[But... what if something bad happens? She's not worried about the danger to herself, really; she can deal with it, she's a god. But there are a lot of young people here who deserve better than what the trials could potentially bring them.
After a moment, she sighs.]
But that wouldn't work. It would only take one vote to keep that from happening, and someone who's gone as far is to kill and get away with it is hardly likely to abstain from voting, I think.
It's true. You'd be tempted, but someone else would probably be tempted to vote anyways. [ He's being a realist, here. ] Just to force the system. Even one vote would tip the scales, I think.
[ Or vote to cause despair in the group. Vote to watch them fight to the death, where dangers are very real, and very violent. (ha ha ha in retrospect) But he gets it, why she's tempted anyways. He knows her. ]
[It's like the Gambler's Den in Ghost City - you go there, and you play by the Ghost Realm's rules, whether you're human, god, or ghost. They agreed to be here, so they have to play by this place's rules.
The only difference is you could walk out of the Gambler's Den, in theory. They can't walk out of this.]
...we'll just have to make sure that this is worth it.
[ He looks off ahead, for a moment, into the technical void. It truly is like the Gambler's Den, and he - hates it. But at least he knew the rules of the Ghost Realm, was an enforcer of them the same as Hua Cheng is, even if his territory was more closed off.
[The thing she was going to ask for involved making sure his life wasn't at risk. She can't agree that it's worth both their lives. What would be the point, if he lost his here?]
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[But... what if something bad happens? She's not worried about the danger to herself, really; she can deal with it, she's a god. But there are a lot of young people here who deserve better than what the trials could potentially bring them.
After a moment, she sighs.]
But that wouldn't work. It would only take one vote to keep that from happening, and someone who's gone as far is to kill and get away with it is hardly likely to abstain from voting, I think.
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[ Or vote to cause despair in the group. Vote to watch them fight to the death, where dangers are very real, and very violent. (ha ha ha in retrospect) But he gets it, why she's tempted anyways. He knows her. ]
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It seems an unfair system to me, but I suppose complaining about it won't help. It's not like it will change.
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[ After all, indulgence spreads further than morality in this place, it seems. ]
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The only difference is you could walk out of the Gambler's Den, in theory. They can't walk out of this.]
...we'll just have to make sure that this is worth it.
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And they truly can't walk out. ]
Worth our lives.
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[The thing she was going to ask for involved making sure his life wasn't at risk. She can't agree that it's worth both their lives. What would be the point, if he lost his here?]
Let's just make sure it doesn't come to that.