TEXT

[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

[penduli]

thank you. and you're right, most of us aren't--is it okay if i assume you [ oh my god this sounds ridiculous ] can travel through time, or something like that?

[kingmakereffect]

If it's easier for you to understand that way, then sure.

[penduli]

thank you. [ ...

okay, one more question. ] would you lie to us to get us to participate in your game?

[kingmakereffect]

Any incentives I give you won't be based on lies. Like I said, there's no point in promising anything I can't fulfill.

[...]

Why are you so interested in this all of a sudden?

[penduli]

my parents wanted me to keep my sister safe, and if i had acted on your incentive last week, i would've done that.

but i was scared, and i thought the risk was too great. there's still two dozen of us in here--it'd be crazy to think i could've gotten away with something like killing someone with that risk to reward ratio. [ maybe that's playing it safe, but he could have kept his sister safe. isn't that worth the risk?

or does he want to live more than he wants to see her again? it's troubling. ] and i like dealing with open, honest people. that's all.

[kingmakereffect]

Most people prefer that, don't they?

[...]

There are ways to get information outside of a simple yes/no, you know. More indepth answers and all. If you're interested.

[penduli]

[ ... ]

what do i have to do?

[ that's gotta be answer enough for how interested he is. ]

[kingmakereffect]

Nothing too terrible. I'm not going to ask you to kill anyone for me or anything like that.

I just like the concept of even trades. I'm good at what I do, but I'm only one person, and keeping track of all of you would be difficult, even for me. But if you give me information, I'll answer questions for you to the best of my ability.

[penduli]

so you're asking me to sell out my peers, essentially.

[ ... ]

what kind of information would you be looking for, exactly?>/font>

[kingmakereffect]

Again, nothing terrible. I just want to know if people are planning to cause trouble for me. That's all I'm really asking for.

If you want to go above and beyond the call of duty, it'll get you more favors or information, but I'm not going to require it or demand it from you.

[penduli]

[ fuck html on phones ]

i'd be surprised if they weren't, but you have a deal. [ ... ] i suppose you already know there are a fair amount of people who'd really like to punch you, right?

miss boundless and mr charismatic off the top of my head. i think sacrificial mentioned wanting to get you below the belt. they're empty threats unless they find where you're hiding though.