god people have always been people. victorian noblewomen stubbed their toes and swore about it. medieval peasants ripped hangnails a little too hard and sucked on it to make it better. cavemen put kids on their shoulders so the kids could get their handprints up on the wall. someone in the 1760s played with their dog and someone in the 1340s dragged themself out of bed at some unholy hour of the morning to soothe a crying baby and someone in the 1550s stuck a flower behind their lovers ear. I'm gonna be sick people have always been people
I love that after everyone laughs at him and says there’s no way he’ll figure it out… Laios does figure everyone out. He figures out who is and isn’t the clone, because he cares, and he pays attention to who his friends are.
He knew Chilchuck’s fear and caution around mimics, so he knew the Chilchuck who so calmly sat on a box without checking it first wouldn’t be the real one.
He knew that Senshi cares about the environment and the dungeon, and would never be so dismissive about it as to throw “yeah I found a nest and took everything in it”. That just doesn’t fit the guy who told them not to take all the dryad fruit because that’s where dryads grow.
He knew Marcille gets stuck in her own head when she’s focused on something. She has A Problem at hand (the clone situation), and there’s no room for caution about other things. She isn’t thinking about the water spirit situation because that’s Past Problem, and she has Present Problem to focus on. She also doesn’t retain the kind of monster info Laios does.
Laios is blunt and wouldn’t notice a social clue until it slapped him in the face, and even then he’d apologise for accidentally running into it. But he does pay attention, and he does care. And yes, he put it in a way that relates to his monster interest, but that doesn’t mean he noticed them any less.
I saw this question posed on tiktok, but I think Tumblr would really enjoy it too.
If a fae creature offered to give one million dollars for a bone chosen at random, how many bones would you allow them to take?
Light clarifications; The fae is not the one choosing the bones. The bone is taken at random. Each bone, no matter the size or importance, is worth a full million dollars. You must also declare the exact number first, you can't go bone-by-bone. You either say 2 or you say 10, you can't work your way up to a higher number. The bones are removed instantaneously, and the money is given immediately as well. You will not get in government trouble for acquiring the money.
Tell me in the tags/replies how many bones you'd let the fae take. And as always, reblog for bigger sample size.