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[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.

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[kingmakereffect]

[oh sigrun..........]

That's not really important.

[captainobnoxious]

You asked me, I ask you. It's a fair trade. Even season'll do.

[kingmakereffect]

...Winter. I guess I can tell you that I'm an aquarius, since Dedicated asked about that.

Ask him if you don't understand.

[penduli]

Not even a hint?

[kingmakereffect]

Nope. Like I said, I'm sure it'll come up at some point.

[captainobnoxious]

I will. Because I don't. Sounds fishy though.

[No, Sigrun. The one after that is the fish.]

I can so believe that you're a winter baby though. We're like, exact opposites! Why'd the shrimp want to know anyway?

[penduli]

[ boo you whore ]

Or maybe we'll surprise you and it won't come up at all.

[ ...unless it's an important question. It's probably that, if he's so sure it'll come up at some point. ]

Has anyone else shared their theories with you about what's up with the pit and the dead seemingly coming back to life to take revenge?

[kingmakereffect]

I actually don't know? It was probably an attempt to annoy me. It's not very easy to do that, though.

[kingmakereffect]

No, but that's not really a surprise. Why talk to me about that?

Though if you'd like to share I certainly won't stop you.

[captainobnoxious]

You're pretty unflappable, yeah. Until we get on a topic you don't want to talk about.

[Like his past, friend, and possibly family.]

And then you get all mean and curt and shit.

[kingmakereffect]

Most people don't ask me personal questions like you do. I'm a pretty private person.

[uh huh, sure.....]

[penduli]

Because you'd be the one who'd know the most about it, seeing as all of this is by your hand.

[ ...have they really not said anything, wow. ] ...I just wanted to know if anyone had gotten close with any of their thoughts, that's all. I don't really have anything new to share myself.

[ Since it's not zombies and the idea of dragging people from some other point in time is an interesting theory, but evidently not how it works. ...and there aren't any twins aside from him and Stan left, because no one has secret twins here. ]

[kingmakereffect]

Well, they haven't said anything to me.

[You can practically hear the shrug.]

[captainobnoxious]

Private's just another word for coward. You're scared of getting attached to other people, aren't you?

[There's... quite a few people like that here, so, it's not out of her guessing range.]

[kingmakereffect]

...Scared... No, I wouldn't say that.

[He sounds contemplative though, so there's that?]

[penduli]

[ so he's the only loser that has ]

I guess they don't expect anything from you if they think you're just a big liar. Their loss. [ You can also practically hear the shrug. ] What do they mostly contact you about?

...I know that's regarding private conversations, but you don't have to go into detail or anything.

[captainobnoxious]

[It's always a good day when she gets him to sound thoughtful about her questions.]

Then what would you say? Besides that it's not important, I mean. As a person.

[kingmakereffect]

[you did it, black!!]

Thank you for remembering that. I suppose I can tell you that mostly they just ask me stupid questions.

And if you're thinking "there's no such thing as a stupid question" trust me. There is. And I've heard a lot of them.

[kingmakereffect]

I don't get attached to others easily, that's all.

But you're right, it isn't important.

[penduli]

[ a surprised snort of laughter ]

No, no there's definitely stupid questions, and I've heard a lot of them too. Not here--mostly--but White and I'd get asked all the time if we were twins and if we had twin telepathy.

[ ... ]

So I can believe the stupid questions thing. [ little more subdued here. ] We have a lot of bright minds, but we're not exactly the smartest bunch of people you decided to save, are we?

[kingmakereffect]

You're not the smartest, no. But you all do find ways to impress me. I'm still surprised by the bloodletting. It was a creative solution and it worked. I wouldn't have expected that from anyone, so it was interesting to watch.

[captainobnoxious]

So when you do, it's something pretty special.

... Or someone that's particularly stubborn. How'd you two get to be friends anyway? That's a happier question than my usual about him, and I don't think I've asked it before.

[kingmakereffect]

...Circumstances sort of forced it, in a way. I don't know if I would've been friends with him normally otherwise.

And that's the most I'm going to say about it, before you ask.

[captainobnoxious]

That's more than enough, actually. I mean, I can't say half the people here would've even given each other a second look if we weren't forced to live with each other for the past... what, month now? Over a month. So it's nice, in a way.

[...]

So thanks for that, at least. I've gotten to do a lot here that I didn't really get to before back where I'm from, and even if it's meant that every week we have to put one of our companions down in the pit with the people they killed it's... kind of been worth it, honestly. But that's just between you and me. Wouldn't tell but one other person that.

[penduli]

So it's not a stretch to say you don't regret your choice in company, sir?