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[preordain]

meme

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[psynchronise]

[ he is Looking at a Path. ]

Don't let me stop you from taking the first steps.

[ ... as much as he's snarking, he does seem to be looking at some notches in the wood of a table leg. foot holds maybe? ]

[preordain]

You're taller so you have more reach.

[ this is valid... ]

[psynchronise]

All the more reason to figure out the smaller footholds, right?

[ but he is climbing... or making the first steps towards it. ]

[preordain]

[ you're doing it!!

but ryo will watch for a moment, and then take a few steps back so he can see what's up ahead. ]

It would probably suck if we run into anyone who lives here.

[psynchronise]

[ look at this bitch boy go! ]

... Don't tempt fate. I'm not sure I want to run into a ten foot tall thing while I'm trying to shimmy up their table leg.

[preordain]

Don't worry.

It'll be over ten feet tall.

[psynchronise]

Great, thanks. You ever considered a career in motivational speaking?

[preordain]

It's what my PhD is in, yes.

[psynchronise]

[ pause.





and then he's like. leaning awkwardly back. ]

Aren't you like, 17?

[preordain]

I am, yes. I have my doctorate.

[psynchronise]

Huh.

It's really in public speaking?

[preordain]

Ah, no.

I'm a scientist, actually.

[psynchronise]

[ 17 year old scientist….. ]

What field?

[ he is still climbing by the way. like a trooper. ]

[preordain]

Biology. But right now I'm going for a more philosophical approach, I guess. I'm teaching a class that goes into scientific credibility of the Bible.

[ a pause ]

Or was, I guess.

[psynchronise]

...

[ right, they deadzos now. ]

So what's your scientific credibility opinion on this particular take on Hell? Accurate to depictions in the Bible, or...?

[preordain]

Satan isn't a partier in the Bible, no.

[psynchronise]

...




Is that better or worse?

[preordain]

It would likely be far more torturous for us if it was Biblically accurate.

However, this is annoying.

[psynchronise]

I think I can handle annoying over torturous. I’ll take the migraines.

[preordain]

Mm, and for the most part, the week itself isn't that terrible. The worst is just when people come back injured on Thursday, I guess.

[psynchronise]

And then it just escalates.

[preordain]

Right... and it does seem to get harder the more weeks that past.

[ the last two weeks have been accidental murders. how. ]

[psynchronise]

If you're caught, that's it. I wonder if that changed some people's perspectives and now this place is having to get creative?

[preordain]

Hm, maybe.

The last two weeks might make people more careful, and I'm not sure who would go out and murder for no real motive.

[psynchronise]

Seems like that's where the coercion's coming in. Wake two people up, make it happen. Maybe the assuming that one person has to die is even helping them.