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Myriad Reality

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Why are you opposed to each other to begin with?

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A notch below that. Falsely accused, never actually convicted or anything. There’s a reason no one’s chased me down yet even though they could.

@Melodious

I don't know what he has against me, but I don't like him because he's canceling all my contracts. And that's uber dooper bad.

Myriad Reality

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Keeping up labor and trade that is taxed and sent to the mainland. The lords who treated their land as a business somehow treated their own people better than others. I assume that making sure the people who makes your money are in good shape is a valid line of logic.

@Zeal

Wow, that sounds super complicated. I couldn't do something like that.

Myriad Reality

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Some were, some were not. Most were just wanting to live their life and saw their lordships as more of a business.

@Zeal

What kind of business did they run?

Myriad Reality

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The lords of kingdom that I used to live in.

@Zeal

Ohhhhhh. Were they nice?

Myriad Reality

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*nods*
Some of the lords employed jesters as stress relief and entertainment.

@Zeal

Which lords?

Myriad Reality

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Interesting.

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I assume you were framed?

@Zeal

Have you met a jester before?

Myriad Reality

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So… Real?

@Melodious

Yep! Which means that even if I locked him up and threw away the key, escaping is as easy as turning sideways and walking through the bars.

Myriad Reality

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Sounds profound, but unless this person is a concept on the same level as like, emotional spectra or aspects of reality itself or something like that, there's no way it's so deeply rooted.

@Melodious

Yeah, you’re getting it! Since he’s in my stories, he’s as real as, well...
*Tries to think up an example for a few seconds before a lightbulb flashes above my head*
Aha! Like this light!
*Grabs the bulb and twists it around in my hand*

Myriad Reality

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It is, if you're actually guilty of it.

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To put it bluntly, who cares?

@Melodious

Because you can't really get rid of him when he's running around in all my stories. Now instead of a fan or an enemy, he's an idea, and those are much much harder to get rid of.

Myriad Reality

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Why worry about his character when you can just deal with him?

@Melodious

Doing that many retractions would be pretty much impossible! And it's not like I can get rid of him while he's in the story—that wouldn't make sense at all.

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But it seems like you may do some more tricks than anyone else. Are you sure you are not a jester of any kind?

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That is quite a crime.

@Zeal

I don't think so! But maybe somewhere out there.