Mesugaki Old Men Paradise

I wanted to fill out a couple questionnaire, but no matter how I look at it, there’s something wrong. Then I realized that the relationships predefined in these forms are long-term, but one of the main characteristics of markpetey is that one of them hasn't known the other onefor a total of a few days, and the he has already said they're close friends. This misalignment of time and emotions is flavor material...

1. The other person's life or the fate of the world?

mark: world petey: world

If there is a "god" who directly puts the choice in front of them to choose and make them witness the other option's destruction with their own eyes, I think omark would choose the world, because the world includes his family, but the world also includes petey's family (especially, there is a child involved), so which of the memories as an innie and the memories as an outie are stronger? perhaps he would still choose the world.

2. Will you sacrifice yourself for the other person?

mark: no petey: yes

If the other person were to have an accident and die in front of you, would you risk your life to save them? omark wouldn't but petey would. mark sees someone with a delicate relationship like petey dying and his first reaction might be to run away.

3. If the other person becomes a mindless monster, will you kill them?

mark: no petey: no

This kind of surreal topic... Neither of them could kill anyone, right?

4. If the other person is killed, will you take revenge?

?

First of all, what is revenge? Mark didn't directly destroy anything, but because of petey, he started to care more about what lumon was doing. This is very vengeful, but "because" is different from "for". Perhaps the focus of revenge is "for". I don't think these two can become those kinds of people with vengeful flames burning fiercely, but if they witnessed the other one being killed, surely something would still change?

5, Will you commit suicide for the love of the other one?

mark: no petey: no

Obviously not, but omark will commit chronic suicide because of gemma.

6, The possibility of marrying the other person

Obviously zero.

7. Will you end up going to the place where the other person is?

mark: yes petey: yes

Hey that's the Severance plot... Speaking of which, I've always thought that the phrase "going to the place where the other person is" is quite romantic. The desire under various purposes is simply wanting to find you. Having the desire to be by your side always feels like pure love.

8. Will you tell a serious lie?

mark:no petey: no

Is it for the sake of the other person or for anything else? I always feel that whether omark got severed to have a less painful time or ptk got severed to “solve life‘s mess,” severance is like that lie. I'm wrong and it no longer symbolizes something that makes me want to be honest. Then I don‘t think they‘re the type who would want to lie about something.

9, The other person is freed from hellish pain by death. If you could revive them, will you do it?

mark: no petey: no

Although I want to say that of course they won't do it, this question may depend on whether the person choosing knows that the other one's death IS an escape from hell-like pain. If they don't know, then there are many more questions.

10. Will they abandon their positions and responsibilities and run away together?

mark: no petey: yes

I think this is the core issue of markpetey because I've thought before that petey's life was always about running away. Mark's positions and responsibilities are obviously still here. Even if he cares a little about this "good friend" who comes to his door, he won't run away from his current life with him. Although I don't know what his current responsibilities are, probably there are still responsibilities as an older brother and as an uncle, but petey with reintegrated memories was different. Moreover, he's divorced and has a seemingly adult child... At the very least, her custody rights definitely weren't with petey... and he didn’t seem to have any other relatives either. The remaining positions and responsibilities of his shattered outie life probably all came from the self as the group leader in the innie's memories, and mark was the best friend he took care of. It could be said that imark was the position and responsibility (Isn't this saying too romantic?) So of course petey would love to run away together.

(But in the show, petey didn't seem to try to leave this place at all! But maybe he didn't just want to tell the outside world about the lumon darkness, maybe he also wanted to save mark, this is "running away with the other one" as well)

11. what would you say when it's the last time you meet?

mark: *runs away in silence*

petey: *dies before he could say anything*

just watch Severance S1E3

12. Do you want to meet again in reincarnation?

mark: okay petey: yes

I don't think omark has reached that point yet. After all, there's not much opportunity to be friends again. It's not to the extent of "wanting" but he probably wouldn't mind meeting again... right?