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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Feel free to speak your mind if you think it was a dubious purchase. Because it definitely was.

[deicider]

It's only dubious if Doll can't be trusted to adhere to it. If Doll sees herself as playing the game, she might. A few points are worth a chance.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

She doesn't seem complex enough to plan for a long con or a non-obvious deceit. Or really that complex at all. I had to barter with her to change the wording of the deal from "brutally murdered" to just "murdered".

[deicider]

I'd prefer 'complex' to 'impulsive', honestly.

[amused,]

It's possible she never considered murdering non-brutally.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

That's exactly what I'm worried about.

People with less empathy than me. Fucking low bar.

[deicider]

[laughs!]

People with less empathy than me, an even lower bar.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You sell yourself short, Commander. You care about the community even if you're indifferent to the majority.

[deicider]

That doesn't count for much when my unit is a mess and the community would still rather waste time ripping each other apart in games than make even the smallest effort to talk to each other.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

But yet here you are. Still trying.

[deicider]

I'm apparently an optimist by nature.

[might be pouting a bit at that.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Moving to lean up against the table next to them. Or closer - since they are laying down.]

Maybe you're just a sucker for complex problems.

[deicider]

[turning to their side to keep him in view, propping their chin on an arm.]

That's definitely true.

What do you know about Lucifel?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Tenses. Probably noticeably]

He's the worst kind of the villain. One you can't hate because he's so---

Lucifel.

[deicider]

[Whoa. Raises an eyebrow. ]

Can you elaborate?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Did you hear what happened on our side of the trial?

[deicider]

Of course. He and some other Sensitivs did the same thing to Nemesis during that arena game.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Oh.

Oh he didn't know that.

Now he looks mad. As if being mad at the trial wasn't enough.]

Did he now?

[deicider]

[frowns lightly.]

Yeah. He wasn't there but then Sensitiv and Yasuragi went for Nemesis and Requiem a round later.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I heard about that latter part from Nemesis.

. . .

Did you talk to Lucifel after the game? Or since then?

[deicider]

Not directly after. During the truth game.

He seems to think of himself as something of a villain.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes.

It seems that's what he's set his mind to.

[deicider]

... Unfortunately, I think I gave him an idea.

I told him if he really wanted everyone to band against him, he was underestimating everyone's capacity for inaction. That he'd need to be a host to get results.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

How do you figure that will help the cause?

Sure, it will mean people hate him. But people care even less about their hate for the hosts than they do for the units that wronged them last week. Mostly because there's jackshit we can do about it right now.

[deicider]

I was mostly using it as an example to point out why his current plan sucked. But as a host he could run whatever kinds of games he wanted. That's a lot more pressure he can apply than as an idol.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Laughs out loud at that]

The games not turning us against each other fast enough.

I thought that last one did a great job. And no host required - it was a fucking AI.