MemMingle!

[thanks_satan]

Who: Idols
Where: Lobby?
When: 62 Afternoon

[ Well, how about it kids? You're out of points jail, you've had plenty of Lives. Care to try your luck with ye old trauma roulette? ]

Comments

[criminaljustice]

[also before Vive's memory.

just.

someone is trying not to laugh in a manner that's really a bit on the bitter side but also like. wtf death card games.]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ ... Well, he sees the look on Boss's face at least. ]

I probably won't hold it against you for laughing.

[criminaljustice]

I'm not really laughing about the memory itself.

[puzzlekeeper]

Then?

[criminaljustice]

Just related to a conversation I had the other day. Not really related.

Anyway... card games with high stakes, huh.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ jiiiii but whatever ]

Yes, it appears to be a common theme. I guess it's really not so different from what we get pulled into here...

[criminaljustice]

I don't think we've done cards yet, but we did have a mahjong tile game once.

[puzzlekeeper]

And the one with hostages and puzzles.

Hopefully the Producers don't watch our memories for ideas.

[criminaljustice]

... yeah, I don't remember that game well after a certain point.

[watching a unitmate get burned alive was sure a thing]

And I wouldn't put it past those assholes.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Yeah that... sure was....... a lot ]

Just think: by picking our recollections apart piece by piece, they've made it so easy for themselves to custom tailor our traumas.

[criminaljustice]

If they even care that much.

I don't think we've had games dependent on people's memories before, but it's possibly something for later games.

[puzzlekeeper]

I'm not ruling it out as a method of escalation after they've desensitized us to the usual fare.

[criminaljustice]

Oh, good. At least you recognize that that's gonna happen.

[puzzlekeeper]

Why wouldn't I?

[criminaljustice]

Some people have the opinion that we have more choices in how things will go here.

[spoilers: it's the guy who said "we have no choice" in ur memory and Boss is salty as fuck.]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ good thing you're dealing with The Other YGO ]

Needing to choose among equivalently terrible options while under duress doesn't really feel like free choice, just the illusion of it.

[criminaljustice]

[TOSSES HANDS UP]

Thank you.

[UGH. FUCK. THANK FOR SOMEONE GETTING IT.]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ ???????????????? ]

Uh...

You're welcome, I guess?

[criminaljustice]

I had a really stupid argument with Intensity about this sort of thing, so it's just really comforting to hear someone not say I'm wallowing in self-pity for acknowledging the shitty situation we're in.

[puzzlekeeper]

Ah.

[ fuckin Intensity ]

Well, that's probably because you touched a nerve. He's obsessed with having control over his situation and doesn't want to admit that he really doesn't right now.

[criminaljustice]

I touched two nerves. I also pointed out a mistake he made and he just can't admit to ever making a mistake ever in his life. He'd probably melt or something.

[puzzlekeeper]

Heh. That just guaranteed he was going to be difficult no matter what you talked about. You should have seized the opportunity to debate him about the color of the sky.

[criminaljustice]

[j-just. seems to sag a little, putting a hand to his head and giving a kind of... strained but relieved-sounding laugh.]

I swear... he fucking drives me crazy. And I'm the contrary one!

[puzzlekeeper]

Maybe the problem is when two contrary people collide.

[ pls ignore that two contrary people are talking right now, it's fine ]

[criminaljustice]

[i mean, but they're contrary people who agree on the levels of contrary?

is it just two felines vs some lizard that represents Intensity?]

Ha, maybe.

I dunno... it's always just kind of been like that with him. He still thinks a genuine offer to help is me lording over and looking to humiliate him for some bizarre reason.