kingmakereffect | MESSAGES

MESSAGES

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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It's a rule. You don't want to break the rules, do you?

It's a dumb rule, just like the sleeping outside our rooms. What if we want to take a nap in the sauna, huh? Or need to sleep in the infirmary for some reason? Do we get punished then too?

[... Honestly curious though.]

Yes.

...Though the infirmary is an interesting question. I still don't suggest it.

If you could make allowances for anyone who gets a concussion trying to beat something up they shouldn't, I'd be glad. And I'm sure everyone else would too.

[Just sayin.]

But seriously, is there a real reason we're not allowed in there at night? Outside that it's "a rule" which I'm going to find a way around.

That will only encourage you all. I'll think about it, but I make no promises. Either way you might want to stop beating up things you shouldn't.

You can continue to try to find ways around the rules if you'd like, but if you break any of them you'll die. These conversations aren't going to change that, you know.

I won't try for round four yet and I know that. You're a stubborn ass, remember? Even if we were flesh and blood you wouldn't change at all.

[She sounds so sure of that.]

Of course I wouldn't. I'm always going to be like this.

[He sounds thoughtful, but as usual he's not going to talk about it.]

[... Okay but now she really wants to know about his family. The chance of him talking about that is like, a high zero. You can practically hear the debate in the following silence.]

... So. How've you been? Sleeping well? Keeping yourself fed? Things like that.

I've been fine. You really don't need to ask questions about me, you know.

...Though I guess if I was having problems that would make things more difficult for you all.

[good job, kingmaker]

Right. If you died, we'd eventually starve. And that's not fun for anyone, not even the robot who it doesn't apply to.

[Because that would mean his important people would eventually starve and honestly that's Horrible.]

So if you have any health issues or anything at all, speak now so that if those alarms go off again we can either just shrug our shoulders at what's you probably falling asleep at your station or call and see if you're still alive.

[guess which party she was in. guess.]

I don't have any health problems. You won't have to worry about me suddenly dying or anything.

Unless someone manages to actually make their way in there with you to kill your smart ass. Right? Or is that like, a guarantee you'll be fine?

It's a guarantee I won't die to any disease, at least.

Though there is a rule in place about harming me, remember?

I do. But who's actually going to listen to that once they've got you in their hands, huh? It's more like a courtesy to ask and then clock you.

[Which she'd do. She'd absolutely ask to fight him and, if accepted, get ready to put a knife through his eye.]

Well yes, I figure you all want a piece of me. But if you attack me without permission... well, the rule is in place for a reason.

For our own protection, yeah yeah, we've seen that much. Though how strong are you really if you have to have all this space between us and can only kill us if we're sleeping?

... Or want it, in the bird's case. I hope he was tasty at least. Can't say I know much more if you'd still blow up whoever was in the kitchen at the time, awake or not.

I didn't eat him, that's gross.

[JEEZ SIGRUN]

You're not getting an answer about how strong I am. But you knew that already, didn't you?

Well, you should've! That's a waste of a perfectly good bird if you didn't! I mean, talking aside, he's still just a bird!

[... She seemed genuinely upset by that. Ahem.]

But I ask a lot of questions I don't expect an answer out of, yeah. It's always fun to see which ones get a hit and which ones miss, though for this one I'm just gonna assume you're the type of person who stays in the corner during a fight.

[BUT THE KING, SIGRUN.........]

That's not important for you to know. Maybe it will be at some point, but for now you're not getting an answer.

[MORE LIKE A KING FEAST!!]

You know, I've gotta wonder how many of the "important later" questions you'd answer now. I mean, I can't remember any of them, but still. Maybe there'd actually be something new to tell everyone.

Maybe. But if you want to be honest, I don't remember all of the questions you've asked me anyway.

I've asked you that many, huh. Do you mind it?

No, I don't. I'm sometimes baffled by the questions you all ask me, but I don't mind it.

Okay, so, without naming names -- which you won't anyway, because all these talks are private or whatever -- what's the weirdest question you've been asked?

[There's gotta be at least one that's stuck out to him.

... Besides her own...]

[...]

Someone kept insisting that knowing the weather outside was important.

I know it doesn't sound that weird, but of all things to ask when you're trapped in a place like this, why would the weather outside be a concern?

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