The Professor is starting to understand... The details are telling enough, but they silently promised privacy, and they won't keep prying. They closed their eyes (there's an inner membrane, slightly out of sync with the eyelid) and sighed.
"Very well, you have the potential to win the Marvellous. In my case, the two most taxing parts of the setup were to force your rivals to desire again what they were willing to drop because of despair, just to rip it from their hands again. You will have to be hated, you will have to play unfairly, you will have to use any tool at your disposition to have them lose. If you can do it, then you will win. The Bazaar wants stories, after all, and if you will give a good one by accomplishing your Heart's Desire, yours will be the prize."
"Although, as a loser myself, I'll recommend you leave open other alternatives. And first of all: Inquire to ascertain if what you will ask is possible for the likes of the Masters. They are powerful, knowledgeable and have a complete disregard for the laws of nature, but all comes to a cost even to them. They may not be willing to pay it."
After this conversation, there's a friendly smile, standing up from the armchair and getting another, quite different document. A series of notebooks tied with rope, again with no name. "I can also offer you some leverage. Information I gathered and didn't need to use in the end, that may be useful for someone looking to reach where I was- And beyond, of course."
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Re: A Morbid Appointment
Date: 2025-07-10 06:26 pm (UTC)"Very well, you have the potential to win the Marvellous. In my case, the two most taxing parts of the setup were to force your rivals to desire again what they were willing to drop because of despair, just to rip it from their hands again. You will have to be hated, you will have to play unfairly, you will have to use any tool at your disposition to have them lose. If you can do it, then you will win. The Bazaar wants stories, after all, and if you will give a good one by accomplishing your Heart's Desire, yours will be the prize."
"Although, as a loser myself, I'll recommend you leave open other alternatives. And first of all: Inquire to ascertain if what you will ask is possible for the likes of the Masters. They are powerful, knowledgeable and have a complete disregard for the laws of nature, but all comes to a cost even to them. They may not be willing to pay it."
After this conversation, there's a friendly smile, standing up from the armchair and getting another, quite different document. A series of notebooks tied with rope, again with no name. "I can also offer you some leverage. Information I gathered and didn't need to use in the end, that may be useful for someone looking to reach where I was- And beyond, of course."