[ The question gets a long pause out of Ford, careful and considering. It's not that Oscar is wrong, exactly, but that feels like too simple a way of looking at it. ]
It's possible, but there are different degrees of being 'trapped'. Sodder certainly controls Deerington to a degree none of us could hope to compete with. But if Bill is right--
[ Ford's tone suggests that he doesn't think it's likely Bill is wrong. ]
--then it's true that those higher powers he mentioned - I've been thinking of them as Agents, like publicity agents - are also trapping Sodder.
The problem is that all of us being prisoners doesn't necessarily mean she has any degree of concern or care for us.
[It was an uncomfortable thought that called back to the more bizarre elements of his conversation with Bill-- namely that they were all trapped for someone's entertainment. Oscar unconsciously wrapped his arms around his person, uncertainty emanating from his very demeanor.]
...This is all really sad to think about. I was hoping that she might at least have a little say in her playmates and how they're treated.
[Meaning the Dreamers. Oscar had carried a brief discussion on this matter with the Doctor recently as well.]
How do we 'unionize' and not do what they want us to do if we don't even know what they're holding us for?
cw: just assume there's lots more fourth wall stuff from here on
That's part of the issue. I think she does have a say in how we're treated - but she either can't or chooses not to control her powers. Worse, she might share Mother Superior's belief that we're just figments of her imagination.
[ And hey, maybe they are! Ford doesn't think it's that simple, but it's a possibility that's never far from his mind.
Oscar's last question, though... Ford has an answer, but it's not a comfortable one. ]
Unfortunately, that's something we may need to rely on Bill for. It's going to require a great deal of coordination and knowledge of the multiverse that most people simply don't have.
cw: just assume there's lots more fourth wall stuff from here on
[ The pacifying gesture and the clarification are both welcomed. Ford visibly tenses when Oscar admit to having gained some information about Bill from Dipper, and visibly relaxes when Oscar then clarifies that he doesn't have any details.
Well, that explains why Oscar is approaching the situation so cautiously at least - beyond the fact that it involves Bill at all. ]
At the moment, no there isn't. There are other entities that are capable of doing what Bill can, of course, but none of them are here and I don't have any way to contact them.
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cryptograms) wrote2020-09-06 03:13 pm
cw: heavy, heavy fourth walling
It's possible, but there are different degrees of being 'trapped'. Sodder certainly controls Deerington to a degree none of us could hope to compete with. But if Bill is right--
[ Ford's tone suggests that he doesn't think it's likely Bill is wrong. ]
--then it's true that those higher powers he mentioned - I've been thinking of them as Agents, like publicity agents - are also trapping Sodder.
The problem is that all of us being prisoners doesn't necessarily mean she has any degree of concern or care for us.
cw: heavy, heavy fourth walling
[It was an uncomfortable thought that called back to the more bizarre elements of his conversation with Bill-- namely that they were all trapped for someone's entertainment. Oscar unconsciously wrapped his arms around his person, uncertainty emanating from his very demeanor.]
...This is all really sad to think about. I was hoping that she might at least have a little say in her playmates and how they're treated.
[Meaning the Dreamers. Oscar had carried a brief discussion on this matter with the Doctor recently as well.]
How do we 'unionize' and not do what they want us to do if we don't even know what they're holding us for?
cw: just assume there's lots more fourth wall stuff from here on
[ And hey, maybe they are! Ford doesn't think it's that simple, but it's a possibility that's never far from his mind.
Oscar's last question, though... Ford has an answer, but it's not a comfortable one. ]
Unfortunately, that's something we may need to rely on Bill for. It's going to require a great deal of coordination and knowledge of the multiverse that most people simply don't have.
cw: just assume there's lots more fourth wall stuff from here on
...Dipper explained a little about your family's association with Bill.
[He ventured, holding his hands up in a pacifying gesture.]
Not any details. Just that it's Bad.
....there's not another option, is there?
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Well, that explains why Oscar is approaching the situation so cautiously at least - beyond the fact that it involves Bill at all. ]
At the moment, no there isn't. There are other entities that are capable of doing what Bill can, of course, but none of them are here and I don't have any way to contact them.
no subject
[Oscar sighed, mulling over the futility of having to rely upon a being that was no longer present within the dream.]
We really don't have any options, do we?