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[chemistries]

[Kon's outside the library, smoking at a computer he built immediately after arriving, staring up at the sky instead of the camera.] So this has all been surprisingly boring so far. I don't care about living in dorms, but playing violent games for points? That got old before high school. I'm more interested in the fact that we all understand each other. The language barrier? It doesn't exist and it should. We're all from different dimensions, right? Someone should definitely be speaking in clicks and grunts.

[He exhales a stream of smoke and rolls his eyes toward the camera.]

Anyway, I've noticed that a lot of the people here are eating takeout and then regretting it later. Would anybody be interested in cooking lessons? I mean, you'd have to be willing to bet that I'm not going to poison you and take your wallet, but look at what you've been eating. It might be worth the risk.

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voice.

[binaries]

[ well. when you put it that way. ]

Well, Y-Yes, but --

um. [ oh. ]

voice.

[chemistries]

But um what? [Sounds like grade A lackey material tbh]

voice.

[binaries]

Wh-what would that entail... ? [ he's a pro lackey, but he needs to see a contract. ]

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[ousawagi]

Um.. [ Head scratch. ] I-I can't really pay you back.. but if you have any odd jobs..

voice.

[chemistries]

I dunno. Nobody's ever offered me their services professionally before. [Note the emphasis on the word services. (No capes!!1)] Do you think you can provide me with something that's equal in value to eating?

voice;

[gatto]

What they're promising us is pretty uncanny too, you know! It's not so different from that. Whoever's in charge of this game can do some real incredible things.

voice;

[mellowyellow]

Eh? But that's no good. People who are really stupid never think they're stupid!

Maybe they like shitty tv shows. Masterminds usually have really bad reasons for this stuff anyway.

[outfoxing]

I'm afraid my only truly useful skills are mediating and counseling, which I hope no one needs so early in our stay. If it's pipe tobacco you're after, that might be a little difficult as well... [hmm thoughtful pause] I would be willing to owe you a favor of your choosing in the future unless you have anything specific in mind now, but that might require a little more faith than I would expect a stranger in this situation to give.

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[ofgalaxy]

Are you commenting on our ability to understand one another and then offering cooking lessons in the same breath?



Because I'm interested in both of these things.

voice.

[binaries]

I'm not sure, I... [ ok this was bordering on irritating perhaps he should have kept his big mouth shut!! ] I'm an electrical engineer, mostly... I dabble in physics. [ yes. "dabble". ]

[VOICE]

[heyheyhey]

[Once again, he tries a second time]

Wait! I want to learn how to cook!

[ushishishi]

Poison is too boring to use as a method of killing. You can't individualize poisons without knowing the person first, no?

voice.

[chemistries]

Why didn't you say so to begin with? [Potentially useful skills dot com.] I'm not gonna just feed you out of the goodness of my heart, but I think we can work something out.

[VOICE]

[chemistries]

You sound like an annoying asshole and I don't think I want to teach you. What can you do for me in return?

video;

[chemistries]

Yeah? Do you have anything interesting to add to either subject?

voice;

[chemistries]

Do you think I care?

Yeah, you consort with masterminds often?

[techissexy]

Seriously. That's why royalty usually have taste testers. Or tasting spoons. [ there's a bit of a visible shudder. bad experiences with viking tasting spoons and all that. ]

Oh come on, I'm not going to set anything on fire.

[VOICE]

[heyheyhey]

I can be your bodyguard. I'm a lot stronger than I look.

[This offer didn't work with Rhyme, but maybe it will with him. One will never know until they give it a try.]

[VOICE]

[chemistries]

What makes you think I need a bodyguard?

[chemistries]

It depends on whether or not you're trying to hide the fact that you're the one who did it. I wouldn't be, so it'd be easy. Something flavorless with a little bit of a delay. You wouldn't even know what was happening until you lost control of your motor functions.

[chemistries]

There is a guy who seems pretty intent on letting me poison him. Maybe if you could convince him that I wouldn't be a good personal chef that would be worth something.

[VOICE]

[heyheyhey]

I don't know, you tell me. Are you willing to hurt someone for your happiness? Or are you going to be a victim for someone else who will hurt you without a moment's notice?

[VOICE]

[chemistries]

What does me being willing to hurt people have to do with needing a bodyguard? Obviously I read the paperwork before I came here, and judging by the fact that I am here it would be safe to assume that I like a good fight. If I thought I needed to rely on a potential enemy to survive here, do you really think I would have come?

[VOICE]

[heyheyhey]

Because a few people I've come across don't want to hurt anyone. Makes me wonder why they want to be in the game if they can't even do something as simple as stepping on someone's toe.

I thought you was one of those types, which is why I asked. But you're not, so I need to think of something else in exchange for cooking lessons. Hmmm...

[voice]

[iwagmyhair]

I'm still thinking about that! But... um... wouldn't knowing people better just make it harder to do?