I have a pet theory. I wonder if you'll agree. Molly felt that their compulsion to kill was born out of a sense that they wanted to "get what they wanted," and everyone else was out to get them or to get in their way.
In other words, a base and murderous form of Greed, I think. Just as we were compelled by the basest form of Gluttony. But whereas all four of us refused the compulsion, in the other group only Molly did. And it seems that, though they threatened him with death, unlike with our group they didn't follow through.
Mm... I wonder if the other three got something that Mollymauk didn't? He might have gotten punished like we were, but Grace didn't want to talk about it so I didn't push her.
I'm not sure he was punished, other than how he already had been, once he was impaled through with a club.
In fact, I'm wondering if we misunderstood in assuming we'd failed a test at all. Perhaps the meaning was never that there was a correct answer, only to inform us of a type of decision that must be made - behave brutally through overindulgence, or else forfeit our lives.
Maybe... although it's still true that we lost a memory from it, even if you were unsure.
I guess the problem then is if this group lost something after, or have some sort of effect, there's a chance they might not notice until afterwards. The only reason I was able to is because the memory I lost had to do with my wish.
True, but - what I mean to say is, how do we know we wouldn't have also been punished in some other way if we had done that awful thing? Besides the punishment of having done it.
We ought to check in with them a week after, and see if there was anything.
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I have a pet theory. I wonder if you'll agree. Molly felt that their compulsion to kill was born out of a sense that they wanted to "get what they wanted," and everyone else was out to get them or to get in their way.
In other words, a base and murderous form of Greed, I think. Just as we were compelled by the basest form of Gluttony. But whereas all four of us refused the compulsion, in the other group only Molly did. And it seems that, though they threatened him with death, unlike with our group they didn't follow through.
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In fact, I'm wondering if we misunderstood in assuming we'd failed a test at all. Perhaps the meaning was never that there was a correct answer, only to inform us of a type of decision that must be made - behave brutally through overindulgence, or else forfeit our lives.
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I guess the problem then is if this group lost something after, or have some sort of effect, there's a chance they might not notice until afterwards. The only reason I was able to is because the memory I lost had to do with my wish.
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We ought to check in with them a week after, and see if there was anything.
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[ since they went ride or die. ]
But alright, we'll likely know for sure based on these guys.
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