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[fionnuisce]

There is a concept in my world known as 'Second Magic'. The details of it are not common knowledge, nor is it widely used or explored at all by more than one individual. What is known is its definition in the broadest sense: 'the operation of parallel worlds'.

In short, parallel worlds where I come from are confirmed fact. And while I am not a scholar of Second Magic itself, now I find myself seriously considering the subject. Personally, I don't believe things are predetermined...and yet now I find myself wondering. Even if we restore everything to the way it was, what is the probability any of us live in a timeline that will end well? Mathematically, the odds are astronomical.

I don't know what I hoped to accomplish by communicating this. Maybe I'm so fucking tired I'm just going to ramble incoherently about magical theory until I officially go insane. Of course, maybe I already have gone insane. I might not be able to tell anymore.

On the slim chance anyone decides to come looking for me, I'll be in the laboratory. Exhaustion or not, I have work that needs to be done.

Comments

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[miseris_socios]

Good. I don't like seeing [friends] ... people I care about getting hurt by stupid things like pride.

[You're someone he cares about now deal with it.]

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[fionnuisce]

I'm certainly not so proud as to be suicidally stupid, if nothing else.

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[miseris_socios]

Good, that makes one of us.

[...]

... Though I try not to do that now.

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[fionnuisce]

...Do try to refrain if you can. Take it from me; the younger one is, the more ill-suited to stupid risks they are.

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[miseris_socios]

I don't know, I did pretty well fighting off Shadows without a Persona for a long time.

[Ken no.]

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[fionnuisce]

Yes, and I didn't pass out on the spot when I was a teenager staring down a gigantic fish-octopus-thing. Well done on both sides, doesn't make either any less stupid.

[can you not please.]

[miseris_socios]

[He has to ask now though.]

... Why a giant fish-octopus-thing?

[fionnuisce]

[Flatly:] Serial killer with a strange Lovecraftian thing for fish. Long story, but if you see someone around here with eyes like a chameleon and nails that could pass for carving knives, run in the opposite direction.

[miseris_socios]

... I think I've seen him, yeah. Noted.

[...]

What's 'Lovecraftian' mean?

[fionnuisce]

[This is the face of someone realizing 'oh shit, I just offhandedly mentioned eldritch horrors to a kid'.]

Er...that's...another long story.

[miseris_socios]

[He understands eldritch horrors just. Not the term.]

... You know that whatever you mention probably isn't as horrifying as anything we've seen here, right?

[fionnuisce]

[And that is logic kicking back in with a facepalm. Good job, Waver.]

Right. Sorry about that. [Idiot.] Basically he was an author that wrote primarily about otherworldly horrors--Nyarlathotep, Cthulhu, that sort of thing. So what that lunatic murderer did was summon some oversized fish monster to attempt to kill us all and presumably level at least an entire city.

[miseris_socios]

[... Didn't some of the other Persona-users mention Nyarlathotep?]

... Huh.

[...]

Were these otherworldy horrors usually tentacled?

[He's going somewhere with this, he swears.]

[fionnuisce]

...On occasion. Why, does that matter?

[miseris_socios]

Not really, it just reminded me of where I heard the word before. Let's just say Jason has terrible ideas of 'improvements' and birthday presents and leave it at that.

[... He shudders a little.]

[fionnuisce]

Lovely.

[Ew.]

This conversation took a dismal turn, didn't it?

[miseris_socios]

Again, you're forgetting where we are.

[fionnuisce]

I can hold out hope not everything will be morbid and disturbing here.

[miseris_socios]

You can try, at least.

[... Anyway.]

At least try to get some sleep. And eat something. If not for yourself then to make sure Diarmuid doesn't worry.