“Human Resources” Shouldn’t Be This Literal: A PMMM/ProjectMoon Quest
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Well that was fun. Though I do wonder if any questions along the lines of what a Pinnacle Abnormality looks like will occur, because this is (for the most part) the first interaction with an ALEPH, as NT wasn't really working as strong as it could be for most of the fight, not visibly anyway. Probably would be funny is something like "ah sorry compared to four others, one of which is me, they're kinda a push over and wouldn't ever have a chance of winning?" happens, though that would be slightly out of character with that phrasing. I don't really think that the highest tier Abnos have been mentioned other than like at the lightest level and this fight gives a good example of why they're horrifying.
[X] Help him recover fully
I mean Argalia is handle-able and I mean, he's probably ok with E.G.O. and killing him would be a bad example.
[X] Help him recover fully
I mean Argalia is handle-able and I mean, he's probably ok with E.G.O. and killing him would be a bad example.
Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
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- Earth, Northern Europe
[X] Help him recover fully.
- Pronouns
- Him/Mr
[X] Help him recover fully
TortugaGreen
Constantly out of the loop
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- She/Her
I wonder if we even are an Ayin-fork like the X that entered the light? There's a part of me that suspects we're only X insofar as, say, Scorched Girl is the little match girl she's based on. In that light, we would be X, but something fundamentally based on the person who ran LobCorp HQ rather than really the same person.
If that were the case, the very start of this quest would be a little odd. On the other hand we never quite saw, directly, the period prior to being an unembodied mind falling through the Light, so that doesn't completely invalidate this hypothesis.
[X] Help him recover fully
Mercy's rarely a mistake, as Disco Elysium puts it, and even though he's vanishingly unlikely to ever change his goals or personality, he's a Distortion, not an Abnormality; that chance isn't zero until he's dead. It's also kind of a dick move to repay someone helping out to the extent of ending up in this condition with Wing-style retirement. Even if it's been an alliance of convenience, it sets a bad precedent - we've seen how that style of thinking has ended for the Adult.
In a more practical sense, if we decided to let him die, and he then did not, we'd now have made an enemy of an Argalia who knows exactly what we care about, after a fight that has exhausted everyone.
And Leonie would be upset : (
Mercy's rarely a mistake, as Disco Elysium puts it, and even though he's vanishingly unlikely to ever change his goals or personality, he's a Distortion, not an Abnormality; that chance isn't zero until he's dead. It's also kind of a dick move to repay someone helping out to the extent of ending up in this condition with Wing-style retirement. Even if it's been an alliance of convenience, it sets a bad precedent - we've seen how that style of thinking has ended for the Adult.
In a more practical sense, if we decided to let him die, and he then did not, we'd now have made an enemy of an Argalia who knows exactly what we care about, after a fight that has exhausted everyone.
And Leonie would be upset : (
questioningmeme
Just be yourself
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Not just Leonie. I can't even imagine trying to justify it with a straight face to Madoka, Sayaka, Mami, and Yuma.
"Oh, no kids, this uncle might be dangerous in the future, so murdering him in his weakened state after he risked his own life trying to help us out is perfectly justifiable."
Just the idea of having to swat away their hesitation for it feels sleezy.
"I am totally not the monster the Adult told I was! Now be a good
questioningmeme
Just be yourself
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- River of Light
It hurts even more because I know the kids will 100% go along with it even if they dislike it simply because of their trust in X.
Even if we make a good explanation for it, it's still way too 'gray' of an act for the fairly moral figure X has been so far.
It feels so wrong for X to act like that.
Luckily, this is a massive landslide, so it's no big worry.
Lepidoptera
Mother of Monsters, Unverified Impuritas Civitatis
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Kyoko'd go along with it, she's found Argalia a bit creepy since she met him and is used to solving problems with violence.
Mami'd go along with it because it's X who suggested it, and this point you could ask her to do it herself and she probably wouldn't hesitate.
Homura'd go along with it because she's open to that sort of "problem-solving" and she looks up to X.
Sayaka is on the fence, but she would definitely fold to any justifications X could have used. If Argalia's evil, he needs to go.
That just leaves Madoka, who wouldn't be okay with it, but would be pressured by everyone else not to speak up.
Wow, you sure are good at getting children to endorse murder! Or could be, if you wanted to be.
questioningmeme
Just be yourself
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- River of Light
Oooh, that's bad.
Kyoko, Sayaka, Homura, and Madoka are similar to how I expected.
But Mami is...we still need to chip away at that trigger-happy mentality of hers, or atleast tackle her extreme dependency on X.
It's not a problem right now, and shouldn't be a problem as long as X is around, but that's no way for a child to grow up.
Abstract Ideas
The Garden-King
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- The Blue Kingdom
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To be fair, I think this is more a sign of how fucked the cast of PMMM is then anything else. Sayaka and Madoka are like the only people who don't have years worth of trauma on that list- and Sayaka really does need to not put everything into boxes of black and white while Madoka... well, she just needs more of a spine for social situations.
[X] Help him recover fully
Don't worry, we'll make Fixers out of them yet! Granted, a Star Of The City is a bit higher than they would have liked, but we can easily fix that by finding a few Rats later.
Lepidoptera
Mother of Monsters, Unverified Impuritas Civitatis
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Extremely decisive! There will be one more chapter in Act 2 cleaning things up, at which point some long-term voting will occupy the hiatus before Act 3 starts. Basic things like deciding what to do with your prisoners, confirming alliances, and whether or not you tell Madoka's parents what actually happened to their daughter.
I'm sorry Mister and Miss Kaname, but your daughter was killed.
...wha-
Don't worry, she got better!
.....
questioningmeme
Just be yourself
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- River of Light
Mister and Miss Kaname, you daughter has died for our sins before coming back to save us all in a glorious display of kindness. I am taking her to one sin and thousands of good deeds so she can have a proper discussion about how far you can take your messianic archetypes.
That is all.
So true.
Anyone can parrot back cutesy catchphrases about hope never being wrong, but if you aren't willing to back those words up by, say, entering a self-destructive relationship under some dubious pretense of 'redeeming' the other party, then you're obviously just a poser.
By the way, are the Adult's prisoners now free? Can they just walk back to their home? Oh wait, it's all rubble?
Anyways, Sayaka should probably go find her parents.
Anyways, Sayaka should probably go find her parents.
questioningmeme
Just be yourself
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It's a pity X has been quite busy for some time now for that plan to get the go-ahead.
But hey, now that the immediate threat of the Adult is gone, maybe we can chillax with more social votes and actually have some slice-of-life moments?
The Adult really took up a lot of our time. Since both Argalia and Leonia were mostly occupied all the time in dealing with her.
I wonder what is Argalia's plan now? Outside of the vague "Make the World Of Distortion".
Since...in the first place, it was only possible with Angela's Library was a huge battery bank of Light.
But with X...she's basically the Pillar of Light herself. How would that even happen?
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Lepidoptera
Mother of Monsters, Unverified Impuritas Civitatis
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For the next seventeen days, at least. Then we get Walpurgisnacht. Until then you may have a little slice-of-life, as a treat.
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Aww hell yiss free time. We gonna get some chance to do some actual EGO science! Both human and abno, even! Learning is fun!
