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

[captainobnoxious]

Why not?

[kingmakereffect]

I'm not telling you that one either.

[captainobnoxious]

Why not?

[She can do this all day.

Or until Black's out of the shower.]

[kingmakereffect]

That's three for three of things I'm not telling you. Care to keep going?

[Don't worry, so can he!!]

[captainobnoxious]

[Kingmaker!!!!]

I can keep on until my charge gets out of the shower.

But I don't know how long he usually showers for, so... I'll leave that for now. But I'm writing it down to remember!

[... So she can ask him later. She's. She's trying. Skritch skritch skritch.]

I thought you'd be a little more on edge though, considering... the whole thing last Friday. [Which she's still assuming he saw.] I think this is the best you've sounded in a while, actually. Something good happen to you?

[kingmakereffect]

Maybe, maybe not. I don't think I sound any different.

[S H R U G]

[captainobnoxious]

Of course you don't think you do. But people who talk to you notice things. And I've had my fair share of talks with you, Kingly.

[kingmakereffect]

Hmm. Well, you probably do know more about me than the others.

[captainobnoxious]

In fairness, you know a bit more about me than the others, too. I haven't told anyone but you my greatest fear-weakness thing. Which I kind of regret talking to you about now, because that was not the smartest thing I've ever done [in a list of things that continuously aren't smart, jesus christ sigrun] and now I feel like it's really biting me in the ass with these betrayals I'm so close to.

Another point against you, by the way. Why I think you're out for my head more than the others.

So. Did something better happen to you? If not straight out good, then just better.

[kingmakereffect]

Well, to be fair even if you hadn't told me that this still would have happened. I'm not intentionally doing this to mess with you. You can believe what you want to, of course.

And no, not really.

[captainobnoxious]

[... The thing is, like, for all his faults and general assholery?

To Sigrun's knowledge, he hasn't lied to her. So she's a little inclined to believe him. A little. Enough to drop that away for now, anyway.]

Okay. To both. I'll just assume you had a good sleep for once, since apparently no one's been talking to you, or you enjoy watching things go to shit. It's always fun when it's not happening to you.

Didn't care too much about Black being found out?

[kingmakereffect]

My opinions on Enforcing's discovery aren't really all that important. I figured it would happen at some point.

[captainobnoxious]

No wonder you're so calm about it. Do you have a back-up?

[She doubts he'll answer that but, well, you know.]

[kingmakereffect]

Another question I won't answer. Nice try though.

[captainobnoxious]

I didn't ask for names, Kingmaker. Just if you had a back-up.

[kingmakereffect]

And once again, not something I'm answering.

[captainobnoxious]

I don't see why it's a problem whether you answer yes or no on this, but I'll assume on the side of safety that you do. It won't make me any less likely to take a bullet for any of these stupid guys anyway.

[... What else can she ask him.]

[kingmakereffect]

As usual, you can believe what you want to believe.

Anything else, Boundless?

[captainobnoxious]

... Only if you're willing to answer some personal questions, I guess. I'm still pretty interested in you, even if you... kind of unintentionally made my life hell.

[It's kind of her own fault she got so attached to people to that point in the first place, she can acknowledge that.]

I mean, I've been a pretty big jerk to you, so it's not like I'm expecting anything anyway, and we're definitely not friends or anything, but. Yeah. Interested.

[kingmakereffect]

I can listen. I won't guarantee you'll get any answers though.

[captainobnoxious]

I've known that since day one, buddy. Were you in a game like ours before?

[kingmakereffect]

Does it really matter? What matters is that I'm running this one.

[captainobnoxious]

I'll just say, two for two from what I've learned, the people who've chosen to stay here ended up going insane and running a game like this one. So I thought it might be likely that you had, too.

In which case, that'd make you the one who won this before, wouldn't it?

[kingmakereffect]

Oh no, you have it all wrong. I've always been insane.

[well gee km, way to just fucking say it]

[captainobnoxious]

[jeez km that might be one of the most direct answers she's every gotten]

Was your friend just as nuts, or is that why he didn't survive?