text; @The Seventh Crown of the Seventh Demon King;
[ Four lines of text. ]
This is written in Victorian.
Kore wa Laterano-ji Higashi-go de kakareteimasu.
This is written in Higashinese.
This written by in Yanese. (Might be bad. Sorry.)
Please do let me know how many of these sentences you understand.
[ The first is in what would be considered Earth English, the second is what would be known as Japanese written in Romaji, but he's called it "Laterano-ji Higashinese". The third was written in Japanese, the fourth was written in some rather poor Chinese. He's called the languages themselves clearly incorrect names. What's more important, though, is that only the second one should parse as phonetic, and should only be understandable to fellow Japanese speakers. The rest are in whatever language is most understandable to whoever reads it. Funny, huh? This city sure is strange! ]
This is written in Victorian.
Kore wa Laterano-ji Higashi-go de kakareteimasu.
This is written in Higashinese.
This written by in Yanese. (Might be bad. Sorry.)
Please do let me know how many of these sentences you understand.
[ The first is in what would be considered Earth English, the second is what would be known as Japanese written in Romaji, but he's called it "Laterano-ji Higashinese". The third was written in Japanese, the fourth was written in some rather poor Chinese. He's called the languages themselves clearly incorrect names. What's more important, though, is that only the second one should parse as phonetic, and should only be understandable to fellow Japanese speakers. The rest are in whatever language is most understandable to whoever reads it. Funny, huh? This city sure is strange! ]
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[ There is literally no reason to lie. Well, he could do so to save Junpei's feelings, but Midnight's not that much of a people pleaser. ]
that icon is making me insane
you're welcome: https://citynet.dreamwidth.org/7909.html?thread=1234917#cmt1234917
[ Complete bullshit lying motherfucker hours 👍 ]
deceased..........,
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[ 😔 sry ]
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[ He may not have been there for it, but that party sure did leave its mark, for better or worse.
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people have already died. isn't that completely nuts? people die, people go missing like they were never here, and i'm supposed to take "the mastermind doesn't know how to make friends" sitting down? that's bullshit!
not that it'll be all a-ok, smiles, hold hands and forgive each other anyway, but it'll feel less like a slap in the face if there's a point to all this in the end.
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[ ... There are some deeper thoughts here, too. Midnight holds them in his hands for a moment, measuring their weight. ]
When was the last time you've been out for a drink with someone? The wine debacle aside, of course.
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[But he has excused one kidnapping incident away in his private thoughts as being worth it in the end, despite how much it haunts him! So it's probably fine. After the fact.]
as for the drink... i dunno, 6 months? 7? not since i've been here.
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[ Most suffering is stupid. Or, rather, Midnight's stupid, and the bullshit he puts himself through is stupid as a result. Like a stupidity agua fresca. ]
Let's put an end to that streak, then. Open invitation. We all need an excuse to unwind at some point, don't you think?
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[lol. But the real question is how many of his activities end in him talking about The Mysteries of this place, and it's most of them, so okay okay.]
i guess i could have a drink. where?
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[ If the answer is "later", the instructions are the same, but scheduled in the future. ]
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[And sure enough he will be there in a few, Activity in hand. It's a rolled up piece of paper and a pencil. Very versatile. Many Activities.]
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Evening. I think it bears mentioning that I don't mean to take you from anything you've lined up for yourself. I know you're the type to keep yourself busy.
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Thanks, I had a block of staring at the wall lined up for after this. Here.
[Midnight can see the Activity, that's fine; Junpei shakes it out and holds it up, still a little curled from being rolled. It's a maze he's been drawing himself. It's neither complete nor especially polished, a lot of evidence of erasing and redrawing, but this is his Activity... behold.]
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I'm no psychologist, but if your response to being trapped is to create more hypothetical labyrinths to escape... There's a bit to unpack there, you understand.
[ Like, he really is trying not to judge, especially if it turns out that Junpei is a professional maze maker or something, but... uh, you good? ]
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Off they go towards the bar, anyway, and...] Oh.
Uh, that's... a point. I never really thought about that.
[And now he is, so ohhh boy. Oh no.] Guess once you get kidnapped the first time, you never really feel un-kidnapped.
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