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Coral Sea - Sunken Ship
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Hey, don't ignore me! |
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*sigh* So. Loud. Look, I'm bored of talkin' to you guys. Could you, like...go away now? |
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What? You're BORED?! |
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| *Floyd begins to float around lazily* |
| He's completely lost interest in us. Now he's just drifting back and forth with the seaweed. |
| What a rude lout! He's mocking us! |
| Part of me questions if you have any room to complain there... |
| Floyd's so lifeless, the fish are mistakin' him for food and nibblin' at him. |
| I din't know people were capable of this level of sheer apathy. |
| Apathy... Ah, I get it. That makes sense. |
| Get what? | What makes sense? |
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Oh, uh... The way I figure it... Floyd's experiencing a massive level of boredom with this whole world. |
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Boredom?! |
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I can understand getting bored with fun and games, or with studying, but the whole world? How does that work? |
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Malleus's dreams are designed to remove all negative outcomes. So there's probably zero change of losing or failing at things in Floyd's dream. |
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In the real world, it doesn't always work out when you just on a whim and do things without a plan, right? |
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Right. In fact, even when I run extremely detailed simulations... Sometimes I get outcomes beyond anything I planned for due to unexpected events. |
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What Floyd was describing sounds basically like a perpetual 1 CC no-damage perfect chain combo ruin. |
| That sounds fun, though... | So it's too much of a cakewalk? |
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Exactly. God-mode can be a fun way to de-stress but the downside is that it gets dull and repetitive after a while. |
| *Floyd continues to float around, bored* |
| I kinda get why Floyd's like...that. |
| Boredom, mm... Yes, that's doubly plausible for someone like Floyd. |
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During basketball games, if our team is scoring so many points that it's an overwhelming lead... ...his motivation tends to drop like a rock. Conversely, if we're losing so badly there's no chance of a comeback, he'll be the one guy on the team acting really eager. |
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So the higher the hurdle he faces, the more driven he feels. I can relate to that. |
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There's a difference, though. The challenge when dealing with Floyd is that he's never consistent about anything. Sometimes he has fun picking on someone weaker than him. And sometimes when he's facing strong opposition, he immediately stops trying. |
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It's all about what mood Floyd's in at the time. That's why the Basketball Club coach has so much trouble figuring out when to play him. |
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People inside Malleus's domain are supposed to have happy dreams... |
| But Floyd doesn't look happy in the least. |
| I thought Malleus's dream worlds were designed to provide the target with whatever form of pleasure they wanted... But maybe it's more of a system to remove displeasure the target doesn't want. Sadness, anger, and the like. |
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There are times when setbacks and defeats can be contributing factors in reaching a happy ending. Likewise, there are times when successes and victories can be casual factors in a bad ending. |
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No matter how much of a walking cheat code Malleus is, maybe he just doesn't have that level of predictive ability or control. Which leaves his only option beings a systematic elimination of all negative emotions. |
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But even then, in this case... There's a fundamental mismatch between the system provided by Malleus, the dev, and the playstyle of Floyd, the player. |
| If this was a game IRL, you could just write it off as "not for me" and uninstall it. But there's no getting out of this dream. Which means Floyd's simply given up on playing the game altogether. |
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I see... So if you hadn't woken up from your dream, you might be like Floyd by now. |
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I dunno about that. Between my gaming backlog and my unbuilt plamo kits, I could've potentially gone years without getting bored. But who cares about me?! We have to figure out how to make Floyd up. |
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How about delivering a strong jolt? |
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That's always your go-to idea, Silver! |
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You're a lot less savvy than you look... |
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Ah, um... Sorry. |
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What if we simply tell him that he's in a dream? |
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Huh? I don't think Floyd would just take your word for it. |
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But he's bored of the dream, right? In that case, the real world might be more appealing to him. |
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True. I may not know Floyd as well as some, but even to my knowledge, he's hardly immune to defeat in reality. |
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So you want to remind him of reality the way we did with Epel? In that case, I think our upperclassmen fit the bill the best. Take it away, sophomores! |
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All right. I'm not sure how convincing I can be, but I'll try speaking sincerely with him. |
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