Um. You might actually be onto something? Hold on, let me...there's one message I want you guys to see first.
[ give him a second, and he is pulling up a text chain! ]
from user huxian: Dear Jonas, I am writing to inform you of a business arrangement that may be of interest to you. I currently own several different fashion lines, and wish to expand my customer base to include, as you say, "the youths". They say that wearing shirts with faces of vaguely grungy okay looking young men on them is the next hot trend. After much deliberation, I have decided that you should be the new face of both my line and my shirts. Please send several selfies of yourself that you think may look nice on silk, rayon, and cotton.
In return, you may see your face shirt in the store nearest to you.
Sincerely, Clothes R' Us
[ and then a reply: ]
dear huxian i have never said "the youths" in my life, also thank you for considering me okay looking i guess? wait is that an insult?? compliment?? i'll have my agent send you my rates and then we'll talk sincerely, jonas
[ and a third message. ]
from user huxian: Dear Jonas, I have eagerly waited for your agent's letter on rate, and to no avail. I have a feeling that this was a test of my authenticity. To show my worth, I have gone ahead and created a sample shirt for your perusal. Hopefully, you will find it in the store nearest to you.
That I'm less sure of. I'm going to send another reply back with some bullshit rates and see what happens. But I didn't even think it went through, so...that's something. I got answers from my other messages, too. And then some. I wonder if the delay's just because of where they are.
I talked to Ruby a little. She said the same, but...there are ways to talk around things. Speaking in hypotheticals helps. If you don't phrase it as a thing that's absolutely happening, but like...what would happen if a scenario happened.
May as well show you the rest, too.
[ and so he taps back to more messages. ]
from user TREASUREHUNTER: 1 H4V3 B33N 1NFORM3D TH4T S1MON SHOULD D13 H4V3 YOU 3V3R 34T3N 4 CR4YON
from user arsenicCatnip/nepetaleijon: :33 < no one kt = meowtows how long frogs live, but those in captivity have lived fur up to twenty years. :33 < frogs can s33 very well at night and can s33 in the front, to the sides, and behind! when they swallow food, they pull their eyes into the roof of their mouth and use them to push it down their throats. don't you think frogs are amazing? they really should be kept from extinction.
from user riverdale: HAUNTING WOULD BE COOLER THAN THIS
from user wife: DON'T WORRY 4BOUT MY F14NC33, 1 FOUND H3R. PL34S3 NO MOR3 F33T OR TR14LS. TH3R3 4R3 4LR34DY TOO M4NY TR14LS. B3 PR3P4R3D.
from user gallowsCalibrator/terezipyrope: kiill 2eymour
from user gallowsCalibrator/terezipyrope: waiit. whoop2
from user god: HI, JONAS. SALVATION IS POSSIBLE. WHO DO YOU THINK CAN PROVIDE SALVATION? WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULDN'T BE WIPED OUT BECAUSE OF THAT? THINK HARD.
BUT WAIT, DO YOU KNOW WHOSE SINS SHOULDN'T BE FORGIVEN? CLOWNS. CLOWNS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BE TOLD, BUT THIS IS A PRIVATE MESSAGE!
GOOD LUCK NOT FORGETTING ALL YOUR DEBTS.
I sent messages back to wife and god last week. So they were responding to those.
Yeah. Ruby is cool, but she seemed to think Aika and Kiichi might be more iffy. Not because they're not cool! Just that they might feel like they had to report something while Ruby is looking the other way, kinda.
These messages are all so weird! I'm glad he found his fiancee though. I was worried about him.
Yeah, that's about what she said to me, too. Which sucks because Aika's my go-to sometimes for game stuff but...I don't want the three of them getting in trouble. So we have to be careful.
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Why do you think they're all typing like this?
[ he can have knowledge about twilight. i refuse to let him know about homestuck. ]
Maybe just to try keeping the game runners from catching on who's sending them? Same reason the user names keep changing. We've been told over and over by now not to let them find out.
[ he'll also share his messages with the frogs: ]
from user bigbaby: ugh u were right the wedding was awful!!!!!! u know what happened?? LISTEN!!! the groom and the bride were bffs but most of all they're a perfect TEAM u know??? but it turns out that the groom went behind her BACK!! he like made her think that her best friend was her ENEMY and then he tricked her into shutting her OUT of her friend group!!! god i hate STEVEN he's so mean to FUKU-CHAN!! who does that to TEAMMATES and ur star cross lover person??? oh my god!!!
from user noeyes: 🧑🤝🧑🗡️🚫🚫🚫
from user grimAuxiliatrix/kanayamaryam: Be careful and do not talk in public. Do not try to cheat. This is a game that can be won. Don't be afraid to privately share this with whoever you want.
I responded to all of these and still got the error, but it's pretty obvious they're actually getting the messages we send, too.
…Well, I think only the winning team gets to bring people back. At least, that’s what Ruby told me. I don’t think teams wiping out has to do with it because we’re all dead and we all have to be brought back whether or not we got erased.
Fair enough. I wasn't sure if the people who could choose to bring people back would be blocked from picking people without any skin in the game, so to speak.
[ alex will show her messages too because she is actually being helpful i promise not just chatting :yell: ]
from user gorgeous: pr0tect fr0gs i h0pe y0u are 0kay n0t that i care 0r anything
from user turntechGodhead/davestrider: 🦷
from user SOLOSTAGE: fr0gs sh0uldn't be g0t! tell every0ne l00k away fr0m fr0gs. 0kay? s0 what if y0u'll never get ice cream? but d0 y0u kn0w what's even sp00kier? cl0wns with m0nkeys!! watch 0ut f0r th0se.
a reminder that y0u pr0bably d0n't need: keep all y0ur messages 0n the d/l!
from user KONKONKON: fr0gs are preci0us preci0us creatures and s0 0ften misunderst00d, and always in danger 0f larger prey. but t0 pr0tect the entire ec0system u have t0 make sure theyre n0t wiped 0ut bc with0ut them every0ne else will be l0st
from user needsunscreen: :33 < nevermind, i was trying someowtthing but pay no mind. just k33p heart as you move furward.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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[she has a dumb theory.]
We were talking the other day about how maybe they're also picking some of the things in shops. Maybe they need money so we need to buy their stuff?
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Um. You might actually be onto something? Hold on, let me...there's one message I want you guys to see first.
[ give him a second, and he is pulling up a text chain! ]
from user huxian:
Dear Jonas,
I am writing to inform you of a business arrangement that may be of interest to you. I currently own several different fashion lines, and wish to expand my customer base to include, as you say, "the youths". They say that wearing shirts with faces of vaguely grungy okay looking young men on them is the next hot trend. After much deliberation, I have decided that you should be the new face of both my line and my shirts. Please send several selfies of yourself that you think may look nice on silk, rayon, and cotton.
In return, you may see your face shirt in the store nearest to you.
Sincerely,
Clothes R' Us
[ and then a reply: ]
dear huxian
i have never said "the youths" in my life, also thank you for considering me okay looking i guess? wait is that an insult?? compliment??
i'll have my agent send you my rates and then we'll talk
sincerely,
jonas
[ and a third message. ]
from user huxian:
Dear Jonas,
I have eagerly waited for your agent's letter on rate, and to no avail. I have a feeling that this was a test of my authenticity. To show my worth, I have gone ahead and created a sample shirt for your perusal. Hopefully, you will find it in the store nearest to you.
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[help me.]
So they really want us to buy their dumb shirts, I guess. But is it because it's important or is it because they're being funny?
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[...]
By the way, just kind of spreading the word around - don't talk to the Reapers about them.
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May as well show you the rest, too.
[ and so he taps back to more messages. ]
from user TREASUREHUNTER:
1 H4V3 B33N 1NFORM3D TH4T S1MON SHOULD D13
H4V3 YOU 3V3R 34T3N 4 CR4YON
from user arsenicCatnip/nepetaleijon:
:33 < no one kt = meowtows how long frogs live, but those in captivity have lived fur up to twenty years.
:33 < frogs can s33 very well at night and can s33 in the front, to the sides, and behind! when they swallow food, they pull their eyes into the roof of their mouth and use them to push it down their throats. don't you think frogs are amazing? they really should be kept from extinction.
from user riverdale:
HAUNTING WOULD BE COOLER THAN THIS
from user wife:
DON'T WORRY 4BOUT MY F14NC33, 1 FOUND H3R. PL34S3 NO MOR3 F33T OR TR14LS. TH3R3 4R3 4LR34DY TOO M4NY TR14LS. B3 PR3P4R3D.
from user gallowsCalibrator/terezipyrope:
kiill 2eymour
from user gallowsCalibrator/terezipyrope:
waiit. whoop2
from user god:
HI, JONAS. SALVATION IS POSSIBLE. WHO DO YOU THINK CAN PROVIDE SALVATION? WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULDN'T BE WIPED OUT BECAUSE OF THAT? THINK HARD.
BUT WAIT, DO YOU KNOW WHOSE SINS SHOULDN'T BE FORGIVEN? CLOWNS. CLOWNS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BE TOLD, BUT THIS IS A PRIVATE MESSAGE!
GOOD LUCK NOT FORGETTING ALL YOUR DEBTS.
I sent messages back to wife and god last week. So they were responding to those.
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Aren't you late for a date with your girlfriend?
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...because...you're going to see her later?
[ he's trying to see if alex is still cursed tbh. ]
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Yeah. Ruby is cool, but she seemed to think Aika and Kiichi might be more iffy. Not because they're not cool! Just that they might feel like they had to report something while Ruby is looking the other way, kinda.
These messages are all so weird! I'm glad he found his fiancee though. I was worried about him.
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Yeah, that's about what she said to me, too. Which sucks because Aika's my go-to sometimes for game stuff but...I don't want the three of them getting in trouble. So we have to be careful.
[ ... ]
Why do you think they're all typing like this?
[ he can have knowledge about twilight. i refuse to let him know about homestuck. ]
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[ he'll also share his messages with the frogs: ]
from user bigbaby:
ugh u were right the wedding was awful!!!!!! u know what happened?? LISTEN!!! the groom and the bride were bffs but most of all they're a perfect TEAM u know??? but it turns out that the groom went behind her BACK!! he like made her think that her best friend was her ENEMY and then he tricked her into shutting her OUT of her friend group!!! god i hate STEVEN he's so mean to FUKU-CHAN!! who does that to TEAMMATES and ur star cross lover person??? oh my god!!!
from user noeyes:
🧑🤝🧑🗡️🚫🚫🚫
from user grimAuxiliatrix/kanayamaryam:
Be careful and do not talk in public. Do not try to cheat. This is a game that can be won.
Don't be afraid to privately share this with whoever you want.
I responded to all of these and still got the error, but it's pretty obvious they're actually getting the messages we send, too.
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...Is no eyes telling us not to kill teams of two?
[ noooooo more team wipes? ]
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Probably. You guys said something similar the other day, too, didn't you? Hopefully other teams got the message, too.
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from user gorgeous:
pr0tect fr0gs
i h0pe y0u are 0kay
n0t that i care 0r anything
from user turntechGodhead/davestrider:
🦷
from user SOLOSTAGE:
fr0gs sh0uldn't be g0t! tell every0ne l00k away fr0m fr0gs. 0kay? s0 what if y0u'll never get ice cream? but d0 y0u kn0w what's even sp00kier? cl0wns with m0nkeys!! watch 0ut f0r th0se.
a reminder that y0u pr0bably d0n't need: keep all y0ur messages 0n the d/l!
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from user KONKONKON:
fr0gs are preci0us preci0us creatures and s0 0ften misunderst00d, and always in danger 0f larger prey. but t0 pr0tect the entire ec0system u have t0 make sure theyre n0t wiped 0ut bc with0ut them every0ne else will be l0st
from user needsunscreen:
:33 < nevermind, i was trying someowtthing but pay no mind. just k33p heart as you move furward.
from user cutthroughwater:
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...User needsunscreen's message was in response to my reply to them from a previous week.
[ me like is needsunscreen rin I'm laughing. also they don't need people to tell them to protect frog, they already planned to! you guys are late!! ]