PC: Kyoko

[westedge]

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[westedge]

Yeah. It's...I think that was a lesson I learned some time ago, and I've kind of forgotten. Being here reminded me again. Especially when we know there's maybe only a few more weeks left.

[factoring]

[ It's one of those things that she feels like she's always been aware of. Time is limited, in the game, in real life, in any world at all. All those timers are ticking down. ]

I hope you're able to make the most of it.

[westedge]

Debatable. [ a little more subdued now, even in confidence week. ] ...I know time is running out. Maybe I won't even be here in a few days. Maybe one of my friends won't. We're at the point in this game where you have to wonder how much time should be dedicated to doing what you want with people you care about and how much time should be dedicated to trying to figure out an answe.r

[factoring]

[ We're far from her wheelhouse now. ]

I've always been the type of person who focuses on finding answers. I'm more of an investigator than anything else. [ Her job didn't leave that much room for that many relationships. ] Over these weeks, I've said everything I wanted to. I'll need to be satisfied with that.

[westedge]

[ looks at the way this tag ended. i was very sleepy apparently. ]

Nothing left unsaid at all, huh? [ he can at least admire a dedicated work ethic. ]

[factoring]

[ty when do you get to sleep with your work like that]

Yes. [There's a soft kind of smile.] I enjoy our chats. [Whatever happens at the end, she thinks she'll miss him.]

[westedge]

[ this callout was unnecessary :\ even if correct :\ ]

...[ there's a soft huff. ] That makes two of us. I feel like I never quite know what you're thinking, but that's on purpose for you. I don't know if I need to in order to feel like I can trust you anyway.

[ fwend... ]

[factoring]

[i worry for you]

Heehee. I suppose you could call it a bad habit, or something like enjoying a mysterious air. Regardless, I'm glad that trust goes both ways.

[westedge]

[ stoooop it's fiiiine. ]

Kinda feels like I'm always surrounded by women of mystery, so this isn't new. But...I'm glad, too. [ extremely glad, actually. ] It's not an easy thing to have or give people in a situation like this.

[factoring]

[is it...]

Always? It makes for an exciting life.

In a place like this, with these sorts of circumstances, trust is at a premium.

[westedge]

Always, always. [ haha. ] I guess you could call it exciting, but it can be equally frustrating if I'm honest. I can't disagree though. Giving away trust so readily in a place like this seems stupid. It's a hot commodity, and a rarity. I worry for the people who trust too easily.

[factoring]

Excitement and frustration are both a part of a healthy lifestyle. [Haha.]

It takes a while to earn my trust. [Just in general, not even in this game.] Those who allow themselves to trust everyone are likely to be hurt.

[westedge]

I feel like one should be a little more prevalent than the other, but I guess that's where motivation comes in, too.

[ but also, mood. ]

I agree with you. I think a degree of trust is necessary, but it should still something that you pick and choose. It should be a little harder to earn. Even here though...there're still some people who want to believe the best in others and keep everything positive. I don't know how they do it either.

[factoring]

There's something to be said for people who are willing to open themselves up to that again and again.

I can't understand it. However, it's impossible for one person to understand everyone else. No matter how much they try.

[westedge]

[ hah. ]

Why does that just sound like you've actually tried before?

[factoring]

There are certain people I know I can't understand, even when they try to explain their reasoning.

[westedge]

Does that bother you? Not knowing the things you want to know. Or is it one of those things you just give up wanting to understand and move on to something else?

[ it's a question he's asked other people before, but he's curious of kyoko's opinion. ]

[factoring]

It bothers me a bit if I can't understand them and I can't persuade them into seeing sense. Sometimes I don't have the time to spend, and I have to move on.

[westedge]

[ he considers this for a few moments. the fish aren't biting, so he retracts the line and re-casts. ]

Do you ever bother looping back around if you move on?

[factoring]

Sometimes. Often we're too busy to talk again.

[westedge]

I keep going back and forth on if that's a good thing or a bad thing to be so busy. Sometimes I think I can understand it because it's good to have things to be doing and occupy yourself, but other times I think about how it means being stuck with your own thoughts a lot. I think that's the part that'd drive me crazy.

[ if you're too busy to really form relationships with people, or figure people out, aren't you mostly just alone? ]

[factoring]

I'm so used to being alone with my thoughts that it doesn't bother me. I've been alone a lot over my life, and it's always been alright. As long as there's something to focus on.

It's not the kind of life for everybody.

[westedge]

[ it sounds sad, is the thing. for someone like jonas who is a little more clingy than he wants to admit. ]

What about like...your family or anything? Are they not in the picture anymore?

[factoring]

[ A light shrug of her shoulders.

There's a reason she's like this, but it's not a reason she easily tends to share. Kyoko isn't a lonely person, but she is often just... Alone. ]

My father died and left his agency to me. I don't have any siblings and my mother isn't in the picture.

[westedge]

[ ...that would make things a little different, he thinks. ]

...I remember you mentioned about your dad being deceased for a while now. [ way, way back during 2 truths and 1 lie. he can read and remember things. ] But I don't think I realized after that you really just...didn't have anybody else. Did you even want the agency?

[ or did she just inherit it and continues to have it because there was no other option? ]