mini me ray catchall

[moralmyopia]

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[selfimmolates]

Do you even know what that is.

[moralmyopia]

A projectile weapon.

[so like sorta not really]

[selfimmolates]

Well, that's a start.

[a metaphorical cookie for you sasuke]

[moralmyopia]

Are “bullets” what they all shoot? Do any use arrows? Kunai? Shuriken?

[selfimmolates]

I see you've been doing your research.

[moralmyopia]

Drop the jokes, or I’ll put you first on the list.

[selfimmolates]

[touchy, touchy]

I was being honest. They all shoot bullets—other stuff wouldn't work. You need a cartridge for the bullet in order to fire it properly.

[disclaimer: jan knows shit about guns]

[moralmyopia]

[jan is now sasuke irl. welcome to the hell of playing geniuses.]

Troublesome. [For a second or two he’s quiet.] Have you tried getting any from your god?

[selfimmolates]

Thought about it, but it was easier to figure out how to make them myself in the lab.

[thank god he did this before the new rule]

[moralmyopia]

You don’t want to owe them. [It isn’t a question, but it sounds like something he’s waiting for Ray to agree or disagree with.] Does this mean you plan to defect to Justice as thanks for giving you the lab?

[selfimmolates]

[with complete neutrality,]

How do you know I'm not already with Justice?

[moralmyopia]

Are you?

[selfimmolates]

I have no reason to confirm that for you.

[moralmyopia]

Trying to lay low? [It was worth a shot.] Who do you think should win?

[selfimmolates]

[he shrugs.]

Whichever god I'm following when the competition ends.

[duh.]

But for a real answer—I don't know yet. I've been talking to as many gods as I can, but it's too early to form a concrete judgment.

[moralmyopia]

There has to be one whose ideals you would follow if they are creating a world of their own. All of them will be different. Don’t you want an opportunity to make a fair world?

[selfimmolates]

It'd be nice, but it's second priority to my own world.

In any case, like I said, it's too early to tell. A few gods have told me about their ideal world, but I can't exactly make a proper comparison until I've got 'em all, right?

[moralmyopia]

Perhaps. How do you know they aren’t lying?

[selfimmolates]

I don't, which is all the more reason not to form any judgments right now.

[moralmyopia]

[Again, he’s quiet for a long time, not looking at Ray or anything else in particular.]

I agree.

[selfimmolates]

Then? What was the point of pressing me on all this?

[moralmyopia]

To see where you stood. If you can craft things from the lab with relative ease, I want you on my team. I won't rely on handouts from gods.

Not when they could put a price on it I won't like.

[selfimmolates]

[...]

You'll have to wait until this week is over and the new rule lifts, unless you feel like learning firsthand what happens to rule-breakers.

More importantly, what's in it for me? Besides staying low on your list, of course.

[moralmyopia]

I'm already testing it. Sometimes, rules have to be broken. In the end, it will likely be different for each rule and possibly each person. I don't need anything made right now.

In return, you'll have an extra ability. Whatever on the list you need, I'll give you.

[selfimmolates]

[huh.]

... Whatever on the list? And how would you do that?