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[outsidebones]

Comments

[aono]

Do you think that holds up after the trial is over too? That if one of the uncaught killers admits to it, they'll die next?

[outsidebones]

[hmm.]

I think it depends on who they are. [she examines her bitten nails.] I believe that there may be some who will look at it as a simple question of mathematics. If you kill someone who has never killed, you are killing two people - them and their hostage. If you kill someone who has, you are killing only one.

On the other hand, if the culprit was among one of the younger of us and able to engender a certain amount of sympathy, that might counteract this tendency.

[aono]

[He blinks a few times at that, considering it. Simple math...She's right there, it would be less deaths. However-]

Yeah, that makes sense for the hostages, I guess. But we might be able to bring everyone back anyway, yeah? The contract says we gotta be alive at checkout. In my game we found a way to bring everyone back to life, was it the same in yours?

[outsidebones]

We did. But our host here seems to be crueler and more intentional this time. I don't know if it's wise to depend on that.

[aono]

It's probably not a good idea, no. But my group kicked the shit out of God last time, so this feels a little more doable.

[outsidebones]

Yes, well. This place is more powerful than God. Don't get overconfident.

[aono]

Really? I thought gods were like, the most powerful things.

[outsidebones]

My hostage is God, unfortunately.

[aono]

Can I ask a question?

[outsidebones]

Yes?

[aono]

Is this like, one of those situations where there's thousands of gods of different things and sometimes they hang out with humans? Like what Xie Lian is? Or is this the "there's one God only and they're kind super-powered" kinda thing?

[outsidebones]

There's one God only and he is incredibly powerful.