neverplaysfair | Game 019 [Voice] - There's a Pun in Here...

Game 019 [Voice] - There's a Pun in Here...

With so many people suddenly dying, I was wondering: what's it like to die here, where death isn't permanent? If you've died back in your home world, what's the afterlife like where you're from?

And even if you haven't, does death seem less important, does it carry less weight here than it did back home?

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Not at all. That's not really my thing. [ ~~AS OPPOSED TO YOURS, Mr. I'll-allow-for-Taboo-Noise-all-over-the-UG-and-watch-as-the-weaker-Reapers-become-Noise-chow~~ ]

[ Okay ouch. ...well, better than getting the journal slammed shut on him. Hanekoma wants to argue that, but he knows it'll just make things worse. Just gonna keep trying for a casual tone: ]

Why the survey, then? Just bored?

Morbid curiosity.

Makes sense. I've been too busy playing with my new coffeemaker to get anything done, really.

Somehow I'm not surprised. Such a shame you won't have the joy of making it by hand anymore. Idle hands are the devil's playthings, after all.

Who says I won't keep making it by hand? The coffee's always better when it's done that way. Just having a little fun figuring the machine out.

[ He's deliberately ignoring that last part. ]

Well, you might get too busy with other things.

There's not much to get distracted by. Got nothing planned.

Of course. You never do. [ Edge to his voice? Why yes there is. ]

Only occasionally. Known me for ages, Josh, and I'm not usually up to something.

How would I know? You seem quite skilled at hiding things.

What reason could I have for bein up to something?

I don't know. You tell me.

At the moment? None at all.

And before I realize it, our dear Sho is ambushing me with many times his own power.

Good thing there's no Sho here to jump on you, and no gamble for Shibuya to get me helping him out.

He's disappered before. For this exact purpose, in fact.

Shibuya's not in any danger. I've got no reason in the world to be against you, Josh. You don't know that?

I wouldn't know. I might let her fall again.

So, what, I'd kill you before you could? Death's not permanent here, Josh. There'd be no point to it.

You might try to pass the position of Composer onto someone else.

So I kill you, or get someone to kill you, on the off chance they might take your seat and still have it when we get home. If we get home. Then what? Deal with your revenge for the rest of however long we're gonna be here, and lose an ally? Doesn't sound too great in the long-term.

Maybe you'd be willing to accept that.

Right. And if that was my plan, why haven't I gone through with it yet? Can think of a few times I've jumped in to help you out, even since we got here.

I can think of many reasons. Maybe you really can get us home, and you're just waiting for the right trigger to make your move and be done with it.

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