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[ousawagi]

I've been thinking about some things, and it's come to my attention that we are - more or less - here to make everyone else unhappy. That sort of thing is usually frowned upon, isn't it? There are some new people that have arrived as well. So I'd like to ask you all, new or old:

Why are you here?

Why is everyone so willing to cause others misery for their own personal gain? What would make doing this sort of thing reasonable? Aren't we all just being selfish?

I'm sorry if this is intruding. This is probably a little bit hypocritical, but I'm asking out of personal interest. Please don't feel obliged to answer.

Thank you for your time.

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[gatto]

After some things happened, I guess there just wasn't anything else to do. [Liar liar pants on fire, but who's checking]

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

So.. this is an 'escape' of sorts for you, then?

[ Mikado's not, but he's pretty sure people don't do this sort of thing for fun. Not completely sure, but pretty sure-- he doesn't know the entirety of the human population and what they find enjoyable. Y'know. ]

[ text ]

[gatto]

Nope! It was just more exciting than anything else I could have done.

But, hey, hey, why are you playing the game?

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

.. I'd like to fix some things. It's nothing really important.

[ Two can play at the "Let's Be Vague!" game. ]

[ text ]

[gatto]

Nothing really important, huh? Then why are you doing all those selfish things for it, hmm?

[Just gonna be totally hypocritical here and try to nudge for more information, awwyeeaah.]

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

I could ask you the same. I don't think I'd pick to stay at a place like this for the sake of it if I had the choice.

[ Jokes on you, Rin, because he's flipped it back onto you. ]

[ text ]

[gatto]

I'm just really selfish and won't be happy until I've hurt someone else.

...Just kidding! ♥ It's a lot nicer than the place I was at before!

Did you not have a choice when you picked this place??

[And trying it again! ...Sort of.]

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

Choice?

[ A pause. A veeery long pause. ]

I.. guess I chose to come here, but then again, I don't think I really could've done anything else.

[ nope.jpg. Mikado's not going to spill the beans, but he'll still answer Rin's question. ]

[ text ]

[gatto]

Yeah, choice! You sure sounded like you didn't have a choice!

[Well, that's just making him even more curious! The fact that he's being totally hypocritical about it fails to faze him.]

Ah! You don't think you could've done anything else. So it WAS important??

[ text ]

[ousawagi]

Why do you want to know?

[ Mikado doesn't want to do 20 Questions anymore, sorry. ]

[ text ]

[gatto]

Because you asked first. ♥ So I asked you too!

Boo, do you not wanna tell me, after all?

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

You shouldn't really answer other people's questions with another question. It defeats the purpose.

[ text ] mikado, stop trying to out yourself...

[gatto]

Why not? It's not fun if you're the only one asking questions, you know.

I thought I answered YOUR questions anyway!

[ text (anonymous) ] shh, no one's figured it out yet!!

[ousawagi]

...

[ You've got a good point, so you win this round, Rin. ]

Does that mean you're only asking me about things for fun?

[ text ] good!!

[gatto]

[Awwwyeeaaah.]

I don't know. I guess.

Or maybe I have a sneakier reason! ♥

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

What have you got to gain from it?

[ Asking questions, he means. ]

[ text ]

[gatto]

Loads of things.

We're all competing against each other, yeah? And we could learn a lot of things about the competition just by asking questions~ So it'd be real trusting of someone to tell anyone else too much, you know. Cause that could get used against them.

...But I'm just messing with you! ♪

[ text (anonymous) ] collapses im so sorry this is late

[ousawagi]

[ This makes Mikado backpedal a little bit. He hasn't given anything away, has he? He's hiding away with the anonymous feature, but does that make a difference?

Shit. ]

How do you know someone is telling the truth, then..?

They could lead you on with false information-- and when you try to use it against them, it'd all backfire on you.

[ Nice save, Mikado! ]

[ text ] it's cool, don't worry!

[gatto]

[Oooh, nice save. He does have a point, doesn't he...]

Yeah, they could do that. Someone could be a real good actor and string you along the whole time. Then, next thing you know, you're in big trouble! But it's a risk you've gotta take if you wanna do something like that!

Or you could just look for people you don't think will lie to you. If you wanted to do that. But it wouldn't be real nice, huh?

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

[ Unfortunately, Mikado's one to be honest (for the most part, anyway). He won't be able to hide anything if Rin figures out who he is. ]

.. You seem to know a fair bit about how everyone works here.

If we're competing, I'd hate to go head-to-head with you.

[ text ]

[gatto]

[Oh, no, Mikado, no, stay away from this liar... A fair bit, huh? Well, he does have some experience, anyway.]

Hmm, you think so? I told you! I'm just messing with you.

But you probably shouldn't trust me too much anyway, yeah? ♥

[ text (anonymous) ]

[ousawagi]

I'll be more wary next time.

[ Just to make the situation worse for himself, Mikado decides to leave one more thing at the end of his message. ]

You weren't the person talking about that person's underwear, were you..?

[ text ]

[gatto]

[...Waaaaiiit a minuuute. Could this be the same guy? Or just some guy reading everyone's conversations, hmmm...]

You mean that underwear that got dyed orange, yeah?

I talked about it with someone. Were you watching~?