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]

Hmm, alright.

[Let's see...]

Favorite music? Seems like a less important question.

[kingmakereffect]

Hmm... I can't really say I have a favorite. I don't listen to music very often. Sometimes I try to make my own, but I haven't been very successful.

[isafraid]

You're a musician?

[He... would never have believed that. He still kinda doesn't.]

[kingmakereffect]

Not exactly. I like to dabble in it sometimes, but I wouldn't call myself a musician.

[isafraid]

The instrument you play...?

[kingmakereffect]

Piano, mostly. I've tried a few others, but that's the one I usually come back to.

[isafraid]

Hmm. More people here to make use of those pianos then I thought.

Or, at least the one now.

[poor pianos.]

[penduli]

[ Well that sure was a fucking shitshow of a "trial."

...okay. ]

...Kingmaker? [ hesitant, here. ] Are you up for a chat?

[captainobnoxious]

[... This'll be sometime after Black's, obviously, since she was sleeping when he did his, but it's noooo less important!!!

To her. It's important to her.]

You reaaally have it out for me, don't you?

[Rather than outright angry, though, it's more just plainly irritated.]

[kingmakereffect]

[That was definitely A Thing, wasn't it.]

Hello, Enforcing. What is it?

[He sounds totally normal. Nothing weird here.]

[kingmakereffect]

[yes, it is indeed very important!]

What makes you think I care about you any more than I do the other Survivors?

[He sounds... totally normal, actually.]

[captainobnoxious]

A healthy sense of self-confidence. And it just happened that both of them ended up being people I would defend without hesitation, for better or worse. Mostly worse.

[... Obviously. The normalcy is a little concerning, really, but she'll simply keep it in mind. Shouldn't he be a tad more irritated that his mole got caught?]

If it's just coincidence, it's a shitty coincidence, but I still think it's more likely that you're aiming to knock me down a peg or something.

[kingmakereffect]

I wouldn't call it healthy, actually. Most people aren't that self-centered. What happened with them had nothing to do with you.

[captainobnoxious]

You're really one to talk about self-centeredness. Calling yourself our savior, giving us a chance every week to kill someone and win your little game, and when you're-- I don't know, bored with us, just deciding that we're better off dead as a whole? You're a real kid.

[kingmakereffect]

Oh yes. I'm terrible. Absolutely the worst. Horrible, immature, selfish. I've heard it all before.

...But really "you're more selfish than I am" is not a good comeback. Do you want to try that one again, or...?

[penduli]

[ ...huh.

He thought he'd be mad, or something. Maybe he didn't see—that's a little too much to hope for. On the other hand, he had people to watch for him because he couldn't watch all the time...

Black laughs softly; it's not seen, but he's totally shrugging. ]

Just thought you'd be up to hear some incredibly interesting gossip. And maybe answer a couple of questions while you're at it.

[kingmakereffect]

Depends on what questions you have. I'm sure you know by now that you're not going to get any particularly useful information from me.

[captainobnoxious]

It's a great comeback, so no. And even if you are all of those things, I'm not calling you that. Just the self-centered part.

[... Really, it's on par with her usual comebacks. Most of hers tend to be "no you" level.]

I didn't come to bad talk at you though. I came for answers like any other day, and... I'll be as civil as I can be, so can I ask that you be the same? Nothing cheeky.

[penduli]

Sometimes I do. [ ... ] It's usually more interesting than useful, granted, but... that's fine too.

[ Okay. ]

First thing on the docket: did you know Miss Sigrun can't sleep at night unless she has a goat doll with her dead boyfriend's face on it? [ Really. ] I think it's unexpectedly cute of her, if a little... weird, too.

[kingmakereffect]

...Alright, I guess. As usual, I can't guarantee that I'll give you answers.

[can you hear the shrugging, there's a lot of shrugging going on here.]

[kingmakereffect]

Well that's... I'm not sure what to make of that. Depressing, maybe.

[He doesn't sound depressed though.]

[captainobnoxious]

[she's always assuming he's shrugging tbh. a shrugging champion. the mightiest shoulders from shrugging]

I think you might. We were told early last week, in place of the... usual thing you do, with the offer and all, that we were slated to die. I assume you saw that.

[Since... he has eyes everywhere, particularly the dining hall, so.]

What's the reason for that? And before you ask why I want to know, every person has a right to know the reason they die for. That's decency.

[kingmakereffect]

Fair enough. Unfortunately, that's not something I'm going to tell you.

[penduli]

[ ...he gets the feeling it's less "depressing" and more "kind of pathetic," really. Otherwise: buddy doesn't know sad or sympathy and that's okay. We all have our flaws. ]

A little, I guess. I made a bear for Zagi—well, I make stuffed animals for everyone, and I actually made a couple of him before I had one that was the quality I wanted?—and I gave the first one to her. It guards her trunk. [ Which is actually really cute. ] Looking at it now's kind of embarrassing though.

I found this all out because I had to stay in her room last night. [ ...he has to stay in her room for the rest of forever, actually, but anyway. ] I really didn't think she was the type.

[captainobnoxious]

Why not?