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[kingmakereffect]

If you have something to ask the Kingmaker about over text, this is where it goes! The Kingmaker will respond to text messages as soon as he's available. You will most likely get a text back very quickly.

Your smartphones will only connect to the Kingmaker. There is no option to send a text to anyone else, instead it will connect automatically to his phone.

Comments are screened for privacy; no looking at each other's private texts without permission, after all.

Comments

[cherryblooded]

[Hello, you scum.]

If we get another floor, can we have a hot tub? I won't even ask for a whole pool.

[kingmakereffect]

Maybe. I'll consider it, anyway.

[pokexplorer]

[Hi Kingmaker, look who finally decided to text you!]

Kingmaker,

Are you at all aware of the vending machine's contents?

[kingmakereffect]

I am, yes.

[goodforsomething]

Most of what we did this week's meeting was try and figure out what the fuck you're keepin' down in that pit of yours. It's slow going.

I say it's some kinda shapeshifter, hot or cold?

[kingmakereffect]

Tepid.

[capyper]

mr. kingmaker, i have another impoooortant question
how come you're giving away sensitive info like our heights and weights here...
but you won't give your own?! talk about UNFAIR!!
i'm a delicate soul you know. i would never give that info away freely.

[ ... He probably didn't even know how much he weighed until looking at the profiles, honestly. ]

[kingmakereffect]

Maybe I'm also a delicate soul about those things. You never know.

[penduli]

[ ...he really did agree to sell everyone out for information and possibly his sister, didn't he. No time for second thoughts; he promised his parents he'd protect her, and if it mean this, so be it. She'll never find out, after all.

He's good at keeping things from her.

Since he's awake before the alarms on Sunday, Black spends a few hours compiling a concise but informative series of texts regarding their first three meetings. ...given that none of them are happy to be here, signs of rebellion are a little hard to parse in the whole mess. It's easier for him to give basic context before they get into the little details.

The last one comes with the fun detail of "miss boundless and bombastic are dating, apparently."

Once that information's sent out, it's time to get to the real thing. ]

you seemed a little snappish at the last trial. were we taking too long to get to the point?

[kingmakereffect]

No, you did just fine getting to the point.

It wasn't anything personal.

Sunday of Week 4, a.k.a. Drunk Texting with Norman

[goodforsomething]

hey yyou you wana give us a record player down here

[kingmakereffect]

...A record player, of all things?

text;

[happysweets]

Misa-Misa is in the process of writing a new hit single about how much of a COMPLETE JERK you are and I need something that rhymes with "murder" respond ASAP >:T

[kingmakereffect]

...I see you're in a great mood today.

[devastation]

[...Honestly, she would rather not talk to you at all, but due to this thread--]

Kingmaker-san, I have a request to make: would it be possible to procure a blackboard for us to use here?

[kingmakereffect]

...I don't see why not. When did you want it?

[penduli]

[ Like his other text, a concise but informative summary of the last meeting goes first. ...given that Sigrun's asked him questions that came up there, this probably isn't exactly needed, but. It's there.

...also some people's reactions to the incentive, because that's important I guess.

Although-- ]

regarding this week's incentive:

1. do you think this is going to motivate anyone to kill someone?
2. how did you get this information, exactly?

[ ...because his is a huge secret even from his co-workers back home, and him and his sister really never talk about the fact he was like "sure buddy, you can come in me as long as you leave my sister alone" to a giant floating ball of energy that was sort of being a destructive mess (as all mighty god-like immortals are). ]

[kingmakereffect]

1. I think it might. If it doesn't, that's boring, but it's not a great loss, I guess.
2. It's pretty obvious that I got it from you somehow, isn't it?

[...helpful guy, that Kingmaker.]

[goodforsomething]

Did you know about Norman?

[kingmakereffect]

I knew a lot of things about Norman.

What happened during the trial was unexpected, though.

[pokexplorer]

[Pretend this is from Sunday!]

Kingmaker,

Might I request something admittedly very frivolous? I am happy to exchange some information about my world in return.

[Apparently he's coming around from their previous conversation.]

[kingmakereffect]

What sort of frivolous thing are we talking about?

[cherryblooded]

Was there a reason to assault our eardrums an extra few times today?

[kingmakereffect]

It's nothing you need to worry about.

[penduli]

[ 8T You don't deserve this information and you know it.

But he did say he'd fill him in later, so after dinner, here he is. Filling him in. ]

about the notes:
1. mr. sensitive found a locket with the letter "H" on it and a note inside that read "THEY DESERVE THIS." detective dilatory read it aloud.
2. mr. charismatic found a book with something in it too. i couldn't read it from where i was sitting, since he gave it to mr. sensitive, but it seemed startling.
3. the journal meteoric found is written in something close to neo-tifinag (or however it's spelled), but mr. temperamental couldn't translate it for us, so it's not quite the same. it looks like a lot of lists.
4. i found sheet music with the messages "You're not alone here." and "You're being watched." i haven't told anyone else yet because honestly they seem a little stupid, given we're all here and you're watching us.

mr. temperamental and mr. charismatic were writing something in code they both seemed to understand, but i couldn't, so it isn't covered by whatever incredible translation thing is going on here in the first place. i'm a little interested in knowing how that works, by the way, but i doubt you'll tell me straight out because it isn't fun if you do.

finally, captivating is holding a masquerade ball on thursday. i'm sure it'll be a lot of fun, if you want to swing by. we'll have an odd number of people otherwise, and she'd be delighted if you did.

[kingmakereffect]

I have to wonder what you'd do with it if I actually showed up to your parties, since all of you can't cause me some sort of horrific bodily harm if I did.

[cherryblooded]

Why have I gotten nearly 200 coins from you? It doesn't look like everyone else has gotten that many.

[kingmakereffect]

Are you complaining about it?

WEEK 6, MONDAY NIGHT

[amygdalae]

1. Why was I already in one of the jumpsuits upon my initial arrival here?
2. Do you actually ever leave this place? Why or why not?
3. Why exactly is the kitchen closed during nighttime?
4. Just what was the item that Miss Amane had with her?
5. What do you know of the dreams that we keep getting every week?
6. Exactly how much did you know of us before you brought us here?
7. How did you manage to cure me?

[...hello, guess who is bombarding you with questions after like, three weeks of silence.]

[kingmakereffect]

Good evening to you too.

1. Because your other attire was otherwise unusable.
2. I don't. Someone has to keep an eye on you, after all.
3. Why do you think?
4. She explained that to all of you at the trial. She would have been able to explain all of the details better than I could, just because it was hers.
5. I know that they happen and they're very unfortunate sometimes.
6. I knew enough.
7. Are you unhappy with it?

[captainobnoxious]

this is sigrun i am at a party right now so i can't really talk which is why i'm trying this out but you can see our drawings of you right which one is your favorite we thought you should get a vote too

[... so, so sorry, this is her texting]

[kingmakereffect]

No, that's all right.

Enjoy your party, though.

[cherryblooded]

Fuck you.

[kingmakereffect]

[The text is a little delayed tonight, but it'll come after a while.]

I expected something like that eventually. If not tonight, then tomorrow.

[penduli]

A kill switch, Kingmaker?

[ ...someone is mad and means business today. ]

[kingmakereffect]

What about it?

[captainobnoxious]

[It's either very early or very late that the Kingmaker will get a text from Sigrun.

... The time depends on who you ask.]

your life is still mine but i have a small request for you if you don't mind answering it

[kingmakereffect]

[Well, the reply is prompt, so apparently he wasn't asleep just yet.]

What is it?

[penduli]

[ It's the evening before he gets to it, being busy most of the day with hanging out with Sigrun and working on his projects, but here it is: a brief summary of whatever's happened at the meeting. Shit happened this week so he gets to report on it, hallelujah! ..but none of that is as important as what he's about to get into, and he's not... even really sure if he should.

On the other hand, he said he'd report if there was anything about ghosts. Granted: that was in reference to the souls thing Mettaton was going on about, but this can't hurt to share. ]

we didn't bring it up at the meeting, but there's a ghost calling itself "glory" haunting either the seventh floor's conference room in general or just the blackboard there. most of us talked to them for a little while, and glory invited us to come talk to them anytime. they were alone for a long time before we started writing to them, i think.

also, we're all meeting in the chapel for some reason tonight around one. i'm not sure why--the note didn't say--but if you want to watch you can. i'll be attending so i'll report on anything that happens if you can't manage to stay up until then. i know keeping this place running and thinking up ways to incite murder among us must be very tiring for you.

[ ...he's still in that kind of mood, yeah. ]

[penduli]

[ and then, a while later. a while while later. ]

we talked to the ghosts and they have shipping charts. regaled does anyway.

good night, sir, please bother me when i contact you next time we instead of right now, today's been tiring.

[cherryblooded]

[Sometime after Cherryblod's phone call and his conversation with Sigrun...]

I hear you told Sigrun a few of the things Mettaton said about her. If it's not too much trouble, may I request the same favor?

[It's text so he can keep the record, hopefully forever.]

[kingmakereffect]

[...]

It was obvious that you were important to him. He never outright said that, but there was a fondness to his wording when he talked about you. He eventually admitted that he wasn't just acting when it came to you.

He found it good to talk to you, even if he didn't always experience the same feelings you did or know what to do with yours. He felt like he could talk to you about anything. That you would always accept him, no matter what he had done. I think he felt guilty about that. At least a little.

He didn't understand why you cared about him so much. His only friends back home were abandoned or dead. The rest only cared about his status. He didn't know what to do with it, and it seemed to confuse him.

He did directly say that he cared about you, though.

[uro_cyon]

I'm going to assume you knew exactly what I'm capable of when you decided to name me "Adept".

How am I supposed to show you that here if you took away my phone? Yours isn't exactly up to date with the latest software.

[kingmakereffect]

And what are you planning on doing if I were to give you another one?

Knowing what you're capable of and knowing how you're going to utilize it are two different things.

[cherryblooded]

[You know, he would have asked about this earlier but he didn't not hate the Kingmaker enough to talk to him about it.

Texting him in the dining room while surrounded by a pile of Stuff.]

I don't question a lot of what's in the machine, but why the softcore pornography? ...Also, do you want any of this stuff, most of it's getting burned otherwise.

[kingmakereffect]

Are you sure it doesn't belong to anyone?

And no, you can do whatever you like with it. Burn it, for all I care.

[penduli]

our ghosts told us there was a surveillance room of some kind on the second floor. i'm sure there's people gone to check it out by now, but i don't know if they found anything.

[ ...hi kingmaker, (one of?) your mole(s? km implied more than one) has arrived. ...honestly, telling about the ghosts makes going into the chapel so much harder, but he did say he would, and... he's not one to dishonor an agreement. he's noble for all the wrong reasons now.

also, more importantly: ]

i don't know if you know, but my sister is dead and has been dead since halloween. i'm not really sure how long it's been since then, but it's safe to say it's a while.

are those pictures you set out for us real? (also, what is with you and butterfly knives.)

WEEK 8, SUNDAY

[amygdalae]

Just a quick question, if you don't mind.

How closely do you watch our rooms, if you do at all?

[What a perfectly normal question.]

[kingmakereffect]

...That's not suspicious at all.