with narrowed eyes]

[zettai]

[The door remains locked tight, and the moment you say that you think you may hear a bit of shrill laughter from the room you just left.]

[moextispicy]

[contemplates the pros and cons of attempting to set fire to Lambda's mind. Snappishly]

Do I need to figure out how I could get into this locked room in order to proceed, or how an absent murderer could get into this locked room in order to proceed? [opens one]

[zettai]

["A murder took place in this room. How was it carried out?"]

[moextispicy]

A witch did it and disappeared from it by magic. [attempts the door.]

[zettai]

[You can almost sense a giggling in your ear, and the sinister, whispered words, "Do you surrender to the witch?"]

[moextispicy]

[stills her elbow from attempting to elbow reflexively.]

Nothing about this game has interested me enough to play in it. I am an observer, nothing more. From that perspective, I have no real interest in proving the witch's nonexistence, nor does my using the witch as a hypothesis imply that she must have done it. In order to surrender to the witch, I have to have been fighting the witch. And I really don't care either way.

[zettai]

[This time, you hear an actual voice from behind. Not a feeling, or something immaterial, but spoken words. If you turn around, you'll notice Lambda chewing on a chocolate; while there's no difference in appearance between her and the one in the tea room, she gives off the same air as the Lambda who was with you earlier.]

Isn't a bit rude to barge into a game and then refuse to play?

[moextispicy]

Isn't that a bit rich coming from someone who apparently stole it from the people who were playing it? Considering how little I've interacted so far, and how little information I've been given, I can hardly be said to be playing.

[zettai]

What did you come here to do?

[moextispicy]

To see what happened.

[zettai]

Then are you satisfied?

[moextispicy]

No.

[zettai]

And why is that?

[moextispicy]

Is it over yet?

[zettai]

Not really. This is the fifth game out of eight.

[moextispicy]

Then why shouldn't I want to see it out to the end?

[zettai]

What else are you hoping to learn?

[moextispicy]

A lot of my other self seems to be involved in this. Shouldn't I be curious about her?

[zettai]

Why? Does what Bern does affect your life?

[moextispicy]

Isn't everyone more interested in people like themselves?

[zettai]

I can't deny that, but I don't think your exact situation applies to most people.

[moextispicy]

Shouldn't the general principle still apply?

[zettai]

You two are different in a lot of ways, anyway.

[moextispicy]

I noticed.