؟ ([personal profile] dramatispersonae) wrote2014-11-06 05:25 pm

Tiger's Eye

You find yourself in a dark space. The pale not-a-Persona is sitting cross-legged on a . . . ledge? a little above head-height, lit with what appears to be their own light, because you sure can't make out anything that it's actually sitting on.

Pinned on the ground in front of you is a stuffed manikin, white and squishy and doll-jointed, with a blank face and obvious stitching.. There are metal pins stuck through it, jamming it against the ground, in five places—three in the head, one in the chest, and one in the hand. A little loop of string is tied to each, with room for a label.

"The heart, the mind, the mouth, the eyes, and the limbs. I'll give you the labels, and you tell me what goes where, and how to put a person together the right way."

[instructions]
yourewaitingforagate: (041)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
You weren't kidding about this being "interesting," huh . . .
culpa: (forty eight.)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] culpa 2014-11-07 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
I don't get it.
yourewaitingforagate: (042)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[holds up the blank card]

First things first, we've gotta figure out what to put on here.
culpa: (i'm burning in the light。)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] culpa 2014-11-07 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Is it supposed to be like the other ones?
hunting: (what's with the violent aggression)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] hunting 2014-11-07 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
So we need something related to the themes listed.
yourewaitingforagate: (038)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
It seems like it. Or maybe something we think might be missing from the other ones that makes a person a person.
yourewaitingforagate: (043)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Or something that's important to being a person that they don't cover. It's basically our free card, right?
culpa: (forty one.)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] culpa 2014-11-07 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
None of those make a person.
yourewaitingforagate: (011)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Then if you had one choice for something that goes in one of those spots that does, what would you pick?
hunting: (can you look at yourself now)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] hunting 2014-11-07 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
What do you think is important to being a person? Strength of will?
yourewaitingforagate: (009)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think so. Not everyone's got a strong will, but that doesn't make them any less a person, right?
culpa: (i wasn't listening at all。)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] culpa 2014-11-07 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
. . a actual heart?
yourewaitingforagate: (013)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
So you're a literal kind of guy, huh?
hunting: (I know the way you've been living)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] hunting 2014-11-07 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Will of some kind then.
yourewaitingforagate: (038)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe. But even a monster's got a will, right? Something that drives them to hunt and find a mate, things like that. Being a person's something more than that, isn't it?
culpa: (to spend up time。)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] culpa 2014-11-07 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
What else makes a person a person?
yourewaitingforagate: (038)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
The kind of things we can do that monsters can't. Thinking, feeling. Or maybe just being able to look out for something that isn't just survival.
hunting: (only time will alter your vision)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] hunting 2014-11-07 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Well, there's not much that separates the two. Other than compassion for others. But are you going to say every person has that?
yourewaitingforagate: (015)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] yourewaitingforagate 2014-11-07 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe not compassion for everyone, but do you think there's people out there who don't have compassion for anyone? Even themselves?
hunting: (when our thoughts are so numb)

Re: Discussion

[personal profile] hunting 2014-11-07 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's close to heart... What about the ability to reason?

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