A Fool and the World; Video

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Elizabeth had been watching the identity crises that had been happening for the week and firstly, she was not suffering through one being spared the fake identity, secondly her own identity was something she was still figuring out so it all seemed odd to her. Still many people were upset, so she had given it some time before posing her question.

"People of this place, I admit that being spared some of the more odd parts of living the lie that was pushed on us a few weeks ago I am uncertain how to ask this but I shall try."

She takes a breath and nods.

"What about you is defined by you internally, and what about you is defined by the world around you? Is it all one? Is that why the previous lie was so difficult for many to see, or is there something different, like the fire that was stoked in many by the spirits that ran rampant when I came here? I myself am a bit confused by all of this and would appreciate any help. That and while I no longer have access to the many rewards for assistance from home and can offer little more than appreciation for help, still hope that kindness is a form of currency that has not been erased from this place."

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"I am. I believe we have met before in that competition with the bear."

She nods a little.

"You were my sister's guest then?"

[linefacingforever]

Competition?

[With the bear? That could only be Teddie, but he was pretty sure there hadn't been any competitions going on while they were trying to solve a murder mystery.]

Yeah, I was her guest.

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"Yes. At the place known as a High School! I believe you were announced as 'The Sister Complex Kingpin of Steel' in the, ah yes, the P-1 Grand Prix to become the manliest of all men!"

She nods cheerfully.

"Though it turned out to be less interesting than I originally thought. Do you not remember?"

[linefacingforever]

Sister Complex Kingpin of Steel...

[Whoa. Whoa. Wait a second. What? He totally wasn't a Kingpin okay? They all did their part in the Investigation Team and--]

[...that probably wasn't what he should have been upset about, was it?]

Sorry, it doesn't sound familiar.

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"I see. Then you do not remember showing me how the wild card worked. I know dealing with fluid time is new to me, yet this place seems to have even less of an understanding of it than I do."

[linefacingforever]

No, this is the first time I've met you.

[Though now he's interested. He would have thought a Velvet Room attendant would already know how the Wild Card worked.]

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"Odd, I distinctly remember you and your friends being involved in a fighting tournament created by the shadow of another artificial girl that was pretending to be a bear."

[linefacingforever]

I...

[...yeah, nope. He has no idea. He can't even brain this. Just what the hell happens in his future?]

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"Have you at least met the bear that the general stole the face of?"

[linefacingforever]

Unless there's another bear in my future, then yes, I've met Teddie.

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"Well according to the shadow that was more than a shadow, the General was a lie, but yes. Definitely a bear."

[linefacingforever]

[Yu was just plain confused at this point, and it didn't help that her manner of speaking was strange. He supposed he'd just have to smile and nod for now; maybe he'd have the opportunity to ask someone what she was talking about later.]

I'll take your word on that then.

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"Time does not move in a line here, does it? Or have I simply met you from before you were the you I met? Time is a thing that I still am getting used to, we did not have it back home, or at least not in the sense you would understand."

[linefacingforever]

I'm not really sure... I haven't been here that long, although I have a friend here that last remembers me from a point in time I just came from, and she's been here for years.

[Time didn't flow in the Velvet Room? Hunh... that made a lot of sense.]

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"Hrm, are you the you before you were a guest then, or have you met my sister?"

[linefacingforever]

I've met Margaret, just… not you.

[…he felt bad saying that.]

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"Then I believe I know when in time you are from, and when I am from, now we must see if it moves as a line or continues to wave in and out like the sea of infinity."

[linefacingforever]

[...he thinks he knows what she means?]

How do we do that?

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"Given how time flows, we loose ourselves in the current and see if it remains constant."

[linefacingforever]

So... just keep doing what we're doing?

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"Is that not the best way to find the truth? Simply observe and understand that ultimately it will be found?"

[linefacingforever]

Sometimes action needs to be taken... but I think in this case, that is the best option.

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"Would there be a course of action to take I would agree, but for now there is not other than to watch and adapt."

She shakes her head a bit, "Free will can make many things more difficult simply by making oneself think that they can do something. This I believe is something that must be reacted to for now unless Chronos lurks within your soul."

[linefacingforever]

Uh... no, I don't think I can get that Persona.

[...that is what she meant, right? Of course it was.]

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"I do not have the book of your soul, so I can not say what lurks within you. Then again, I do not have the book of mine either. Still, it was a thought."