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Originally Posted by Saorin
Well, okay, so we can't project anything of that to a "realistic" set of events there? It's all rather magical/meta then?
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I don't think there is any way to escape from this conclusion. From EP5 onwards the gamemasters completely abandoned any effort to create narratively consistent stories.
Just think about the solution that Battler proposed at first, does that really make any sense to you? Natsuhi would take Battler's place and let him outside? Is that realistic? What exactly she planned to tell Erika then?
In the first place the fact that Battler prepared that "trap" with the shower suggests he knew Erika would come. How did he know that? That can be explained if he knew the room had been sealed. But how could he notice the seal from inside the room? This could work if someone outside told him, except we know that all the people that could tell him that were killed.
But let's even disregard that, how did Battler know that Erika wouldn't check the most obvious place one would hide in? And how did Battler know that Erika wouldn't reseal the room from inside rather than fixing the chain?
But more importantly: why Erika herself, as a character in the gameboard, would do that, if not for furthering the plans of her meta self?
There is no way to make sense out of all that without using meta-logic or sounding ridiculous.
When you consider all that, the shkanon gimmick isn't really that different.