Talk:The Workshop Battle (30F)/@comment-80.110.121.1-20150802173300/@comment-16674955-20150803152811

FUG and Workshop were cooperating on two things.

1. Activate the thorn. 2. In return, FUG helps the workshop and their researches.

Baam/Viole is the price of for FUG while the thorn is Viole's price. The research that the workshop was doing other than that was, to create Emily. We know Gustang and the research association are researching guides, and Emily is "fogging" the guides' power.

It is possible that the thorn was the "gaining prize" for the tournament, on top of the many other items the workshop places in there. Because Viole was meant to win, of course, it would only go to him. While Emily was the prize for Gustang... or someone alongside Viole like... um... Rachel?

I presumed (and it is pure speculation) that Viole was suppoed to win both. But because he had the thorn, Emily went to Rachel by default, with him being unaware of it. After all, he made a wish for her to reach the top back on the second floor, and that's probably what he said to the guardian there...

I'm going a little far in the far-fetched land but it's how I interpret it personally. Now why would FUG give Emily to Rachel in order to cloud Hwa Ryun's judgement? Actually, this doesn't make any sense at all.

Would Gustang want Baam to stand on the top?