CANDLE CALL POST

[forthefonofit]

[FOR YOUR CANDLE CALLING NEEDS idk]

Comments

[cerealpunner]

Fighting crime. It has that effect.

[forthefonofit]

Police or military?

[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.