Glittery Failure

[kikuichi]

Sender: Norimune
To: All
Subject: Wishing Well

Did you know?

If the Wishing Well can't grant your wish, there's an explosion of glitter?

At least your bauble get returned, uhahaha!

[Guess what happened...]

Comments

[lightresearch]

It unfortunately will likely shed all over the place.

… Cursed? How do you mean?

[kikuichi]

Alas, that's what I thought as well.

Exactly what I mean. He got cursed for cutting down a certain life.

[lightresearch]

Your family pet cat was cursed for killing someone?

[kikuichi]

Cursed for cutting down a cat, so the stories goes. If he killed a person, I imagine he would turned out quite differently.

[lightresearch]

I see. As there are stories told about your cat, they must be quite legendary.

[kikuichi]

He's not quite there, yet. The little one need some more training, but I hope he can. He's our dear cat.

[lightresearch]

Interesting.

So your wish was to bring him here … for additional training? You mentioned something about him being a fighter before.

[kikuichi]

That's one possible reason. I'm just curious to see if I can bring him here.

[If it works, he would be more strategic about his next wish. Like his successor, or a fellow colleague from that place... But since this method is a failure, he can safely rule it out for now. His bout of curiosity is fulfilled.]

And it might be fun to see how he reacts in this wonderfully unique world.

[lightresearch]

Fun for whom?

Curiosity is certainly my biggest vice. I'm wondering what kinds of wishes have succeeded - and which have failed - in past attempts at the well. Perhaps if we surveyed the other people who've attempted it ...

[kikuichi]

This retired old man do love his amusements.

If you're curious, you should go for it. I'm quite curious as well. We might spare another from a rather glittery fate, uhahaha.

[lightresearch]

I see.

There do seem to be less disappointing ways to become covered in glitter - even if they like the effect, they would likely rather have their wish instead. It would be a productive avenue of research.

[kikuichi]

Testing how far one can wish for. It's an opportunity many would love to get their hands on.

If we have enough of these baubles to use.

[lightresearch]

Certainly, if they're rare or uncommon, people won't wish to part with them for a mere experiment. They'd want to use them on a wish they'd like to see succeed.

[kikuichi]

That does decrease our possible sample pool. It's already uncommon to find a person with nothing tangible to wish for. And that's before we touch on how often these baubles pop up.

[lightresearch]

Is there a frequency in which they appear?

[kikuichi]

I wouldn't know. You would have to ask our more experienced fellows, those who are here longer than I am.

[lightresearch]

Fair enough! I've only just arrived myself.

[kikuichi]

If you find out anything, I'd love to hear about it. Us "fairly recent" new arrivals should try aiding each other.

[Was he... truly recent? That deep sleep coma already muddle his non-human sense of time more.]

[lightresearch]

Of course! And likewise. I always value information and additional data - especially when encountering something entirely new.