About a day after the return from the Jaunt

[amadine]

This is certainly the clearest message we've had from our delightful hosts in quite some time. Maybe they actually intend to make us aware of which of them is winning after all, instead of leaving us to guess and grope after everything.

Tell me, I'm curious: was it the intent of our Investigators that the Hermit should win, or was it just left to chance?

Comments

[naturaltwohands]

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

... [Icly, not directed at Matthew of course.] I stand corrected. I am now very glad she did not win.

[comebewe]

It doesn't mean Hermit's better. I don't know enough about him to tell.

But we are not sorry to see Lovers lose.

[naturaltwohands]

With that information, who would be?

[comebewe]

Someone who only cares about whatever the Arcana promised them.

[naturaltwohands]

Which is not I.

[comebewe]

You were all ready to back her before.

You realise that they've likely made promises to everyone, right? They all want us on their side. But they won't tell us if there's a catch. They won't talk about how their winning might make things worse for everyone who isn't one of 'theirs'.

[naturaltwohands]

Love is a dear concept to my heart. Why would I have expected it to be so perverted?

... No, I did not.

[He feels heartsick.]

[comebewe]

Because nothing is so neatly divided into 'good' and 'bad'.

And 'love', despite what a lot of romantic comedies might tell you, has never had the power to stop someone from being a bloody prick.

[naturaltwohands]

In my world, there is, at least more than there is here.

[NOT EVERYONE HAS A BLOODY ALIGNMENT SYSTEM, DRIZZT.]

You would think it would.

[Drizzt is very upset and grumbly.]

[comebewe]

[There's a lot more he could say to that. Like how he's dubious about the lack of moral greys in Drizzt's world, especially since Matthew suspects Drizzt couldn't recgonise moral ambiguity if it hit him in the face.

He could mention how there's plenty of people with parents and children and parters and friends that they love, who still go about screwing over the rest of the human race.

But he's shattered enough of the kid's ideals for one day, so Matthew just lets the conversation die]