Thirty-Fourth Hex [Voice/Action]

[hisdarkmark]

[Draco Malfoy was starting to go a bit stir-crazy. After four straight days of snow, then cold, then more snow, and more cold, he had realized that staying in the confines of House 25 wasn't doing him any good. Hence today he's decided to head to the Battle Dome and test his programming skills. He's gotten pretty good at it, he likes to think.

When his journal clicks on, anyone viewing it will get a good glance of the front of a large manor.]

So...you really can recreate anything, can't you. [He's going to go ahead and walk down the path toward the front door of the house, and as he enters into the front hall he's going to continue talking to the village at large. This may just be a test to see if he can continue communication inside a simulation.]

How are the rest of you coping with the snow we've received over the last few days? I'd like a few back-up plans in case this doesn't serve to satisfy. At least when it was warm I could fly a bit, but this is starting to get ridiculous.

[And he's going to turn down the halls, wandering through the maze that is the manor with the ease of someone so familiar with the area. There are the sounds of other footsteps behind him, but if he hears them he doesn't seem to care.]

What's next, anyway? They've left us alone for a while...may as well start to prepare for something big to come. What are the chances they've grown bored with us? New Feathers. You might be the next targets. You ought to have a fair warning.

[His attention's drawn away from the journal then as the footsteps stop, and he finds himself facing a masked figure.] I was wondering when you'd turn up. [And he's withdrawing his wand, closing the journal. Though the picture's no longer available, the last thing heard is the sound of a spell firing off and ricocheting around the room.

[Though he'll stay in the chamber for the full allotted hour, he will be taking a break between enemies appearing and after his hour's up to answer anyone who's contacted him via journals. People are also free to find him in the main lobby of the Battle Dome as well after his simulation's over.]

Comments

[hisdarkmark]

Why bother watching us then?

[haveiliedtoyou]

The system is my primary method of entertainment. Humans are more like a sideshow, really.

[hisdarkmark]

I didn't sign on to be part of someone's circus, you know.

[haveiliedtoyou]

Even if it was necessary for you to consent, I could have easily forged the documents. Arguably I can even take your walking into this building as a signal of consent. There's plenty of loopholes, you know.

[hisdarkmark]

It's not just your circus I'm concerned with, but I'm touched you care so much.

[haveiliedtoyou]

It's not that I care. It's simply more fun this way.

Oh, like you haven't broken a rule or five just to see if you could get away with it.

[hisdarkmark]

More like a rule or ten. And I've always gotten away with it.

[haveiliedtoyou]

Even if you think you're telling me the truth, selective memory results in most humans partially or completely forgetting any experience they don't want in their worldview. In that case, I highly doubt you've always gotten away with it. Humans are stupid, but they aren't that stupid. Unless you happened to be dealing with a particularly stupid group of humans, but in that case, well. Birds of a feather and all that.

[hisdarkmark]

How dare you call me stupid! [On the other hand, yes, yes he did end up dealing with a particularly stupid group of humans for years.] Haven't I proved enough?

[haveiliedtoyou]

You haven't proven anything. Except that you have selective memory.

[hisdarkmark]

I highly doubt I've proven that.

[haveiliedtoyou]

If you don't have selective memory, then you're a statistical anomaly. And well. The chances of that aren't exactly in your favor.

[hisdarkmark]

And why aren't they in my favor?

[haveiliedtoyou]

Because that's the very definition of a statistical anomaly. Unlikely enough so as to be considered absolutely impossible.

[hisdarkmark]

Don't you have someone else to analyze?

[haveiliedtoyou]

If I were to focus on data in my archives, I would miss this chance to gather more data. In other words, not especially.

[hisdarkmark]

What if I found you someone else to examine?

[haveiliedtoyou]

I suppose in that case, we would see.

[hisdarkmark]

I'll see what I can find then.

[haveiliedtoyou]

I look forward to it. Although I don't exactly have high expectations.