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Time To Make Your Future! (Project Moon/Worm Quest)

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ImDead1ns1de said:
Considering most fairytale abnormalities are corrupt/twisted versions of the original, what's the catch for Puss in Boots? Did it betray the farmer's son in the end or something? Are all of its promises a lie? Or is it just the things that it did to achieve its goal are really horrible or something? It mentions that multiple humans who accepted its offer have achieved glory, while in the original tale it only helped out the farmer's son. Its an interesting thought, the fact that we know next to nothing about it means plenty of things can be changed.
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Well in all versions the cat takes advantage of a lot of people to help the farmer son, it lied, uses threats and even killed others. It isn't much of an strech to say that everyone but the farmer and the cat ended with a bad Ending.

So probably the twisted version focuses in the victims, with an "to someone to go up, someone else has to go down" theme.
 
I can imagine that and would fit the cities logic
Though what happens to them after once the guy becomes the Carrabas noble is also up to interpretation
And how puss ends his terms of service in at least 1 story
 
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    • It was the perfect plan really. All they had to do was follow along. Things would have worked out fine. Her parents would be back together, happy again. Things were going to be… Why… Why didn't it work?

    — — —​

    Her parents were arguing again. It kept happening. Something was going wrong somewhere, things weren't perfect, maybe they just wanted to blame anything and everything on the other. It just kept happening. Screaming, arguments, blame being tossed back and forth and back and forth and then things were being thrown again. Missy couldn't understand why. They were so happy before, all smiles and cheerful voices. What went wrong? Why were they so upset? Things weren't that bad. It was just an unwashed dish here, a failed camping trip there, why were they fighting over these things?

    Then it got worse. Her dad got cancer, screaming and fighting, complaining about the bills, the expenses, insults thrown and,

    "Why should I have to pay for your ungrateful ass! You barely do anything around this house!"

    and,

    "You backstabbing bitch! I should have known you were cheating on me! "

    and,

    "This marriage has been awful for a long, long time because of you! Where the hell were you on our anniversary for the last 5 years?!"

    and,

    "You couldn't even take care of my own daughter, why the hell should you even own those dogs?! You goddamn psychopath stop blaming this on me! Of course I gave them to good owners, unlike you!"

    and it just kept getting worse.

    Missy couldn't take it anymore, she had to do something, everything was falling apart, they couldn't last much longer like this.

    So she came up with a brilliant idea.

    — — —​

    Operation: Happy Family is a go!

    It was the perfect plan really, nothing could go wrong. Things were going to be better after this. They had to be.

    Step 1: Get Mom and Dad out of the house first! Separately.

    Things were going well at first, Missy went up to Mom and asked her for some construction paper, for some arts and crafts. And since there was no paper in the house because she hid it all ahead of time, Mom went out to the store to get some. Just as planned!

    Dad was… well… he wasn't feeling good today but the plan needed to be done as soon as possible! So Missy grabbed her packed backpack, and looked up at him with her best puppy eyes and in her most earnest voice asked to go to the park, and that was that.

    Step 1: Success!
    Initiating Step 2!
    Step 2: To The Park!

    The store Mom was getting paper at was right next to the park, so obviously Missy timed things just right so by the time she and Dad were at the park, her Mom would be stepping out of the store.

    "Hey Dad, can I go play for a bit? Pretty please with a cherry on top?"

    "Huh? Well okay sweetheart, just don't get too far, I'm not irresponsible unlike your mother."

    Missy ignored that, sure her parents were still upset at each other but everything would be better after this! Running over to her mom who had construction paper in tow, she quickly grabbed her hand and,

    "Hi Mom! C'mon let's go to the park real quick!"

    "M-Missy? What the hell-uh, heck are you doing out here? Why are you out here all by yourself? Where in the world is your father, I swear that irresponsible hypocrite yells at me and then he-"

    "Don't worry about it Mom! Dad's just over there!"

    And dragging her confused and furious mother over to her father, Missy took out the blanket she had packed in her backpack and-

    Voila!
    Step 3: Picnic Time!

    She placed a red and white checkered picnic blanket she stole off of the dining table, complete with some snacks she took from the fridge. The day was beautiful, perfect for a happy family picnic where her parents would realize that they truly loved each other deep down, and kissed and made up and stuff and then they could all go back to-

    "What the hell are you doing here?"

    "Excuse me? What the hell are you doing here? I knew you were a terrible father but just letting my daughter run off like that on her own? How could you!"

    "I'll have you know I was keeping an eye on Missy the whole time! She wanted me to go to the park with her, not you, why the hell are you barging in now? You call me a terrible parent but I'm not the one cheating here!"

    "You're bringing this up again? That was your fault, each and every time, I set up everything nice for our anniversary and what do you do? Never show up, that's what!"

    On, and on, and on, it went. They were getting louder, and louder, voices shrill and hoarse as they screamed and spat, shrieking out verbal abuse, desperate to show that they're in the right. People were staring.

    They didn't even look at Missy or the little picnic she set up for them or how she was crying, hands clutched over her ears, tears rolling down her face as she watched it all fall apart. Again, and again, and again. They kept arguing, the voices getting louder and louder and why wouldn't it work why were they so angry why couldn't things be better why couldn't they see her hurting see themselves hurting as they fought and fought and fought and why wouldn't it work why why why whywhywhywhywhywhyWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY WHY COULDN'T THINGS JUST-

    Oh? Why hello there small one. You seem to be in quite the predicament.

    A strange, soft voice spoke into her head. The world around her had seemed to fade away. Her surroundings seemed to change into a smoky, foggy, dark forest.

    How ungrateful of those two, you've gone through all this effort to make things better and what do they do? Throw it in your face and ignore all you've done for them?

    What? N-no, they were just… they just weren't feeling well today it was Missy's fault she should have done this later and, and-

    If they had just kept quiet and gone along things would be better, no? You planned all of this out, and if they had just played along and done everything they were supposed to do, everything would have worked, right?

    N-no? Yes? Maybe? Missy didn't know. The… The voice wasn't wrong exactly, right? If they had just done what they were supposed to, if they had just been happy to see each other for once, if they had just looked at everything Missy had done and felt proud or happy and stopped fighting… Surely they would be a happy family again. Right?

    Ah, well, you see, I rarely deign to speak to humans. You should consider this an honor. All that have joined me have achieved great wealth and fame. Just put your trust in me and I'll gladly help you out.

    Help? Help with what? For fame and glory? Riches beyond measure? She didn't want anything to do with that, Missy just wanted her family back, she just wanted these scowling, mean voiced strangers to go away, for her warm-hearted, kind parents back. Right?

    Rarely does a human know what they want. Don't worry, everything will fall in place quite nicely if you accept. I could grant you anything in the world with enough time, don't you wish for this capability too?

    Anything in the world? That can't be true, right? But Missy wanted it to be the truth, so, so very badly. Because if it was, everything could be put right again, surely?

    We are quite alike in the end, yes? Two poor souls helping others for no cost in return, only to have it flung in our face as they reject it for no reason but spite. I'm sure we'll get along well in the future. Thank you for your agreement by the way, don't worry, I'll give you the power to put everything right again.

    — — —​

    Missy blinked and shook her head slightly, as if waking up from a dream. She was back in her room, her wrist aching. One of her parents must have dragged her all the way here when they were done arguing. Ah, never mind, she could hear them yelling again. She looked down at her hands, and for the briefest moment, swore she could see a faint green light twirl around her fingers.

    That strange voice was right. It looked like she might actually have powers now. That made her a cape, right? But, but her plan had failed, and she could still hear her parents arguing in the background. What was she supposed to do now?

    [ ] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    [ ] Stay for now, and try to think of something to do later. Maybe you could test out your new powers?
    [ ] Write-In?
     
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    • [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.

    So the Cat trying to help always takes it too far accidentally becoming a monkey paw? At least that what I took from their words.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    ziizo said:
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.

    So the Cat trying to help always takes it too far accidentally becoming a monkey paw? At least that what I took from their words.
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    I feel like that really isn't it. In the fairytale, Puss In Boots ended up making things better for Constantino. The issue is that they didn't seem to care for the wellbeing of anyone but him, nor the goals and wishes of other people. It also swindles, lies, steals and cheats if that will further the goal.

    I think that Puss is really sincere about helping Missy. It probably doesn't give a damn about anyone else. If it had to get someone (or multiple people) killed to reunite her parents, it probably would.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.

    What is it with people with C in their names talking in the heads of others?
     
    ziizo said:
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    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.



    So the Cat trying to help always takes it too far accidentally becoming a monkey paw? At least that what I took from their words.
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    Throw it in your face........
    Oh
    This one is based in Pippo and the clever cat version of the puss in boots
    As lifted from tv tropes
    'Some versions of the story have the cat's master turn out to be ungrateful indeed. For example, in an Italian variation, Pippo and the Clever Cat, Pippo promises his cat that for everything she's done for him, she'll live like a queen and receive an elaborate funeral when she passes away. Deciding to test this, the cat plays dead. Pippo's wife is in tears mourning the cat, but Pippo simply says to grab her by the leg and toss her out the window. The cat gets up, curses her master's name, and leaves. In the Russian version, the cat sets fire to the master's home first.'
     
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    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    thenew said:
    I feel like that really isn't it. In the fairytale, Puss In Boots ended up making things better for Constantino. The issue is that they didn't seem to care for the wellbeing of anyone but him, nor the goals and wishes of other people. It also swindles, lies, steals and cheats if that will further the goal.

    I think that Puss is really sincere about helping Missy. It probably doesn't give a damn about anyone else. If it had to get someone (or multiple people) killed to reunite her parents, it probably would.
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    Oh I also think they are sincere and don't care about anybody but her, but the part were they say "Rarely does a human know what they want." made me think that if able the cat would do things against Missy wishes out of belief it would help her or is something she wants but will not admit it.

    That is why I said accidental monkey paw, the cat doesn't intend to be one but becomes one due to never knowing when to stop.
     
    So far we don't have the pure context here
    In this case we can safely say this puss has influences of the clever cat, meaning if stiffed on payment best case they just walk out but worse case the betrayer is given the hot foot pardon the joke, in general the various iterations does have it coerce the people meaning blackmail but also assure them his lord has an army that can deal with the local bandit troubles that the bandits will not dare provoke if said they were under his lords protection they will be freed from their current lord who in this case is a giant or ogre, cannibalistic if the one image of them eating kids is an indicator, with access to shapeshifting magic...... and tricks them into turning into a mouse then eating them, all while setting the stage of making sure his boss is well clothed (ego suit in all likelihood and why it looks so fantastic) and helps sell the marquis house idea by having the fellow assume control of the giants land, assuming Shrek puss is included will likely be talented from a young age and bonded with another only to be tricked and betrayed by the individual in question which goes hand in hand with the pippo version, they also do have some luck if the last wish favorite hero scene is an indicator (and all the deaths being very much self inflicted with little to no room for luck), another prevailing motif is lonliness as demonstrated by the betrayals and how the last wish demonstrates with their fear of commitment, fears death only to overcome said fear in the end, the story ends with him becoming a lord who chases after mice fir fun in many versions but with pippo well he did have his efforts thriwn in his/her face, there's also the toei animation variant that saved a mouse was to be executed for it but escape later helping the beleaguered millers 3rd son and fight have him try rescuing a princess from an ogre named lucifer (me thinks white night and puss will not be friendly to eachother), the Shrek version besides the movies the adventures iteration had him also seeking to make a name for himself but also some measure of time travel to not make a certain mistake, a bit of a know nothing know it all (need I mention the cannon incident), and in the adventures version 'a harbinger of the end of the world', this puss was also taught by another to where they, outsmarted a sphinx and their riddles, also noted for wandering and travel
    Besides fixer undertones this oddly reminds me of X, assuming X has any differing from ayin or at minimum enough to be considered a different person entirely

    I digress Puss likely nature back in the city is likely that of fixer culture in all its aspects, both good and bad, and mayhaps some tertiary links to L corp mayhaps even embodying the existence of the script to a degree
    But until we can get the details of puss nature and 'narrative' all this is in reality is naught but hypothesized of possibillity
    That and best assume puss is dangerous without qliphoth suppression as any abnormality can be
    like heart of aspiration when it was let off suppression in the library
    Ps apologies for the wall of text
     
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    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
    -[X] That green twirl wasn't a fluke. Probably. Try to recreate it.

    So it seems that abnormalities are like Carmen? Or they are a voice just for now and Missy will eventually talk to them in person? We shall see, I suppose. But I find it hilarious that if Ichtys had won, it would have whispered Missy to just go unga and *CLAP* her problems away.
     
    It isn't impossible but I imagine that if acquisition of further ego is possible then in all likelihood it won't be easy
    Or that we are the only one with such
    It's possible that Taylor or someone else might get fluid sac
    Or nobody
    We must see how things go and are
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.

    Hmm just curious can Puss in Boots power evolve or forever stay at Master Low-Mid/Stranger Low-Mid level?
    Sure we could creatively use it to get around obstacles but I'm curious how Missy can handle more skilled and powerful opponents or do we need to pick up more abnormalities to add to Missy's ego?
     
    Jrin said:
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.

    Hmm just curious can Puss in Boots power evolve or forever stay at Master Low-Mid/Stranger Low-Mid level?
    Sure we could creatively use it to get around obstacles but I'm curious how Missy can handle more skilled and powerful opponents or do we need to pick up more abnormalities to add to Missy's ego?
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    Depends on your meaning
    In general they can be modified as demonstrated by geburas meltdown, old faith and promise abnormality, and the ego that can do such
    And assuming any ideas there is ego corrosion as seen in limbus, the theoretical ego resonance like in the fan story one lucky clerk allowing safe tapping of an abnormalities power due to understanding its underlying nature and how to coexist with it

    Edit another theoretical is Mastery of an ego, being able to use all its tricks and be able to control it in both form and skill, manipulating how it manifests and ultimately the ability to resist any temptations it gives that are counterproductive
    Last is ultimately is what I am referring to as connection, how much of the egos power can be drawn forth at a time safely in a way that both the ego and the user can coexist without one suppressing the other allowing them to share power on an equal level, partners
     
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    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
    [X] Leave the house. You can't think with them yelling in the background.
    -[X] Try to remember the voice. Try to recall it. Hopefully you can hear it again. You're in desperate need of some guidance right now.
     
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