第4: [text] lost in translation

[unfollowing]

((OOC: Collected misfires etc sent from Emily's phone to just about everyone. They will all be in the comments to this entry.

UD house and anyone around Emily at the time when a totemo kawaii text gets sent will hear angry swearing.

PM (unfollowing) or PP (punnyinpink) me if you want a text from Emily during the event, regardless of whether or not your character has CR with her. What better way to meet Em than through Rage's fuckery?? 8D))

Comments

video.

[truthvalue]

[He switches to a video feed - smiling, grey hair, grey eyes, with a thin scar running down his left cheek, the popped collar of his high school uniform jacket visible - and gives the camera a polite bow.]

How did you know I was new here?

video

[unfollowing]

[She supposes she should show him the same courtesy he's showing her, so she switches to video and hopes for the best.]

I've been here long enough that I can tell.

Plus, next to nobody else here but me speaks Japanese.

video

[truthvalue]

Ah, really? That's too bad - not really a surprise, though, when you consider how many different worlds people can come from.

[She's very pretty - he does notice that, at least.]

Do you know Ebihara-san? She's from Japan, too.

video

[unfollowing]

I'm honestly just glad there aren't any weebs here.

[Damn right she's very pretty.]

Yeah, she's the only other person here with fashion sense. I'm from LA, but I've been to Japan a lot.

video

[truthvalue]

Ah, you're American? I haven't been there, but my parents travel there for work sometimes.

video

[unfollowing]

Cool. Well, nice to meet you, even if it means you're in this shithole too.

video

[truthvalue]

You too. Have you been here for long?

permavideo

[unfollowing]

About six months. This is probably the best month we've had, next to the fireflies that made everyone high.

same

[truthvalue]

[Souji stares blankly at the camera for a second, then slowly blinks.]

Fireflies are drugs here? Did you ... eat them?

same

[unfollowing]

[Yeah that does sound pretty weird if you weren't here for it, doesn't it.]

No, no, Delight just released magic fireflies that made you feel happy if you were around their light.

[truthvalue]

Oh.

[That's ... still kind of strange, but a little better than eating bugs, at least.]

That seems like a really nice thing to do for everyone here.

[As long as no one decided to play King's Game ... ]

[unfollowing]

Yeah. Delight is the best. She's still fucking with us to gain power, but at least she does good things.

[truthvalue]

That makes sense. If her name is Delight, she'd want to do things that make people happy, right?

[unfollowing]

Yeah, that's what she lives off of. She's also actually really cool to talk to. Such a sweetie. If there's anything you want, try asking her first. Her trades are the least likely to be fucked up.

[truthvalue]

[Uh oh.]

... What kind of trades?

[unfollowing]

Well, like, I have this thing going with Delight where I tell her a happy memory and she gives me a bolt of nice cotton to make clothes with. Things that give them power, basically.

[truthvalue]

[Souji is quite visibly concerned about this, his expression creasing with a deep frown. He is keenly aware of how these kinds of bargains can go horribly wrong, because these are exactly the sort of deals in which the demon he became on his first Jaunt traded.]

That seems sort of dangerous.

[unfollowing]

Yeah. Depends on who you're dealing with. Delight's pretty harmless. [She may go overboard on the making people happy thing (her revival was... fucking exhausting, honestly. But she's okay.] Fear is... I'd be wary of him. Rage too, unless you like pissing people off.

[truthvalue]

[Souji shakes his head - making people angry just isn't on his agenda, ever.]

How do you know they're not trying to take advantage of you? Even Delight?

[unfollowing]

Oh, no, they totally are. It's not a secret. They feed off the emotion they're named after, no matter how fucked up what they try to make us do is. I like Delight, though, because at least what she wants is good for both of us.

[truthvalue]

[Souji presses his mouth into a thin, worried line.]

Are you sure about that? Sorry, I'm not trying to be rude, it's just - I've dealt with people like that before. People who claimed they wanted what was best for both of us.

[He was one of those people, in the Jaunt where he became a demon. He shakes his head.]

It wasn't true.

[unfollowing]

I didn't say it's the best for both of us. It just works, most of the time. [She's aware that sounds weak, even naive. But god, she's been here too long to care, in some ways. Delight feeds off her happiness, and happiness is so hard to come by.

Delight has made her a fucking drug addict. Fabulous.]

They probably don't give a shit about us at all, but they need us alive in order to stay alive themselves.

[truthvalue]

[What she says makes sense, so he nods his understanding. Still ... Souji knows firsthand just how innocuous those who wish to do harm can seem.]

I believe you. But please take care when dealing with them, Emily-san.

[unfollowing]

Yeah. [What else can she really say to that? It's the only way to get through being stuck here. Otherwise...

Otherwise, you could end up pulling a Sharon. (And goddamn, Emily never thought she'd start to really get why Sharon did what she did.]

Thanks. You too. [Because, of course, he's stuck here too.]

[truthvalue]

[Souji nods - yes, of course he'll be careful.]

If you ever need help with anything, please let me know. I'll be happy to help if I can.