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]

That sounds harmless - and perhaps even fun? I suppose it depends on your taste. I know of some individuals who’d be excited to have sparkly hair.

I’m sorry to hear you won’t be reunited with your family pet - but that does only invite more questions.

Does the well not being back living creatures? Is it due to the fact your entire family owns the animal, not just yourself? Does the well perhaps not grant feline related wishes? We can’t assume it’s for a reason which makes logical sense, as we are in a dream …

[kikuichi]

I do find it fun. Unless it's going everywhere once I return home.

I can think of a few possible reasons. My little one is a lively one, despite being cursed. Or perhaps he can fight?

[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.