144 How to provoke your enemies 101 (2/2)

I am sure, that the current situation would not last long if I were to spread some interesting rumours about the purpose of my existence. Since most people still see this as part of a game, then I will have to add some spice.

Long lost magic, that one Moirai carries with him sounds very promising, but not very feasible. It needs to have as much appeal but should not be that implausible. The secret to my strength or being able to recruit me would never be enough to make them go crazy.

These religious nutjobs need something, which they absolutely can not refuse. What is tempting enough to cause these people to forsake their honour and do their utmost to obtain it? This is not restricted to being a real item, it can be something illusionary. If their honour is not enough then we have to get one step further.

The logical next target would be their faith. if everything they do is for or caused by their specific Gods, then this will be more than enough to motivate them. And by ”motivate” I mean to provoke them until they have lost their minds.

I am sure they will not react too kindly If I start to blaspheme their gods directly and make fun of them. The pure imagination is pure bliss. Looking into the stream of CallMeDaddy staring directly into the soul of every viewer only to proclaim in a dramatic fashion. ” Your Gods do not exist and if by any chance they do, then they would have never settled for you scum. Your absolute devotion and faith is nothing more than a bad joke.”

I would love to give a speech right in front of everyone and watch the chaos unfold with my very own eyes. It would be one hell of a show. Why do you look at me as if I had lost my mind?

” I would advice against picking such an approach. You are not strong enough to endure the backlash. You are messing with forces you can not possibly imagine.”

You should know by now, that threats like this are absolutely useless. Every strategy has its inherent risks and potential dangers, so what's the use of not using such a strategy if it were to cost me my life?

Once I die it is all over, so spare me the trouble. For every action, I take I will have to bear the repercussions, so what about messing with forces I do not understand? Should I just lay my life down because it would create less trouble?

Why should I give up everything and quietly disappear? Why should not have the right to strive for living yet another day? Why should I be the one who needs to change on the whims of others? Tell me, why am I the one who has to suffer, while they are just playing a game.

Let me tell you why actually it is laughably simple. It is not my lack of strength or the knowledge I do not possess. This game I am forced to play was rigged from the start. The end, my death, is an absolute certainty.

Every minute I live, is a win against the overwhelming odds I am confronted with. Every single breath is a priceless treasure. Even the tiniest instant of time I manage to persevere is a wonder in itself. For they give me the chance to feel something.

Sorry, but I will not conform to anyone's whims if it means giving up on myself. I owe this much to the man who had to give up his life to show me my own inanity.

” Why have you given up on logic, just because I gave you a warning? Treating that path would only result in your death. The players would be the least of your worries if you were to anger the Gods.”

A long sigh escaped its mouth and its appearance returned back to looking like mine.

” With your attitude, the Gods would have obliterated you not long after you have opened your mouth. You see, questioning or cursing the Gods is not something anyone does here. Which means, that your negative outlook would have drawn a lot of attention. And these old fools do not take lightly with criticism you can trust me on that one.”

Its eyes began to twitch as if it was remembering something unpleasant. This change did not escape my eyes although it did not last long before it returned to its usual arrogance. The teaching resumed with its usual haughty attitude.

” I did my best to follow your decisions and to use your tactics, but I did not imagine that it would invite that much trouble. It was my mistake to put any trust into a madman in the first place. Your thoughts and actions spell disaster and attract only trouble.”

” Yet instead of learning from your mistakes, you try to solve the situation, by causing even more trouble. Why do you refuse to adapt and learn to solve the issues, without following your inherent desire to make a mess out of everything?

Now even fabrications of my mind began to criticize me. Getting lectured by your own mirage somehow made this experience feel so much worse. It became even more vexing since I could not find the words to refute it.

” As if it wasn't stressful enough to operate a human body, I am also forced to compensate for your behaviour so that we can both experience the coming day. It takes all my skill and ability to keep you alive and you still want to throw yourself headlong into disaster? Do you long so much for your untimely end? ”

” The strategy you are following is actually a very clever one, but why did you have to antagonize so many people at the same time? Now it has spiralled out of all control.”

If you were the one in control of my body. then why are you trying to shift the blame on me for attracting all of their ire? I am not claiming it would have been any better if I had been the one to do so, but do not pretend to be any better than me.

I don't think all these players would have let me live if I had been kind to them. Besides, I doubt I had any other choice but to piss them off. Running away, would not have been possible because they would have never stopped their chasing.

Forgive me for saying this, but the present state of affairs would have been the same no matter what I had done. Therefore what-if scenarios are absolutely pointless. I need a path that leads to my survival, not anyone who is to blame.

While you rightfully criticize my actions, be aware that you had the final decision. that is as long as the claims done by you are the truth.

But one thing you should never forget. There are many different means and approaches to provocation. But they all serve the same purpose, to achieve the desired effect. If you only blindly focus on definitions then you are the sorely mistaken one.

Because the method is never truly as important as the goal you are striving for. Because right now, you are so focussed on my ideas that you lost sight of my goal. The goal is to survive. Provocations are only one method out of many.

If I can not insult the Gods directly, then I will make the players think that I did. The end justifies the means, and that is how it has always been and always will be.