MESSAGES

[kingmakereffect]

If you have something to ask the Kingmaker about over the phone, this is where it goes! The Kingmaker will answer the phone as soon as he's available. There isn't an option to leave a message on his voicemail, but the Kingmaker will take your calls at almost any hour of the day.

Your smartphones will only connect to the Kingmaker. There is no option to dial a number, instead it will connect automatically to his phone.

Comments are screened for privacy; no listening in on each other's private conversations without permission, after all.

Comments

[isafraid]

[wow, rude]

Maybe I should have expected that.

[kingmakereffect]

You really should have.

[isafraid]

You're just going to be like this then, aren't you?

[kingmakereffect]

Congratulations on finally figuring it out!

[kingmaker please]

[bloodisthicker]

[The last thing Tarrlok wants to do is stop giving the Kingmaker the cold shoulder, but time is running out before someone arbitrarily dies because the Kingmaker's getting bored or some shit. So... to save face, he calls before leaving his room for breakfast in the morning. He considered texting, but like hell he was going to figure that out for the sake of dealing this shithead.

...he also turns the shower to full blast and leaves it running because he's amazingly petty.]

So, Kingmaker, I'm going to guess that the one person that literally everyone here is perfectly fine with tossing in front of the wagon isn't actually an option for the sacrifice, is he?

...if you can't handle vagueness being thrown back in your face, I'm talking about you.

[kingmakereffect]

Of course not. I'm surprised you bothered asking. Was that your only question or are you leading into something else?

[this fuckin' guy]

[bloodisthicker]

You know, I thought that might be the answer, but I figured that since you harp on accountability so much you might not be a massive hypocrite.

But I guess it's only fun to apply those standards to us lesser beings, huh.

[kingmakereffect]

I never said that. I don't consider you lesser beings. Don't put words in my mouth, that's rude.

[bloodisthicker]

And providing incentives for people to murder each other is the most polite thing in the universe, I'm sure.

[...maybe he should turn the sink faucet on too, thinking about it.]

[kingmakereffect]

Maybe it is where I'm from. You have no way of knowing, do you?

[bloodisthicker]

Well, if that's true, then it certainly does explain everything.

[kingmakereffect]

And again, you have no way of knowing, do you?

[bloodisthicker]

No, I don't, but given that I don't know anything, it doesn't seem like a bad working hypothesis.

[kingmakereffect]

Go ahead, then. Work on your hypothesis. I want to see where that goes.

[bloodisthicker]

...

Now I'm tempted to abandon it just to spite you.

[kingmakereffect]

[..........]

You're no fun at all.

[bloodisthicker]

...well, good.

[captainobnoxious]

Hope you didn't miss me too much.

[But of course he did, why wouldn't he. He put her by name into his (dis)likes.]

I'm gonna ask you a series of personal questions, kinda like a survey, but I won't tell anyone your answers. Promise! I swear on my honor as an Eide!

[kingmakereffect]

Hello, Boundless. It's been awhile.

[Well, he doesn't sound terse like he did at the trial, so that's... good??]

I suppose I've got nothing better to do. I might not answer them all, you know.

[captainobnoxious]

[That's... fine! Sure! Getting answers out of him wouldn't be easy if he was still ticked at them all for taking so long. But who knew he was the impatient type of guy?]

Oh, I know. But I've got a list with your name on it. Well, your title, but same thing, same thing.

[Now. Ahem. Set three, question seven.]

What's the thing you like most about me right now?

[kingmakereffect]

[...wait a minute, is this...?]

Are these those dating questions?

[...]

I like that you talk to me like a person.

[...okay then.]

[captainobnoxious]

[Awww. He knows what they are. That makes this less fun.

Well! It'll be fun anyway! He answered, after all.]

What else would I talk to you as?

[kingmakereffect]

Most of the others talk to me as a captor. They don't see me as another person.

I can't say I blame them, not really. But it's nice to have someone who will talk to me like I'm not just a voice on the other end of the line.

[captainobnoxious]

[Oh. Yeah, she can see that.]

You may as well be for all we know. I mean, I don't know if you've got your own place the way we do here, with leg room and all, or if you're just in one space where you eat, sleep, and shit.

[gross, sigrun]

I'm glad to brighten your day up anyway. Even if you're a jerk sometimes and really don't know how to speak to people. I mean, what kind of person just straight up tells everyone that their world and everything they've ever known and loved is completely gone?

Someone who isn't used to being the bearer of bad news, that's who. Most people don't have to be though.

[kingmakereffect]

Well, you're right. I've never had to tell anyone anything like that before. I'm not all that great with people either, but you guys have figured that one out already.