I believe you were invited, but not by us. But that's generally the idea. The idea was to generate indulgence, but given the nature of what's happened here the deceased would provide enough indulgence, food if you will, to create the power necessary for those left.
Initially, that was likely to be us. In theory. In practice I believe we were split from the beginning on how to approach the situation.
I'd like to hear how you were split, but I also - hmm. I'd like to make sure I understand the specifics, here. It only became active again because the killing started?
It ate one of the nine of you, and supposedly that satisfied it for a time. If HK-47 hadn't killed someone, if none of us killed, what would have happened?
It's always been active, I think, but it became more present the more it's been fed. I suppose that was bound to happen.
If HK-47 hadn't killed Suoh, this likely would've gone the way our time did. Waiting until it got bored enough to begin contacting some of you and begin making deals to start the cycle. You simply started it early yourselves.
Naturally there are some of us who would have been perfectly comfortable sacrificing you all. Still are. And some of us are more soft-hearted and would be willing to sacrifice themselves instead.
[and then there's greed who isn't either of those options and assumes that's very clear in what he says.]
Then you can see the dilemma we currently face. [the sides are not balanced, and uh, there is no actual proof there is a third option and it's pissing him off.]
The lack of an actual way to accomplish that? That is a problem.
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It would have been nice to have been working on the actual problem at hand prior to the eighth week, mind. [That's really the only sass about this she intends, though.] The contact with the dead, and the items we're receiving? That's what's new?
Some of us have been working on it, Harrowhark. [excuse.] But that's correct. We never received contact from our deceased after they were gone. Items such as your magnifying glasses and your books and what-have-you would have been a dream back then.
...I'm not sure how much I'm permitted to say, considering the circumstances. Though I do think it's a decision that should be made as a group. Have you already considered your options?
. . . There are still restrictions on what you're able to say, then. Because it will become angry?
[Anyway.]
We've been discussing. Obviously, we need to learn more about it. And I would say the method through which indulgence is converted into a source of fuel.
You have three books, correct? Might I advise you to narrow down your broad topics and decide what about each specifically you wish to learn? From there, you may have an easier time forming the correct question.
That would be Lust. You know I believe in checking all avenues for answers, but I'm afraid I don't know how many you'll find from there that are accurate. Our dreams aren't always completely accurate to reality, are they?
No, that makes sense. [But it would be crazy to request a new PC with you so I just told Alli to ask. Anyway, what if we hooked Maus and Frumpkin up to it at the same time???] It did show up when we used it - but it seems to be getting bolder anyway.
Is the process you went through to become Avatars something we can discuss? Where did that happen? On the ship, or before it?
[you're valid and thank you i'm dying squirtle. also stop leave maus alone.]
I'm starting to think it really does not care anymore if you're all so determined to find it.
[...] We can discuss it. It happened before we arrived on this base. Becoming Avatars is what led us to moving here in the first place, after the other thirty-one were dead. That man was with us, but he never evolved the same way we did. I suppose that should have been the obvious sign he would never become Gluttony.
It seemed like something similar happened to Shi Qingxuan and the others. I just wonder if it is significant in some way. It let you have certain abilities, but also seems to draw that thing more directly to you?
Are you more connected to it through that, somehow?
What happened to those four was temporary, though from what I've heard it's similar to what happened to us. But you would be correct. All eight of us are connected to it after our ascension to becoming Avatars.
Yes, I know - nothing that happens in those places is real per se, but it can still be informative. The other thing that happened was that. . . they connected themselves to dead bodies they found, and those bodies began to drain energy from them. I've wondered what the meaning of that is; whether it's merely evocative of the way that thing draws power from the dead, or whether it's instructive in some other way, somehow.
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Initially, that was likely to be us. In theory. In practice I believe we were split from the beginning on how to approach the situation.
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It ate one of the nine of you, and supposedly that satisfied it for a time. If HK-47 hadn't killed someone, if none of us killed, what would have happened?
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If HK-47 hadn't killed Suoh, this likely would've gone the way our time did. Waiting until it got bored enough to begin contacting some of you and begin making deals to start the cycle. You simply started it early yourselves.
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[Elaborate. . . ?]
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[and then there's greed who isn't either of those options and assumes that's very clear in what he says.]
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[Because it's not clear, Greed.]
What do you want to see happen.
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A third option. Both sides working in tandem to finding a route straight to the best solution.
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Good. I agree entirely.
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[. . .]
It would have been nice to have been working on the actual problem at hand prior to the eighth week, mind. [That's really the only sass about this she intends, though.] The contact with the dead, and the items we're receiving? That's what's new?
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[Anyway. Hmm.]
Is there anything you think we ought to ask the books about, or look at in more depth?
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[Anyway.]
We've been discussing. Obviously, we need to learn more about it. And I would say the method through which indulgence is converted into a source of fuel.
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You have three books, correct? Might I advise you to narrow down your broad topics and decide what about each specifically you wish to learn? From there, you may have an easier time forming the correct question.
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[. . .]
Can you tell me anything about the machine on the eighth floor?
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. . . For the most part, I just want to know if we should be continuing to try to mess with it, or if that's a bad idea.
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Is the process you went through to become Avatars something we can discuss? Where did that happen? On the ship, or before it?
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I'm starting to think it really does not care anymore if you're all so determined to find it.
[...] We can discuss it. It happened before we arrived on this base. Becoming Avatars is what led us to moving here in the first place, after the other thirty-one were dead. That man was with us, but he never evolved the same way we did. I suppose that should have been the obvious sign he would never become Gluttony.
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Are you more connected to it through that, somehow?
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