I get my word counts by just copying the vote itself into a different reply box and reading the word count that results. If I do it before I X it in, the -[] stuff doesn't add to the word count.
Your word count is 276.
Oh, the last line is 68 chars ;-;
And...
The problem with metaknowledge is it's not real. You're describing something that exists in Sabrina's head instead of something that exists in realty. Discussing the Law of Cycles as something that actually exists requires accepting at least three timelines that Homura's loops have nothing to do with (Origin, rebellion, PMAS), and from there its ability to operate across timelines is why Sabrina thought it didn't exist rather than just being elsewhere and why even if it doesn't exist it can still exist.
Call it alternate universes or whatever if "timeline" is too spicy for you, but you need to be clear that you're discussing a real physically existing thing.
*Snaps fingers* because IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE PAST and we've just established that. Okay DUH, fixing.
Word count is hovering just around 300 in this version, and frankly... Don't care. It's one thing when it's 300 words of different actions, I think, and one thing when it's "yea there's paragraphs in here, but each one is literally just one paragraph of explanation because this shit is complicated." Like explaining isofields and memory suppression w/rt LoC fragments is 30 words, but it doesn't inflate IC at all. 's still 30 words IC.
[X] There's going to be a disclosure here which cannot escape isolation. Anybody unwilling to bear that should either leave temporarily or plan to memory magic themselves afterwards.
[X] The existence of the Law of Cycles implies the existence of at least two past rewrites of the universe, before it came to exist as it does today. You have some knowledge of what was, before that.
-[X] In a previous universe, that witch was involved with Sayaka but didn't kill her.
-[X] The Law of Cycles is a benevolent Goddess, a Heaven, a collection of meguca souls, a law of reality, the activities of those, and the collective whole of those things. "Fragments" is a term that has previously seen use to describe individual souls parted from the Law, but might be ambiguous.
--[X] You had believed the Law did not presently exist, as one of its major functions is the annihilation of all witches.
---[X] A previous universe had a second Goddess associated with black feathers who was responsible for *a* breaking of the Law, though not necessarily *this* breaking. You wouldn't call her malevolent, but she probably would have a personal grudge against Mikuni Oriko. The universe being rewritten wouldn't have phased her -- it's entirely possible that she's out there somewhere.
-[X] In the previous universe, "fragments" have been hidden from observers with isolation fields or by suppressing the fragments' memories so that they're not aware of being part of the Law.
-[X] Kyubey has, in the previous universe, attempted to control, subvert, and or destroy the Law of Cycles. It strongly prefers the existence of witches.
--[X] Improper dissemination of this information may lead to a rewrite of the universe, or worse. You do not believe you existed in prior versions of the universe. *Nothing* leaves this group of people, plus Kazumi. Not to Constellation. Not to Mitakihara.
I do think this fully explicates our situation while maintaining precise infosec over exactly what we don't want to publish (mostly names). Then, I'd look to explore questions and ideas in next vote with everyone brought up to speed.
