if that's really the case then fine bully me hassling someone who actually works here will probably just make you a target and that's too much for my conscience
[ either way, it's a pain in the ass 😤 ]
no not really i'm a 4 so it's not like i've got it the worst
I'm not totally sure, to be honest, aside from the hands they make as you collect different ones and things like role assignments during the big games. I thought at first maybe it had to do with a personality type or some kind of similar unifier, but I haven't been able to identify anything.
In actuality... When I first arrived, I had a much smaller club marking on me, and I had some... extra issues at the time. Hypothetically, the suits might have different effects on our bodies or minds.
[ though that is perhaps one of the fastest ways to witness it for himself... ]
so you had a weird thing happen to you too when you first arrived? i've heard people say the hotel likes to give new people "gifts" how long did yours last
[ because he's really fucking tired of his love rashes tbqh ]
Yeah. Both times, though this one has nothing to do with a suit. A few weeks before it really died down, but now my new "blessing" seems to be permanent. Additionally, some are presumably permanently cursed from being exposed to certain parts of the resort. I'm sure everything here is designed to influence us, at the very least.
yeah that makes sense... it doesn't change you or anything, does it?
[ oushi has very quickly realized his biggest fear is losing all sense of himself, but he had thought given the hotel's somewhat basic premise it wouldn't ever have to come to that so long as he plays nice. ]
Just because it makes you feel something doesn't mean it's not in my control~.
[ "can't"? well... ]
More like I don't want to dodge my own accountability. If these thoughts I'm having are mine, I need to be responsible for that, not use the resort as a scapegoat.
I don't know if it was a punishment or if it's just what happens here if one isn't "active" enough.
has no way of responding to that that isn't incriminating so he's going to ignore it and hope it goes away on its own. ]
that's a big "if" though, isn't it? the way this place works... i haven't been here very long, but it seems like it's dead set on making you give in, or give up and it'll use whatever it can against you to so it so idk i don't know the kind of stuff you're thinking but it's something to keep in mind, you know?
[ "active"......... yeah. he gets that meaning loud and clear. ]
were you holding out in protest or something?
[ because oushi has a hard time believing that any inactivity of getou's is due to a lack of options. ]
Nothing I've faced here is more difficult than things I went through back home. A different kind of hard, no wordplay intended, but still... easier. So I don't think I can agree with your point.
[ ...hmm, what a dilemma... ]
For some reason, I don't want to lie to you... Something personal. I'll leave it at that.
[ well... it's not as if oushi really knows what this guy's going through. or what all he has to deal with back home. maybe he's being guilty of projecting here, but it still feels like to him that the guy is being a little harder on himself than he has to be.
it's not like any of this is any of his business anyway. he shouldn't pry. ]
what, do you think you're supposed to be stronger than all of it?
since you aren't a statue right now... does that mean you're approaching things differently this time around?
[ timelines.... as this is before oushi finds out exactly what getou is, he can only assume the man is another one of those super-powered, or ability-gifted extraordinary people who have the weight of the world on their shoulders. sometimes as literally as it can get. this place seems to be teeming with the type. ]
are you always this hard on yourself?
[ but — ah, that does make sense. if it's not flat out rebellion, and certainly not for a lack of options, than a more... discerning attitude would have been his next guess. ]
that seems smart better to have things worked out before the place forces your hand
[ he has yet to learn that even that wouldn't make much of a difference. ]
Do you always give others this much grace? And of the two, which of those is less likely to serve one of us?
[ oh sweet naive boy... ]
It'll force your hand regardless, eventually. You experienced the cruise suit game? This was one of the more mild I've seen. I'm not even sure the food was dosed. Make fast allies, Oushi.
before all this, i realized i wasn't a very good person kind of a shitty friend, and really selfish
[ sure, mitoki and batayan might have reassured him otherwise, but just because they cottoned on to his particular brand of caring (read: tsundere), doesn't mean it was still a very good way to go about things. ]
i promised myself i'd be better i'm not gonna let some shitty hotel stop me from trying
[ he'll fail a lot of times along the way, anyway. ]
some of the food was dosed
[ just! gonna leave it at that..! ]
but yeah, i'll... keep that in mind
[ will making allies be easier than being a good friend? stay tuned to find out— ]
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i'm not going to your suite!
there's a theater at the mall, maybe someone could be convinced to play a godzilla movie instead...
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Okay, I'll go make some threats~ ♥
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you can just ask?!
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what's your rank? i heard if you're high enough the staff here just do stuff for you anyway
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9, so not quite that high.
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9 out of 13 is still pretty high...
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And let's be honest, fairly harmless. I wouldn't go overboard~.
[ probably. ]
There's still a big gap between that and royalty.
What's wrong? Jealous?
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if that's really the case then fine
bully me
hassling someone who actually works here will probably just make you a target and that's too much for my conscience
[ either way, it's a pain in the ass 😤 ]
no not really
i'm a 4 so it's not like i've got it the worst
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[ lol @ him eating these words literally next thread ]
Could be better...
What suit?
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[ which is a silly stipulation to make considering 1) it would take very little, and 2) that likely wouldn't stop getou anyway. ]
hearts...
do the suits actually matter?
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I'm not totally sure, to be honest, aside from the hands they make as you collect different ones and things like role assignments during the big games.
I thought at first maybe it had to do with a personality type or some kind of similar unifier, but I haven't been able to identify anything.
In actuality...
When I first arrived, I had a much smaller club marking on me, and I had some... extra issues at the time.
Hypothetically, the suits might have different effects on our bodies or minds.
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[ though that is perhaps one of the fastest ways to witness it for himself... ]
so you had a weird thing happen to you too when you first arrived? i've heard people say the hotel likes to give new people "gifts"
how long did yours last
[ because he's really fucking tired of his love rashes tbqh ]
so these things are another way to control us...?
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Yeah. Both times, though this one has nothing to do with a suit.
A few weeks before it really died down, but now my new "blessing" seems to be permanent. Additionally, some are presumably permanently cursed from being exposed to certain parts of the resort.
I'm sure everything here is designed to influence us, at the very least.
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yeah that makes sense...
it doesn't change you or anything, does it?
[ oushi has very quickly realized his biggest fear is losing all sense of himself, but he had thought given the hotel's somewhat basic premise it wouldn't ever have to come to that so long as he plays nice. ]
also wait
both times??
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I don't know. I was already changing before I got here.
[ he doesn't have to ask if he's nervous this time. maybe that's an improvement. ]
Yeah. I spent some time as a statue.
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oh
you can't tell the difference?
[ he doesn't mean it to sound accusatory, but it's hard to translate his genuine curiosity well. ]
a statue?
were you.... punished?
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[ "can't"? well... ]
More like I don't want to dodge my own accountability.
If these thoughts I'm having are mine, I need to be responsible for that, not use the resort as a scapegoat.
I don't know if it was a punishment or if it's just what happens here if one isn't "active" enough.
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has no way of responding to that that isn't incriminating so he's going to ignore it and hope it goes away on its own. ]
that's a big "if" though, isn't it?
the way this place works... i haven't been here very long, but it seems like it's dead set on making you give in, or give up
and it'll use whatever it can against you to so it
so idk
i don't know the kind of stuff you're thinking
but it's something to keep in mind, you know?
[ "active"......... yeah. he gets that meaning loud and clear. ]
were you holding out in protest or something?
[ because oushi has a hard time believing that any inactivity of getou's is due to a lack of options. ]
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Nothing I've faced here is more difficult than things I went through back home.
A different kind of hard, no wordplay intended, but still... easier.
So I don't think I can agree with your point.
[ ...hmm, what a dilemma... ]
For some reason, I don't want to lie to you...
Something personal. I'll leave it at that.
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it's not like any of this is any of his business anyway. he shouldn't pry. ]
what, do you think you're supposed to be stronger than all of it?
since you aren't a statue right now...
does that mean you're approaching things differently this time around?
[ apparently he can't help himself. ]
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Ha... nosy.
[ not a scold; he kinda likes it, as evidenced from the ready explanation — ]
I made better arrangements and focused on cultivating the few connections I had.
And a few more interesting people came along.
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are you always this hard on yourself?
[ but — ah, that does make sense. if it's not flat out rebellion, and certainly not for a lack of options, than a more... discerning attitude would have been his next guess. ]
that seems smart
better to have things worked out before the place forces your hand
[ he has yet to learn that even that wouldn't make much of a difference. ]
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And of the two, which of those is less likely to serve one of us?
[ oh sweet naive boy... ]
It'll force your hand regardless, eventually.
You experienced the cruise suit game? This was one of the more mild I've seen. I'm not even sure the food was dosed.
Make fast allies, Oushi.
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before all this, i realized i wasn't a very good person
kind of a shitty friend, and really selfish
[ sure, mitoki and batayan might have reassured him otherwise, but just because they cottoned on to his particular brand of caring (read: tsundere), doesn't mean it was still a very good way to go about things. ]
i promised myself i'd be better
i'm not gonna let some shitty hotel stop me from trying
[ he'll fail a lot of times along the way, anyway. ]
some of the food was dosed
[ just! gonna leave it at that..! ]
but yeah, i'll... keep that in mind
[ will making allies be easier than being a good friend? stay tuned to find out— ]
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