damedana | [UMINEKO SPOILERS] Heart (Scored)

[he seems to appreciate that, or at least is a little soothed by it.

uninjured Battler's expression goes flat.]

He's fine.

[oh, good. In that case, she puts an arm around his shoulder to try to be reassuring.]

His heart is exposed and being stabbed, he's hurt. I don't really care if you're angry with one another or want to say that only one is real - I just don't want to see you hurt yourself. Or silently allow yourself to suffer.

[the slightest pressure on his torso has him wincing and hissing in a breath but he's not protesting the action itself, just kind of watches the exchange warily, wearily.]

You don't want to see me hurt myself... [the uninjured one sounds incredulous before he gestures around them] What do you think you were doing this whole time? No one asked you to spy on my life. You ignored the actual goal purely for your own self-interest, prolonging the suffering. Liar!

I thought I would need to gather forms of evidence or find things to be fixed. I left things alone that seemed like they would only be prying. ...I don't want to argue with you, I just want to help. I'm sorry if I've misunderstood the right way to do that and accidentally hurt you more, Battler-kun.

I'll give you this much: you didn't have the wrong idea of it if you're wanting to engage in my game over whatever this place has done. The same way I got not real explanation for the rules in my game with Beato, you didn't either. So I'll make it clear.

Red is a witch's truth. It is a truth that is objective and cannot be refuted. There are limits to them, however.

Blue is a human truth. As long as it fits within the red truth's perimeters, it's permitted and will stand as a truth in its own right.

However... in a different game I've played, there was another color. Purple truth is a truth that works in place of a red truth so long as the individual in question is not a killer. If the person is a killer, they can tell whatever truth they'd like in purple.

So this is my game. If you can't disprove my purple truths, they will become just as real as my red truths.

Edited 2023-02-13 06:36 (UTC)

I see... I was thinking I would find supporting evidence, but I guess I can't use much more than my own knowledge of you, huh? You've certainly made it difficult.

To get it out of the way from the start: Ushiromiya Battler's hands have been used to kill, therefore he qualifies as a killer in this context.

And all the purple I've encountered, does it all come from you?

All of the purple comes from me.

Edited 2023-02-13 06:56 (UTC)

Come on, Battler-kun, do you really think I'm that stupid? Ushiromiya Battler qualifies as a killer, therefore his purple doesn't have to be true. You're just trying to pull a fast one on me because I'm new to this.

[ahaha.wav]

I have been the one speaking the words in purple. Whether there's an influence on me or not, that fact does not change.

So you agree you wouldn't be saying them otherwise. Got it.

Battler-kun, can I have something to make him feel a bit more comfortable? I'll feel bad if we sit here debating while this Battler is doing so badly. I can see that I'll need to do some hard work to get it to release his heart, but...

He's been through worse. He's still alive, right? I thought that's what mattered most to you.

[No now she's embarrassed?? Shut up??]

-- Ah, I knew it was a bad idea to tell you that. It's still not any good if you're just in pain.

Let's take a different approach, then.

Spot the lie.

I am Ushiromiya Battler.
I am born from the theories of what happened on Rokkenjima in the future after 1986.
I am also born from the mind of someone who knows Ushiromiya Battler.

Edited 2023-02-13 07:39 (UTC)

...Are you sure you want me to answer that?

If you can't disprove my purple truths, they will become just as real as my red truths.

The implication is that there's exactly one lie among those three, no more, no less - is that true?

Feeling so unconfident you need clarification?

Come on, if I missed some wordplay, you would gloat for days. For that matter, do you consider yourself "someone who knows Ushiromiya Battler"?

I'm not going to just hand you answers. I never had an easy time in those games, why should you?

Is it handing me answers if I happen to think of a good question?

[She shrugs.]

Then I think you still count as Battler, and you came into existence while thinking about the events of Rokkenjima. So the first two are true. I don't think your own mind, even if you have a different name or whatever else, would count as someone who knows Battler - after all, if that person knows Battler, he wouldn't have to think so hard about it.

On the other hand, you could definitely say that if the last two are true, then the first can't be. But that's not the way I see it, anyway.

[the injured Battler goes paler, flinches and looks to the uninjured one who doesn't react for a moment.

and then he laughs.]

Are they good questions? You didn't even ask what people would be saying after Rokkenjima.

Well, I guess they're not theories anymore if they're treated as truth.

I know what kind of things are being theorised. That doesn't make them the truth, and that doesn't mean you have to accept all of them as part of you either.

[But she hates the way the injured Battler reacted, so she crouches down to look at him, and to get a better look at his chest.]

Battler-kun... Do you want me to try to help? I think trying is better than leaving you like this, but if you think I'll only make things worse, if it's just hurting you more... Ange and Rika-chan should be coming soon.

Ange's not going to come here.

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