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[edit] Theo's mission - now we know the truth (direct link)

[edit] June 1/1:22pm

Kai and his co-conspirators managed to get the truth out of James. At least some of the truth... I'm sure video of the kidnapping will reveal more. In the meantime, here's the Oath of The Opposition.

I am a member of The Opposition.
We play a different game. A game that never ends.
We seek to forestall the outcome as long as possible.
When one world is saved, another must perish.
When our agonothetai succeed and we are saved, the other agnothetai fail and all is destroyed.
We will not accept victory in this world if it means dooming another world.
It is our moral duty to choose the difficult path, the path that never ends.
And if an outcome is decided, we choose to sacrifice ourselves.
It is the most ethical action in the multiverse. To allow another branch to flourish.
We will sacrifice once so that many more succeed.

What does it mean? Eli and I have been discussing this A LOT. Here's what we think:

Theo doesn't want us to fail... they just don't want us to succeed. The way they see it, if we succeed, another parallel world is doomed to fail. That's just how the branching of the multiverse works. Up in this world, down in the next. Yes in this world, no in the next.

But as long as no one wins and no one loses, the game continues... and no parallel worlds collapse.

I get the whole guilt thing. Who wants to be responsible for dooming another world to disaster?

But really. How long can the game go on before someone eventually wins -- and do we really want to risk being trapped in a world destined to collapse when the game eventually does end?

The more we learn about Theo, the more questions I have...