Umm.. So someone wrote this for me. He won't let me give him credit. So thank him.
2:Game Theory
When Mygdos awoke, he wasn't chained to a wall, he wasn't guarded by armed and armoured soldiers, and his head didn't hurt. His spear was within easy reach, the Mana Goddess had her back to him, and he had no idea what to do next.
"Feeling a bit out-of-sorts, 'MiG'?" The Mana Goddess addressed him without turning around, her gaze apparently transfixed on the clear sky.
"Aren't...aren't you afraid I'm going to attack you?" Mygdos crouched on the ground, internally rationalizing his costernation to honour.
"Why Mygdos my dear boy, all of this," here the Goddess paused and swept her arms across her field of vision in a gesture Mygdos didn't quite get, "doesn't matter anymore. If I die, if you die -- which can't happen, mind you -- it wouldn't count for naught."
"Don't be ridiculous! You're the Mana Goddess, or, well, like sort of. If you totally died then..."
The Goddess cut him off. "Then what? Aren't you listening boy? Nothing_would_happen. Nobody would notice. As it is, that's not going to happen."
"What, you think I can't take you? That was a lucky punch!" Mygdos was indignant.
" ::sigh:: We have no control over any real change. Even you, who seemed to make all the important choices -- who to talk to, where to walk, how to attack -- you weren't really making those decisions. You were being played."
Mygdos stared at her blankly then finally said, "Well yeah I knew that but I got my sum'sum and the side and we were all even." The memory brought a smile to his face.
"No, you male. You were literally being played. This is all a game."
"Well it's a pretty stupid one. I don't even know the rules."
"There aren't any rules anymore because nobody's watching. Look!" She pointed skyward at what had so entranced her earlier. Mygdos looked up, squinted, then gave up.
"I don't see anything."
"EXACTLY. Nothing's changing because the game isn't on. If the game isn't on, the program's not running. f the program's not running, not only are there no rules and our status can't change. But if our status can't change, then no death, no destruction, no naan."
Mygdos thought for a second, then picked up the spear and prepared to throw it at the Mana Goddess when the Mantis Ant suddenly turned blue. "METAL MANTIS??"
The Mana Goddess just shook her head and prepared to break up another fight when suddenly the sky started moving. Clouds rolled overheard, and suddenly lightning struck the azure Guardian. Even the Mana Goddess was puzzled.
"Good shot Pikachu. Now I'll ready my ultra ball for Scizor. It's a good thing I got off the boat when I did." Everyone turned around to see a young child wearing an odd cap and his head. Beside him, a rabbit-mouse standing on its hind legs bridled with electric enegry.
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2:Game Theory
When Mygdos awoke, he wasn't chained to a wall, he wasn't guarded by armed and armoured soldiers, and his head didn't hurt. His spear was within easy reach, the Mana Goddess had her back to him, and he had no idea what to do next.
"Feeling a bit out-of-sorts, 'MiG'?" The Mana Goddess addressed him without turning around, her gaze apparently transfixed on the clear sky.
"Aren't...aren't you afraid I'm going to attack you?" Mygdos crouched on the ground, internally rationalizing his costernation to honour.
"Why Mygdos my dear boy, all of this," here the Goddess paused and swept her arms across her field of vision in a gesture Mygdos didn't quite get, "doesn't matter anymore. If I die, if you die -- which can't happen, mind you -- it wouldn't count for naught."
"Don't be ridiculous! You're the Mana Goddess, or, well, like sort of. If you totally died then..."
The Goddess cut him off. "Then what? Aren't you listening boy? Nothing_would_happen. Nobody would notice. As it is, that's not going to happen."
"What, you think I can't take you? That was a lucky punch!" Mygdos was indignant.
" ::sigh:: We have no control over any real change. Even you, who seemed to make all the important choices -- who to talk to, where to walk, how to attack -- you weren't really making those decisions. You were being played."
Mygdos stared at her blankly then finally said, "Well yeah I knew that but I got my sum'sum and the side and we were all even." The memory brought a smile to his face.
"No, you male. You were literally being played. This is all a game."
"Well it's a pretty stupid one. I don't even know the rules."
"There aren't any rules anymore because nobody's watching. Look!" She pointed skyward at what had so entranced her earlier. Mygdos looked up, squinted, then gave up.
"I don't see anything."
"EXACTLY. Nothing's changing because the game isn't on. If the game isn't on, the program's not running. f the program's not running, not only are there no rules and our status can't change. But if our status can't change, then no death, no destruction, no naan."
Mygdos thought for a second, then picked up the spear and prepared to throw it at the Mana Goddess when the Mantis Ant suddenly turned blue. "METAL MANTIS??"
The Mana Goddess just shook her head and prepared to break up another fight when suddenly the sky started moving. Clouds rolled overheard, and suddenly lightning struck the azure Guardian. Even the Mana Goddess was puzzled.
"Good shot Pikachu. Now I'll ready my ultra ball for Scizor. It's a good thing I got off the boat when I did." Everyone turned around to see a young child wearing an odd cap and his head. Beside him, a rabbit-mouse standing on its hind legs bridled with electric enegry.
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