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Thalia Melete -- Act 0-3: Reaching for the stars, grasping for an answer.
After Violet had opened the door, Thalia stepped into the planetarium, looking around to see if there was anything of note there, anything that could light their paths. A light she did not find, but there was something of note: Instead of the beauty of the stars, only the darkness of their situation was shown, in the form of a riddle left by Monokuma.
What has legs but cannot walk?
Has a heart, but cannot feel?
Was once loved, but now revolts?
Is silent, but sounds like an army?
Thalia looked at the words, repeating them in her head a few times as she tried to figure out what it meant -- sadly without much avail. It was a riddle, that much was obvious just by its structure. Considering their captors went through the trouble of thinking it up and leaving it here for them to find, it would have to be important too, at least to them. And if the riddle was left by Monokuma, then maybe they should follow Monokuma's logic -- or rather, the Remnants of Despair's. The problem was, what kind of twisted logic were they basing themselves on?
"Legged, but lame," the young woman started to think out loud. "A table, or a chair? But furniture, it lacks a heart, that cannot be the answer," she said, bringing her hand to her chest. "Cornerstone of all emotion, of hope and love, of grief and hate. A heart that cannot feel is but a mockery." The inverse was also true; to feel is to have a heart, like the Tin Woodman from the Wizard of Oz. Of course, that was exactly the opposite of what the riddle was asking for, so that couldn't possibly be it. ...That said though, who said the riddle was even talking about a real heart, considering the legs too seemed to be metaphorical?
"Loved, now loveless, revolter or revolting? One coin, two sides; which one do we need?," she continued. "It is silent, yet it sounds; quiet in voice, or in action? Loud in words, or just in name?"
....It was not a happy riddle, that was for sure. But what could it refer to? The general theme was of two opposing things; the answer had something, but was unable to use it. But other than that, Thalia quite frankly had no idea what the answer was supposed to be, or even how she was supposed to interpret the four lines. The most 'logical' answer would be to think like Monokuma, but she was fearful to open herself to despair in this den of darkness. Shaking her head, she turned to her friend in drama and otherwise. "Violet, your thoughts? The question we now know, but what is the answer that we seek?"
@Rithas
After Violet had opened the door, Thalia stepped into the planetarium, looking around to see if there was anything of note there, anything that could light their paths. A light she did not find, but there was something of note: Instead of the beauty of the stars, only the darkness of their situation was shown, in the form of a riddle left by Monokuma.
What has legs but cannot walk?
Has a heart, but cannot feel?
Was once loved, but now revolts?
Is silent, but sounds like an army?
Thalia looked at the words, repeating them in her head a few times as she tried to figure out what it meant -- sadly without much avail. It was a riddle, that much was obvious just by its structure. Considering their captors went through the trouble of thinking it up and leaving it here for them to find, it would have to be important too, at least to them. And if the riddle was left by Monokuma, then maybe they should follow Monokuma's logic -- or rather, the Remnants of Despair's. The problem was, what kind of twisted logic were they basing themselves on?
"Legged, but lame," the young woman started to think out loud. "A table, or a chair? But furniture, it lacks a heart, that cannot be the answer," she said, bringing her hand to her chest. "Cornerstone of all emotion, of hope and love, of grief and hate. A heart that cannot feel is but a mockery." The inverse was also true; to feel is to have a heart, like the Tin Woodman from the Wizard of Oz. Of course, that was exactly the opposite of what the riddle was asking for, so that couldn't possibly be it. ...That said though, who said the riddle was even talking about a real heart, considering the legs too seemed to be metaphorical?
"Loved, now loveless, revolter or revolting? One coin, two sides; which one do we need?," she continued. "It is silent, yet it sounds; quiet in voice, or in action? Loud in words, or just in name?"
....It was not a happy riddle, that was for sure. But what could it refer to? The general theme was of two opposing things; the answer had something, but was unable to use it. But other than that, Thalia quite frankly had no idea what the answer was supposed to be, or even how she was supposed to interpret the four lines. The most 'logical' answer would be to think like Monokuma, but she was fearful to open herself to despair in this den of darkness. Shaking her head, she turned to her friend in drama and otherwise. "Violet, your thoughts? The question we now know, but what is the answer that we seek?"
@Rithas
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