2 ♔ pranks exist, prove me wrong

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

[ Hey, see that on the ground? It's two tickets to that thing you love-- no, wait. It is that thing you love. Or that precious thing you thought went missing a month ago. Or something really valuable that you like or want, like money, or if you're a sensible islander, like soap. Let's just say it's something your character may really want.

WHATEVER IT IS, it moves slightly out of reach when you go to grab it.

And again.

And again.

What do you do? ]

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[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I wonder...

[ ooc; ... then let's make it happen :|b ]

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Wonder what?

((OOC: Yush~! They shall discover the legendary....DUCT TAPE BUSH OF THE TWILIGHT!))

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

It's--

[ A moment of serious deliberation. Then back to her usual, smug smile. ] A question. Not a riddle or a hint to the mystery, but an honest question for you. Right now, it's too soon to ask, but I will ask you when you know enough to understand the rules of the game I play back home.

[ ooc; BEST BUSH EVER. ]

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

[Raises an eyebrow and he looks curious. Very curious. Ponders asking anyway, but...well, Beatrice did seem the type who would reveal what she said she's reveal. She'd proven that already.]

...all right. Then I'll wait. You do certainly know how to make someone curious though.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

It's my nature, so to speak. If mystery and fantasy have one thing in common, it's that they spark curiosity. Mystery provokes someone to the truth, like you. Fantasy provokes people into thinking about many things, the bounds and limitations of it, what it can grant, the reality of such a thing existing.

So it's natural for a witch. You could call it another one of those things all witches have.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Heh. There's another being that could do such a thing. A writer, of both fantasy and mystery, could do the same thing if they want.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

A writer... [ Well, a supernatural writer does exist in her world, even if Beatrice isn't aware of her. ]

I'm not a writer, though. A storyteller weaves their tale for the enjoyment of others. If you could call Rokkenjima a crafted story and me the one with the pen, I can assure you that I wouldn't write for that reason.

[ ooc; Ack, sorry for so many edits! ]

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's enjoyment. Sometimes it's just to convince people to think of something or think of a certain way.

A story to convince people to believe in witches, it could be quite popular with enough skill.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Very true... after all, there's a fair share of textbooks and nonfiction that aren't for enjoyment, but learning and enlightenment, and some fiction can provide the same thing.

Exactly. And then, with enough skill, it could become that personal truth we discussed earlier.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

In which case, you wouldn't have to need to write for entertainment, but to cause that sort of affect.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

You deny me as a witch, yet you seem to have a good understanding of how certain kinds of magic are crafted.

... oh well. I suppose it's not any new theory. But I won't write to prove myself, that's boring, and anyone can pick up a fantasy novel and close it, knowing it never really happened! I'll prove myself through my actions. A direct method is favorable for this kind of situation.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

I have an uncle whose a famous writer.

More of a metaphor than a theory. [Shrugs.] But I'll know you'll keep trying to prove yourself. That is the game.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Does he write mystery or fantasy? Or something else entirely?

And as I said, I won't stop until you accept my existence, or you deny everything successfully. So this might be a long game. [ cackle ]

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

He writes mysteries, but some can be over the top.

It probably will be. I don't like giving out the full deduction until I have the full story, after all.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with over the top. [ cackle! ] Sometimes that's a good method to hide a more subtle message.

... Naturally. Sure, you could work out bits and pieces along the way, but there's always a chance that something will happen by the end that cracks your theory into tiny pieces.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

That's part of it. Some is just so over the top, no one notices the small stuff. And sometimes the small stuff is what makes it over the top.

Or something at the end provides the piece that can put all the pieces together.

1/3

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

It's important to hook a reader that way. It gives incentive to read it again and better understand the novel-- how does the saying go? You should read a book as many times as it has pages to really understand it?

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

[ Going oddly quiet at that last line, though. ] ...........

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Mmhm. At the surface, I'm sure a conclusion could be reached.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Something like that. He does work to get people to read it again, even if he keeps avoiding his editors.

[Looks curious at the odd silence.]

...

There is always a conclusion on the surface. Be it 'a witch did it' or a simplified version of the murder.

But I don't want the surface. I want the whole thing, surface, bottom, and all in between.

Isn't that the truth you'd want to be found? To be beaten by anything else would be an insult, wouldn't it?

1/2

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

................

2/3, whoops.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

If only you'd been born as Kinzo's grandson... aaahahahaa...

3/3

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Exceptional deduction. No matter the means, Anti-Mystery or Anti-Fantasy, if I take someone on, I expect either true victory or defeat with no pity, no mercy, nothing overlooked! If I must be driven into check, I want my opponent to do so skillfully! To turn the chessboard over a hundred-- no, a thousand times, to read my moves and know why they were made! Yes, the who and how is easy and anyone could find that with such lenient rules! 'Why dunnit' is the hardest part!

To be defeated and killed with anything less would be a shame to all my predecessors, and to my game! But don't you dare take that as me begging for loss or defeat!

Re: 3/3

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

... [Smirks, actually looking to be enjoying himself.]

I doubt you'd ever beg for defeat. The motivation is often the hardest thing to deduce, unless it's painfully obvious. And even then, sometimes that can be a distraction from the real motivation.

I won't consider it a true victory unless I can find out that whole truth, the how, and the why. For both you and the murderer.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

[ Oh, she is too. You'd think one would be a little angrier when one of their base motivations would be prodded so quickly, but the bigger the challenge, the more fun Beato has. ]

Then your true victory will be hard to pursue. Even I cannot guarantee all the answers lie within the games I've played so far. Never forget you're playing with a witch, and we fight with dirty tricks even the gods aren't above using. How fun, to fight again with someone who wishes to prove my innocence!

... So don't waste any time with that homework of yours. Come and find me when you think you know the answer. You're making me eager to hand over the third and fourth pieces, but I won't give them to you if you don't win! [ cackle! ]