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[PH]
began pestering loanedAllegiance
[LA]
at 20:06 --
PH: ?ssst. ?ssst. Aaaascam! C'mon! Huddle time! Are you there? Will you answer? Or will my held breath be the ultimate cause of my too-soon-she-was-so-young-there-was-such-?otential demise????
LA: No n€€d to worr¥, Mi$$ App€££öƒ. I'm right h€r€.
LA: To what do I ow€ th€ p£€a$ur€?
PH: Oh, good! I was beginning to run ?erilously short of oxygen and imagine all sorts of fanciful things.
PH: As for ?leasures owed, what do I usually want when I troll you, Aascam?
LA: Hon€$t£¥? ƒor th€ £iƒ€ oƒ m€, I ¢an n€v€r t€££.
LA: I $om€tim€$ think that ¥ou'r€ tr¥ing to dir€¢t m€ toward$ $om€ di$tant goa£, but what goa£ that i$ €xa¢t£¥ i$ a m¥$t€r¥.
PH: Hee, Hee! You know...
PH: ...Aascam. A clever, word-bound, vicious and contract-bound troll, a troll who knows about oaths, how to brand them and bind them, a troll who is ade?t at wielding Law as if 'twere a cage, a tra? with teeth that dig and slice but do not ever, ever let go, a troll who is both graceful and elegant, would look at your words and be forced to say...
PH: . . .'Your Honorable Tyranny!
PH: I SUBMIT (to you, of course, but also TO ALL OF ALTERNIA) ...
PH: ...that it is clear as the Mirror of Clarity, as obvious as your im?ressive rack of im?osing horns, that Aascam Capita has here stated his intent to sell the life of him IF HE WERE TO BE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO TELL what Lady Arethusa A??eloff wants when she trolls him.'
PH: Given that, I think you should get another stab at guessing, and I shan't tell you outright. >;)
LA: It'$ a ƒuti£€ €ƒƒort tr¥ing to g€t ¥ou to b€ $traight-ƒorward, i$n't it?
LA: Do I at £€a$t g€t a hint?
LA: Or $om€ $ort oƒ prodding wh€n I g€t ¢£o$€ to th€ an$w€r?
LA: Ma¥b€ w€ ¢ou£d €v€n p£a¥ a gam€ oƒ 20 qu€r¥$, minu$ th€ ¢utting, oƒ ¢our$€.
PH: ...Hmmm... What's more fun? A sudden ?lunge, straight as a knife's edge slide? Or a Hell-raising, think?an-freezing, hair-raking labyrinthine slide? I beli ... A game of twenty queries??????
PH: Aww, minus the cutting? >:(
PH: All right! I'll ?lay!
LA: A£right, ƒir$t qu€r¥.
PH: Wait!
PH: Are you suuuure you want to take out ALL of the cutting?
PH: >;)
LA: Ar€ ¥ou $ugg€$ting $om€ $ort oƒ $urrogat€ ¢ut€€?
LA: W€ ¢ou£d ¢ut up €a¢h oth€r$ po$$€$ion$, but w€'d hav€ to $€nd th€m to €a¢h oth€r and god know$ how £ong that tak€$.
PH: Your lusus, devoted watcher that he is, has a ?lethora of cameras, does he not? You have access to a grubcam, don't you?
LA: ¥€$ I do.
PH: That's how we could handle the cutting! Over grubcam!
LA: Hmm, it $€€m$ w€ ar€ thinking oƒ two ¢omp£€t€£¥ diƒƒ€r€nt v€r$ion$ oƒ 20 qu€ri€$. ¥ou $€€m to b€ thinking oƒ th€ on€ wh€r€ th€ p£a¥€r$ b£€€d th€m$€£v€$, $€€ing whi¢h on€ ¢an out£a$t th€ oth€r a$ th€ir £u¢idit¥ $£ow£¥ drain$ ƒrom th€ wound$. I wa$ thinking oƒ th€ oth€r kind, wh€r€ w€ wou£d ¢ut €a¢h oth€r and $€€ who ¢ou£d b€$t with$tand th€ pain unti£ a££ 20 qu€ri€$ had b€€n a$k€d.
PH: Oh! I wasn't thinking of either of those. Iiiiiiiii was thinking of the one where after each query the querant is given an o??ortunity to sue for a truthful answer in a full sentence by agreeing to allow the answer troll a CUT. The one where the answer troll MAY leave u? in the air the absolute truthfulness of her "yes" or "no" answer, by submitting to another cut --
PH: and of course, who knows when THAT turns into sudden death? And I thought we could just handle the whole not in the same room thing by for exam?le saying,
PH: 'Hey, Aascam, now I want you to give yourself a slice across the jaw, give yourself a smile!' and then you'd do it.
PH: ...However...
PH: Hee, Hee! I will ?lay whichever version you would like, however you would like it. >;)
PH: And if you wish to do away with the cutting entirely, well, I will just kee? that a secret. >:)
LA: I $€€. I ¢ou£d n€v€r k€€p tra¢k oƒ a££ th€ diƒƒ€r€nt v€r$ion$. Th€r€'$ Bui$n€$$ 20 qu€ri€$, and ƒarm€r'$ 20 qu€ri€$, and Highb£ood 20 qu€ri€$ wh€r€ th€¥ ju$t ¢ut up £owb£ood$ and ¢an a$k a$ man¥ qu€ri€$ a$ th€¥ want.
LA: A$ ƒor doing awa¥ with th€ ¢utting €ntir€£¥, I think that'$ th€ b€$t option h€r€. Too mu¢h troub£€ to g€t a prop€r gam€ going.
LA: Ar€ ¥ou r€ad¥?
PH: Yes. >:) One down, Aascam?
LA: That wa$ dirt¥ and und€rhand€d, Mi$$ App€££öƒ.
LA: I'££ £€t it $£id€, though.
LA: Qu€r¥ 2:
LA: Ar€ ¥ou tr¥ing to manipu£at€ m€ ƒor ¥our own gain?
PH: It was a lesson, Aascam. >;) As for Query #2, hmmm...
PH: ...Let us say yes. That is the CLOSEST answer to truth!
LA: V€r¥ w€££. Qu€r¥ 3:
LA: I$ an¥on€ €£$€ in on ¥our manipu£ativ€ $¢h€m€?
PH: No?e! Not as far as they know.
LA: Qu€r¥ 4:
PH: My favourite number, Ca?ita. Make it a good one!
LA: Ar€ ¥ou $ur€ that ¥ou wi££ b€ ab£€ to manipu£at€ m€ in th€ d€$ir€d dir€¢tion?
PH: Nothing is certain, Scammy, exce?t culling and the Im?erial Drones.
LA: ƒair €nough.
LA: Qu€r¥ 5:
LA: Hav€ ¥ou manipu£at€d oth€r$ b€ƒor€?
PH: MmHmmmmmm.
LA: In a $imi£ar ƒa$hion a$ ¥our manipu£ation oƒ m¥$€£ƒ?
PH: A "similar fashion"? Maybe!
LA: 7: Hav€ ¥ou €v€r manipu£at€d an¥on€ I know?
PH: Tricky! As if I know all the trolls YOU know. I'm going to stick with "maybe," to be safe.
LA: Hrmm. Qu€r¥ 8 and 9:
LA: Hav€ ¥ou €v€r manipu£at€d ƒA, AA, $P, A€, ¢P, or TT? And, ar€ ¥ou $ti££ manipu£ating an¥ oƒ th€m a£ong $id€ m¥$€£ƒ?
PH: Deeeeeeeeeeeeevious! That's allllllmost like six questions in one! >:O
LA: Th€r€'$ on£¥ two qu€$tion mark$ in th€r€, ¥ou hav€n't ƒorbad€ ¢omma$.
PH: And I would never do so. I'm ?leased with you! >:D
PH: Query 8: Maybe. Query 9: No?e.
LA: ¥ou ¢an't ju$t $a¥ "Ma¥b€." ¥ou ¢an €a$i£¥ an$w€r that with a "¥€$" or "No."
PH: Aww, but I am honorbound to be as truthful as I can!
PH: Which is to say, 100% truthful.
PH: Yes and No have no sco?e to them, as ?ertains to THAT ?articular question.
LA: ¥ou'r€ not $ur€ iƒ ¥ou'v€ manipu£at€d an¥ oƒ th€m or not?
LA: Wait, don't an$w€r that.
LA: That do€$n't ¢ount.
PH: Could you say that you enjoyed book #1, #2 or #5 of a series if the series itself was unenjoyable and yet you were com?elled to read them and discuss them?
PH: Hee, Hee. I didn't see any question. My eyes were as blind as Justice's!
PH: Would you like to attem?t to re?hrase query #8 in such a way as to make it easier for me to give you a "yes" or "no"?
LA: Iƒ it do€$n't ¢ount a$ having tak€n up anoth€r qu€r¥, th€n ¥€$.
PH: ...Go ahead. Turn back the hands of time. I shall wait, here, in the future, until you have done so.
PH: The future being the ?reci?ice of query 10, naturally. Double digits, oh my!
LA: V€r¥ w€££. Qu€r¥ 8: Hav€ ¥ou €v€r manipu£at€d on€ or mor€ oƒ th€ tro££$ on thi$ £i$t: €zr€ki £u¢€ri, ¢¥moth $€rk€i, K¥arib Tor€nt, £amia Ikr€m, P€pi€r ¥u£umn, and $k¥£ar To£vaj.
LA: Qu€r¥ 9 r€main$ th€ $am€.
PH: IN THE ?AST...
PH: ...?lotHooked says...
PH: Query 8: Yes. Query 9: No?e.
LA: I $€€.
LA: W€££ th€n, now that w€ ar€ a££ ¢aught up in th€ ƒutur€, Qu€r¥ 10:
PH: Antici?ation!
LA: Hav€ an¥ oƒ ¥ou manipu£ation att€mpt$ €v€r b€€n $u¢¢€$$ƒu£?
PH: MmHmmm!
LA: Do an¥ oƒ th€m know that th€¥ hav€ b€€n €ngin€€r€d b¥ ¥ou?
LA: Mind th€ $¥non¥m, I'm g€tting tir€d oƒ t¥ping out manipu£at€.
PH: Do you ex?ect me to really know?
LA: Iƒ ¥ou w€r€ a good maipu£ator, th€n ¥€$.
PH: And, hee, hee. Between you and I, it is a word best sheathed in a boot or u? a sleeve -- not seen exce?t for rare occasions.
PH: Awwwwwww, does this mean you think I'm a good mani?ulator?
LA: W€££ I ƒound out.
LA: But th€n I might ju$t b€ r€a££¥ good.
LA: That'$ wh¥ I'm a$king.
PH: Gosh, yes. I certainly did try to hide it from you, didn't I?
PH: >;)
LA: ¢ou£d ¥ou b€ in$inuating that a£€rting m€ to ¥our inƒ£u€n¢€ iƒ ju$t anoth€r $t€p in ¥our ma$t€r p£an?
LA: That i$ qu€r¥ 11, I gu€$$. Damn.
PH: Let's see. I guess my answer to query #10 would be -- yes? As for query #11, yes. >:)
LA: ¥ou'r€ quit€ th€ ¢ompo$€r. Iƒ ¢ompo$€r$ wrot€ taunt$, $£ipp€r¥ an$w€r$ in$t€ad oƒ taunting, $£ipp€r¥ mu$i¢.
LA: Qu€r¥ 12, th€n.
LA: Hmm, I ¢an't $€€m to b€ ab£€ to phra$€ an¥ oƒ m¥ qu€$tion$ into $imp£€ ¥€$ or no inquiri€$.
LA: W€££, I gu€$$ I ¢ou£d tak€ $om€ oƒ thi$ tim€ to g€t to know ¥ou b€tt€r.
PH: Hee. You could ask me if I think you're on the right track with your questions, if the track were going to lead to illumination of the original subject under consideration -- namely, what I usually want from you when I troll you.
PH: But that could, of course, be merely a trick of mine, to get you to waste a question!
PH: Because you ARE on the right track. Or not.
PH: How do you usually get to know trolls, Aascam?
PH: Other than their sho??ing lists, that is.
LA: I'm a$king th€ qu€$tion$ h€r€, Mi$$ App€££öƒ.
LA: Hrmm.
PH: Oh, no, Aascam. You are asking TWENTY questions, whereas I am asking questions whenever I wish. You are, of course, not bound by a game to actually answer them...
PH: ... but what've you got to lose?
LA: Iƒ I £€t ¥ou know mor€ about m€, I ¢ou£d po$$ib£¥ b€ €xp€diating ¥our ¢orruption oƒ m€.
PH: Ah, interesting!
PH: You assume "corru?tion" is my goal.
LA: I'££ £€t ¥ou dig ƒor ¥our know£€dg€, I'm $ur€ ¥ou ¢an, a$ £amia wou£d put it, r€ad b€tw€€n th€ £in€$.
LA: Ju$t £ik€ that.
PH: Awwww, I am flattered and insulted at once! You are very good at managing ?aradoxes, Aascam.
LA: I $ki££ I didn't know I had. But thank ¥ou ƒor bringing it to m¥ att€ntion, I a$$ur€ ¥ou I wi££ u$€ it to it'$ ƒu££€$t €xt€nt.
LA: But I digr€$$, on to qu€r¥ 12.
LA: ...
PH: I feel quite certain there are a number of skills in your ?ossession which you aren't aware of.
LA: Wa$ I on th€ right tra¢k with m¥ pr€viou$ 11 qu€ri€$?
PH: GAS?! What a question! A stunning ?lottwist! The answer troll is stunned, is wide eyed, is com?letely stricken! Can she stand to still be an oracle today? Ah! Wait! She recovers enough to say...
PH: No.
PH: Not with "your ?revious 11 questions."
PH: Drat, move the first quotation mark to just in front of the ?.
LA: I $€€.
PH: >:( Sorry, 'scam.
LA: Thi$ i$ wh¥ I'm not a gamb£ing man, th€ odd$ ar€ a£wa¥$ $k€w€d in th€ hou$€'$ ƒavor.
PH: You don't think you're a gambling man?
LA: Thi$ i$ wh¥ I t€nd not to gamb£€. A$ ¥ou $€€, $om€tim€$, again$t m¥ b€tt€r judg€m€nt, I d€¢id€ to ro££ th€ di¢€.
PH: Hee. Would you like some encouragement?
LA: ¥ou ¢an tr¥.
PH: While not on the right track, the track you were distracted by would certainly lend nuance and a more com?lete reading of the RIGHT track, if you manage to find it!
PH: Was that an encouraging encouragement?
LA: Not bad, not bad. But I'v€ a£r€ad¥ mad€ th€ mi$tak€ oƒ gamb£ing on¢€ tonight. Th€ hou$€ r€a££¥ want$ m¥ bui$n€$$, though, it ¢ou£d pa$$ m€ a ƒ€w ƒr€€ ¢hip$ and $€€ iƒ I d€¢id€ to $ta¥.
LA: Iƒ not, I'm p€rƒ€¢t£¥ ƒin€ with going with m¥ pr€viou$ p£an oƒ a$king ¥ou qu€$tion$ about ¥our$€£ƒ.
PH: Tragically... for gambling trolls feeling a little stingy, a little lacking in reckless daring...
PH: ...the house has already been more than generous tonight.
PH: Looking this way at sli? u? queries, allowing time shenanigans that certain queries be more useful to the gambling man; any more generousity, and the house fears it would lose its re?utation as a hardboiled den of iniquity.
PH: So to s?eak.
LA: I $€€ ¥our point. I und€r$tand how vita£ r€putation i$ to good bui$n€$$, and pamp€ring a ¢u$tom€r do€$ ab$o£ut€£¥ nothing ƒor imag€.
LA: But m¥ tim€ h€r€ i$ not ov€r, th€ hou$€ ha$ agr€€d to 20 inquiri€$.
PH: And the house is scru?ulous about ?aying her debts, in full. >:)
LA: Iƒ I didn't know an¥ b€tt€r, I wou£d a$$um€ that thi$ ƒin€ €$tab£i$hm€nt wa$ run b¥ a ƒ€££ow bui$n€$$a$$in.
LA: But I am h€r€ to p£a¥, €v€n iƒ it i$ at th€ £ow $tak€$ tab£€. On to qu€r¥ 13.
PH: Alas, for a lack of cutting and bloodshed.
LA: Qu€r¥ 13: A$ mu¢h a$ ¥ou writ€ about th€m, I hav€ to wond€r: Hav€ ¥ou €v€r b€€n in a quadrant with an¥on€?
PH: Yes!
LA: ¢on¢upi$¢€nt?
PH: Hee, Hee! Alas, no.
LA: I $€€.
LA: Qu€r¥ 15: Do ¥ou £ik€ it wh€r€ ¥ou ar€ in th€ h€mo$p€¢trum?
PH: Hmm. Intriguing question, sir. How can one "like" what one is... Really? I su??ose I like it well enough; I certainly think my blood color is one of the loveliest ?ossible. >:)
PH: So I guess, sure! Most of the time. >:)
LA: OK. Qu€r¥ 16: Do ¥ou think that b€¢oming ¢£o$€ to oth€r tro££$ i$ a good thing?
PH: Yes!
LA: €v€n b€¢oming ¢£o$€ through wa¥$ oth€r than th€ ƒour romanti¢ quadrant$?
PH: Well, of course. There is only su??osed to be one Troll destined to fill each of the quadrants -- exce?t, of course, for the ashen, in which case that's two trolls for you. Being close to only five trolls seems awfully limited, don't you think?
PH: Boring, even!
LA: Hmm.
LA: 18: Do th€$€ qu€$tion$ $€€m odd to ¥ou?
PH: Boring is very bad. >:( I hate it beyond any other thing. If Boring had a ?hysical form that was NOT SO BORING, it would be my KISMESIS. Exce?t, really, the hatred is entirely ?latonic, since I'd really just like to slay it, not execute -- hee hee! -- an elaborate caliginous tango which -- oh! 18: Not ?articularly, no.
LA: I thought ¥ou $aid ¥ou w€r€n't in a ¢on¢upi$¢€nt r€£ation$hip.
PH: Don't be cute, Aascam! The keyword there was "if." Also, one cannot be in a kismesis with an entire conce?t. That would certainly be very strange.
PH: >;)
LA: Qu€r¥ 19: ¢an I ¢h€at a bit with qu€r¥ 20?
PH: I don't know! CAN you?
LA: £€t m€ r€phra$€ that th€n. Wou£d ¥ou a££ow m€ to ¢h€at a bit with qu€r¥ 20?
PH: Maaaaaaayyybe. You could always give it a try, see what ha??ens. I, ?ersonally, am looking forward to it!
LA: Oh, it'$ nothing that $p€¢ia£. Ju$t...
LA: What do ¥ou think oƒ m€?
PH: Oh, I see. THAT kind of cheating. The kind of cheating which is really a ?lea for more answer handouts. As if the scra?s of detail ?roferred on earlier questions have whetted your a??etite, have made you bold. All right, Aascam. I will give you more than a "yes" or a "no" or a "maybe" to that question iiiiiiiiif...
PH: ...you answer, fully, in com?lete sentences that are more full of detail than "My answer is yes/no/maybe," four questions of my choosing. Are you still game, Aascam?
LA: Hmm. W€££...
LA: ƒin€.
PH: Ahahaha. Excellent choice. The timid never ?rofit!!!!
PH: My first question, then. What is your ha??iest memory?
LA: M¥ happi€$t m€mor¥? W€££...
LA: I gu€$$ it wou£d b€...
LA: Nothing £€av€$ thi$, OK?
LA: €v€r¥thing $aid h€r€ i$ $tri¢t£¥ b€tw€€n ¥ou and I.
PH: Tsk. What do you take me for?
LA: A£right, a£right.
PH: That is, by the way, CLEARLY a rhetorical question.
PH: And does not count toward the four questions, etc., etc. >:) I am listening!
LA: ƒin€.
LA: M¥...
LA: M¥ happi€$t m€mor¥ i$ m¥ £u$u$ b¥ing m€ m¥ ƒir$t p£u$h mon€¥ to¥.
LA: Primat€$ th€¥ w€r€ ¢a££€d.
LA: *monk€¥ to¥, not mon€¥
LA: A bit nar¢i$$i$ti¢ on hi$ part now that I think about it, but $ti££.
PH: Holy shit, Aascam!
PH: That...
PH: ...is...
PH: ... adorable.
LA: Do€$ not £€av€ thi$ ¢hat box.
PH: Oh, what? Sorry, I couldn't "hear" you over the forum ?osting I was making entitled 'AASCAM CA?ITA HAS A HEART, IT BEATS FOR MONKEY ?LUSH' >:)
LA: Not ƒunn¥, App€££öƒ.
PH: Awwwwwwwwww. I will be the judge of that, greenblood!
PH: All right, all right. My second question for you.
PH: What do you ho?e to gain by kee?ing yourself distant from your ?eers, hiding behind a ?rofessional ?ersona?
LA: A$ I $aid, I'm not a gamb£ing man, and r€£ation$hip$ ar€ on€ oƒ th€ bigg€$t gamb£€$ oƒ a££.
LA: ¥ou n€v€r know iƒ $om€on€ ¥ou ho£d d€ar to ¥ou i$ going to turn on ¥ou, or g€t ki££€d, or ju$t $imp£¥ driƒt awa¥.
LA: It'$ €a$i€r, and in bui$n€$$ ¥ou m€€t a £ot oƒ p€op£€, $€€ing th€m a$ $tati$ti¢$ ju$t mak€$ it €a$i€r to inƒ£u€n¢€ th€m ƒor ¥our own b€niƒit.
LA: And in th€ €nd that'$ r€a££¥ a££ that matt€r$.
LA: It'$ th€ wa¥ oƒ th€ Bui$n€$$a$$in.
PH: So ... You ho?e to gain nothing exce?t an unblemished heart. All right.
PH: My thiiiiiiiiiiird question!! Would you like to be able to trust me?
LA: Th€r€ i$ nothing I wou£d £ik€ mor€ than to hav€ a r€£iab£€ ¢u$tom€r.
PH: Very coy, and also very much not a true answer to the question, Scammy!
LA: What ¢on$titut€$ a tru€ an$w€r?
PH: One that does not rely u?on the ?arlance of businessassin's, and one which focusses more... ?articularly...
PH: ...on trust. Think outside the box! That is, after all, how the best businessassins make their bloodiest killings.
LA: V€r¥ w€££, ¥€$. I wou£d £ik€ to b€ ab£€ to tru$t ¥ou. ¥ou ar€ quit€ th€ manipu£ator, and ¥ou $€€m to b€ ƒu££ oƒ good id€a$.
LA: I$ that a "prop€r" an$w€r?
PH: Surely you can assess the quality of your own wares, and needn't have me tell you that yes, yes that is a VERY ?ro?er answer? >;)
PH: As for my fourth question ...
PH: ... heh heh ...
PH: This is, naturally, the MOST im?ortant question I will ever ask you.
PH: ...Of the trolls we have established in your question #8 to be mutual aquaintances, but, of course, including the trolls ?laying the game of twenty questions, what ?otential romantical shi?s could YOU see brewing, ridiculous or a?t to be canonized?
LA: ...
LA: I don't $hip p€op£€.
PH: And yet, you COULD if ?ro?erly motivated by a question you already agreed to answer.
LA: ...
PH: >:) Go on, Aascam. I await!
LA: ƒin€.
LA: W€££, ¢P I ¢an $€€ €ith€r g€tting it a££ <3 with TT or ƒA, h€'$ a pr€tt¥ impr€$$ionab£€ kid.
LA: AA i$ d€ƒinat€£¥ £€aning hard <3< with ¥ou right now, th€r€ $€€m$ to b€ a £ot oƒ p€nt-up $€£ƒ-r€$€ntm€nt that'$ b€€n r€£€a$€d with h€r r€¢€nt d€mi$€.
LA: $P and ƒA might go <> with A€, but that'$ on£¥ iƒ th€ir p€r$ona£iti€$ b€¢om€ mor€ ho$ti£€. It might ju$t b€ m€, but A€ $€€m$ £ik€ ju$t th€ p€r$on to tr¥ to m€dd£€ with th€m and ¢a£m th€m down a bit.
LA: $p€aking oƒ ho$ti£iti€$, ¥ou might want to ƒind a m€d€ator to h€£p turn that <3< AA ha$ ƒor ¥ou into a ¢3<. A$$uming ¥ou don't want to pur$ur€ a b£a¢k roman¢€ with h€r.
LA: I wou£d r€¢¢om€nd A€, m¥$€£ƒ. V€r¥ m€dd£€$om€.
LA: I don't think I hav€ €nough oƒ a b€aring on ¥ou to prop€r£¥ judg€ wh€r€ ¥ou might b€ £€aning.
LA: Iƒ $om€on€ taunt$ $P €nough about hi$ big "$€¢r€t," ¥ou know what I'm ta£king about, h€ might $tart hating th€m quit€ a bit. It $€€m$ £ik€ $om€thing h€ d€$p€rat€£¥ want$ to hid€, €v€n iƒ h€'$ t€rrib£€ at it.
LA: I tr¥ to k€€p int€ra¢tion$ with TT to a minimun, $o don't tru$t m€ ¢omp£€t€£¥ on thi$, but hop€ƒu££¥ ¢P wi££ b€ ab£€ to k€€p h€r in £in€. That i$ iƒ h€ grow$ a bon€ bu£g€ and do€$n't tr¥ to pur$u€ a r€d roman¢€ with h€r.
LA: But th€n it'$ a gamb£€, I don't know what $h€'$ £ik€ €nough to ¢omm€nt on h€r romanti¢ £iƒ€.
LA: $am€ with ƒA.
LA: ...I wou£d rath€r not ta£k about m¥ own ƒ€€£ing$.
PH: Wow! That was almost very well done! Although I am finding it difficult to contain my sorrow over a lack of even a STAB in the DARK based on the SLIMMEST -- nay, the SLIGHTEST, most MINISCULE of observations -- as regards, TT, FA and myself. Also, what of AE? You mentioned her meddlesome qualities, but are those the only quadrants you see her in?
PH: Allllllllllso, eugh. Yawn, no. I have no desire to be in any quadrant with Cym -- not black, not ashen -- so I ho?e she gets over it. And the whole "I'm dead" thing. Lame.
PH: As for your own feelings, and what you'd RATHER ...
PH: ... while you did agree to answer all of my questions ...
PH: ...the house...
PH: ...will be generous, and allow that to slide. As a gesture of good faith. >:)
LA: Thank ¥ou.
LA: Now ¢an w€ g€t on with thi$? Or wa$ that qu€$tion in ¥our ƒir$t r€$pon$€ not rh€tori¢a£?
PH: My "Also, what of Ae?" question? No, that was not rhetorical -- that was a ?lea for clarification.
PH: Or a reminder of someone you seemingly ski??ed over, exce?t when discussing others. >:)
LA: What do ¥ou m€an?
PH: Hmm. You know what? Nevermind. I think your shi??ing chart, im?rom?tu as it is, and in woeful need of a little more crack!shi? work, is ?retty com?lete. And it is my turn to answer a question in full sentences!
LA: €x¢€££€nt.
PH: Ahem. What do I think of you? ...
PH: I think you've been afflicted with a severe case of slum?stuck.
PH: I think you are not as good as you think you are. I think you are not as bad as you a??ear to be acting. I think you've learned this habit of -- being stingy with your desires, of hoarding your skill, of ?laying it so close to the vest that you're not even ?laying, and that's a coward's act.
PH: I think you could be ?retty cool, Aascam, if you only a??lied yourself a bit more. . . or let yourself take ?art in things. I don't think you're nice! You've got ?otential. ?otential to be interesting.
PH: I think you're fun! >:) And kind of a jerk.
LA: I $€€.
PH: I will also ?oint out that...
PH: ... by defering that question ...
PH: ... well, that answer...
PH: ...to the ennnnd of MY four questions...
PH: ...You got more bang for your buck.
LA: Ar€ ¥ou imp£¥ing $om€thing, Mi$$ App€££öƒ?
PH: I am!
LA: And what i$ that €xa¢t£¥?
PH: I am im?lying this: That the house mani?ulated THAT series of events in your favor, although the house also gained something. Interesting, huh?
PH: I wonder if that situation could find an echo in some other mysterious situation?
PH: ?robably best not to s?eculate too dee?ly on im?lications, though.
PH: Unless they are quadrantical, of course!
PH: In which case, s?eculation is always welcome. >:)
LA: ...Oƒ ¢our$€.
LA: Thi$ ha$ b€€n an... €n£ight€ning ¢onv€r$ation, Mi$$ App€££öƒ.
LA: And a$ mu¢h a$ I wou£d £ik€ to ¢ontinu€, I n€€d $om€ tim€ to mu££ ov€r thi$.
PH: Awww. I ho?e it was encouraging!
LA: That i$ on€ word oƒ man¥ I ¢ou£d u$€ to d€$¢rib€ it.
PH: Before you wander off to mull ...
PH: ... A final question. ?art of why I started trolling you, actually.
PH: Are you looking forward to ?laying the game???????? SGRUB, that is.
LA: It $ound$ int€r€$ting, and I'££ tak€ an¥thing I ¢an g€t iƒ it h€£p$ a££i€v€ m¥ bor€dom.
LA: I hav€ b€€n £ooking ƒorward to it mor€ than mo$t gam€$, though.
PH: Really? Why?
LA: W€££, w€ ar€ p£a¥ing in a r€£ativ€£¥ £arg€ group. I gu€$$ it'$ th€ pro$p€¢t oƒ int€ration.
LA: I gu€$$.
LA: I wou£d £ik€ to €mpha$iz€ that.
LA: It'$ not a $ur€ ƒ€€£ing.
LA: Ju$t a gu€$$.
PH: Ah HAH!!! You'll become a real troll yet, Scammy.
PH: Well...
LA: God damn it now I $ound £ik€ Mi$t€r Tor€nt
PH: ... Once we're in game, I'll kee? an eye out for you! >:) Still not entirely sure how it's actually going to ?lay out.
PH: Ezreki usually ?icks the best of games, though! Musclebeast Squirt Mountain was a glaring exce?tion to the rule. Still.
LA: Mu$¢£€b€a$t $quir- N€v€rmind.
LA: W€££, I gu€$$ I'££ hav€ to tru$t ¥ou on that.
PH: Hee, Hee. TRUST, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
PH: Anyway! I'll let you mull. Laaaaaaaater, Scammy!
LA: Goodb¥€, Mi$$ App€££öƒ.
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