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thinkoutsidethebox) wrote2012-06-30 12:57 pm
thinkoutsidethebox) wrote2012-06-30 12:57 pm
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Skill 2
Blue truth. Form of two pieces of interlocking wood.
Not truth in the same sense as red truth, which is absolutely true.
Blue truth also often takes the form of stakes that stab the opponent and do physical damage when they aren't countered! I will say this will only work when both participants in the argument have... bought into the rules behind this kind of fight, so this part specifically is probably only relevant to having literally bloody intellectual battles with Beatrice.
However she may still use this ability if she gets in arguments with other people! And apart from the Umineko meta nature of this power, it is basically just... proclaiming a theory for the opponent to counter. FOR EXAMPLE, this conversation is re-enacting a completely mundane argument that happened in the real world:
As for "um but can I tell that it's blue"... up to you! If you have some meta awareness go for it. When she uses it in the "real" world, though, no one really notices anything strange except that she's kind of frenzied and overwrought at the time, so it's pretty likely you can just read it as a slightly more forceful argument. (Though Erika's arguments are already pretty forceful so really I'm not sure it makes much difference.)
QUESTIONS?
Not truth in the same sense as red truth, which is absolutely true.
The blue is used to proclaim a theory for the opponent to deny. They are then burdened with the responsibility of denying that in red, and if they do not, it becomes your victory.See Erika's most recent memory for a pretty clear example of how this works.
Blue truth also often takes the form of stakes that stab the opponent and do physical damage when they aren't countered! I will say this will only work when both participants in the argument have... bought into the rules behind this kind of fight, so this part specifically is probably only relevant to having literally bloody intellectual battles with Beatrice.
However she may still use this ability if she gets in arguments with other people! And apart from the Umineko meta nature of this power, it is basically just... proclaiming a theory for the opponent to counter. FOR EXAMPLE, this conversation is re-enacting a completely mundane argument that happened in the real world:
"First MOVE. ......I demand that you provide evidence that I have been CHEATING."After all, humans can't use the red truth. SO IN THAT CASE it is really just... coloring her theories blue in arguments and having a mental set of rules behind it that the other participant may or may not be following. And she may identify opponents' counter-theories as "blue truth" even if they do not have the skill to actually color them blue. FEEL FREE TO JUST THINK SHE'S CRAZY WHEN SHE STARTS GOING ON ABOUT THIS. That's a pretty reasonable and canon response.
"Counter with the blue truth. I present 84 points of circumstantial and physical evidence."
"Counter with the blue TRUTH. I present 6 points of circumstantial and physical evidence that I still love YOU."
"<Good>. Blue and blue cancel each other out, but the number of pieces used to construct each is overwhelmingly unbalanced."
When both opponents meet with the blue truth, the decision is almost always based on which side has more pieces of evidence, regardless of the actual circumstances. ......This is especially true in the human world.
As for "um but can I tell that it's blue"... up to you! If you have some meta awareness go for it. When she uses it in the "real" world, though, no one really notices anything strange except that she's kind of frenzied and overwrought at the time, so it's pretty likely you can just read it as a slightly more forceful argument. (Though Erika's arguments are already pretty forceful so really I'm not sure it makes much difference.)
QUESTIONS?