Turandot may seem to place too much emphasis on cruelty.

— Platov, February 25th, 2026

Jinjin Sun, Dogaresse

You could almost say that by a fair standard of evaluation the way men from other cultures treat their women (and in extension, me) are highly psychopathic. […] Like what good are they? Coming into my life mucking things up wasting my time and fucking up the world.

— Salisa to Henry, March 13th, 2026


Why don’t you two duel it out and whoever wins gets me? Why is this my problem I still don’t understand.

— Salisa to Anton, March 11th, 2026

Jerome-Martin Langlois, Cassandra Imploring the Vengeance of Minerva Against Ajax

And remember that by continuing to act this way – by hurting and abusing me so casually or helplessly – you are giving your friends ammunition and a very valid cause for the official vacating of your post. It would demoralise the entire chain of command if it could be perceived that your friend is acting entirely out of pure selfish interests and for personal intimate reasons and feelings for a girl by getting rid of you. That’s a bad look, isn’t it? Especially for someone with that kind of office? Fighting over a girl and abusing his authority? But here you are legitimising that order of liquidation all on your own. No one can fault me for not trying. I’ve done my best for you. I’ve got my closure. And no one can fault him for finally doing something about it. Or for all your friends doing something about it. You think your friends are all stressed out over taking a hit from my friends? If anything they are way giddy over it. It’s not a show of force, but a show of support and solidarity, you know that right? As in, it’s unanimous.. “We know you all want to get rid of him. Do it. Here we are on the other side clamouring for the same thing. Giving you cause for doing it. Just do it”.

— Salisa to Anton, March 5th, 2026

Ricardo Celma

I guess one truth to be gleaned from it all once the dust settles: Is it really deep love? Hot burning want? Mad manic desire? Or simply frivolous sentiments and showy romantic rivalry in the face of listless boredom that comes with unimaginable wealth and power? Surely there are much simpler ways to attract a woman. Less deadlier, less bombastic, less costly. It’s all grandstanding, you see. And not the desperate want of me. But I’m sure they’re all self-satisfied in how they went about it.

It’s the love of the game, as they say. When you’re in it for the game, you don’t much care about the prize.

— Salisa to Henry, March 14th, 2026