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

[kingmakereffect]

I'm not sure why you'd be getting up to any "intimate activities" while you're trapped in here, but your concern has been noted.

[penduli]

Oh, not me. [ ...... ] Miss Sigrun and Mettaton though. Yosuke is a teenage boy, and I'm sure he... you know.

...also, you didn't comment on the women's side of the sauna and actually, that didn't answer my question at all.

[kingmakereffect]

Trust me, I have no interest in seeing what Meteoric gets up to in his spare time. I'm not interested in whatever it is robots and humans do together either.

You'll get used to the non-answers eventually. Maybe. I'm surprised you haven't yet.

[penduli]

I seem to recall mentioning I liked dealing with open, honest people. [ ...a sigh. ] But I know you're not either of those.

[ ...why did he ever agree to this? Oh, right, information. ...information he has to play twenty questions for anyway. ]

I heard you're not from this world originally either—Miss Sigrun mentioned it before. Have you been here much longer than us?

[kingmakereffect]

Does it really matter? I'm not sure what you're hoping to get out of a question like that.

[what a pain in the ass, sorry black]

[penduli]

[ he did this to himself ]

I was just wondering if you'd know if there were people before us here, that's all. There's no reason to get so defensive.

[kingmakereffect]

Why do you want to know?

[penduli]

Some of the notes people have found aren't in your handwriting. I'm pretty sure they don't belong to any of us either, but they had to be written by someone.

[ ...he's basically just asking for confirmation. ]

So?

[kingmakereffect]

You don't really expect me to hand you any answers, do you?

[penduli]

Are you that entertained by the idea of me just assuming things?

[kingmakereffect]

Maybe, maybe not.

[#helpful]

[penduli]

[ OHHHHHHHHH my GODDDDDD ]

Were you born an asshole, or did your life experiences shape you into one? Just curious, it won't come up at the next meeting or anything like that.

[kingmakereffect]

I think I've always been this infuriating. Look at that, you got an answer.

[oh my god]

[penduli]

[ that wasn't the sound of someone throwing their pillow at the wall

(yes it was) ]

What's your idea of an even trade?

[kingmakereffect]

[black does not deserve this]

It's not my fault you keep asking me questions that are unimportant or things I can't answer.

[penduli]

[ ...where does he even begin with this. ]

Importance is decided on a person-by-person basis. Are they really things you can't answer, or ones you just won't for whatever reason?

[kingmakereffect]

Well, I'm not answering them, so doesn't that make it obvious? It could be a matter of "I can't" or it could just be because I don't feel like it. Even if I told you one way or another, would you believe it?

[penduli]

I'd have to, wouldn't I? If I felt you were really serious, and not just trying to worm your way out of answering because it's not fun to be straightforward.

[ Like how he is with the incentives and everything; everyone else might be crying false prophet, but Black believes him.

...not that any of those incentives mean anything to him anymore. ]

[kingmakereffect]

I'm glad you get that, at least. Everyone immediately jumps to "he's lying" and then they turn around and ask me questions like they expect me to answer them truthfully. You can't have it both ways.

[penduli]

I'm sorry if I've come off that way before. I'll try to be better about it.

[ ...it'd be better for their work relationship anyway. ]

Do you have a set of standards for what you consider an important question, or do you decide on a case-by-case basis?

[kingmakereffect]

Case-by-case, because otherwise that implies I've actually thought about all the questions you all ask me. Considering how many weird and pointless questions I get... there's no way I could have thought about all of them.

[penduli]

[ So he's decided that the question of if there was anyone here before them is pointless. ...not that it needed answering, there's plenty of evidence to... Well then no shit answering it is pointless. ]

I see. Are there any questions you've thought we might ask that we haven't yet?

[kingmakereffect]

There are a few, actually. I was expecting you all to do or react in certain ways and you all continuously prove me wrong, so there's that.

But then again, who could have accurately predicted bloodletting in the first trial?

[penduli]

Apparently none of us. I hope it doesn't become the plot point of another trial, in all honesty. I'm not a big fan of blood. [ Brrgh. ]

What questions, if you don't mind me asking?

[kingmakereffect]

It certainly was surprising. If that can be used to solve another trial I'll be impressed.

I don't mind you asking, but there's no point in talking about that. There's one in particular that hasn't come up... but I'm expecting it to, so I won't reveal it.