Phoenix Catch-All

[ruffboi]

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[ruffboi]

Yeah. Some capacity, and clearly they can bring them back whenever they want, based on us. But whether we can get them to is another story.

[Who us 'they'? Even he doesn't know.]

Do you believe that they're able to affect the other people from where we came from?

[slobjection]

Have to wonder what the difference between our deaths and theirs were... aside from timing.

[ who is they indeed. ]

The dead? They probably have some influence, based on previous experiences.

[ruffboi]

No, I mean - the other people from your mansion, or my city. Who aren't here.

[slobjection]

Hm...... that's a question, isn't it.

[ maybe try fucking answering it, phoenix ]

Logically, no. But this place seems to throw any sense of logic out the window... moreso than the mansion, at times.

[ruffboi]

Of everything they've told us, that's the one I'm most sure is bullshit.

Then again, if I'm wrong, a bunch of kids die, so. Great!

[slobjection]

These games really tend to favor kids.

[ for whatever reason. ]

I find it hard to believe, too... but it's too big of a risk to take. So.

[ruffboi]

Yeah. If somehow everybody there's lives are all on my shoulders. . . I wouldn't know what to do.

[slobjection]

.... Can't say there's an easy answer to any this. Suppose we'll just have to keep digging.

[ ... ]

And maybe pause to reflect the next time you run into any murder puzzles.

[ruffboi]

[Oof!]

Are you mad about that? Beau was mad. Man, how come? I saved you from having to figure out how to die!

[slobjection]

[ let him answer that question with another question!! ]

What would you have done if that wasn't the answer to the puzzle, and you'd just bashed a man's head in with a rock?

[ multiple times.... ]

[ruffboi]

Hmm. I guess I would've had to hide your body and take it to my grave!

[. . .]

It obviously was, though. I killed my best friend right after you! I wouldn't fuck around like that if I didn't know you'd both be safe!

[slobjection]

Do you often engage in those kind of puzzles...?

[ magnus out here like my best friend was also a corpse!! ]

[ruffboi]

A lot, yeah. Once, we had to figure out how to disarm a bomb, but every time it exploded, we just reset. And the puzzle was boring, so we just reset until we picked the right thing.

[slobjection]

..... How do you reset death?

[ this isn't a video game, magnus! ]

[ruffboi]

Time loop.

[So. Like a video game.]

[slobjection]

Time loop. Like in a video game?

[ ??????? ]

[ruffboi]

What's a video game?

[slobjection]

....... Never mind.

[ this is too much he's not getting into it. ]

Just bear in mind we might not always get resets.

[ruffboi]

You think I don't know that?

[A little offended.]

I know. We're going to have to claw our way to getting anybody back. I wouldn't risk anyone's life like that, outside of an obvious puzzle.

[slobjection]

I've known you for two weeks and you bashed my head in with a rock. Can't blame a guy for having a few doubts, can you?

[ also got amnesia and had to have a murdergame tutorial his life is hard ]

[ruffboi]

. . . I guess that's fair, even if it was to save your life.

[Sulking a little, still.]

I'm not a bad guy, though. Most people would say I'm pretty nice.

[slobjection]

If you want to keep it that way, I'd suggest a moment or two of reflection in any future similar situations.