The world controlled by dice [Western Fantasy]

The document that Siles is holding in his hand at the moment comes from a professor majoring in literary history at the University of La Mifa. The content is his application for a course transfer for a certain week this year. The reason for the application is an academic activity and course arrangement that he arranged in advance. There is a conflict.

Of course, there is no problem in adjusting the class.In fact, after Siles became the dean of the Department of Literary History, he discovered that, as one of the most outstanding universities in the Principality of Const, the professors of La Mifa University need to participate in a large number of academic activities.

Siles had little qualifications before, so he hadn't received such invitations very often.But after he became the professional director, invitation letters for such academic activities flew towards him like snowflakes.

He also specifically consulted Professor Bright on this matter; but Professor Bright's answer was quite frank: there is no need to go there.

A more embarrassing thing is that although Siles has now become the professional director, his real teaching time and research time are still not as good as that of an old professor like Professor Bright who has worked in the university for many years.

Therefore, his administrative position as a professional director is one thing, and his academic honor and prestige are quite another.

Last year's paper on the wandering poet did win him a lot of praise, but it was also a compliment for fledgling research scholars.The truth is, if Siles participates in these academic activities now, he will most likely be underestimated.

Professor Bright suggested that there is no need for him to go. His suggestion is to start with the internal academic activities and exchange meetings (such as the internal gathering he mentioned) of La Mifa University, and gradually expand the interpersonal relationship within the academic circle.

In any case, for Siles, he was greatly relieved that he didn't have to go to those complicated academic exchange meetings, and he didn't have to make his already tight schedule worse.

However, he didn't have to go, and other professors in the major were very interested; during this period of time, Siles had received no fewer than three applications for this kind of course transfer.

In this application form, the professor himself has signed his name, he has also found a suitable candidate for the course exchange, and asked the other party to sign; therefore, now only Siles needs to sign his name on the application form. If you complete the last column of the form, the application is considered approved.

It is indeed quite tedious and busy administrative work.Siles thought.

His gaze scanned the signatures of the other two professors, and he was about to sign his own.

It was at this moment that he stopped.

Three signatures, three different handwritten notes, all on this simple application form paper.

……"at the same time".

A cluster of flames of inspiration slammed into his brain.He thought of a new topic that he had imagined before: how to enable people to communicate in real time?

Both he and Grenfell were stumped by this question before, but now, when the spark of inspiration suddenly flashed, Sirius immediately figured it out.

"...just..." he muttered under his breath, "People used to write on a piece of paper at the same time."

The prerequisite for this ceremony is that they must first have several people write on a piece of paper at the same time; then, this piece of paper and these pens can be used as a time track to reproduce this scene later.

When people use this ritual, even if they are separated, as long as they write on a piece of paper, then people on the other side can see it on the paper (maybe the same piece of paper has to be torn in half?), even such a ritual Can be used in conversations between multiple people.

Because what they reproduced was the scene of writing "simultaneously" at that time.

This piece of paper is like the chat boxes of those mobile phones and computers on the earth in his hometown, but it is more plain, simple, and magical.

"But how do you make sure the paper and pen are pointing exactly at that scene?" Siles thought, and almost immediately he came up with a solution: Biophotographing.

Paper, if you go back to the root, it may come from the skin of trees or animals; as for the pen, the user itself is a very clear instruction, and the later enlighteners just want to reproduce this writing process.

However, this may easily lead to pollution.Siles thought.

Therefore... If you want to make this ceremony a little safer, it is best to let the revealer himself construct the earliest scene of this ceremony: that is, write some content on a certain piece of paper together with the person you want to communicate with.

...Why does it sound a bit like "building a group"?

Siles smiled slightly, he thought, he really couldn't get rid of the true nature of the soul from the earth no matter what.

However, it also brought him more inspiration.

He realized that if he really wanted to establish a "group chat", then first of all, this piece of paper—that is, their chat box—must be hidden enough and have a certain threshold.

... a rather special kind of paper?

Rare enough, special enough...or, not so rare, but with a unique logo?This way you can definitely point to the same type of paper without worrying about your handwriting showing up on any possible paper.

In this way, their conversation can only appear on this kind of paper.

And this paper...

Siles looked almost subconsciously at the stack of eight-petal rose paper on his desk.

He was used to using this kind of paper, and the students in the club were also infected with this kind of atmosphere by him.This piece of paper has almost become an unspoken secret among them, a secret that only exists within the Geisha Literature Club.

During this period of time, Siles used to write drafts on eight-petal rose paper.

He used to use this paper to write novels before (although he had to switch to other paper to transcribe before sending to the publishing house), but recently he has no plans to write novels, so this paper is just for hand Record some of his inspiration ideas and so on.

As for the students, he knew that they would use this paper to write their own poems and notes, and some students bound it into volumes as their own notebooks and so on.

In any case, in this era when people still have to write by hand, the writing experience of the eight-petal rose paper is very good, and this specially printed eight-petal rose logo also shows a somewhat mysterious and elegant temperament.

Because of the friendship between Siles and Alva, the printing house of the Gilini family only printed a large batch of eight-petal rose paper for Siles.In other words, except for a part of Siles' stock, this kind of paper is completely out of print.

Just like the batch of eight-petal rose brooches he ordered from the jewelry store.

...so that's quite appropriate.Siles couldn't help thinking.If he needed a sufficiently private, private channel of communication.

He could design a set of relatively simple cipher language—the Const language was somewhat similar to a certain language on his hometown Earth, and he had heard of many cipher text design methods when he was on Earth.

For example, select a book, and then use the three numbers of page number, row number, and column number to point to a specific letter or text.If you can't find this code-breaking book, then others will not be able to guess what they are communicating with even if they break their heads.

...But that's a little too exaggerated, Sirius thought.

If you really choose this way of communication, then the text communicated on paper is not so hidden, it is easy to be noticed by others, and if it is too hidden, it is easy to arouse suspicion.

So, the plan should be...Broches - given to enough core team members; paper - given to everyone involved in the plan.

After thinking for a moment, Sirius came back to his senses and couldn't help laughing.

He thought to himself, although he was not sure whether this ceremony was feasible, he had already thought about the use of this ceremony afterward.

He shook his head helplessly, then thought about his schedule.

Tomorrow afternoon, he needs to go to the Ernestine's Tavern in the West City. Then, maybe after the conversation with Jon is over, he can go to the antique bookstore in Grenfell to discuss the feasibility of this plan with Mr. Glenn. .

He took a piece of eight-petal rose paper in his hand, stared at the rose logo in the lower right corner of the paper, and couldn't help but sigh.

At first, he found that a batch of paper from the publisher Benton was very easy to write on, so he asked the publisher to contact the printing house to provide a batch of paper for daily writing.

But when Benton contacted the printing house, he thought of the novel "The Revenge of the Rose" by Siles, so he changed the floral pattern printed in the lower right corner of the paper into an eight-petal rose.

Originally, there was only such a batch, about a few hundred sheets of paper, and it would be gone when it was used up. Siles was embarrassed to buy paper from the printing house through Benton's channel.

However, Siles later traveled to the Never Embers and met Alva Jillini.The young man's family business happened to be the printing factory that produced eight-petal rose paper.

Based on the business of Noel's Solitaire, the Gilliney family's printing house was more than happy to print a little extra eight-petal rose paper.

As a result, this kind of paper became a unique and special symbol of Siles, together with the eight-petal rose brooch that appeared just right.

...Although Siles is no longer troubled by the power of fate, he still can't help but marvel at the magic of fate.Going around, time and fate seemed to have already prepared everything he needed.

In any case, if his vision could be realized, it would make it easier for them to communicate with each other.

Siles recorded his inspiration and didn't continue to think about it, but instead devoted himself to work.

When it was approaching noon, his eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly turned his attention to Qin Duo.Through the No. [-] puppet, he saw a blazing blue flame.

It was still raining in Ramifa City, but the sun was shining brightly in the faraway land of the Eternal Land.Under the clear and clear sky, in the middle of a circle of gray-black mist, the [Nameless Fire] was burning crazily, as if it was fighting against something.

Cinder stood there.Not far away, those crazy residents of the oasis also rarely calmed down, watching this scene in a daze.

The No. [-] puppet stayed in the pocket of Qin Duo's coat. At this moment, he poked his head out and patted Qin Duo's hand lightly.Qin Duo picked it up and put it on his shoulder.The puppet sat down and watched the scene of the flames burning.

"...I came here at four o'clock in the morning, you know." Qin Duo explained in a low voice, "But the fire didn't start until now, not because of the obstruction of these residents, but because I was studying how to Make sure it burns down here."

The "clean" he said here did not mean that he planned to destroy all these buildings, but to completely burn the traces left by those "shadows" and the body of this god.

"To my surprise, they were almost indifferent," whispered Cinder.

The puppet turned its head to look at those people standing aside numbly.They looked at the flames, and their pale faces were illuminated by the blue flames, making them look even colder and silent.

They didn't seem to understand what happened at all, but it seemed that it was because they understood too much that they felt incredible.

The older man at the head stood alone, with a distorted expression, but it could also be said to be expressionless.The blue flame seemed to ignite his pupils, and he stared at this scene for a long time.

After a long time, he suddenly let out a loud cry.He didn't seem to be able to speak anymore, he only knew how to yell.He yelled desperately, until finally his voice became hoarse.He shed tears, but he didn't know whether they were sadness and despair or joy and excitement.

The rest joined in this yelling.They looked half-mad, half-foolish, demented.If they were said to be lunatics, no human being would deny it, and would not even hesitate for an iota of time.

The blue flame was still burning, and even became more blazing, shining like cooking oil in a raging fire.The flames also spread to the surrounding buildings, but the buildings were not damaged, as if the flames had ignited something other than these actual things.

People gradually quieted down again.They looked at the place where they had lived for a long time, and showed a complicated expression.

"...Will they leave in the end?" Qin Duo murmured in a low voice, he knew that Sirius couldn't answer him at the moment, but he still couldn't help but be troubled by this question.

Will these people leave?Or, will they choose to spend the rest of their lives here?

Even if the corpse of "Shadow" is destroyed, the surrounding fog cannot be easily dissipated.

With the help of the ritual of "self-reappearance", the revelators also need at least two hours to get out of this fog, and this is still with the help of the ritual of [Akamala's Spectacle Frame].

Therefore, whether these human beings present have the courage and ability to walk out of this fog after so many years of self-torture is another question.

Qin Duo only thought about this question for a while, and didn't continue to think about it.Whether or not the group leaves, the oasis is a foregone conclusion.

"...one more danger has been eliminated." Qin Duo said in a relaxed tone.

He almost looks like he's about to stretch, then snaps his fingers contentedly.But the puppet was sitting on his shoulders, and in order to make the little puppet more stable, he had kept his body as stable as possible.

The puppet hugged his thumb and shook it.

On Siles' side, it was already noon.However, due to the time difference, the oasis is still in the morning.Siles watched the blue flames beyond the oasis as he prepared his lunch.

When the flames finally went out, he seemed to feel an invisible pressure suddenly disappear.

"Let's go over there to see?" Qin Duo was obviously very curious about the grave bag, and he was eager to try it.

The puppet hesitated, but finally agreed to the idea.

Qin Duo walked over there with the doll.They passed the group of people who were still standing there.The group of people didn't react at all, they just looked at the village quietly.

As if nothing has changed; as if everything has changed.

Qin Duo ignored the group of people and just walked to the center of the village.Usually this place is tightly blocked by those buildings, and the group of residents will stop people from entering here at all costs.

Even if they did enter, they would punish the intruder and eat the person's flesh themselves.

But now, Qin Duo seems to be in the land of no one.Those guys have been stunned for a long time, as if the people they killed, the meat they ate, and the blood they licked have all become things they can't believe now.

Qin Duo stopped in the middle of the village.It's almost a square, albeit rather rudimentary.

In the middle is the tomb bag.Now, that small grave looks like an ordinary mound, and no one knows how terrible and crazy things were once buried here.

The surrounding area seemed very quiet.The burning, blue flame seemed to have never appeared, leaving only this peaceful place.Aside from the thick, sticky, blood-stained sand on the ground, this place is like an ordinary small village.

Qin Duo glanced around, and then whispered: "Guillotine."

The guillotine is not far away.That made the peaceful scene look cool.

It was the oldest guillotine, requiring the deceased to put his head on it, and then the executioner would suddenly raise the machete and chop it down forcefully.The head will gurgle away, and the remaining limbs will bleed hard, quietly, and quietly from the place where the severed head was severed.

Over the years, the blood would stain the outward side of the guillotine dark brown.It was a sticky, unsettling film of blood that looked like it was wriggling.After all, no one was in the mood to clean the guillotine; besides, there was no need.

The guillotine in the oasis looks very old, probably it has been around for many, many years.However, it was covered with a layer of fresh blood.

Perhaps not long ago, someone broke into this place again, saw this grave, saw this guillotine, and in the end, he himself buried his life here.

Qin Duo and the puppet watched this scene quietly.Afterwards, Qin Duo turned to the tomb bag.

"...Just to be on the safe side..." He muttered in a low voice, and then took out another match from the matchbox, lit it, and performed the [Nameless Fire] ceremony again.

He explained: "I just set fire outside the village, and didn't walk in directly. So now I will make up a ritual for this guy's body."

A small match with azure blue flames fell on the grave bag.There were dots of flames flashing out, and after about ten seconds of flickering, they completely subsided.

"...It seems that we have cut the weeds and exterminated them." Qin Duo showed a satisfied smile.

The corpses abandoned by "Shadow" have been dealt with by them, and after that, "Shadow" itself.

"I'll be back with you tomorrow." Qin Duo said, with a little impatient intimacy, "see you then."

Siles manipulated the puppet and hugged Qindo's ring finger, to be precise, touched the wedding ring on Qindo's ring finger.Qin Duo's expression softened quickly.

He wanted to say something, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the grave of "Shadow"... He thought for a second, and then said without hesitation: "I love you."

The arrogant Outer God probably wouldn't mind two little humans talking to each other in front of his grave, would he?

Shouldn't it?

Siles could probably understand how many bad intentions Qinduo had during the second of pause.He couldn't help but smiled, and then his consciousness returned to Lamifa City.

After experiencing the sunny weather in Land of No Embers, and looking at the worryingly cloudy and rainy day in Lamifa City... Siles couldn't help but feel a little bit of heaviness.He continued to work, and by almost four o'clock in the afternoon he had completed the accumulated work.

but……

He glanced at the documents that the Praia family had just sent over, and he was sure that Qindo might be busy tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, Qindo, who returned to Lamifa City by canoe, stared blankly at the pile of documents on the desk for a while.

"...So, I'll go by myself in the morning?" Sirius asked, "We'll meet the detective together in the afternoon."

Qin Duo sighed in frustration and said, "Okay... would you please kiss me first?"

Siles froze for a moment.

"Let me have the courage to face the work." Qin Duo muttered, "It's better to face the work alone without you."

Siles laughed, and he kissed each other as Cendo wished, before leaving 99 Kelly Street.

The sky finally cleared, which made Sirius a big sigh of relief.If he had to travel between east and west cities in the rainy conditions, it would be quite a helpless thing.

Carlos Langmire, Ms. Heidi, and the clown were already waiting for him at the dessert shop in Atherton Square.Carlos tasted the dessert very happily, and had already eaten three pieces of cake while waiting.

He didn't disguise himself as a woman today, it should be said that this was also the first time Celes saw his real face.He looked like a pale young man with bright eyes, but he also had an air of vacillation.One could tell at a glance that he was obsessed with something.

When Siles arrived, he resentfully put the dessert plate on the table aside, and said, "Good morning, Professor Noel."

Heidi also smiled and said hello: "Good morning, Professor."

"Good morning, Carlos, Heidi." Siles replied calmly.

He had to look at Ms. Heidi and the clown first.

Heidi looked pretty good, the nagging temperament she used to have dissipated a lot.It should be said that she now looks like those successful ladies in Lamifa City, with a confident and calm aura.

But her current expression is also full of worry, although when Sirius sat down, she still managed to show a smile.On the whole, her current life is satisfactory to her, but the appearance of the clown made her feel uneasy for a moment.

As for the clown...

The clown is still the same.

Sometimes, people think that the clown is a crazy lunatic; sometimes, people think that the clown is a scary, omniscient and mysterious symbol.And the clown who appeared in front of them was like a perfect reference for this statement.

Siles couldn't help but think of the few meetings he had with the clown.

Thinking about it carefully, he hadn't really had much contact with the clown in front of him.

The first time was when the circus came to Ramifa City. When Ms. Heidi fell out with Mickey, the head of the circus, and left, Siles happened to be present and witnessed this scene.

Later, when he wanted to find Heidi again, he ran into the clown, and learned from the clown that Heidi had left the circus.At that time, the clown still said something like "I can't tell you now" quite mysteriously.

The second time I met the clown was at the House of Hales in the Land of Never Ashes.When Mickey was killed and Sirius asked the insider, the clown handed him a fate card.

... From this matter, it can be seen that the clown has probably dealt with Mr. Xia before.As for whether it is the past Antinam, Qiuqiu, or the future Siles, that is another matter, and this is not the current focus.

In fact, even Siles didn't know exactly what the clown was thinking and what he knew.The clown always looks crazy and ambiguous.

When Siles appeared in front of them, the clown also looked over.There was that cloudy light in his eyes as always.

The paint on his face was gone, and Sirius saw the Joker's true face for the first time.It was probably a man in his thirties, with mediocre facial features, but the combination gave a rather weird twist.

It's as if the clown's facial features should have been more crooked, as if a line of characters was wrongly written, as if his eyes, nose, and mouth were all crooked in a strange direction; but if he really took a closer look, he He is indeed an ordinary human being.

That kind of feeling appears in people's hearts all the time, as long as you see a clown, you will have this feeling of confusion.This feeling made Sirius think, no wonder the clown became a "clown".

"Good morning, Mr. Clown." Siles added another sentence.

The clown kept looking at Sirius, who grinned.

The arc of this smile is more exaggerated than ordinary people.On a painted face of a clown, the smile would have looked rather comical; but on this ordinary face, it just gave off an air of madness.

He said, "Good morning."

This sentence is surprisingly common.The clown's usual sharp, high-pitched and excited voice became low and gentle.

He said again: "Meet you again... I still remember you, sir."

"Don't worry, this is the clown with the paint removed," Ms Heidi explained from the sidelines. "If he has paint on his face, he's a 'clown.' If he removes the paint, he'll look normal." Much more... like a normal person at least."

Sirius nodded thoughtfully.

He still remembers that in the setting of the character card of the running group, the attributes of the clown are quite surprising.With extremely high spirituality and extremely low will, he should have easily fallen into extreme madness, but in fact, the clown is at most what people think..."clown".

People attributed his unusual behavior to the profession of clown, thinking that he was just so immersed in this profession that he also played a clown in his life.

This circus is usually stationed at the House of Hales, and the explorers of Never Embers don't care whether the circus people are crazy or not, they just want to see the performances they like and appreciate.

In the circus, Heidi herself gradually got rid of the influence of the circus after she came to Lamifah City.

In the running group script, there is a high probability that the clown will be replaced by the apostate Hamlin, who can thus escape from Ramifa City.Therefore, Siles informed the Church of the Past about Hamlin's relevant information, and indirectly saved the clown.

... so much information is enough to prove one thing: everyone ignores what makes the Joker special.

Judging from the fact that Mr. Xia handed the fate card to the clown, and the clown really found the right time to hand over the merchant card to Siles, the clown is by no means as dull as it appears on the surface.

Silence continued for a moment.

Afterwards, Siles seemed to suddenly remember this matter."All this time, I didn't know Mr. Clown's name," he said.

In fact, this question was always on the mind of Siles.

When people refer to a person by a code name, they tend to forget the person's real name.As for the clown, no one has ever cared about his real name.

Ms. Heidi froze for a moment.Carlos Ranmier was lost in thought.

The clown looked around, then grinned again: "My name?" He seemed to think for a while, "My name is... Arkwright."

This is a name that is quite inconsistent with the clown's profession and personality.Siles thought he would hear a name with simple syllables, such as Tom, Jack, etc., but the clown repeated the syllable that sounded quite complicated very clearly.

Arkwright.That's the name of the clown.

"What's your surname?" Heidi seemed to react suddenly, "Wait, I remember that you... don't have a surname?"

"No, no." Arkwright shook his head.

Siles looked at Heidi with some confusion.

Heidi then explained: "I lived in the circus a long time ago, you know. The clown... Arkwright joined the circus and became a clown when he was a child. He was an orphan at the time. I know who my parents are, so I don't have a last name."

Carlos asked curiously from the side: "Then where did his name come from?" He pondered the name Arkwright, "It's a very complicated name."

Heidi was not too clear about this matter, so she looked at Arkwright.

Arkwright tilted his head, showing that very "clown" smile as always.He said, "Someone... fetched it for me."

Siles looked at Arkwright thoughtfully.

Carlos was unaware of this undercurrent of turbulent atmosphere, showing a rather curious expression but didn't pay much attention to it.

Rather, he felt that Heidi's reaction was a bit of a fuss—to put it bluntly, the clown was Heidi's former colleague. He heard that Heidi had found a job, so he came to ask if it was possible for him to get a job... ...isn't that normal?

He then said: "Mr. Clown... er, Mr. Arkwright, he is now a well-known actor in our Lancelot Theater. Seriously, I think he can become the most famous actor in La Miafa City."

Siles looked at Arkwright and asked, "What is he playing?"

"A lunatic!" Carlos danced with excitement, "God, I've never seen any actor who can play a lunatic as easily as Arkwright!"

Siles: "..."

He looked at Heidi, and noticed the helpless wry smile on the lady astrologer's face.

Carlos is also obviously a young man who is outspoken and doesn't care about the eyes of others.It should be said that he is completely different from his businessman father.Siles is always more patient and tolerant towards young people, so he didn't care about the subtle elements in Carlos' tone.

… People always have doubts about the professionalism of an actor, that the reason why the actor is very good at a certain role is because of his nature.For example, an actor who plays a villain must also be a villain in life, and an actor who plays a good person must also be kind outside the play.

Siles would not judge a person so rigidly, but to be honest... he was a little suspicious that the reason why Arkwright was able to play a madman well was because he himself was probably polluted by something.

...Of course, there is no need to say this.

Siles just remained silent.

Carlos didn't pay much attention, and he continued: "I think, sir, Arkwright would be an excellent actor! He could be in your repertoire!"

Siles couldn't help being startled for a moment, and he asked, "What do you want him to play?"

In the adaptation of Ms. Garland's story, Siles also believed in what Carlos, a professional, said.After he handed over the first version of the script to Carlos, Carlos quickly revised and perfected it into a more suitable appearance for the stage.

It should be said that although Carlos is not well-known now, he seems to be just playing around with friends in a small theater, but his talent in this line of work is quite outstanding; at the same time, he also has a rich father.

Under such circumstances, Carlos can easily obtain resources that ordinary people cannot obtain. For example, he can contact some well-known actors in the city to participate in this play.

In fact, Siles has discussed with Carlos many times over the past period of time regarding scripts and actors.

They need to finalize the script today, as well as some casting.

Carlos said almost without hesitation: "The biggest villain."

Siles thought for a while.

In this script, Miss Garland's dream adventure begins in a city under the sea.Miss Garland first went to the lighthouse to register, and then heard some skirmishes in the city, and then started an adventure with her friends.

In the process, they naturally encountered some bad guys and some good guys, and then used their ingenuity to defeat the bad guys, playing the city for a long time.

The original novel is more aimed at young children, so the confrontation between good and evil is not so intense, it is more like a fairy tale or a fable.The villain is certainly not portrayed very directly either.

But after adapting it into a drama, they naturally need to refine the content of this part and add more elements of conflict and confrontation.

After all, the form of expression in drama is different from that in novels. Many contents that can be written directly through psychological descriptions in novels can only be expressed through exaggerated language and body movements on stage.

The most obvious difference is that they have greatly strengthened the sense of existence of the villain in the script; although it cannot be said that it is like those scripts for adults, all conflicts and conflicts are bloody placed in front of the audience, but it is indeed more powerful than the original. radical.

Therefore, it is quite a headache to find who to play the villain.

When Siles created the novel "Miss Garland's Dream Adventure", he incorporated some subtle metaphors for reality intentionally or unintentionally.That can't be said to be completely in line with reality, such as the adventure in the dream, but there are indeed related elements involved.

Therefore, these villains are naturally somewhat similar to the followers of the old gods.

They appear insane, twisted, unscrupulous, and incredible.They are like those bloody cloths that are always hidden behind fairy tales and ghost stories, exuding a lingering eerie atmosphere.

In the story, these villains are the ugly sea creatures.

When the city's light illuminated the ocean, some sea creatures suddenly saw their ugly self clearly in the light.They came to hate the light of the city because it made them realize how unattractive they were.

So they decided to find a way to extinguish the lights of the city and smash the mirrors.