Meeting Time!

[hotpaprika]

[On Wednesday morning, all the suites will find another note slid under their door. It seems much less formal this time, but the handwriting is still very distinct.]

I am holding another meeting today, at 5 o'clock. I am terribly sorry for the the location this time, but it will be in the dressing rooms at the department store, as that is one of the few places I could find that we would not be watched.

I ask, however, that you don't all come in at once, because I fear that otherwise, it could catch Fontaine's attention and may add further security measures.

I will be providing refreshments, although I welcome any additional help.

J. Harker

[The dressing rooms are, obviously, a very not ideal place to hold a meeting, but Jonathan had somewhat set things up so that they could at least talk to each other, with all the curtains pulled back and one stall reserved for some cakes and sandwiches. He politely greets everyone who enters but it's clear that he's somewhat wary from the motive.

When everyone arrives, he once again addresses the group.]

Good evening. I am sure last week was an icy shock to everyone that Fontaine is not content to let us live about in harmony. However, it is vital that we do not give up hope that we can find a way out of here, because when we do, Fontaine will have already won.

[He's trying to convince himself this as much as he's trying to convince everyone else.]

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"i tried it so you don't have to" ama

[allatonce]

[Joy's perched on top of one of dressing room dividers. Don't ask how she got up there.]

Not to be like "this motive is just psychological manipulation and I'm going to be really disappointed in whoever falls for it," but it is something I have experience with so let's do a little AMA. [A beat.] That means "ask me anything." Just realized only like four of you probably have Reddit.

[sixthnonsense]

[Hagakure isn't someone who's been too affected by the motive, but this is still really interesting.]

You've actually done it? How?

[allatonce]

So here's the thing: the multiverse is infinite.

[Joy pulls a loop of string from her pocket and makes a Jacob's ladder.]

The choices you've made have ended up here, right? But.

[She dismantles the entire thing and quickly makes a different figure.]

Making different choices creates an entirely different you, even if some of the steps are the same. So, in theory, all Fontaine has to do is drop someone in a slightly to the left version of wherever they're from, where maybe the only difference is you said "no" or you saved that kid or whatever it is you're bent up about. Here's the thing, though: you'll still be you. And the whoooole time you'll be noticing what's better or what you've totally fucked up by making a different choice.

[specialyellthing]

Whew, sis. I've never been so grateful to have only been through three different universes.

[sixthnonsense]

[...]

I'm a big believer in the multiverse, but I gotta say, I never thought of it being like that in practice. It's like getting to see the Butterfly Effect unfold in real time.

this is not a gagtag

[fuckingguy]

[giddyundertaker]

[ He's impressed by the yarn work, even if he can't see the details from where he is. ]

There's the catch, isn't it? He'd only allow you to change one mistake, but you don't know if you've actually fixed anything until you face the consequences...

[ Now he's pondering about this multiverse thing. He's already burned enough bridges, but imagine what he'd be like if he hadn't... Or failed at doing so... A curiosity, that is all. ]

I'm assuming you tried more than one time to go back and fix things yourself?

this is going to make my head hurt; MAJOR SPOILERS FOR S2 OF SPACE DANDY, ep 11 and beyond

[bootyhunter]

Whoaaaa, hey, hey!

[Dandy sighs, smiling in a half-hearted manner.]

Agree to disagree! Warpin' doesn't work like that, not for me, anyway. Actually, it's kinda the opposite.

I'll get into the thick of it if I've gotta, but it's a duh-huh-hoozy!

[vholran]

Simply just 'noticing' it? Not experiencing it?

[honeyedtea]

. . . But it really does work?

[ Mielle sounds like she's just had all the wind knocked out of her. ]

It really is possible to... go back? And make different choices?

[prompocalypse]

You're going to give my principal an aneurysm if you keep talking about chronomancy like it's pointless.

I don't really agree with you and I think you're sort of just speaking from your own emotional baggage right now, but I think contradicting you is sort of redundant considering, yeah, you're right. It is a manipulation tactic.

Even if they have the ability, they just want to get us to kill for them.

mabel voice i'm hilarious

[hotpaprika]

...

Only four people have read what?

[specialyellthing]

It.

[giddyundertaker]

Sounds like some sort of advice column in the papers to me.

[fuckingguy]

... I know this one! It is where you go to find incels.

[specialyellthing]

So it's a science book.

[hotpaprika]

... I'm terribly sorry, but what is an "incel"?

[buriedstar]

Reddit? Do you mean Readit?

[ Hi from the universe where Google is Goodgle. ]

[allatonce]

...... Yeah, probably. It goes by, like, forty different, similar-sounding names. [Under her breath:] Or we all use Bing and it's the darkest timeline.

[buriedstar]

[ Not the reference he was expecting to hear today, but he gets it. Bing though... that's got to be "Bying"?. ]

Don't curse us like that.

[bootyhunter]

I've got a few questions, for sure! Gah...

[Oh! He is sweating at the collar now. Don't worry, they actually are relevant to the topic at hand.]

They might be a too little personal for a crowd like this, though, baby.

[He means her words about her hostage trying to kill her, but feel free to misinterpret away, folks!]

[specialyellthing]

You gonna let him get away with callin' you baby, sis? [eyeing joy up there--]

[sastruga]

...What did you change, Joy-san?

[allatonce]

You ever chase someone's approval so badly you nearly kill yourself in the process? Anyway, first thing I did when I got back up was find somewhere that... somewhere I didn't care that much.

[prompocalypse]

Is Reddit different from Fantasy Reddit?