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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.

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[So, okay, yesterday was a bit of a shitshow considering that we've been kidnapped and brought to some place because our world was supposedly destroyed, but once she's had a night of (fitful) sleep and after the meeting with everyone on Monday, she... doesn't really have a question to ask the Kingmaker so much as something else she feels is worth sending.]

Hello Kingmaker-san, this is Megumi Sakura. [Probably a stupid thing to start with, since these devices probably tell him who is sending what messages here, but--] I've given some thought in regards to what you told us yesterday about why we're here, and I'm still not sure if I can believe any of what you said in regards to our worlds supposedly being destroyed, since I still don't recall this happening and there hasn't been any concrete proof that it's really gone now. However, if it turns out that what you say is indeed the truth, then... I want to say thank you. I'm not sure why you would save me in favor of someone else from my home, or if it was even by choice and it just happened to be a coincidence, but even so... I don't want to seem ungrateful just because my memory of things is hazy right now. I want to believe that this is the right thing to do here, that I should be thanking you for this, instead of having to apologize later if my memory comes back and we realize that you were trying to do something good here. So, if that is the case... thank you for saving us, Kingmaker-san.

[...which is then quickly followed by this next text message after a few seconds here]

I'm sorry, I hope that wasn't too strange of a message to send you? I just thought that maybe... I don't know, if I was in your position and a bunch of people were accusing me of doing something bad because they can't remember what happened, then that would feel pretty discouraging? So, I thought maybe I should try to be understanding here?

[megu-nee no why are you trying to be nice to the kidnapper]

I guess there is the possibility that it will turn out that you were lying and that this was indeed a cruel joke, and I will be a fool for having even considered the idea that it was for a good cause, but

[jesus this is turning out to be a trainwreck]

I'm sorry, this is probably a waste of your time, but I felt like it was important to say nonetheless.

[...oh wait hang on, she does have an actual question here]

I guess I could ask though: if what you say is the truth and our worlds really were destroyed, do you have any idea why it is that none of us are able to remember it happening? I apologize if you did answer this for someone already yesterday, but the conversation was a little chaotic and hard to keep track of.

[no thanks to sigrun derailing the conversation in lieu of talking about the idea of cannibalism or making babies...]

[...There's a pause, but there is a reply. It's short, but it's to-the-point.]

It's very nice of you to send this to me. I guess I should thank you for that, too.

Maybe you don't remember anything due to the shock of it. That's definitely possible.

[That's... actually not an implausible explanation to consider, as much as she doesn't like thinking it.]

Do you know what it was that caused the destruction of our worlds? Were they all destroyed by the same thing or was it something different for each of us here?

Do you really want to know?

Any answer I give you is probably just going to upset you either way.

I know.

[She considers it for a long moment, before she finally replies back.]

I don't want to know, but I need to know what happened.

[Does that make sense? She knows that it would be upsetting, yes, but not knowing doesn't really allow closure or the ability to move on from it.]

Maybe you'll find out one day, then. Right now you should just focus on the situation at hand.

[oh well, figures that the answer wouldn't be given that easily]

Alright. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me, Kingmaker-san.

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... this is gonna be a series of quick text messages in a row I'm so sorry (1/3)

still going... (2/3)

okay now she's done

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