Step 3: The little things that make up life

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

[Michael is obviously not talking to anyone, but the journal picks up anyway. There is a catchy theme and unicorn jumping action. He is actually addressing the game.]

This game is rigged! It's impossible. After a certain point, it just becomes inhumanly possible to precede! To make such a thing is irritating and unfair. Unless there is a trick that I missed, a special way to get to the end. Is this like a puzzle? Where the way to win is thinking outside the box?

If I could find a hint somewhere... ah! But that would be cheating!

Maybe I should take a break....

Comments

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to cheat!

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Why not? [An his tones suggests it's the fairest, most logical thing, ever] You want to win the game, don't you?

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

It's improper to cheat, and reguardless of what is wanted, a person should always go through the right channels. There are rules to abide by. If something is impossible, it simply is impossible.

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, but don't you long for that good feeling you get when you complete something? I mean, it's not really cheating. Not if you only use it a little bit. Then it's just helping you along.

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

Doing something without doing it properly isn't satisfying at all.

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

How do you know if you never try it?

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

I know how it feels to resort to a short cut, I'm not going to make the same mistake twice.

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Oh come on. A little, tiny hint won't hurt.

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

...What sort of hint?

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Just a helping hand. A way of jumping, something completely innocent.

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

Well, it can't hurt to maybe here what this method is....

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Exactly. No harm at all. [Temptation: successful]

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

After all a suggestion or a tip is just that, it's not like it's telling me the answer, and it's my choice to use it.

What is this method you speak of?

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Exactly. It's not cheating at all.

Follow the rainbow fairies in your line of jump. They'll lead you to a safe landing.

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

Those glowing things? I've been following them....

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

That was your hint. Thank you for giving in to temptation.

Enjoy the dark mark of sin on your soul! [Drawn :D face]

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

Giving into... I did not give into temptation!

Why do I even bother... [Draws a >\ face right back.]

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

Yes you did. I tempted you with a cheat and you took it.

[Just laughing. He likes to win]

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

You tempted me with a suggestion, that is hardly a cheat. A cheat would be like, a code to break it, or some sort of external interference.

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

No, sorry. Hints still count as cheating. They're a helping hand in winning instead of doing you own thing.

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

Hints are like suggestions, or a helpful hand, they help guide you, but don't tell you exactly what to do, thus they aren't cheating.

[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

You can keep telling yourself that, if it makes you feel better.

[kaeru-jyanai.livejournal.com]

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[onlyanapple.livejournal.com]

[Crowley: 1 Michael: 0]