disingenuous | ace catchall

... Maybe we should have. They were easier targets now.

[ not that the killer would've known vi would be injured. or like they can even be sure it's not possession. yay!!!!! mystery. he is so clearly frustrated immediately ]

They were, but it wasn't too much of a pattern in the Prism. Perhaps the people here are more willing to take advantage, if they were pushed into it this week. Or even if they're not.

[ so much is unknown right now. ]

That's the problem, isn't it? There's no way for us to know any of this for sure. If someone acted on their own because of those prizes, or if they got taken over, or... anything.

[ this sucks how are you meant to be properly angry in this economy he misses investigating and making up insane theories that were wrong!!! ]

It's frustrating just having to wait with no clue at all, isn't it? It's not quite what I'm used to.

[ not that she sought out each and every mini investigation, but it was nice to know there was some clue to find and hear about on a friday. ]

Me neither. Even if I didn't get every detail, at least I could know some things. I didn't realize that it helped until now.

It made the waiting until the trial a little more bearable. Something more to focus on than only frustration or grief.

...Yeah. I've never liked sitting around not doing anything.

[ this surprises no one ]

I thought you enjoyed sitting alone with your thoughts and waxing philosophical, Ace.

[ JUST KILL HIM NOW ]

Ha, ha. That's already what half of these games are about.

You must be an expert already then. Tell me about what could possibly justify any of this.

I don't know. The entire collection of crazy rewards they offered up?

Were you tempted by any of them?

No, but it's not some kind of secret virtue or something like that. I've got everything I need back home.

You must love your world very much. Or at least the slice of it that you made your home.

The slice part. [ one piece is a dystopia, ] Besides, if you get it from something like that, there's no saying it's gonna stick. Maybe some jackass auditor will show up and ask if you've really earned it.

[ that makes her smile a little. ]

That'd undermine their whole premise, wouldn't it? If another auditor comes to audit their audit. What a vicious cycle... That'd make them so pointless.

Are you trying to pretend they aren't pointless now?

Of course not. It's been pointless from the beginning, but we're still here.

[ and she hates being part of something like that. she knows she's not alone in that. ]