Quest 211

[primrosella]

[Accidental Video | Open Action]

[Rosella is sitting in one of the quieter, more secluded parts of the beach, perched comfortably atop a fairly large outcropping of rock and silhouetted against the rapidly setting sun. Her hair drifts lightly in the evening breeze as she settles back onto her hands and crosses her legs at the ankles, apparently

Comments

[whoistheother]

A need is a want. A need appears when something is wanting. Or a need appears in place of the thing that is wanted. A need is an absence, or something to fill an absence.

[primrosella]

Hm?

[Hey, where's that voice coming fro--oh. No wonder, her device switched on by accident. Sigh.]

Oh, hello. I suppose a better question would be, then, when does a need become great enough that action ought to be taken to address it?

[whoistheother]

Hello.

Needs are needs, aren't they? Why should action be taken for one and not another?

[primrosella]

Well, some needs have a way of resolving themselves, if they're given enough time. And it might be a bit like...well, like wishing for a bottle of water when you're only a bit thirsty, rather than getting up and walking a few minutes to go get a drink yourself. You might've used that wish for something else, that could've helped more people, but you spent it to alleviate an inconvenience, instead. A need was still met, it's true, but it might not have been the best of needs to spend a wish on.

...it's like you set him up

[whoistheother]

Wishes?

Wishes are something else entirely.

yeah, well, it's Tamaki's fault for sending around those paper cranes

[primrosella]

Still, when someone has them, they ought to be used for important things, don't you think?

[whoistheother]

Of course.

If they're real wishes.

[primrosella]

So then it becomes a matter of knowing when something is important and when it isn't, really.

[whoistheother]

That isn't so difficult, is it?

[primrosella]

Well...most of the time it isn't, no. But things tend to be more complicated here than they are at home.

[whoistheother]

I noticed that.

[primrosella]

Still, it's something to think about, what one would do with three wishes and all. Or what to wish for after folding a thousand paper cranes, for that matter! Since that does seem to be a popular topic of conversation lately.

[whoistheother]

Do you have a wish?

[primrosella]

I've thought of a few of them, yes. I don't know that I could pick just one, though, since I'd want it to be absolutely certain that it was a good one before I made it.

[whoistheother]

It should be what you want most, or what you need most.

[primrosella]

That seems a bit selfish, though, doesn't it? If I had a wish, I think I'd rather use it so that someone else could be happy, rather than keeping it for myself.