thought experiment (Saiyuki, Homura/Nii, PG)

[incandescens]

Title: thought experiment
Author/Artist: incandescens
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Prompt: May 29 - Saiyuki, Homura/Nii Jianji: sympathy and empathy, the appeal of nihilism, connections made through despair and desperation. “I didn’t think that creatures like you existed.”
Word count: 1248

Comments

[7veilsphaedra]

The prospect of Nii as any sort of psychiatrist is terrifying. He is perfectly characterized here, as someone who sends others into existential futility and despair. Thank you for writing another wonderful story for my prompt.

[incandescens]

A pleasure. Very pleased that it worked!

[lady_ganesh]

Yeah, I'm not sure the gods really thought that one through properly.

[incandescens]

One is tempted to say, do they ever?

[lady_ganesh]

Judging from experience...no.

[incandescens]

Or one could make the charitable assumption that it was supposed to be one of the better Sanzou acting as psychologist, but that Ukoku intercepted the mail/mugged the Sanzou and took his/her place . . .

(Why yes, I am looking forward to hearing more about our just-introduced female Sanzou.)