... I'm just saying. As someone else who grew up in a similar way, I know what that kind of thing does things to relationships. It took a major trigger—including Emma getting seriously hurt because of me—before I started cleaning up my act, and if I could go back in time and redo things, I would.
.... I've started to clean up my act here. As far as you and Taka go, I can't remember the last time I lied to either of you since the trial I got cursed by Mizuki-san.
Even before that, I tried not to lie to Taka - because he's more uncertain about relationships, and lying to him when there's this much on the line would probably hurt him beyond repair.
But he lied to me.
And I'm mad.
[he huffs]
I'm... not gonna backslide or anything - but there's no point in trying to talk to him when neither of us are going to give in right now. We did this back at school too. We'll get over it - it just takes time.
Just saying that if you intend to spend more time with him in the future, you're going to have to reflect on why it's so important that he in particular never lies, or else everything is going to crash and burn in a worse way down the line.
... Then again, I suppose the stakes here are different than where you're from. It doesn't sound like he's used to circumstances that make a liar out of him either.
He hated me before we came here - he probably still dislikes a lot of the things that I do. But more than anything, he hated any kind of dishonesty, even if the truth would cause a lot of trouble.
[senri tilts his head, as if remembering something - ]
"There's no meaning."
"No one really cares about shallow people like you."
[majima's words during trial hurt, but they were hardly the first time senri heard criticisms of his character]
What, would you prefer it if I suddenly started acting like a nice guy? Though I guess that'd technically work by probably freaking you out and distracting you...
Alex, Catra, Entrapta, Estelle, Guy, Hiro, Luke, Shang Qinghua. We don't know if any of our known Justice followers switched; are we assuming Ludger is still with Ambition, then?
Aside from Ambition's followers, we're missing 1 Disorder, 1 Piety whom Ishikirimaru knows, 0-3 Justice depending, and 2 Cunning provided no one but you and Zoe left.
Er - I did miscount, because I realized I don't know if Mouri-san left. I think I'm going to try to talk to him tomorrow to find out. He's the only Justice follower that I think would switch...
[he tilts his head]
That sounds about right to me... Bambi told me that she's the one who convinced someone to go to Dizzy. I dunno if that'll help us figure it out, but it's at least someone who cared to talk to her after the trial.
I know what you're saying, but if we can't convince those gods to try to grant wishes for people who aren't their followers, that puts us kind of at odds...
I realize it can't be perfect - but it's still kind of worrying.
I think I believe in Piety, Cheri, Love, Beauty, and Justice's worlds. I could believe in Merriment's too, I think, from what Shishimaru told me, but I want to talk to him more about it to be sure.
Because if we can all agree to switch to Love at the end, or Justice at the end, then we can all get our wishes still.
To be honest, Piety is the only one I think is suited to lead. Or Cunning, since he and Piety have made an agreement to work together if one of them wins.
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Anyway, just think on it sometime. You're going to have to sort through these things sooner or later if you want your relationship to last.
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... I'm just saying. As someone else who grew up in a similar way, I know what that kind of thing does things to relationships. It took a major trigger—including Emma getting seriously hurt because of me—before I started cleaning up my act, and if I could go back in time and redo things, I would.
Don't be like me.
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Even before that, I tried not to lie to Taka - because he's more uncertain about relationships, and lying to him when there's this much on the line would probably hurt him beyond repair.
But he lied to me.
And I'm mad.
[he huffs]
I'm... not gonna backslide or anything - but there's no point in trying to talk to him when neither of us are going to give in right now. We did this back at school too. We'll get over it - it just takes time.
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Just saying that if you intend to spend more time with him in the future, you're going to have to reflect on why it's so important that he in particular never lies, or else everything is going to crash and burn in a worse way down the line.
... Then again, I suppose the stakes here are different than where you're from. It doesn't sound like he's used to circumstances that make a liar out of him either.
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[senri tilts his head, as if remembering something - ]
"There's no meaning."
"No one really cares about shallow people like you."
[majima's words during trial hurt, but they were hardly the first time senri heard criticisms of his character]
.... he's such a hypocrite.
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and in a dead monotone:]
Wow, Ray-kun, you're so considerate. You always know how to make me feel better.
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Not at all.
I trust you to be honest with me at least on a personal level at this point, even when you think I'm being an idiot.
I need that more than anything else in this game.
[a foundation to work with, even as he tries to figure everyone else out]
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[he's being a shit.
... in part because this is getting awkward, stop getting sappy on him.]
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[ . . . ]
But it's nice to not have to act like I only have pleasant thoughts all the time.
[everyone in this game thinks he's so empty-headed and it's like 65% on purpose at this point]
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Well, that's partly your own doing.
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[this fucking liar
anyway he knows how fucked up he sounds so he'll move on,]
You know Ray-kun, there's only 8 people's alignments we don't know yet and 4 of them have to be Ambition? We have a 50/50 chance at this point.
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Alex, Catra, Entrapta, Estelle, Guy, Hiro, Luke, Shang Qinghua. We don't know if any of our known Justice followers switched; are we assuming Ludger is still with Ambition, then?
Aside from Ambition's followers, we're missing 1 Disorder, 1 Piety whom Ishikirimaru knows, 0-3 Justice depending, and 2 Cunning provided no one but you and Zoe left.
Is that right?
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[he tilts his head]
That sounds about right to me... Bambi told me that she's the one who convinced someone to go to Dizzy. I dunno if that'll help us figure it out, but it's at least someone who cared to talk to her after the trial.
But yeah - Madopyon's still with Cunning for now.
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She says she likes him....
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I think she might've stayed because I told her that someone else and I were moving, and I was most worried about Dizzy and Cunning dropping to zero.
But... she wants to believe in Cheri's world the most, I think. So I don't know how long she'll stay.
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I know what you're saying, but if we can't convince those gods to try to grant wishes for people who aren't their followers, that puts us kind of at odds...
I realize it can't be perfect - but it's still kind of worrying.
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[ . . . ]
Which gods have worlds you believe in?
I think I believe in Piety, Cheri, Love, Beauty, and Justice's worlds. I could believe in Merriment's too, I think, from what Shishimaru told me, but I want to talk to him more about it to be sure.
Because if we can all agree to switch to Love at the end, or Justice at the end, then we can all get our wishes still.
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