[he can't be the demon when he's busy being killed by the demon]
Haha, true, that's true! [He absolutely would be one of those willing to murder mid-trial if the circumstances aligned just so.] Always good to have some backup anyway, and Kagachi's hands are a safe place for it to be. Doubt the demon would use it even if it did possess him, since both Higekiri and myself know what it does and who has it.
[Unless they BOTH DIE. Also yeah wheels are fuckin hard and he's tired, modern living is rough. But oh, soft useless het...]
That one? [He's nodding toward the hand holding the ring. As for the question:] Mm, both. Same sort of message, also someone from my home.
All the more reason for all of us to share what our items are with a few people. It'll make tracking stuff down and seeing who might've used stuff a lot faster. Our demons aren't stupid, unfortunately. They know how to get around things like that.
[A look at the ring.] Same girl, maybe a different timeline. [Hm.] ...I've got a theory that one of our gift people gives us stuff from home while the other gives us stuff that happens on this ship. But they might not even know it themselves.
Mm, exactly so! Though things would certainly be much easier if they were as stupid as some seem to think.
[A little sigh of a laugh... He's not a fan of smart malicious entities but also, like, most of them are smart.
He taps his chin at that, though, considering.]
That would make sense. I was told that they don't have any say over who gets what, anyway - they just pick something? Make some sort of decision? And based on that, things are sent out to whoever. Beck didn't seem to have any idea that I'd gotten anything at all, or what it was.
[Also, it has nothing to do with Tuesday banging and he had to find that out the hard way.]
It's gonna be the element of surprise that gets us a win, but we're still at a disadvantage when we're the ones being taken by surprise.
[He blinks a little...but he nods.] That's what I heard, yeah. It hasn't changed since the first week and all three options look the same to them. It sort of makes you wonder what the purpose of that role is. I haven't figured it out yet.
[Please tell Junpei or he will die with that theory.]
Mm, so we'll have to find a way to get the upper hand in more ways than one, haha.
[EASIER SAID THAN DONE but it's fine, they're fine, they're all doing... fine.
He's also making a face at the explanation because ??? that's even more random and weird than he'd been led to believe.]
Mm... I still think the items from home might be a sort of sentimental motivator of sorts? Something comforting? Haven't met anyone yet who's gotten an item from home that hasn't been at least a little bit of a comfort, anyway.
...even if it's not comfort, I assume people will find it motivating in some way or another, yeah. If the higher-ups in charge of this game are feeling particularly malicious it could also be to see what'll break us.
[Sometimes, you might Despair being away from home and people you love.]
Like we'd know? [Just...gently calling all of them out for sucking at even remotely expressing anything.] All a part of the whole "trust" thing we're supposed to do, I guess. Trust each other to talk about stuff like that.
Probably why they anticipated us failing. [A shrug.] Why else would you bring this specific group of people here? We still have never really found out why us.
Not sure if we'll ever manage to figure that one out, honestly... Unless we stumble into a treasure trove of missed information in the next few days, haha.
I wouldn't exactly count that out yet. We didn't learn most of the information we really needed to understand why we were playing the Nonary Game or the Decision Game until it was nearly over.
[He makes a little bit of a face at that, even if he also doesn't seem surprised.]
Haha, well... I suppose we'll have to wait and see, in that case. Unless you feel like testing that theory of yours and telling me how you feel! I'm all ears.
[But he says this with a punkass grin because haha, Junpei and opening up.]
Stressed out. [He'll just flat out say it, but there's a half-smile so who knows if he means it.] But yeah, who knows if that theory's even worth testing.
[A Shrug! Hate that they both agree to this but haha that's not until later so he can still backflip away.]
...you've never really struck me as a person that says what they're really feeling if you want my honest opinion. [If only because he's bad at it, too.]
[He lifts both hands in a shrug this time.] And I don't? [He's not making this easy for anybody it's fine.] I can still point out that you're just as cagey as the rest of us.
At least we all have good company here, if that's the case!
[All of them just being cagey little shits together, what a great ship full of people... He does sound fond when he says it, though. Horrible gremlin.]
Is that what we're calling it? [He can't help but grin just a little because...yeah. He agrees. They all suck at this but he's come to care about a lot of people on this dumb ship anyway.]
[Sometimes your gremlin heart makes friends without you having any say in it. Life is hard!]
It is now! [But he's grinning, too... IN ANY CASE:] I should probably actually go sit down for a little bit or Dick might come after me. I did promise him six hours of being on my best behavior.
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Haha, true, that's true! [He absolutely would be one of those willing to murder mid-trial if the circumstances aligned just so.] Always good to have some backup anyway, and Kagachi's hands are a safe place for it to be. Doubt the demon would use it even if it did possess him, since both Higekiri and myself know what it does and who has it.
[Unless they BOTH DIE. Also yeah wheels are fuckin hard and he's tired, modern living is rough. But oh, soft useless het...]
That one? [He's nodding toward the hand holding the ring. As for the question:] Mm, both. Same sort of message, also someone from my home.
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[A look at the ring.] Same girl, maybe a different timeline. [Hm.] ...I've got a theory that one of our gift people gives us stuff from home while the other gives us stuff that happens on this ship. But they might not even know it themselves.
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[A little sigh of a laugh... He's not a fan of smart malicious entities but also, like, most of them are smart.
He taps his chin at that, though, considering.]
That would make sense. I was told that they don't have any say over who gets what, anyway - they just pick something? Make some sort of decision? And based on that, things are sent out to whoever. Beck didn't seem to have any idea that I'd gotten anything at all, or what it was.
[Also, it has nothing to do with Tuesday banging and he had to find that out the hard way.]
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[He blinks a little...but he nods.] That's what I heard, yeah. It hasn't changed since the first week and all three options look the same to them. It sort of makes you wonder what the purpose of that role is. I haven't figured it out yet.
[Please tell Junpei or he will die with that theory.]
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[EASIER SAID THAN DONE but it's fine, they're fine, they're all doing... fine.
He's also making a face at the explanation because ??? that's even more random and weird than he'd been led to believe.]
Mm... I still think the items from home might be a sort of sentimental motivator of sorts? Something comforting? Haven't met anyone yet who's gotten an item from home that hasn't been at least a little bit of a comfort, anyway.
[Junpei can keep that theory forever.]
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...even if it's not comfort, I assume people will find it motivating in some way or another, yeah. If the higher-ups in charge of this game are feeling particularly malicious it could also be to see what'll break us.
[Sometimes, you might Despair being away from home and people you love.]
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Mm, well. That's certainly a possibility - though I hope no one's had to deal with anything like it.
[Knowing this group of repressed morons, they probably just dealt with it In Stoic Silence if they did.]
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--Well! Surely everyone has at least one person here that could fall under that category for them by now.
[He says this
but being one of the people who absolutely does not talk to anyone about shit, he knows his words are optimistic at Best.]
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[A GENTLE SHRUG.]
That's a tall order with this group, though.
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[Watch them do exactly that.]
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Haha, well... I suppose we'll have to wait and see, in that case. Unless you feel like testing that theory of yours and telling me how you feel! I'm all ears.
[But he says this with a punkass grin because haha, Junpei and opening up.]
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Stressed out. [He'll just flat out say it, but there's a half-smile so who knows if he means it.] But yeah, who knows if that theory's even worth testing.
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Mm, you might be right about that. Can't hurt to talk a little more either way! But it's not like I don't understand, you know?
[Except then they apparently both get dragged into Doxx Yourself To Save Higekiri 2k19.]
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...you've never really struck me as a person that says what they're really feeling if you want my honest opinion. [If only because he's bad at it, too.]
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Also pot kettle in this conversation, god. He grins, just as much of a punk as ever in spite of their recent harrowing night of morgue terror.]
First Higekiri, now you! I'll start to believe you really think that at this rate.
[HE KNOWS IT'S LIKE LOOKING INTO A GREMLIN MIRROR SOMETIMES.]
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I talk so much in a single day, you know! I can't keep track of what I do or don't say.
[The raised brow he gives Junpei seems to scream what's your excuse punk.]
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[All of them just being cagey little shits together, what a great ship full of people... He does sound fond when he says it, though. Horrible gremlin.]
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It is now! [But he's grinning, too... IN ANY CASE:] I should probably actually go sit down for a little bit or Dick might come after me. I did promise him six hours of being on my best behavior.
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