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I will be willing to sell the locations of candy that I have no taken for myself, in exchange for favors that I can and will call in, later.

These transactions will remain confidential, and I will not inform anyone that I have divulged such a location to you. As for how I know these locations, I will not share. I am, however, a man of my word. It is, after all, a hallmark of any respectable business integrity.

- Wilhelm

[ A proverbial deal with the devil, as a certain Testament and mutant might realize. Dare you take this offer? ]

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Yeshua and Mary Magdalene. And yes, it is.

I shall keep it in mind.

[Tohko pauses for a moment when she reads the names of Yeshua and Mary. She knows who those names belong to, but..]

The same Yeshua and Mary that are shown in the holy text?

Thank you.

They are not as the Bible depicts them, but for all intents and purposes, yes. Only, naturally, the truth is not as it appears.

Ah, I see. And I would expect something like that to happen with texts that are thousands of years old.

They have been translated and re-translated countless times. It is only to be expected.

[Tohko nods at this text.]

Sadly, things like that do tend to happen with books..it's a bit of a shame, really.

Is it? Religion's core purpose is to guide. 'Guide' is a synonym for 'lead.' And to some, to lead, means to control. It has served many purposes throughout human history, some more nefarious than others.

Ormus, for example. It has served its purpose admirably. Many have died because of it, but many more will be saved. There has not be a single plot without death, a gain without sacrifice. Such is the great tragedy upon the universal stage. Where life ends, more life begins. The Eternal Recurrence.

[Tohko sighs at this message.] While I admit that religion has done some terrible and good things, I was mainly sad that books, whether they be religious texts or a children's fairy tale, would be mistranslated through time. After all, when things like that happen, the original meaning is lost, and can't be recovered sometimes. And when something like that happens, a truly delicious tale that tastes like chocolate eclairs may just become a pile of undercooked chicken.

As for this eternal tragedy..hopefully a better genre can be picked soon. While is it probably unrealistic and foolish to hope for gains without sacrifices, a world where history constantly repeats with almost no change is a little sad. It means that almost nothing can be changed and that people have little to no free will. [And that she would be doomed, in that world, to constantly be a book eater. But she wasn't going to type that.]

Besides, while tragedies can be tasty, I prefer sweet stories.

Edited 2012-11-10 08:20 (UTC)

I understood that. Though regardless, its purpose remains unchanged. In my case, I used Ormus as another way to ensure the Eternal Recurrence remained on course.

I am able to predict the future, Tohko. I cannot explore other options until I am sure humanity will make the right decisions. I do not do this for my own benefit, but for the benefit of humanity as a whole.

[While Tohko understood that the puppeteering of Ormus helped more people than it hurt, it is a little sad that it still hurt quite a few people. Plus, since it sounded like Ormus was a religious group, it didn't really seem right that they were being used.]

If you're able to predict the future, shouldn't you also be able to guess how different options and plans might help humanity?

...While I am glad that you're trying to help humanity, you are an..interesting protector.

It will be irrelevant unless humanity's will is strengthened.

I suppose so..I wonder how one goes about strengthening humanity's will?

Through many, repeated Recurrences.

[Tohko sighs and bites her lip, thinking. She's just a simple book girl, not a scientist, philosopher, or an entity from the Collective Unconscious, so she can't think of any other way..but eventually, she types.]

While that is probably one way...isn't there any other way? No alternative?

I do not have the luxury of experimenting with hypotheticals when the fate of humanity as a species is at stake.

Then isn't there someone-other than humanity, since that's what you're trying to save-who does have that luxury? Maybe they could find out a way.

No.

Hmph. I'll try to think of some ways then. I'm no philosopher, scientist, or entity from the Collective Unconscious, but I might be able to gather a few odd ideas.

[Tohko is a very, very stubborn book girl.]

[ Normally, one would think such a response would generate facepalms or scolds of "you seriously have no idea what you're talking about," but instead, Wilhelm is more amused than annoyed. ]

Far be it from me to discourage creativity. But this is a very difficult thing to comprehend, and I do not expect success. I will not dissuade you from trying, however. Just know that you should not get your hopes up.

Well, I do agree that this isn't going to be easy..but nothing worth going after in life is ever easy. After all, if Wataru had just stuck to the easy road, Brave Story would never have happened!

I'll just have to try my best and figure out a few things. I'll have to go back and e-urm, read a few sci-fi novels..and some science books..

And Hamlet did not accomplish his goal without great sacrifice. Nor did Laius avoid his fate.

[Tohko sighs at the message.]

Laius could have avoided his fate if he had listened and stayed away from the alcohol. Hamlet went insane, killed quite a few people, and killed himself in the end. He's not a person that should be looked up to or imitated.

That is precisely my point. Humanity attempts to avoid fate, to cheat it, but it is by virtue of being human - with all of its flaws associated with it - that they will fail each and every time.

Who says that we'll always fail? Sure, quite a few heroes in stories don't listen to who they're supposed to and make a lot of stupid mistakes. However, if people can pick up on that and realize, 'Hey, that result happened to that guy when he did that. Maybe I shouldn't do that if I don't want that result.', then maybe we can avoid things like that.

And who says that the end result is already determined or that fate cannot be changed? If nothing could be changed, than the main characters might as well sit in the corner and wait it out. But they don't! They go out, they work as hard as they can, and they change the future. They change the fate of the lives and places that they're involved with!

The Compass does.

[ That's awfully blunt, isn't it? ]

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