text | Free Toe Ring

[emet_sulk]

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Sender ID: emet-sulk
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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]

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...

>) teehee

[makoglow]

I just don't find murder intellectually stimulating, I guess.

Starting to wonder about you a little though.

[emet_sulk]

What sort of locked room mystery were YOU thinking of then?

[makoglow]

Like an escape room maybe. Something like that.

[emet_sulk]

[ ... ]

You mean to lock people in a room and have them escape from it?

[ What's the point of that??? ]

[makoglow]

More or less. There's usually a timer for that sort of thing.

[emet_sulk]

[ Do people enjoy being locked in a room when there's no real imperative or incentive to leave?? ]

A game, then. You would make a game out of trapping people in a room. The people of your world must have a lot of leisure time on their hands.

[makoglow]

Some people did. Others not so much.

If you had money you didn't really have to worry about much.

[emet_sulk]

A shame the world runs on capitalistic greed, hmm?

Well, I suppose 'tis an idea worth considering but I've better things to do with my time.

[makoglow]

Tell me about it.

Anyway, we both got better things to do. Like you said.