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[cueball]

Phone

[So Scratch finished his census and he is just really bored. Time to pick up that phone.]

That census was a chore to fill out. Honestly, I'm hoping for something less droll than last year's battle royale murder spree. Killing is also boring and tedious. Well, there are consequences for it now. But, that doesn't change how anti-climatic it is. And if they choose to run it again, then it will only be because they are running out of creative ideas and just want to see everyone turning against each other. [A dramatic sigh, done only for dramatic purposes.] We'll see what happens. I won't make any bets either way, by way of not being a gambling man.

And, that reminds me: I wrote a note to myself after that series of events ended last year that I would send gift baskets to the ones I took out. My apologies for letting that slip my mind. The human mind is not good for flawless memory storage and retrieval, unlike my original head.

Let me see - Nall, Ilsa Higa, Charles Fei-Ong and Sanae Hanekoma. If any of you are still around, tell me what you want in your gift basket. Food, clothes, essential household items, if it fits in I'll send it over. If you don't reply I will assume that you are still in a sour mood over the events of the last year and not send you one out of respect of that mood. That or you're droned. Either or. If it's the former, I advise you that being bitter is not a very good way to live. It wasn't at all a personal affair or one done out of hatred. The first time is always the hardest they say. [tl;dr, stop being mad that I murdered it, it was my first "crazy thing" going on in Mayfield.]

One more other thing: Bernkastel, would you like a rematch? Our fight was undecided and we never had the chance to make it up. We could do something else that is less taxing on our power if you choose to. I know you enjoy games of chess, for example.

And yes, because I am sure you are dying to know, I am that Doc Scratch. The one with a cheap gold trophy in the roller rink I never visit. I saved you several moments of suspicious thoughts toward my message. No need to thank me.

[It's hard, being Doc Scratch and bored. So hard...]

Comments

[adropofjupiter]

I sometimes wonder how much people are willing to do things like that stems from the fact that death isn't permanent here? It kind of takes away a lot of the impact of taking someone's life. Makes it... easier to deal with, I guess? Cause you're killing them, but not killing them.

I dunno. I sometimes wonder about a lot of things.

[cueball]

Desensitizing death as a grounded concept is something very powerful. No one thinks of the consequences if there aren't any. Aside from the psychological ones. You can't see those wounds of course.

Wondering about these things is natural for you. There is nothing wrong with it.

[adropofjupiter]

I dunno, ze. Sometimes it feels like if I bring these things up to some of my friends or other people from Gensokyo, that they'll just make fun of me or call me foolish and stuff. I mean, I am just human, and most of them aren't.

I still wonder about this whole soul machine people were talking about when that idiot blew up the revival thingie. And why I don't remember the last time I was here. Sometimes I wonder if we're all even real or just, like, copies with no real souls.

[cueball]

That's because you are speaking to beings that do not have the same standards as you. For instance: an immortal will never understand what it means to grow up, because they have no concept of time or age. You just need to speak with more humans. Though, I naturally always welcome an ear to those who wish to be heard.

Do you mean here in Mayfield, or constantly? Many consider the body to be a vessel. It is a physical representation of who you are and can be shaped to be either what you want or what you don't want.

[adropofjupiter]

I learned a while ago that I can't hold youkai to human morals. Since the wild ones eat humans, it's kinda pointless. Even here I end up drawing the attention of more non-humans than humans. Maybe it's the magic, ze. I am a witch.

Oh... yeah, I mean here in Mayfield. Ciel once said to me that it's easier to make copies of someone, powers and all, than it is to yank us from all sorts of different dimensions and worlds and times and stuff. Both are high levels of magic, but the yoinking seems like something only celestials and other gods could do. And I don't get that feel from this place.