[ that gets a laugh out of him, albeit a small one. ]
Yeah, no, I kind of do a lot better with face to face, too. Voice to voice? You get it. It makes it a lot easier to read people's tones and understand what they're trying to say instead of reading words and getting mad about something they might not even mean.
Plus, like. Especially with how it is here, where we only get messages a few times a day max? It feels like everything I write has to be sooo important. It's not really like hanging out.
I was wondering if the delay was the same on your end as it was here. I'd always write back pretty much right away and still not hear anything for a while. [ he folds his arms over his chest loosely, sort of watching her for a moment. ]
Fei Du mentioned things are nicer over there than they are here. Should I take that to mean you're taking care of yourself?
I'm trying to think of how that one can be taken negatively, but okay, fair enough. I'm just defining it as...doing the best you can with the circumstances given. Or something close to it.
[ this week is confusing because all of the effects are everywhere, so he picks up those vibes and his own switch over to kind of sheepish but also kind of. relieved, maybe. ]
I would call that a plus. [ but...he sighs. ] I don't really get what all has happened now. We were all kind of speculating the whole being dead thing was fake, but I don't get what we're doing here if that's the case. And now you guys...we're still trying to figure out what the next strategy is to bring back everybody we can. Your early appearance was a surprise.
We...do have something planned, still. I don't know when we'll be able to use it, exactly, but it should get us all back. I thought that was gonna be our first chance to see you guys face to face, but then this started up out of nowhere.
I don't think I can get too specific about the details.
That's...all that really matters. Having a contingency plan. I'm glad. Don't worry about details, it's...probably better that the less of us alive who know, the better. Just in case. That stupid thought thing is still going around along with just about everything else.
If it helps, all of us were caught off-guard, too. The Player pins just started glowing for a second before it quit, and suddenly we found that we could concentrate and tap in to where you are.
God I hope not. That's part of why I wanted to move off the grid and I think others did, too. Less chances of things looking really noticeable. So, you know, less chances of them having to report it.
Not...anywhere where there's anybody else? [ gestures to where he is very much alone. which honestly he's not sure what it looks like to valerie, come to think of it. ]
[ me gently reaching through the fourth wall to pat tucker on the head. ]
Fair enough. I've never really been interested in that kind of stuff anyway. I know how to use what I need to use and I don't care enough to figure out the rest. There's always other stuff to be doing. [ ... ] Pretty sure it's about the only reason I've made it this far, but what do I know?
You think? [ idly. ] When you think about it, this game's managed to take out some of the strongest fights and craftiest people in the blink of an eye. It sucks every single time. Even if you're prepared and know that it's possible someone can come after you, it's different when you're in the moment.
[ there's a pause. ]
I won't lie to you and say Nahida and I aren't still pretty good friends. But...I consider you a friend, too. So I'm sorry things happened the way they did.
[ this post has lived in my head rent free since like 2013
she appreciates jonas's effort in making her feel better, though ]
I guess you're right. It's more about the element of surprise and opportunity.
...I think I'm okay with Nahida now too. We talked it out and the way she explained it to me...it was almost a compliment that she killed me, in a messed up kind of way. I can't stay mad at her for it now.
Yeah, exactly. I've seen a couple of huge guys get jumped and taken down by people twice as small back home. It's hard to recover from the first strike no matter who you are.
[ that doesn't mean he's not a little relived to hear that though, and it shows. ]
I'm glad. Nahida's reasonable, so at least you were able to...I don't know, "get closure" sounds stupid but you know what I mean. It's probably better that the least amount of people mad at each other, the better. At least until we get to the finish line.
[ he raises an eyebrow though. ] What'd Shu do? [ he. sort of figured shu must have helped nahida because nahida is nahida and kaveh's himself, but he'd never asked. ]
[ muttered: ] Especially when the first strike's a gunshot.
He and Nahida tag teamed against me. She pretended to be hurt to get me to help her, then Shu shot me. Nahida got the final blow on me, but Shu was a big part of it too.
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Yeah, no, I kind of do a lot better with face to face, too. Voice to voice? You get it. It makes it a lot easier to read people's tones and understand what they're trying to say instead of reading words and getting mad about something they might not even mean.
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Plus, like. Especially with how it is here, where we only get messages a few times a day max? It feels like everything I write has to be sooo important. It's not really like hanging out.
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Fei Du mentioned things are nicer over there than they are here. Should I take that to mean you're taking care of yourself?
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not that valerie can hear his thoughts. ]
I'm trying to think of how that one can be taken negatively, but okay, fair enough. I'm just defining it as...doing the best you can with the circumstances given. Or something close to it.
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but then it turns kind of hesitant and uncertain ]
I mean...I guess? I didn't get killed again, so that's a plus.
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I would call that a plus. [ but...he sighs. ] I don't really get what all has happened now. We were all kind of speculating the whole being dead thing was fake, but I don't get what we're doing here if that's the case. And now you guys...we're still trying to figure out what the next strategy is to bring back everybody we can. Your early appearance was a surprise.
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I don't think I can get too specific about the details.
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That's...all that really matters. Having a contingency plan. I'm glad. Don't worry about details, it's...probably better that the less of us alive who know, the better. Just in case. That stupid thought thing is still going around along with just about everything else.
If it helps, all of us were caught off-guard, too. The Player pins just started glowing for a second before it quit, and suddenly we found that we could concentrate and tap in to where you are.
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...do the Reapers know about it?
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God I hope not. That's part of why I wanted to move off the grid and I think others did, too. Less chances of things looking really noticeable. So, you know, less chances of them having to report it.
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Despite popular belief--[ it is not popular, and his tone says he knows it. ]--I am actually not that smooth.
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Believe me, you do not have to be smooth to hack into stuff.
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Fair enough. I've never really been interested in that kind of stuff anyway. I know how to use what I need to use and I don't care enough to figure out the rest. There's always other stuff to be doing. [ ... ] Pretty sure it's about the only reason I've made it this far, but what do I know?
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Me too.
...except it didn't actually help me in the end, so what do I know? Not enough, apparently.
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You think? [ idly. ] When you think about it, this game's managed to take out some of the strongest fights and craftiest people in the blink of an eye. It sucks every single time. Even if you're prepared and know that it's possible someone can come after you, it's different when you're in the moment.
[ there's a pause. ]
I won't lie to you and say Nahida and I aren't still pretty good friends. But...I consider you a friend, too. So I'm sorry things happened the way they did.
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she appreciates jonas's effort in making her feel better, though ]
I guess you're right. It's more about the element of surprise and opportunity.
...I think I'm okay with Nahida now too. We talked it out and the way she explained it to me...it was almost a compliment that she killed me, in a messed up kind of way. I can't stay mad at her for it now.
[ beat. ]
Shu can still bite it, though.
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[ that doesn't mean he's not a little relived to hear that though, and it shows. ]
I'm glad. Nahida's reasonable, so at least you were able to...I don't know, "get closure" sounds stupid but you know what I mean. It's probably better that the least amount of people mad at each other, the better. At least until we get to the finish line.
[ he raises an eyebrow though. ] What'd Shu do? [ he. sort of figured shu must have helped nahida because nahida is nahida and kaveh's himself, but he'd never asked. ]
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He and Nahida tag teamed against me. She pretended to be hurt to get me to help her, then Shu shot me. Nahida got the final blow on me, but Shu was a big part of it too.
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