Doce listened as Vaati was compliant enough to answer her questions, and offer up a little free info as well. The piece about the foreign presence in him speaking draconic seemed strange to her. It could be nothing, or it could be suggesting that the souls placed in these foreign bodies may be coming from more that one dimension as well. That would need some looking into. As she listened, she nodded Frahlah's head almost absently, and absorbed the information as best as she could.<br/><br/>"No, that's wrong," she started after he finished. "We have met mostly the same people, but we've had different experiences. The same people will give different information depending on the circumstances. As for me, I probably have a better understanding of what's happening here than what you presume. I'll start with the basics," here, she took a breath before delving into her synopsis.<br/><br/>"First, the vast majority of the people in this world are here in the form of a foreign soul within the bodies we see around us. The dominance of this foreign soul compared to the host body seems to vary from case to case. You are aware of another presence inside you, but it doesn't control your actions, merely speaks to you, yes? That one there," she gestured toward Soul, "Seems to have no idea there's a foreign entity within him, though I haven't directly asked him yet, as I've deemed him untrustworthy. Me personally, I<span style="font-style: italic">am</span>the foreign presence within this body, and I seem to have completely overshadowed the host, save for basic muscle memory. Also.." she hesitated, "Rukia there," she nodded toward the soul reaper, "seems to be an anomaly. It seems to be that the host isn't simply overshadowing a foreign soul in this case--there is no foreign soul... I'm not sure what to make of this yet, but it's possible it's foreshadowing some kind of plot twist, like "they were never really here, just an illusion" type of thing.."<br/><br/>"Anyway, with that cleared up, we can move on to the important things. The Overseer brought us here, that much is clear. More questionable is his motive. The easiest conclusion is the zoo theory; we're here to be observed for entertainment... I don't know if that's enough to satisfy him or her, but it justifies the name. Hellmaster," she gestured to Phibrizzo, "was on the Overseer's side until recently, as you probably already know. Well, they fought before parting and the Overseer nearly killed him. Maybe you can't tell by looking at him, but that "little guy" is probably at least a hundred thousand times stronger than you. Overlooking his ability to kill anyone in an instant with hardly any effort, and claim their body and soul as his puppets, beyond this physical plane he has an astral body the size of a small nation, which he can draw power from, and he can practically teleport. In the world this body comes from," she gestured to herself, "he's the second strongest existence there is, above him is the Lord of Nightmares, who basically is the creator of everything."<br/><br/>She paused and shook her head. At this point, she was basically voicing her own theories, but she had to say them out loud, if only to hear how crazy or legitimate they sounded. "For the Overseer to over power Phibrizzo... that would put him pretty much at the level of the Lord of Nightmares... Then it's not so unreasonable, to wonder if he, also, is a creator of all things. It's plausible that he not only brought us to this world, but created it. That would make him God here; unstoppable. And yet, I've heard that he uses a<span style="font-style: italic">machine</span>to bring us here... Why a machine? Why not magic? There's a lot of potential scenarios there, but the one I'm hoping for is the "fatal flaw" one. In this case, against an insurmountable foe, there is one thing that can be exploited--if not to overcome the enemy, then to achieve the main goal."<br/><br/>Doce sighed. "I can't tell you how much I've delved into the world of plot lines. I know the rules that govern anime and games. I was an aspiring writer before being brought here. If I can get enough information, I'll be able to dissect this world. I can't see the ending yet, so I'm grasping at straws right now. However, the path to overcoming the Overseer definitely starts in this resistance group. Also, the path to the ending will be opening soon. I'm not sure how often people appear in this world, but when one falls from the ceiling to join the rest of the brand new group, that just screams "main cast." On the bright side, that means we're less likely to die before achieving the main goal. On the not-so-bright side, things are going to get nasty pretty fast. I want to figure out what's going to happen as soon as possible, and make sure we get a "good ending." That's my job, I guess. Normally, Frahlah would be a combat character, but with my personality in dominance he becomes an info broker. Since I've ended up with that character type, if I don't do my job right the main cast will fail in achieving the goal... which, in this case, would mean we all die. On the other hand, if I progress to vigorously, I become a threat, then a character too distanced from the main cast, then I get assassinated, leaving behind a final message that is sufficient to let the main character complete the goal... Yes.. when the info broker dies it's a main character setting, not a main cast...!" At this point, Doce finally realized that she'd gone from explaining things to simply thinking out loud.<br/><br/>"Oh, sorry. I ended up thinking out loud for most of that. Anyway, bit of advice: make use of that voice in your head, also, become an active reformed villain character. You can still be bad, if you want, but make sure you're helping the good guys. If you do those two things you'll become stronger. If you ignore the voice and leave the rebel group... according to the laws of anime (which have strong influence in this world) your chances of dying are about 110%. Well, come to me if you have or need useful info. And sorry if you get another long-winded response."