003 ✽ voice;

[goingsilent]

[ Kasumi's preferred method of dealing with the network is much like her preferred approach to life in general: lurk in the shadows, occasionally emerge to poke things just to see if they're entertaining. But every now and then, she has something she actually wants to say. This is one of those times.

Everyone's been buzzing about all these puzzles and riddles that have been showing up, and she's been keeping an eye on it more or less, though she can't say she's particularly engaged by it. That shows in her voice when she starts to speak. ]

Since we all seem to be enjoying thought puzzles so much these days, here's one to try out: What would you do if you found out that nothing you did had any real life consequences? Not for you or for anyone else. Not now or in the future.

Would you still follow the "rules" or would you toss them out and have a little fun?

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voice;

[northerner]

[ ah, the sort of question that hits robb square in the chest. it's a very, very rare thing, robb thinking of what he wants, and not what he is obligated to do. ]

Everything a man does in this life has consequences.

voice;

[goingsilent]

Well. [ It may be a "well" right before a disagreement, but it's still an affectionate "well." There are things about human nature that Kasumi admires even if she doesn't always believe them. ] Man would like to think everything he does in his life has consequences, at least. A person would start to feel a little inconsequential otherwise.

voice;

[northerner]

How could a man's actions not? All that he does affects another, in some way.

[ for calling his banners, waging his war, all of those had visted great and terrible consequence upon westeros. surely that in itself was proof enough. ]

voice;

[goingsilent]

[ Kasumi's shrug isn't audible, but she does it anyway. ]

I think some men -- and some women -- overestimate how much the things they do affect people around them. Because the idea of passing through life without leaving a mark on anything scares them. One day they might be gone, and only one or two people would even notice.

voice;

[northerner]

Some men only wish to hear songs sung of them for years and years after, it is true. But not all men feel the same.