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Edie is walking home from school. It's something she's done hundreds, thousands of times before. It's later than usual, but not really out of the ordinary--sometimes clubs let out late. It happens.
It's a perfectly safe route.
Edie and Emily in Wish
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onceandforall
fwiw I have never crashed a plane by ignoring the no cellphones rule from the cargo hold
whatamithinking
oh good
I wonder what happens if we wish to resurrect one of the people who made the wishing thing
whatamithinking
we should probably try that, and failing that their design notes, they might be important for short-circuiting the ecology
whatamithinking
true
still even if it takes a lot if investigative work over the course of several loops if it worked it would def. be worth it
onceandforall
magic, specifically magic these magic aliens invented, can do time travel
if they might not like us they're potentially disruptive to saving the world
whatamithinking
I really hope the fluffs aren't using it as intended what kind of idiot invents this system
whatamithinking
I wonder what it was originally meant to do
maybe if we can get our hands on enough of the notes we can do something completely unrelated with magic
onceandforall
Here's hoping, we're like the Saudi Arabia of the universe, most sapient species don't have emotions and emotions are maaaaagic
whatamithinking
more like native americans living on a resource white people wanted, saudi arabia gets stuff for their oil instead of having murdermonsters sicced on 'em
onceandforall
to be fair the wishes are legit, not even monkey's paw crap, they just don't, like, explain
it's possible to die without witching if the gem breaks, I reset if it happens to me
that was fun
whatamithinking
ouch
yeah no normal thing is gonna be a perfect metaphor this is novel kinds of fucked up
onceandforall
yah-huh
getting sadder dims the gem but getting happier can't brighten it, so there's no way in the existing system to infinite energy hack without feeding people to witches
I guess a resurrection chain of resurrecting people who could make wishes could go on a long while
whatamithinking
yeah
if gem dimness puts a ceiling on mood maybe it's not that happy can't brighten it but that you can't get happy enough? have you checked drug interactions?
whatamithinking
huh. does heroin normally actually cause happy, I've heard stuff about distinguishing between pleasure and happiness that might be relevant
are all bad emotions bad when your gem is dim or just despair?