WEEK 3

[whimsicalism]

All three deaths last were tragic in their own ways. Was trust so fragile in that castle that a simple misunderstanding could end in blood? It seemed to be the case. The trial proved that without a doubt. Surely no one else would make that mistake again. As another week begins the tea cup elevator has granted access to a new area. Maybe the new amusements of a festival will ease your wounded hearts?

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[It's time for week three! We're almost half-way done with our trip in the castle. Don't forget to submit your memories here and your activity here. Even though, the Queen seems to be a little more steady on her feet you can find her and the other Alice at the audience hall. As always, don't forget to submit your comments for fabulous prizes.]

Comments

[ballooncaged]

...what?

[She... can vaguely follow the reasoning that they're similar processes of heating or whatever, but she hasn't heard it put this way explicitly before. Some real pearls from swine here.]

Still, does that mean "glass game" means "fragile game"? It could mean transparent game, or... if China counts, then "container game".

[nothingposh]

Wouldn't it just be about that cup they got the wish from?

[ballooncaged]

Aren't grails metal?

[nothingposh]

Are they always? Thought it was just a fancy cup.

[You would think. You would think in a musical about faith and forgiveness and also in which some church candlesticks are the most important character, that Gavroche would actually know what a chalice is. That would require actually going to church and doing Eucharist, though.]

[ballooncaged]

[Mizuki has ALSO not been to church so Hempel's raven "there are no nonmetal fancy cups there" does not strike her as possible.]

Well, we can ask Manaka...

[Glances at Nagisa.]

In their world, molecular things might have already been discovered. They had planes in their wars - flying machines, does that ring a bell?

[nothingposh]

Seems against the laws of nature if you ask me.

[So no. The plane isn't gonna get invented for like eighty years or something. Do I look like I'm playing from the Dallas Center production of Les Mis.]

But who's saying Alice and Manaka come from the same-same world?

[ballooncaged]

Veronica... actually said a really similar thing. After being connected to other worlds, she was surprised so few of us were familiar with casting magic from "tomes".

[SPRAWLING CANONS WITH GACHAS IS SAME??]

[nothingposh]

She said something about that. Also that sometimes she met the same people, but dressed funny [Veronica explained .......... holiday gacha to Gavroche.] so I reckon that it makes more sense for Catlice to have brought us all from different places. Otherwise why not bring in people who would actually be friends with her?

[ballooncaged]

[Mizuki would have concerns about the definition of "dressed funny" if she knew about Gavroche's familarity with ladies of the night, but as it is, she files it away as a tangential detail that could become important later.] If she brought in a couple of pairs, then ruling out someone from a further reach of her own world doesn't really make sense to me. But either way their perspectives are super different, so I guess it doesn't matter.

...definitely extra weird that she brings in a bunch of crazy murderers if what she wants are friends who accept her crap.

[strictura]

I'd imagine they probably have been discovered in her time since she mentioned planes, but it's true that she might not personally know that. And the magic here is generally the work of the Cat, who we know is supposed to be from further back in time than the Queen, so if she were the one who named it, then I guess it could make sense if there wasn't that differentiation.

[ Still not sold, but he'll acknowledge the possibility. ]

[imozon]

[Dark Dream rubs her head with both hands. Her poor brain is trying its best.]

So... Cat Alice might not know the difference between glass and ceramics, because she's older than planes?

[strictura]

...Well, yes, basically.

[imozon]

Oh, I get it.

[She doesn't really, but she feels like she does.]

Is that important?

[strictura]

Probably not, it just affects the likelihood that the name of the "glass game" has anything to do with the Queen's physical condition.

[imozon]

But nobody knows what a "glass game" is anyway, right? So maybe it would be important if we knew what it was.

[strictura]

I think it would be helpful to know what it is, yes. I'm just not certain that this particular line of thinking is going to get us to the correct answer.