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[charaSet A 98115300 1 Holmes]
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@Holmes
...?
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@Da Vinci
Hm? Something wrong, Holmes?
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@Holmes
No, it's nothing. For a moment, it seemed as though there was something off about the surrounding area... Hopefully, it was nothing more than a momentary sensor malfunction.
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@Aśvatthāman
Hmm. So you thought to use people's faith to tear Arjuna down from his divine throne, huh.
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@Lakshmi
Unfortunately, it didn't work. I never thought even the false god would be so heartless as to cast away every person who lost their faith in him.
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@Lakshmi
I should have known better than to hope for even so much as that from him...
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@Peperoncino
Honestly, we're kind of stumped right now.[sr]I don't suppose you have any good ideas?
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@Aśvatthāman
...
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@Aśvatthāman
You're on the right track.
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@Aśvatthāman
Taking away Arjuna's god status is almost certainly the only way we'll be able to beat him.
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?1:But...
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@Aśvatthāman
I know, dammit. Obviously, we can't count on the people of this world to help with that anymore.
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@Aśvatthāman
So then, our only choice is to use something else.[sr]Assuming we even can, anyway.
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@Da Vinci
IS there something else we can use?
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@Aśvatthāman
Ugh, dammit, I really didn't want to bring this up since it's a big whole all-or-nothing deal, and that pisses me the hell off.
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@Aśvatthāman
If we mess it up, we'll all be dead and gone. And even if it works, it'd still only give us a tiny chance of coming out on top.
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@Aśvatthāman
You still wanna hear it?
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?1:Like you said, we don't have any other choice.
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@Mash
Right. Please tell us, Aśvatthāman.[sr]Whatever it is, we're ready to hear it.
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@Aśvatthāman
...The biggest factor in Arjuna remaining a god and in control of this world is that he's the one advancing the yuga cycle.
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@Aśvatthāman
The obvious idea that anyone capable of destroying and recreating the world would have to be a god, only reinforces his position as one.
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@Aśvatthāman
So as long as he keeps the yuga cycle going,[sr]he's pretty much a perfect god.
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@Ganesha
Makes sense. I mean, you'd have to be one helluva god to remake the whole damn world...
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@Ganesha
Oh crap, that sort of thinking's part[sr]of the problem, isn't it!? Dammit!
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@Aśvatthāman
But if we look at it another way,[sr]that advantage is also a weakness.
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@Aśvatthāman
If we can defy that world remaking, even just a tiny bit, then he won't be a perfect god any longer.
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@Koyanskaya
Hmm, I see. Since remaking the world is such a massive undertaking, even the tiniest flaw would have a big impact.
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@Koyanskaya
Like how a single scratch in a large precious gem makes its value plummet.
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@Mash
But, how would we actually do that?
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@Aśvatthāman
That's the problem. We can't take the safe or easy way out with something like this.
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@Aśvatthāman
We'd have to face Arjuna's world[sr]destroying Noble Phantasm head-on...
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@Aśvatthāman
...refuse to disappear, and continue our existence as continuous entities.
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@Aśvatthāman
Once we've done that, we'll have proven his fallibility, and really messed up the idea of him as some perfect god.
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@Goredolf
A-are you serious!? You want us to face that terrifying Noble Phantasm head-on!?
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@Goredolf
I thought you were an actual tactician, not an armchair general, you fool! It doesn't matter how plausible something seems if it can't actually be DONE!
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@Aśvatthāman
Shut up, dammit! You think I don't know that!?[sr]That's why I'm saying IF we could pull it off!
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@Aśvatthāman
...So that's the plan. An almost suicidal battle of endurance where one wrong move means you're gone for good.
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@Aśvatthāman
How about it?[sr]Anyone here think they can pull that off?
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