I... think it’s worth explaining how they started, because I was skeptical at first as well. After all, it sounds like the end result is just manipulation to force someone to confess their crimes, rather than just... going through the proper channels.
At least, that was what I thought after they’d stolen the heart of one of the teachers at our school.
But it was more that the channels in place to protect students from his abuse had instead come to protect him. There wasn’t any other choice.
So, that’s always been a factor in whose heart we decide to steal.
Why is everyone's worlds so fucked up? Anyway, I'm pretty sure I understand it, at least. It's kind of like unclogging a faucet that wasn't supposed to be clogged in the first place.
I think my next question would be "how does it work"? I know it probably has to do with abilities, but I can't help but be a little curious, given that I have no powers of my own.
Mm. I don't know, I wish we hadn't needed to... but...
Well, anyway. That part is a little more difficult to explain. We're essentially changing their cognition by stealing the twisted desire of their hearts? And we're able to access their hearts by using something called the "metaverse navigator."
We're in a strange situation, so... I'd assume it was a good thing, honestly.
But part of going into their hearts means infiltrating their palaces. Think... A mental RPG dungeon, tied to each person. Sometimes there are locked treasure boxes, which we've always let Akira handle. That's the only reason we seem more thief-like than we actually are.
I don't even know what I'm going to do when we get out of this nightmare, even if everyone else survives?
I don't want to go back to the Foundation, I can't go home as long as there's the chance some other me could end up back here. It's a fucking shitty situation.
I know I was thinking of figuring out a way to fix how the Foundation works from the inside because of how shitty the situation is before we even get any chances to go home.
Does it really mean getting rid of everyone? Or does it mean that the Foundation no longer exists?
The Foundation's caused so much pain, enough that I don't believe that it could be changed, even from the inside. And given we don't know how long it will take, how many others need to suffer in the meantime?
Believing that the Foundation itself needs to be gotten rid of is different from eliminating the people.
[ . . . the message on Inaba's end actually doesn't come out immediately, the signs of Someone is typing... showing on the tablet screen. ]
I honestly couldn't answer that. I don't think that eliminating the people would solve anything to begin with. But keeping those associated with the Foundation alone when it "no longer exists" could also be an issue.
Getting rid of the Foundation and replacing it is fine, sure. But what do we do with the people that were involved?
There's a possibility that history might repeat itself with whatever's rebuilt from the ground up because of that, either. It doesn't sound like it's a guarantee either way.
Nevertheless, this opinion doesn't really matter, really. What matters is that all of this crap has to end.
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Thursday, week 5
What part would you like to know first?
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I guess I should ask "why steal hearts" part first.
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I... think it’s worth explaining how they started, because I was skeptical at first as well. After all, it sounds like the end result is just manipulation to force someone to confess their crimes, rather than just... going through the proper channels.
At least, that was what I thought after they’d stolen the heart of one of the teachers at our school.
But it was more that the channels in place to protect students from his abuse had instead come to protect him. There wasn’t any other choice.
So, that’s always been a factor in whose heart we decide to steal.
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I think my next question would be "how does it work"? I know it probably has to do with abilities, but I can't help but be a little curious, given that I have no powers of my own.
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Well, anyway. That part is a little more difficult to explain. We're essentially changing their cognition by stealing the twisted desire of their hearts? And we're able to access their hearts by using something called the "metaverse navigator."
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Basically their perception is changed in a positive matter, right?
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I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.
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But part of going into their hearts means infiltrating their palaces. Think... A mental RPG dungeon, tied to each person. Sometimes there are locked treasure boxes, which we've always let Akira handle. That's the only reason we seem more thief-like than we actually are.
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Do the treasure boxes actually have things inside them? Like, actual usable items?
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[she smiles a little at that.]
By the way, why are you done with Akira?
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I'm tired.
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It is extremely exhausting. All this effort to...definitely not survive. And for what?
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It's definitely not worth it, even if we might get new bodies. Just because it's a possibility doesn't mean that it won't make others upset.
And it sure as hell won't help any of us.
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I don't want to go back to the Foundation, I can't go home as long as there's the chance some other me could end up back here. It's a fucking shitty situation.
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I know I was thinking of figuring out a way to fix how the Foundation works from the inside because of how shitty the situation is before we even get any chances to go home.
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But destroying it in its entirety means getting rid of everyone involved in the Foundation. Are you willing to do such a thing, Niijima?
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The Foundation's caused so much pain, enough that I don't believe that it could be changed, even from the inside. And given we don't know how long it will take, how many others need to suffer in the meantime?
Believing that the Foundation itself needs to be gotten rid of is different from eliminating the people.
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I honestly couldn't answer that. I don't think that eliminating the people would solve anything to begin with. But keeping those associated with the Foundation alone when it "no longer exists" could also be an issue.
Getting rid of the Foundation and replacing it is fine, sure. But what do we do with the people that were involved?
There's a possibility that history might repeat itself with whatever's rebuilt from the ground up because of that, either. It doesn't sound like it's a guarantee either way.
Nevertheless, this opinion doesn't really matter, really. What matters is that all of this crap has to end.