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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

[goodforsomething]

Deal.

But hey, lemme know if there's something specific you're willing to pay for. I ain't a mind reader, sugarplum.

[kingmakereffect]

I'd like to hear about the others. Anything they're planning where I can't see them - and I can see you most of the time, but I can't be everywhere.

Information is valuable in a place like this. I think you know that.

[goodforsomething]

Where can't you see us? I figured you had cameras or something around most of this place.

...speaking of, are you watching us sleep? 'Cause that'd be weird.

[kingmakereffect]

I do, but I'm only one person. I can't keep an eye on all of you at once, especially when you guys split up. Reviewing everything would take more hours in the day than I actually have. So there are times where things happen in a metaphorical blind spot.

Let me know who's dangerous and who isn't. Who I should probably be keeping an eye on.

...I don't watch you sleep, though, because that's boring. You're sleeping. You're not going to be breaking rules while you're sleeping.

And no, I don't watch you guys get dressed or shower or anything else like that, either.

[goodforsomething]

Hey, can't blame me for asking. You got a kinda voyeurish vibe.

Fine. I figure you already know about Bruce's meetings - the guy ain't exactly being subtle about it. Besides those, there ain't much going on.

[kingmakereffect]

Good to know.

If you find out anything worth knowing, let me know. You'll be rewarded for it, definitely, and I'll let you select the reward.

For the time being, you can have your alcohol for being so cooperative - a couple of bottles of whiskey, was it? You can tell them whatever you want about how you managed to get it out of me.

[goodforsomething]

Come on. We both know it was my roguish good looks.

[kingmakereffect]

Completely irresistible, if you ask me.

[goodforsomething]

Ha! You know it, buddy!

So, I hear you ain't a bunch of tiny humans in a man suit. That Sigrun's a card, huh?

Are you a pile of gnomes?

[kingmakereffect]

I'm not a pile of anything. I'm human, that's all.

[goodforsomething]

Good to know. It'd be too weird if you were gnomes. I usually have to chase those little freaks away from my garbage.

Are you some kinda wizard? And don't act like that's a crazy question, you had a zombie walking around earlier.

[kingmakereffect]

...Don't worry, I wasn't going to. There's also a human-sized talking shrimp and a magical robot among you.

I'm...special, I guess. But I wouldn't say I'm an actual wizard or anything.

[goodforsomething]

...heh, yeah. You wouldn't be the first "special" person out there.

Would you call it science? I think it gets kinda fuzzy between that and magic once you start doing things like this - with the magic robot and everything. But there's still some difference.

[kingmakereffect]

It definitely starts getting fuzzy. But there's some science, and there's also some magic mixed in with it.

It's kind of a complicated setup.

[goodforsomething]

Did you set it up all yourself?

[kingmakereffect]

That doesn't really matter. What matters is that I'm running it by myself.

[goodforsomething]

So you didn't.

[kingmakereffect]

So it doesn't matter.

[goodforsomething]

Whatever you say, dear.