PRIVATE MEETINGS

[andexecutioner]

If you'd like to have a private meeting with the Adjudicator, this is where you should go! The Adjudicator is available at almost all hours of the day; just knock and he'll answer.

Comments are screened for privacy; no eavesdropping, that's rude.

Comments

[innocentloveholic]

[ i'll remember this conversation in three years ]

Oh. [ well that's sort of boring.

...anyway, she'll motion to the c oh fuck she forgot the stuff you eat cake with. Knife and fork and. Well. ] ...Yoooouu wouldn't happen to keep utensils in here, would you?

[andexecutioner]

[...aligula

oh my god there is so much YOU TRIED here]

...No.

[innocentloveholic]

[ well. crud ]

Do you mind eating cake with your hands?

[andexecutioner]

[oh my god]

Sort of. We'll figure something out.

[innocentloveholic]

[ oh my god.

"we'll figure something out" just fucking ACCIO FORKS or something you kumquat ]

Hmmm, okaaay. [ ...anyway, a small clap! the party's not stopping just because the cake cannot immediately be eaten. ] So! I thiiink gifts usually come after cake? But like, I'm sure no one's gonna miiind if we mess with that a little, soooo...

[ a silver ring—one of the ones from the vending machine, with the pink tourmaline in the back. the perfect gift for a person you don't know what to gift. classic! it's... also going on his desk, on the card. ]

[andexecutioner]

[...Aligula, you are one of the most confusing people right now, if his expression is anything to judge by. Good lord.]

...Is there a reason you're doing all this? I'm not telling you not to, I just don't get why you are.

[innocentloveholic]

[ .....? ]

Because I said I would? I always make good on my word.

[ or did you mean the friendliness and the visits and the.... everything she has going for you, buddy. ]

[andexecutioner]

Well, yeah, that's this much. But everything else?

[innocentloveholic]

Because I want to.

[ ...there that's it it's that simple. ]

I'm not interested in making an enemy out of you! [ Right now. If she's gotta do that to win one of these days, then sure, okay. ] And like, you're not bad company? To look at or to keep.

[ He's polite but ruthless, it's great. ]

Sooooooooo why wouldn't I do... all of this? Or all of everything, I guess.

[andexecutioner]

[...There is just so much staring, Aligula.]

I have heard exactly none of that before, so either you're wrong or everybody else is.

[...]

Thanks, though. For that.

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...aww, she got thanked. She feels like that's even a little genuine..! ]

You're welcome. [ ... ] What've you heard before, that they're buttering you up for information or favors or something?

[andexecutioner]

No, it's more like I'm not the sort of person anyone would consider good company, normally.

Not like it matters, because I'm not really interested in socializing most of the time anyway, but still.

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...that's boring, "favors and information" is totally a better reason. Someone should do that. ]

It's because of the whole overseeing games thingamajig, right? I mean, once you get past that, the sadism, and the "not answering really important questions with a straight answer or an answer at all" thing you've got going on, you're really not bad at all!

[ He even liked her questions. Like, Come On. Mark of a true cool guy. ]

[andexecutioner]

I'll answer them if they're important enough. Your priorities are just different than mine are most of the time.

[...apparently he takes offense to that last one, except he sort of doesn't.]

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...wow, of all things. ]

What're your priorities supposed to be? Since everyone else's is escape-or-bust.

[ and hers are. party until she's tired of partying, probably. getting everyone to feel the love tonight, as a general thing. ]

[andexecutioner]

Well, mine are obviously not going to be anything like that, I'd think.

[innocentloveholic]

This is what I'm talking about, you know!

[ :T THE NON-ANSWERS, HERE. ]

Are they about us killing the crud out of each other?

[andexecutioner]

It doesn't matter to me if you choose to kill each other or not. Like I've said before, Rule One is there for a reason.

[...]

My priorities are with you guys playing the game however you see fit. If that involves murder, it involves murder.

[innocentloveholic]

[ He wouldn't have Rule Seven if he didn't intend for it to be taken advantage of at some point.

... ]

Is there a way to unlock new areas without having to go through the song and dance of a murder and trial?

[andexecutioner]

No, there isn't.

[innocentloveholic]

[ Oooh. Wonder why. Maybe the souls of the dearly departed power the mechanisms to open doors and shift things around. Like that ghosts movie with the glass walls. ]

Has there ever been a game that was won without anyone killing each other?

[andexecutioner]

Yes.

[Well, then.]

[innocentloveholic]

So it can be done! [ ...... ] There's totally no way that would've ever worked with this group though.

[ COHESION IS NOT THEIR THING HERE. SHE KNOWS THIS. ]

Was that one of your boring games, or was it totally interesting?

[andexecutioner]

It happened more often than you'd think; how interesting or boring it was depended on the people playing.

You guys are interesting, for the record.

[innocentloveholic]

I'd sure hope so!

[ hm-hm. ...she should not be questioning the adjudicator at his birthday party, but he seems to be more comfortable with this than the celebration part, so whatever. ]

The groups that don't have any deaths—are they usually small groups? Because I think I'd go nuts if I had to spend a bunch of time with everyone here in a fairly small space. [ Compared to what they get after they go through a trial, that is. ]