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KD
Since: May, 2009
11th Dec, 2020 06:06:39 AM
The perfect candidate here took a Deus Exit Machina.
Is this more than just a very specific interaction of Decoy Protagonist and The Unchosen One?
A problem comes up and a perfect candidate with all the qualifications is selected to solve it. Too bad they're then immediately incapacitated, and now it's up to our decidedly less qualified actual protagonist to tackle the problem.
Edited by Oneris