text | Free Toe Ring

[emet_sulk]

Type: Text
Sender ID: emet-sulk
To: Public
Subject: Free Toe Ring
Warnings: None besides the nature of the uh. toe ring (Game's A Foot) being what it is.

If there is anyone with a penchant for feet who would take this ridiculous toe ring off my hands then I would be much obliged.

[ He attaches an image of the toe ring, which was his reward from completing the investigation into the brothel's lockbox. ]

Comments

[emet_sulk]

How frightening. I suppose it's the most serene individuals who hide the most deviant minds.

[makoglow]

You know they say it's the quiet ones that you have to watch for.

[emet_sulk]

Well, what a man likes to do behind closed doors is his own business. I shall simply leave the ring in his keeping.

I suppose 'tis a little late to ask for your discretion.

[makoglow]

I think it is a little late to ask for anyone's discretion. You kind of made this all public.

[emet_sulk]

Oh, I did, didn't I? Alas.

[ Tone in the written word is hard to read but Emet-Selch doesn't sound too apologetic. ]

I'm sure our illustrious captain will be none the worse for a few rumours.

[makoglow]

Better him than you, right?

[ He can read the tone in the text. No worries here. ]

Still, I'd probably rethink accepting any requests from brothels or the Naughtilust in general.

[emet_sulk]

I did consider passing it over, but it seems I was the only one to answer their call for help. So many of you here and yet none deigned to lift a hand when asked.

[makoglow]

Can't take every request that appears. Just not good for work-life balance.

[emet_sulk]

I so happen to have an abundance of time. But no, I haven't been taking every request. This particular one happened to catch my eye.

[makoglow]

What was it that made it appealing?

[emet_sulk]

A 'locked room mystery'. I thought such things only existed in books.

[makoglow]

And did it live up to your expectations?

[emet_sulk]

No. It wasn't even a deliberate act. 'Twas some petty thief who trapped themselves within a magical artefact after becoming too greedy. I turned them in as soon as possible and left.

[makoglow]

Yeah... That's not even an interesting way to get yourself trapped.

Almost normal with some of the things that happen around here.

[emet_sulk]

It almost makes me want to challenge someone to create a true 'locked room' mystery.

[ Market for escape games, anybody?? ]

[makoglow]

Challenge someone? Why not make one yourself?

[emet_sulk]

That would require effort.

[makoglow]

As opposed to putting it into solving one for someone else?

[emet_sulk]

What interest does a jigsaw puzzle have to someone who already knows where all the pieces lie? Besides, thinking is less arduous than doing.

[makoglow]

Isn't that what you'd be doing even if you come up with one yourself? More thinking and getting other people for the doing?

[emet_sulk]

Provoking other people into action is not as difficult as you may think. All it requires is patience.

Meanwhile, if I had to come up with the scenario myself then I would be no doubt occupied for hours over several days or even weeks composing the situation. And then I would have to act it out myself, which is even worse. What sort of enjoyment am I supposed to derive from all that work?

[makoglow]

Honestly, I don' think that part of it is difficult at all.

[ All things considering. He had thought that chasing after Sephiroth had been his own idea. And yet... ]

Would you though? Have to act it out yourself? Not sure that it's a requirement.

I'm sorry Cloud

[emet_sulk]

What, so I would do ALL the thinking for some small-brained idiot who would no doubt botch the whole thing anyway?

My boy, I think you may be missing the whole point of this discussion: outside of war and certain criminal circles, murder is a crime of passion. 'Tis not an idle past-time one indulges in unless one possesses a severe lack of empathy for one's fellow man. What do I have to gain by murdering some hapless fellow and attempting to obfuscate my involvement? Nothing. If their death has no meaning to me, then there is no reason to conceal my involvement. 'Twould be the same if I were to hire a stand-in.

On the other hand, if, for example, a woman feels jilted by a cheating lover and decides to murder them or both parties in revenge, there is now meaning to attempting to conceal her involvement. There is satisfaction and closure in unravelling their thinking, their motive, and exposing the culprit. There is, dare I say, catharsis.

[makoglow]

[ Text like this really needs a tone... But Cloud thinks that maaaaaaybe he can sort of guess the hand gestures and all of that which would accompany this message. ]

So how did we go from a locked room mystery to full on murder? Not like you're wrong, but seems a little extreme. There doesn't have to be a real murder.

But noted. You'd rather be challenged than challenge others.

me: muttering quiet apologies to the mods

[emet_sulk]

[ He realises he had been assuming it would be a murder mystery. He blames the sordid imaginations and creativity of Garlean authors. ]

Yes, well, can you blame me for wanting a little intellectual stimulation? I suppose it doesn't HAVE to be a murder...