dramatispersonae | Tiger's Eye

Please list up to three ways that you can help change someone. You may interpret this as you'd like.

Change, huh... hmm hmm hmm let me think...

Actually I honestly don't know how to change aaaaanyone. Humans are terrible and will probably be terrible until the end of time. Wouldn't it be nice to change that? But you can't. I guess individuals, sure. "Someone", sure.

But hoooow do you help someone change. Hmm. Hmm! I guess, first of all, people are the way they are because they have certain beliefs. Sometimes those are false. So in those cases, you can show them the truth. Then they'll change. They have to, when their beliefs are in conflict with the truth.

What else, what else... I guess belief too. When you're at the lowest and lashing out, someone believing in you can make you want to live up to it. Haha, it can go the other way, though, make your behavior worse. But I guess either way is a change...?

So truth, belief in you, and ... disregarding your personhood! Even if it's for a good cause. You change, you know? You become a thing. It boxes you in and you go a little crazy. I mean, using you as a tool, or putting you in a situation where your use is more important than anything else, or overwriting your will... That kind of thing. It'll ruin you.

Yeah, I guess I'll go with that!

1) Truth - If you show someone the foundations of their belief are wrong in some way, and reveal the truth of it to them, they have to include that in their view of the world.

2) Belief - If you believe in someone, they either want to live up to that or reject it. So they're steered in one direction or another.

3) Disregard - If someone's personhood is totally overwritten, they'll change. If they're viewed as a tool, or used, or lied to, or forced to take action in some way... they will become whatever they have to in order to become something not to be disregarded any more.

And when your words have been said, the light turns on and you find yourself inside of an old house.

The house is old and the wood is rotten, and there's barely any furniture to be seen. Two children are being dragged by their arms into their bedroom by someone though you cannot see their face. Though the scenery is moving, it's sort of looping over and over kind of like an animated gif.

"We're hungry."

You can see that that the larger figure is trying to drag them into a bedroom that only contains two beds and a tiny dresser. On the door handle is a large lock.

"They'll lock us in, but we'll get out."

If you peek through the bedroom, you can see through a window where a bakery lies.

"How?"

Inside one of your hands are three cards with a word written on each. If you cannot read, it will play out in your head instead:

♦ Truth
♦ Belief
♦ Disregard

You know that if you touch something in the room with them, it will change the scene in some shape or form, but you're not certain as to how. You may use all of them or not play any at all.

Edited 2014-09-07 00:58 (UTC)

Hahaha... If the world was that nice a place, right? If it was...

But it's not! It's not. Hmm, if I touched the old lady with disregard, she'd probably get worse. Belief too, that could be bad. Maybe truth? Maybe if she was forced to realize she was harming children, and couldn't justify it?

The children definitely need to believe in their own power, that's for sure too. Haha, it may not mean much, but they have to believe or it definitely won't.

And let's disregard the lock. Just in case.

[* Ignore that I said old lady just go with 'figure' lmao I can totally read without reading into things]

♦ Truth - use on the figure.
♦ Belief - use on the children
♦ Disregard - use on the lock.

[The light turns off for a brief second before it lights up once more.

And when your words have been said, the light turns on and you find yourself inside of an old house.

The house is old and the wood is rotten, and there's barely any furniture to be seen. Two children are being dragged by their arms into their bedroom by someone though you cannot see their face. The figure speaks, "Tomorrow we're going to the forest to chop up some wood. We don't have enough food for you tonight. This time you better not leave this room, got it?"

"We're hungry but they will feed us."

You can see that that the larger figure is trying to drag them into a bedroom that only contains two beds and a tiny dresser. There is no lock.

"They tried to lock us in last night, but we don't need to leave right now. We'll be fine if we get left in the forest again."

If you peek through the bedroom, you can see through a window where a bakery lies.

"We'll be fine."

Edited 2014-09-07 01:58 (UTC)

How do you feel about your results? Can you truly help someone change?

I would like to c▒▓nge as well.

Hmmm. I'd like it to be more but we can't create food out of nothing, huh?

I guess the figure was going to abandon those kids if they've left them in the woods before?

Ehhh, but I'm not sure why they'd lock them in if they wanted to get rid of them so it's hard to judge if this change is good or not.

I really can't say. If it's good or not, I mean.

I can't tell if it's truly change either! I'm only seeing what's here now, not what comes of it. Like, how does the kids' belief help? What about the figure's truth? What difference does the lock make?

I don't know! I can't tell because this is just one moment...

Buuut it's better than them having no control or understanding, right? It's probably better.

And as for the Gingerbread Witch wanting to change, okay. Why not? Let's do it. That's my answer! Man, now I have to get this in order...

I don't know how I feel because I don't know what comes of it, but I think the kids having some kind of control over their own situation is better than not? Ummm, and I don't know if you can truly help someone change like this, especially because we don't get to see if true change happens. I don't know! Change is big and scary and you won't always know how it works.

But let's do it. If you wanna change, let's change things. The truth is, we know Persona can, right? Even if it's hard. So you have to believe in that, I guess? I believe you can if you want to. I've not wanted to for a long time so it's hard to get perspective. Ummm but. I want to be happy. I want everyone to know I'm "a person" and not to stop being one ever again. And that's probably what you want too, right? So let's reach for that, let's just go forward from there and try to be happy.

I'll let you change something one more time with the cards you have, but only one.

(ooc: does not count towards scoring ftr)

Umm. I don't know if you mean in the story or not, but since you want to change...

I'll give you the "belief" card.

Tiger's Eye

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