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[coolerjunpei]

[Now, Junpei is fairly certain they're all here for some kind of fucked up death game, because why wouldn't the third time be the charm!!— but until some mysterious costumed weirdo starts getting on all the screens and making announcements, there's not that much to go on. He can skulk around town glowering suspiciously at things for long so long.

Sooooo.]

if anybody wants my vote, it's t minus however the hell long before we all start killing each other. would love to be wrong, but if i live long enough to say i told you so, yknow. yippee.

so.

why do *you* think we're here? wrong answers only. top 3 by popular vote get a prize.

[Does he have a prize to hand out... No, no he does not. He will find some cheap garbage in one of the shops and write a 1ST/2ND/3RD PLACE on it, no problem. Eventually. Maybe even a sticker.]

and what do you guys think about picking code names? you know, just in case.

[big talk from username junpei]

Comments

[brothergoblin]

I guess experimentation gets points for imagination. That's probably at least a couple degrees spicier than I was thinking. You're on the fence with aliens because maybe that feels like you're doubling down on a very unsure bet and you definitely seem smarter than that

We're also not betting but I could be persuaded

[coolerjunpei]

oh uh thanks i think? you're the first person to think i'm smart for any of this, which sounded less depressing before i typed it out like that. whatever.

what do you want to bet?

[brothergoblin]

Hyper awareness never happened because somebody was too dumb as far as I can tell.

Uhhh not sure, mostly because it's hard to tell what good stakes are here. Loser has to work for the winner for exactly 1 week?

[coolerjunpei]

ooh, hyper aware. i can fit that on a business card. way better ring to it than "debbie downer" and "holy shit, is he okay?"

why does everyone here want me to work for them

what does working for you mean?

[brothergoblin]

Haha you're honestly kind of funny...

You have other offers already?!

[coolerjunpei]

stop, i can't keep adding this stuff to my card. thanks though.

and yeah this girl decided i'm her squire or something. preeetty sure it just means we're friends, though...

[brothergoblin]

Squire like ye olde times? Are you sure that doesn't mean you have to groom her horses or something?

[coolerjunpei]

oh yeah she's real into the ye olde times hark how art thou doing mine friendeth thing. it's nothing big once you get used to it.

but i just said i'd do coffee runs.....i hope there's no horses.

[brothergoblin]

Unless the coffee is for the horses

[coolerjunpei]

uh i hope not. is that allowed? like would that kill a horse? i don't think a caffeinated horse is something we need...

[brothergoblin]

A cup of coffee isn't going to kill a horse. Over a certain amount sure, same as humans. I read once people give horses sports drinks to make them faster but as for coffee, that's probably a latte hearsay.....

[coolerjunpei]

[Ha... elsewhere, he snorts aloud. A latte hearsay... hehe...]

you're pretty funny, yourself.

but i haven't even seen a fly around here, i don't think there are horses...

[brothergoblin]

Real talk - it's what I'm struggling with the most. Outside of missing people from home.

Makes me think of what might happen if people don't take climate change seriously. So many animals just ceasing to exist

[coolerjunpei]

you think there were animals here, and now there aren't anymore? you mean like they did something to them?

i just figured it would be harder to manage so they didn't bother. or maybe we're in a simulation.

[brothergoblin]

No clue if that's what happened here. But it's what could happen if people don't pay attention to climate change

Actually that's the other thing that could drive a person insane is trying to narrow down all the theories of what happened here. Where do you even start?

Thing is though if they figured out how to get people in surely animals would be easier since they're less complex...

See what I mean! It's fucked up you can go as broad as you can go deep and still not know what's going on :(

[coolerjunpei]

yeah? we don't have to worry about that here, at least. so far. silver lining....?

[no.]

and hey, don't freak yourself out about it. just relax for a second.

i guess we all have to put our heads together and start trying to test theories. getting everyone on the same page is the first thing...

[brothergoblin]

I know what you're trying to do

[ And it's vaguely working... ]

I think I need to apologize to somebody I freaked out on earlier. Thanks for the pep talk. Must be hard considering you're expecting battle royale any second

[coolerjunpei]

somebody's gotta keep their shit together. it's not gonna be me, so i might as well make sure the rest of you are okay.

so i'm dealing. good luck with your apology?

[brothergoblin]

Don't freak out but I think you're keeping it together right now

Thanks for the luck. Don't think I need it but it makes me feel like less of an asshole that somebody wants it to go well

[coolerjunpei]

weird, that doesn't sound like me.

well uh let me know how it goes. not....super in depth or anything, it's your business, but don't be a stranger, i guess?

[brothergoblin]

Maybe you're not you. Could be a clone...

[ Anyway... ]

Catch you later dude :D