pc: sleep to frog communication..... 2

[squirt]

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[dendroculi]

The way they're written... they're instructions for setup of the game. So, it's possible that something might have changed between when these messages were originally sent and when it actually began. But we won't know that for sure until we have the whole picture.

I'm nervous, too. ...hopefully whoever receives it will be willing to share. I did tell the others in your group that I had received something and that they may want to keep an eye out for it, but...

[sweats in in progress threads i don't know if any of them are going to reciprocate with the information once the threads get to that point]

[frogzoned]

Oh. I can tell you that they all got the same message. Though I will say none of them volunteered it without me saying it first which is a little rude.

[dendroculi]

We all did, too, so I thought that would be the case for your group as well. I didn't tell you, because... I'd already told Ylfa, and I figured she would have told you right away.

...I was hoping sharing it with the others would encourage them to share it with me in turn. But... that may not be something that works for everyone here.

[frogzoned]

Ylfa totally forgot.

[ WHICH WAS THE FUNNIEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN, FOR THE RECORD. ]

[honkinbigteeth]

[noooooooo gerard nooooooooooooooooooooooo don't make her look bad in front of nahida]

[squirt]

[ they're SUCH a strong team ]

[dendroculi]

...if it helps, Kaveh and I both forgot to tell Shu until the middle of last week.

[honkinbigteeth]

[that does help, nahida.]

[dendroculi]

[weekends be wild...]

[ohthehumanities]

I asked Simon, but he told me he hadn't received anything. Though, I don't know if he was lying or if he simply hadn't checked.

[frogzoned]

[ lol ]

He's lying.

[ohthehumanities]

[He sighs.]

I guess it's to be expected.

[frogzoned]

He wouldn't go into a terrifying flooded basement with me either.

[ohthehumanities]

[Kaveh shrugs.]

If everyone were brave and valiant, there would be no one to protect.

[dendroculi]

...well, that was unwise of him.

[at least tell the lie to someone who wasn't on a cyoa and didn't know that every member of a cyoa group got a message, damn. nahida looks like she's judging simon a little.]

[frogzoned]

If I were in that situation, I'd at least make up a convincing message to have received instead.

... Not that I'm doing that! Not that you would think I was. It's on my phone.

[dendroculi]

Even if you did that, you'd have to coordinate it with your whole group. If the other three all admitted to receiving the same one while you claimed something else, that would stand out in the same way as claiming not to have received anything at all.

[she is just not very impressed with simon at the moment]

But it doesn't sound like he thought that far ahead.

[squirt]

[ lol ]

Maybe he didn't think we'd talk to anybody...

[dendroculi]

Maybe, but that's a little foolish of him.

...I wonder if he'll lie to me, too, if I ask him about it now that the dust has settled a little. Or if he'll tell me something different.

[...maybe she'll try.]

[squirt]

[ woah nahida, the mind games... this is above his level ]

I don't know that anyone else is sharing. I thought someone might tell you all before we did.

Simon was probably relying on us not communicating. Because he's not the type to do it, himself. [ or, perhaps, more graciously: ] Could be that he's afraid of people acting on this information, too.

[honkinbigteeth]

[she's nodding like she's internalizing this deeply.]

Just because someone seems nice and has a cute monkey doesn't mean they're going to be honest with you. I wonder if the other members of Justice know, too?

[dendroculi]

It can't hurt to ask them.

[she smiles]

I talk to Amelia, Fukuzawa, and Livio fairly regularly. If you'd like, I can try to see if they'll tell me what they know, if anything.

[roseoftexas]

... Yeah, that's not surprising.

[honkinbigteeth]

[she pulls her cloak over her face a little more.]

Nahida, it might sound mean, but... in the future, if they want to see our information they have to give us theirs.

This isn't a place where being kind just for the sake of it will get us anywhere. Not with everyone, at least.

[dendroculi]

...

[she nods slowly]

Yes, I can see that.