SHOWMASTER HEART GAME (FRIDAY)

[showmaster]

A familiar voice can be heard above you, you're not sure if they're talking to you or not but it does feel like you're part of this conversation:

"What a Wonderful Story that you have. I've read it many times when I was feeling sad. You know, I wanted to keep it in my personal collection, but it doesn't seem that's going to be possible. To grant my wish, I'd have to sacrifice what it means to be a reader ... to become the story. That's The End that I'm looking for.

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[ticketmaster]

At some point, you'll regain too much of your former self.

[endsjustified]

And then what happened to the previous performers will happen to us?

[ticketmaster]

Correct. Some return to their stories, some are stuck here, but there is a sense of "stuck" until this is all over.

[endsjustified]

[exhales]

So where must we go to change her mind?

[ticketmaster]

[She holds up a ticket labeled "GOAL".]

[endsjustified]

[holds out his hand for it]

No guarantee of success, but I’m willing to try.

[ticketmaster]

I believe in fate. But how the journey is done can change the meaning of it.

[endsjustified]

If you’ve read my story, you know what I think of that.

[ticketmaster]

One can "read" a story, but that doesn't mean anything to me. You could just tell me what you think instead.

[endsjustified]

“Please, tell me the answer: is fate unchangeable?”

“Even at his most powerless, Man’s existence is never without meaning.”

She is merciless, but she is still a set of scales, and ever we are the weights on the fulcrum.

[ticketmaster]

Would you say those same exact words even now?

[endsjustified]

[exhales]

I would add that Fate is blind, and requires outsiders to bring perspective, I suppose.

[ticketmaster]

[She doesn't say anything, but there's a smile on her face. One that seems to say a lot and nothing at all.]

I like that answer.

[And so she shoves him into the train