Ω → six [video; open to action]

[oforder]

[ There's no chess motif in this video. No fancy metaphors, no elaborate symbolism. Just Wilhelm staring into the Compass, as if in a trance. It seems almost as if the terminal nearest to his makeshift office turned on without him realizing it, until he begins speaking. ]

It's almost time.

[ How long was it for him? Years? Centuries? A millennium? It doesn't matter. To someone who is possibly billions of years old and existed in previous cycles of his own universe, it might as well have been a week. Being that old, and being a cosmic entity, gives him a very odd perception of time compared to humans. He's completely indifferent to this event, even though it did affect on him. ]

I know you can see what I refer to, Yeshua. And I know that you can feel it as well.

[ That affect, of course... was him sensing Animus beginning to awaken. Though whether it actually was, or if it was just a sensation he's feeling due to the event itself, remains to be seen. ]

I was unaware that is possible in this world, but it was a hypothesis I was willing to test. Perhaps now, Tohko, Shion, Allen, and 'Wretched Egg,' your question can be answered.

[ He pauses slightly when he says 'Wretched Egg.' He's still unsure why she insists on being called that, but c'est la vie. ]

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[terreifying]

So you're another non-human.

[Funny, she can't recall seeing him around. But that was probably because he wasn't a friend that she kept a record of.]

Tohko's been making so many friends of this kind.

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She does have quite a gift for that, yes. I would believe it to be simple curiosity, born from all of the books she... reads.

[terreifying]

It's wonderful, isn't it? How she can accept us all despite knowing our natures.

[She knows some other humans would be more reluctant.]

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I could call into question whether or not she has truly accepted mine. She seems to believe that she can simply guess a way to save my universe, when I know that mere human nature will cause humanity's own downfall.

[ After all, it's because of human nature that Gnosis exist. Yearning for times long past, rejecting the universe as it is... it's only natural. After all, it's why we have politics. ]

[terreifying]

[Rei slowly shakes her head.]

No. Human nature can destroy humanity, but it can also save humanity. Humans fight very hard for their rights to live, you know.

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A person can. People are foolish, irrational, and impulsive, and are incapable of seeing the consequences of their actions in the long-term.

[terreifying]

I can agree with you on the long-term thing, but it's only several short term things that add up to the long-term. Making predictions too quickly only hurts everyone.

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That is the advantage of lacking the limitation of seeing time in a linear sense.

[terreifying]

Then what is time to you? A cube?

I see what you did there.

[oforder]

A loop.

That site is one of the funniest places on the internet

[terreifying]

Interesting. Then, how do you travel the loop?

[oforder]

I am afraid I am not at liberty to say.

[terreifying]

[She nods.]

Well, at least you can't get lost going in a loop.

[oforder]

That is a more apt observation than you realize.

[terreifying]

Mm? Isn't it obvious?

[A pause.]

What happens if someone ties a knot in the loop, if they can do that sort of thing?

[oforder]

The path would still be linear.

[terreifying]

And there is no way to ever cut the loop? Not even for an instant?

[oforder]

Not if humanity wishes to survive.

[ The eternal recurrence was always meant to be a temporary solution, though if it were to end, it could only be when humanity was strong enough to end the process themselves. ]

[terreifying]

I see. Wouldn't it still get a little boring going in a loop and having the same things happen over and over again?

[oforder]

Perhaps it would, if anyone remembered the previous cycle.

[terreifying]

You mean people forget?

[She takes a second to think on how that would work.]

I guess that makes sense. If the cycle takes longer than their life time. They'd die and when they're born again, it would make sense for them to not remember.

[oforder]

That is correct, yes. Humans do not remember their past lives, and neither do I. Only U-DO is unaffected by the eternal recurrence.

[terreifying]

What's "U-do"?

[oforder]

God.

[terreifying]

...He sure has lots of names.