[ ...hm. he does not say that he thinks hanako would lie if he thought it suited him but also he thinks hanako maybe would lie less to him specifically after everything, so it's a crapshoot. nevertheless, he sighs. ]
...I'm only doing this because we're friends. And if Goat doesn't know what I'm talking about then it's fine.
the thought gets thrown away at mach fuck and his expression doesn't change as he rolls his eyes. ]
Sure, sure, but friends can also be aware that their friends are sometimes gremlins who would happily trick their other friends if given the chance. [ ...but because he has seen the kind of people hanako hangs out with here, and from talking to hanako himself enough, he says: ] I trust you with more important things. That's what matters here.
[ Hanako's definitely not the person to hang out with if Nico wants practice building trust, but even he can't help but feel a little touched when Nico says he trusts him with more important things, like the weekend where nobody is allowed to be happy and so he can drop his act. ]
...talking to Goat is important.
[ not like. murder solving important, but. ]
Hey, is Phoenix easy to talk to? It's either them or Snake, but I don't want to talk to Snake...
[ listen it's fine nico's at least aware of what kind of person hanako is while also going "well he's a child ghost so like that makes sense." as it is, he sort of lightly bops him on the top of his head with a little grin. ]
And I'll text them when we're done here. Promise. [ but... ] Phoenix is my favorite of all of them, and probably would be even without being on their team. They're pragmatic, but they're open to suggestions and discussions. I've been keeping them in the loop about stuff as much as possible.
[ he's curious why hanako doesn't want to talk to snake, but he's leaving that alone. ]
Plus you can always say that I suggested it if you need an excuse.
Mouse made glitter bombs with me and helped me flood the dorms.
[ Phoenix sounds like a real leader. Mouse is just fun: he still thinks Mouse is the best, but unlike Nico's reason, it's probably because that's his team leader. Maybe because he's a child ghost, resistant to change and stuck to his old ways, wary of strangers. ]
I guess I can go talk with Phoenix. It's just frustrating, because what I want to talk about is all bits and pieces we should be talking about together. Instead, I'm getting everything third hand!
[ he's picking up odds and ends of stuff as they're walking and talking, but that gets his attention a little. he likes mouse fine, and probably should follow up with them himself, but he gets the impression that mouse is fun and not quite aware of what's happening.
phoenix has always been good at letting nico scream forever about whatever's going on at any time which is nice. ]
You mean all the notes and everything people have been finding? Or are there more bits and pieces that need to be addressed? [ picking up a glass pumpkin to examine. ] I can always come with you to talk to them if you want. But I understand if you need to do this for yourself, too.
I don't know. Datz has been collecting them, and sharing them with Ryuki and me. But I want to know where they come from, without needing to kill anybody or die for it. I don't want to believe something just because it's written on paper.
[ All this information is great and all, but what he really wants is to know the source of that information. And then shake them down until they spill all their secrets, at knife point if need be ]
Yeah. Datz is part of the group of us who've been exchanging and dispersing information to spread out to all the teams. I've been wondering that myself though. I've been telling the leaders for a while now that I hate the idea of believing something just because it's written, but...in light of one of the new papers I do have to wonder if because it's written, specifically, it's now our reality.
Roughly, yes. ...it was Ace before, but I've been keeping Tama updated as much as possible as well. [ but you know. ]
We either need to locate our author, or we need to find the pages they're writing on and remove them from their power. So. Two birds, one stone? One would likely lead to the other.
[ stop wtf. also wow my grammar was terrible last night. ]
Yeah, he's right. [ assumes kusemon is just their world's version of pokemon. ] It's a creature that turns into anything it wants to be. It can be an inanimate object, or it can mimic the looks of other creatures. It makes you believe that what you're seeing is the real deal...at least at first.
[ HELP that's...fair. he looks a little surprised and then he kind of remembers that nobody on hanako's trip got prizes and he's like "oh, duh." ]
Okay. So have you heard about how people tend to disappear on Thursday and they come back and they're usually pretty injured because they went somewhere else and had to find their way back?
Right, exactly. Reigen and Will and I went on one, but the one we went on kind of involved the story of someone with an ability to...kind of act like a Ditto. Change into whatever was necessary, or whatever they wanted. [ granted it was traumatic and bad and full of murder but whatever. ]
When we finished what we were meant to do and saved who we were meant to save, we were given items that matched the vibe of the story. It happened when I went to the casino with Whisper and Hans, too. That's where the king card came from.
[ He's just imagining the three of them traipsing through the city with a pink blobby thing, and can't quite take it seriously. ]
Oh...
[ thinks about his own cyoa ]
... We tried to save Rita. I think. [ ?? ] But then Ryuki blew us up and we became ghosts. At the very end, we got the chance to redo everything. I guess by then it was too late, though.
[ he didn't feel bad back then, but he kind of does now, getting Ryuki and Rita killed over nothing ]
[ that's fair, he'd rather hanako think about that rather than what happened. ]
...you think? [ how does he not know. well, those things do tend to screw up memories so. ] Ryuki sort of explained things to me but not very much. If you could redo it again though then...does that not mean you went back to the start?
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...I'm only doing this because we're friends. And if Goat doesn't know what I'm talking about then it's fine.
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We're friends?
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Is that presumptuous to say so?
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there's that weird fluttery feeling at being called friends, but he's going to shove that aside because he's not supposed to be happy ]
No, it's not that. It's just that... friends believe in their friends, don't they? You don't trust me.
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the thought gets thrown away at mach fuck and his expression doesn't change as he rolls his eyes. ]
Sure, sure, but friends can also be aware that their friends are sometimes gremlins who would happily trick their other friends if given the chance. [ ...but because he has seen the kind of people hanako hangs out with here, and from talking to hanako himself enough, he says: ] I trust you with more important things. That's what matters here.
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...talking to Goat is important.
[ not like. murder solving important, but. ]
Hey, is Phoenix easy to talk to? It's either them or Snake, but I don't want to talk to Snake...
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And I'll text them when we're done here. Promise. [ but... ] Phoenix is my favorite of all of them, and probably would be even without being on their team. They're pragmatic, but they're open to suggestions and discussions. I've been keeping them in the loop about stuff as much as possible.
[ he's curious why hanako doesn't want to talk to snake, but he's leaving that alone. ]
Plus you can always say that I suggested it if you need an excuse.
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[ Phoenix sounds like a real leader. Mouse is just fun: he still thinks Mouse is the best, but unlike Nico's reason, it's probably because that's his team leader. Maybe because he's a child ghost, resistant to change and stuck to his old ways, wary of strangers. ]
I guess I can go talk with Phoenix. It's just frustrating, because what I want to talk about is all bits and pieces we should be talking about together. Instead, I'm getting everything third hand!
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phoenix has always been good at letting nico scream forever about whatever's going on at any time which is nice. ]
You mean all the notes and everything people have been finding? Or are there more bits and pieces that need to be addressed? [ picking up a glass pumpkin to examine. ] I can always come with you to talk to them if you want. But I understand if you need to do this for yourself, too.
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I don't know. Datz has been collecting them, and sharing them with Ryuki and me. But I want to know where they come from, without needing to kill anybody or die for it. I don't want to believe something just because it's written on paper.
[ All this information is great and all, but what he really wants is to know the source of that information. And then shake them down until they spill all their secrets, at knife point if need be ]
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Yeah. Datz is part of the group of us who've been exchanging and dispersing information to spread out to all the teams. I've been wondering that myself though. I've been telling the leaders for a while now that I hate the idea of believing something just because it's written, but...in light of one of the new papers I do have to wonder if because it's written, specifically, it's now our reality.
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[ glances at the almost-all-dead teams, hope they reappoint somebody if need be ]
"The written word has the power to shape reality" or something like that, wasn't it? We just need to locate our author.
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We either need to locate our author, or we need to find the pages they're writing on and remove them from their power. So. Two birds, one stone? One would likely lead to the other.
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Think maybe it's Addy?
[ That's really the only "author" he knows about, but also— ]
Oh yeah! You were going to tell me what Switch is!
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[ but ah. right. ]
You heard about what the Switch was supposed to do in the trial, don't you? Do you know what a Ditto is? [ i'm too lazy to copyright friendly this. ]
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Ryuki said it's a pink blobby Kusemon. I'm not familiar with it, though.
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Yeah, he's right. [ assumes kusemon is just their world's version of pokemon. ] It's a creature that turns into anything it wants to be. It can be an inanimate object, or it can mimic the looks of other creatures. It makes you believe that what you're seeing is the real deal...at least at first.
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[ Those copy other creatures and objects, right? and you reveal them by... setting them on fire, or something ]
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[ what adventure!!! he doesn't know, he never exists on thursdays aside from that time he died ]
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Okay. So have you heard about how people tend to disappear on Thursday and they come back and they're usually pretty injured because they went somewhere else and had to find their way back?
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Yeah. I went on one with Ryuki and Rita. We died.
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When we finished what we were meant to do and saved who we were meant to save, we were given items that matched the vibe of the story. It happened when I went to the casino with Whisper and Hans, too. That's where the king card came from.
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Oh...
[ thinks about his own cyoa ]
... We tried to save Rita. I think. [ ?? ] But then Ryuki blew us up and we became ghosts. At the very end, we got the chance to redo everything. I guess by then it was too late, though.
[ he didn't feel bad back then, but he kind of does now, getting Ryuki and Rita killed over nothing ]
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...you think? [ how does he not know. well, those things do tend to screw up memories so. ] Ryuki sort of explained things to me but not very much. If you could redo it again though then...does that not mean you went back to the start?
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