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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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[ 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~?