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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

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[happysweets]

Okay before I go asking you what I'm about to ask you I need to confirm first because Misa-Misa knows she can't trust you but she needs to ask about it so

This isn't going to get out to anyone, right? You promise? I don't have any way of like actually um

Making a pinky promise with you or anything but assume that Misa-Misa is sticking her pinky finger out and pretend that you're sticking your hand out and wrapping your pinky around my pinky

If you say you're doing that it's good enough for Misa-Misa!!!!

[penduli]

[ ...okay. time for something really important. ]

you said you could provide us with anything we wanted, right? could we get a tv, a dvd or a vhs player, and some mystery movies?

[ SLIGHTLY LESS INANE THAN THE WASHING MACHINE DEMAND, THEN. look, this is important. someone here does't know what movies are. ...they won't get his murder mystery references without them. ]

[kingmakereffect]

I said I would provide you with everything you need, not anything you want.

Things like that aren't necessary, so you won't get them.

[penduli]

being genre savvy is very necessary, and this whole place is a big mystery. i feel like it'd fall under a need in that case.

...and if you give us at least this i won't ask you for a washing machine anymore. [ this... totally isn't going to work, but he'll try anyway. ]

[kingmakereffect]

It's cute that you think that's going to work, but the answer is still no.

[kingmakereffect]

I promise. No one will see this but me, and even if they ask me about whatever you say in a trial, I'm not going to tell them anything with any names attached to it.

...But assume I'm doing that too, if it makes you feel better. I'm totally doing that.

[happysweets]

Oh, thank goodness!! Okay, I figured out a good way to ask what I want to ask without you thinking I'm crazy but hear me out, and depending on your answer I'll elaborate, I promise, Mr. Kingmaker. Thank you for being so super-cooperative!

OK, so I know there are the speakers everywhere, but I'm assuming you have some way you can actually see us, too, yes? ...So when you look at all of us in this bunker together, not including yourself, how many people do you see? 27? Or 28?

[ That's...huh. ]

[kingmakereffect]

I only brought 27 of you here. Why would I see more than that?

[penduli]

it was worth a shot. [ OH WELL... he'll try his best to explain the nuances to sigrun.

...if she can follow the conversation for that long. ] what's with the candies in the kitchen?

[kingmakereffect]

...Do you not like them?

[happysweets]

Because I usually have someone following me. Wherever I go, she goes. That's how it works. Something like the end of the world probably wouldn't stop her, honestly. So it's weird that she's not here...

[kingmakereffect]

Unfortunately, I don't know about her.

I only brought you.

[happysweets]

Then if that's the case, I have another question.

You brought me here, but did you bring my things?

[penduli]

[ are you going to take offense if he says yes ]

they just don't strike me as being very necessary, and for someone who's stuck on things that we need and things we don't need, it seems silly.

[kingmakereffect]

That depends on the things you're talking about.

[kingmakereffect]

[Not really. It's not like it's the Kingmaker's fault that you're 21 going on 80.]

What would you replace them with? If you had your way.

[happysweets]

So you do have some of my stuff.

[ But if he touched the notebook, he should be able to see Rem... ]

Did you touch any of it?

[penduli]

[ i'm fucking crying and it's all your fault jesus christ ]

a washing machine [ #GIVE US A WASHING MACHINE 2K16 ]

[kingmakereffect]

That's not going to fit in the cupboards, so you'll have to make do with the candies.

[kingmakereffect]

Does it really matter?

[penduli]

............okay. [ feel the dissatisfaction. ] has anyone else contacted you yet?

[happysweets]

It does!! If you can't answer that, can you at least tell me what things of mine you have?? And maybe where I can pick them up??

[kingmakereffect]

That would be too easy.

[kingmakereffect]

That's confidential information, sorry.

[happysweets]

...It was worth a shot, at least, right?

I assume I get it all back by ending the exercise? That seems like the kind of game you're playing, here. I don't want it that badly, but...

[ yes she does ]