CANDLE CALL POST

[forthefonofit]

[FOR YOUR CANDLE CALLING NEEDS idk]

Comments

[cerealpunner]

Neither.

Vigilante.

[forthefonofit]

Interesting.

[cerealpunner]

--you're right that we can't just. Go the route Emerald's gone before.

That's part of why I need a different perspective.

[forthefonofit]

It seems like you already have a path in mind. Are you looking for the branch offs?

[cerealpunner]

Plan what you can plan for, wing it with the things you can't. I try to avoid the winging it thing as frequently when I'm with a team.

So yeah, more or less.

[forthefonofit]

Have you taken the "know your opponent" approach?

[cerealpunner]

... I've gotten to know some Personae.

And a knight I know from home was doing a quest to learn more about Pandora. I helped out with that as much as I could.

[but are you seriously saying I should get to know Mira?]

[forthefonofit]

[your reluctance is so obvious]

Knowing is different from being friendly with.

[cerealpunner]

I know that. Just like I know the more effective, if more dangerous, strategy is keep your friends close and your enemies closer--I pulled it back home by joining the mob and then working under an assassin I don't have the best of relationships with.

[forthefonofit]

But you find it distasteful.

[cerealpunner]

Ask me how I feel about working with an assassin.

Mira doesn't even get the "it's her job" excuse. She slaughtered entire teams for fun.

[forthefonofit]

If what you're looking for are ways around her ways, you'll need to know the pattern behind her ways. And "she enjoys killing people" won't cut it.

[cerealpunner]

Just because I hate psychos that like to kill people for the hell of it doesn't mean I won't look into their psychology.

[grudgingly, maybe...]

[forthefonofit]

[super amused]

If you're going to talk to this Mira personally for it, being obvious about your hate might either work for or against you heavily.

[cerealpunner]

From my experience, her type is the type to enjoy my type's spite.

[forthefonofit]

That's not going to help you any if you're trying to find out more. So you'll need to at least pretend something else to get around her.

[cerealpunner]

I know that. I can do that.

[just don't ask how the acting went for those previous gigs]

[forthefonofit]

For how long?

[cerealpunner]

As long as necessary.

[forthefonofit]

For what you want, you'll have to catch her outside of a game. Which might necessitate calling her.

Not for a quest, of course, not unless you know what you're walking into. But calling a Persona just for a chat might not be the tack you want to take. She may instantly recognize what you're trying to do.

[cerealpunner]

... first time I met Nimue was actually in a dream, but I don't think I could just replicate that.

As for direct approach... well, I'm a chatty and charming guy. I could manage a conversation without really touching on what I want to touch on at first...

[forthefonofit]

Yes, I've noticed the chatty part.

[cerealpunner]

[can't help but to smirk a bit]

Helps when you're raised in a family of writers.

[forthefonofit]

I thought writers wrote their words, not spoke them out loud.

[there's no heat behind it, just teasing]

[cerealpunner]

Writers put down their words, so others can see them. Similarly, orators speak out their words so others can hear them. Same goals, different media.

And sometimes, writers need their words spoken. Not everyone likes to read, you know.