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[greedful_cheat]

A question for everyone.

If someone were to find a way to get you your true desire, without all the side-effects caused by the Deities, would you take it?

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[private]

[leviathanclaw]

Throwing out ze net wide today?

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

Possibly~...

[private]

[leviathanclaw]

And if I may intrude, besides ze game of cat and mouse, what exactly are your own desires?

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

Heh. Unless I wish for it directly from the Deities, my desire can not exist here. It's something I can only obtain in my own world.

Completion, though. That is my desire.

[private]

[leviathanclaw]

Zat is ze lofty goal. Ze sands of time will surely run long before it is done, ja.

But what is a world without those that reach for ze big, ja. My business would be terrible without them.

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

Considering I was created over 800 years ago, I'm not too worried about the sands of time. I just need all nine for my desire...

A business built on fulfilling the desires of others? Oh. We truly are too much alike.

[private]

[leviathanclaw]

I wouldn't call it built on desire. Ze men and woman I deal with mostly have greed on their minds. But business is business.

I did make it to ze grounds below. I notice you didn't carry ze weapon. Would you like one fashioned for yourself?

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

You're still enabling their desires. That's what I do in the most elegant explanation possible.

A weapon? [A snort of brief laughter] I am a weapon. Everything is potentially a scratching post for me...

[private]

[leviathanclaw]

Heh. It does sound like that when you put it that way. How exciting.

It never hurts to have a spare one or two, ja. To keep ze bedbugs at bay. But milord would know best.

Have you figured out what ze Deities desire?

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

With that type of explanation, why not. I'll take a weapon or two.

Normally I could, but here I can't. I can only seem to read the desires of those I'm about to put a Medal into. That, or the general trend of the citizenry of the City. There's a lot of desire to go home, and love/hate about curses... which is fairly obvious. Everyone else is a mess of static.

[private]

[leviathanclaw]

Do you have a style or would you like me to guess?

My, my, zat sounds terribly unhelpful for your cause. I must admit with ze new faces not from home it is hard to gauge what is important.

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

I'll indulge your ability to guess. I'll adapt to anything.

Such is this place one giant killer of joy. I know my strength is nowhere the same as it was back in my world despite being exactly the same. My lack of ability to judge one's desire is no surprise...

[private]

[leviathanclaw]

As you wish, sir.

But you can still fly, ja? Have you seen how high ze walls go? There is a party heading out. Perhaps if they return alive and well that will provide an answer or two to what lies beyond.

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

I can't fly technically. I could become a mass of Medals, and try, but it's counterproductive. I'm a feline at my Core, not a bird. That's someone else entirely.

Oh? Someone is doing exploration? That is interesting. I may have to steal some information from them later.

[private]

[leviathanclaw]

Heh. Now, I see. Got them a bit mixed up. [And now it all makes sense why he doesn't like to be called a bird.]

Ze Boss of ze restaurant I work at. Trying to get outside ze barrier. We can wish them luck, ja?

[private]

[greedful_cheat]

Ah. I can understand that.

Interesting. I could care less. This place seems to do things on its own will. We'll get out eventually. If only I had one of them slotted though... I could those desires well.