PC: Kyoko

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Maybe. That's pretty much setting us up for failure unless five of the rules are just "follow rule one."

[ sheesh. ]

That Game Master, right? Could be. [ the erased is a possibility he has thought about, too, but that happens when ghosts exist. he does not think too hard on that possibility though. ] Another player might make sense too though. As a way to shake up the competition and try to trip other teams up.

[factoring]

These two rules don't have anything to do with each other. It'll be a pain to fulfill all the conditions.

[At least they have a full week to do all of them.]

There could be somebody out there that's not biting anyone and not being punished for it... I'm not sure if anybody didn't fulfill the condition last week.

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Because walking up to someone and asking if you can bite them is embarrassing as hell? [ dryly. ] Yeah. I'd say it'll be a pain.

[ but he hums in thought at that. ]

I don't know either. Pretty much everybody I talked to had fulfilled it by the time yesterday ended. Maybe we can keep an eye out and see if there's anybody acting suspicious or whatever.

[factoring]

Is it? [ What is it like to not have embarrassment, it's not an emotion Kyoko has. ]

So far everybody I've bitten has bitten me back. It's easy cover.

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...[ hold the fuck up. ]

Kyoko...how many people has that been so far.

[ HOW. ]

[factoring]

About four.

[westedge]

That...is a highest number than I expected, actually.

[factoring]

What number were you expecting?

[ Slight static of interest. ]

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[ *higher, wow ]

I don't know, like...two? Maybe? The rule just dropped this morning.

[factoring]

I ran into a lot of people. Better to get the work done.

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[ thinky. ]

Let me ask you this. What do you define as affection?

[factoring]

It's a fondness for someone.

[The definition of affection.]

[westedge]

Yeah, okay, but...you don't think there's like different degrees of fondness you can feel for a person?

[factoring]

[There's a fuzzy static feeling of interest.]

The rules didn't specify a level of fondness. Are you worried about how you'll be perceived?

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[ a squiggle of unease. maybe a little embarrassment. ]

Yes? No? I don't know, I just think it's kind of weird to ask to bite people because...[ ... ] There's always the chance that fondness isn't mutual. You know?

[factoring]

[Is it so strange? Sometimes you care for people and they don't care back, but that doesn't erase the care you feel towards them...]

Jonas, give me your hand?

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[ THAT IS A PROBLEM SOMETIMES. but anyway he blinks a little and hands over his hand without thinking about it. ]

Okay? Why?

[factoring]

[She very gently bites the back of his hand, and then lets him go.]

That's why.

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[ he sort of just goes ? ? ? for a second. ]

...seriously how the hell do you make this look so easy.

[factoring]

It would be more difficult if I didn't have a mouth.

[ Joking. ]

I'm not the type to get embarrassed by very much.

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And she even comes with jokes. [ a little squiggle of nervous amusement, at least. ]

That is something I kind of envy, I won't even pretend otherwise. But it's not even always about embarrassment anyway.

[ he had said it was earlier, but there's still more to it. ]

[factoring]

What is it about? If you want to talk about it.

[ While she notes the contradiction, she doesn't point it out. She doesn't mind either way, really. ]

[westedge]

[ hrm.... ]

It's not that I don't want to talk about it. I think it's just something you may not really get because you strike me as the kind of person who really does not have any problem with thinking about how people might think of you.

[factoring]

[ The slight static fuzz of interest, and maybe a little bit of surprise. ]

I don't really think about how other people view me. I just do what I want and deal with it later.

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[ the vibes echoed back are just a lot of ???? ]

Okay but...what about if it gets to a point where you do something and you can't actually fix it?