un: M

[piacularis]

Who among you has experienced one of these “simulations” before?

[that’s right - no introduction or pleasantries, mello just cuts right to what he wants to know. he’s not here to make friends, just collect whatever information he can - which shouldn’t be too hard, he thinks. people typically enjoy talking about themselves.]

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un: MDay

[shadowsran]

I'm one. Can't promise there wouldn't be differences though, the procedure seems different here. What's on your mind?

[piacularis]

I like to have a good idea of what to expect when I’m about to be tortured.

[that’s what this simulation sounds like to him - torture.]

How is the procedure different?

[shadowsran]

[She's gone through this process enough to know better than to challenge that. At least initially.]

Fair.

I don't know for certain if the end result will be any different, but it being announced and scheduled is new to me. The name too, it all seems much more intentional than I'm used to. Before it followed a pattern but always seemed up to chance, no advance warning for anyone.

[piacularis]

Do you think it's better to know that it's coming ahead of time, even though you still won't be able to change anything?

[shadowsran]

No. I don't think it hurts anything, but there's no real advantage when it isn't anything we can influence actively. Having it explained the first time before it happens is good, but it's nothing any of us couldn't do.

[piacularis]

Then why tell us in advance? If there's truly nothing that can be done to change the circumstances, foreknowledge is cruel. Unless, of course, the cruelty IS the point.

[he's not sure he believes the situation can't be changed - that would need to be tested - but for the sake of argument, he'll ask as if it's true.]

[shadowsran]

Different minds about it then, I guess. I don't think ignorance is all that blissful, and if I found out after the fact that everyone knew and didn't tell me I'd probably assume it was malice before mercy.

[His read is far from incomprehensible, but hardly where she imagines she would land. At least, not without a great deal of time.]

[piacularis]

Withholding information is also cruelty, just a different color. There’s nothing about this situation that isn’t made with malice.

[shadowsran]

Have you experienced something similar, back home?

[piacularis]

Being press-ganged into living someone else's life? No, not really. But I'm well acquainted with egomaniacs who believe they know what's best for everyone else and think they also have the authority to force everyone else to conform to their beliefs.

[shadowsran]

Some of it's definitely going to misfire. They've never been popular, and I don't disagree that the method is too much for a lot of people, but I have seen people helped.

What were the egomaniacs up to on your end?

[piacularis]

Mass murder. On a global scale.

[#justkirathings nbd.]

They had the audacity to call it “justice.” Anyone who didn’t fall in line with their vision of a perfect world was branded a criminal and executed.

[shadowsran]

[Jesus.]

I've seen some of those types, nightmarish. What was their version of a perfect world like?