( graveyard: we're cursed..........3 )

[nodo]

[ since there's more of us now, let's set up a scene...ish. we're at the beach! hooray!! it's our government mandated party game!! hopefully everyone is going to be well behaved because law won't give two shits. he's already arranging this for some reason unknown to man. indulgences? indulgences....... everyone get your sins in. taps on watch???

of course there is booze because there is always booze. law does not perceive the meth. (if there is any.)

NOW!! EVERYONE. TWO TRUTHS & ONE LIE. ]

Comments

[kokytos]

Based on the things we've talked about, I have to think the first and third one are true. You like the bleak shit, after all.

[touchups]

Yay, you got it right!

[DING DING DING. Mahito applauds... There's a little spike in his amusement, but his emotions tend to stay at a general baseline.]

I remember one name. [REMEMBERS VLAD AGAIN.] --Two names!

[kokytos]

[ He looks vaguely amused at the somewhat level of entertainment just emanating off of Mahito here. ]

Go figure, good job. Don't bust your brain too much trying to keep a log.

[touchups]

[HE IS A CREATURE.

A creature who flashes a thumbs-up at Steven, smiling and radiating gremlin energy.]

Don't worry, I don't try! No point.

[kokytos]

[ Never change Mahito. ]

Good for you. The inside-out part is related to your soul manipulation, isn't it?

I figured you must've liked Kafka, when you brought up Meinong in our first conversation.

[touchups]

[Unfortunately for literally everyone else, he never will.]

Yup! Pretty cool, right? [Is that the word for it...

Anyway Steven has him pinned, goddamn. He laughs!]

Mm, you're good at this! The Metamorphosis is one of the books I got to talk about with a human. That old man had a lot of interesting things to say; he helped me understand it.

[kokytos]

Old man...?

[ Like a little baby being taught the ways of the world... through the most psychologically nihilistic concepts in the world, apparently. ]

I'd love to hear more about your knowledge sometime. It's fun to hear what a non-human has to say about human-made concepts. [ Beach pc!! ]

[touchups]

[Yeah sometimes you are freshly born and full of hate and immediately start reading Kafka.]

Yeah! We lived together for a while and he taught me a lot of stuff.

[THANK GOD FOR LIGHT NOVEL LORE. But he'll nod at that! There's a little thread of fondness, off-kilter as it is, when he answers.]

Sure, sure! You know I'm always glad to talk to you.

[kokytos]

[ Mahito your EDUCATION. ]

...Weird. Reminds me an awful lot about one of my subordinates, he also had a similar backstory, actually.

[ He acknowledges the off-white shade of fondness, and doesn't question it. Kind of like a dog's affection, is how he categorizes it. ]

Alright, talk to you later then. For now, just making some rounds with everyone else this game, I'll get back to you.

[touchups]

[HIS EDUCATION WAS AN OLD GUY IN A WATER TREATMENT PLANT TUNNEL!!]

Huh, really? I wanna hear about that later, too! [A little curve of interest in his emotional spread... Also honestly Steven is pretty spot on with that comparison. Or, more accurately, it's the affection of an alien species looking fondly at a human that they do not know what the fck to do with.]

Mm, okay! Have fun!

[WAVING.]