The anger is an uncomfortable, warped mirror, the kind that gets weak laughs and aversive gazes from what it exposes, reveals. He can't afford to think about it right now, but Kai and Joe's actions did shake him. If his heart is set on winning, huh...]
Isn't that a contradiction? Refusing to die, and refusing by dying? Or are you just that contrarian?
[That's it's own way of being lead around by the nose in the end, isn't it?]
Ahaha... I'm sure none of us are here by choice, you know.
[He'd thought maybe Sara... but the facts of the matter are bad enough as it is, much as the idea tugs at his paranoia. The masterminds behind this clearly expected and accounted for their refusal. Franz is not unique in not wanting to go along with this. The strings are tight and taut around all of their necks.
"Why should I trust you?" he says... Well, the answer is, he shouldn't, but Shin doesn't want that to actually happen, since he needs anyone he can tear away from Sara. He wants out of this stupid minigame, and also the game in general, and that means deceiving others, knapping himself like flint until it's finally easy, somehow. So instead of saying any of this, what comes out is instead.]
Don't be stupid. If you die, I'm stuck here too. You've just got the best chances here.
[They kind of HAVE to work together... Shin hates it. But he also doesn't actually want the guy to die, so much as to prove his point.]
You think me thoughtless. I've had days to ponder thus. [ You talk like an old book when you're mad. Too much Shakespeare, tsk. ] We're not here by choice, but we still have a choice. You, I, even little Gin. We all killed someone.
[ You slump back, your part spent. It hurts to hear it out loud, worse then your headache. You have been thinking about it for days. Three people really, but Kai and Mishima give you enough rope to hang yourself on the way out. ]
So the reason I should risk myself is just to save you... For you are doomed without me and I without you? Hmph.
[ Strangely, there's a moment of quiet. You put your head in your hands and stare at Sou. You look him in the eye like you're assessing him for the first time. What do you really know about Sou Hiyori? ]
Tell me one good thing about yourself. Then maybe I'll do it.
[Thus???? What era are we in??? It's like there's two Alices.]
...
[If there's one thing Shin has managed to achieve, it's something resembling a poker face in response to intense scrutiny and an unnerving stare. He can keep all his sweating internal... most of the time.
He's also flashing back to what feels like a million job interviews. Tell us what you bring to our company, Shin. Tell us how you're useful to us. The resentment and shame is normal.
Anything he reveals here is something he can't later, a tipping of his hand that Franz might be able to use to his advantage. If he makes something up, he might be asked for proof. And even then... there isn't much, is there? He's not strong. He doesn't have Sara's almost supernatural influence. The secrets he managed to glean from that dark room are right out. He's not even a good person, is Sou. There's his work with computers, but that's about it, and it might be weird how a jobhopper knows that. He's weak, the underdog. But it's clear Franz isn't going to budge without something. Getting caught in an impasse like this...
His desperate rummaging through his own mind stumbles upon a dusty box.]
Well... I'm a pretty good swimmer.
[He used to be really proud of it; the one kind of physical exercise he could not only do, but could do well in. He can't remember when or why he stopped. It's painful to think about now. And not actually all that helpful, he's silently kicking himself.]
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Date: 2024-03-08 07:57 am (UTC)The anger is an uncomfortable, warped mirror, the kind that gets weak laughs and aversive gazes from what it exposes, reveals. He can't afford to think about it right now, but Kai and Joe's actions did shake him. If his heart is set on winning, huh...]
Isn't that a contradiction? Refusing to die, and refusing by dying? Or are you just that contrarian?
[That's it's own way of being lead around by the nose in the end, isn't it?]
Ahaha... I'm sure none of us are here by choice, you know.
[He'd thought maybe Sara... but the facts of the matter are bad enough as it is, much as the idea tugs at his paranoia. The masterminds behind this clearly expected and accounted for their refusal. Franz is not unique in not wanting to go along with this. The strings are tight and taut around all of their necks.
"Why should I trust you?" he says... Well, the answer is, he shouldn't, but Shin doesn't want that to actually happen, since he needs anyone he can tear away from Sara. He wants out of this stupid minigame, and also the game in general, and that means deceiving others, knapping himself like flint until it's finally easy, somehow. So instead of saying any of this, what comes out is instead.]
Don't be stupid. If you die, I'm stuck here too. You've just got the best chances here.
[They kind of HAVE to work together... Shin hates it. But he also doesn't actually want the guy to die, so much as to prove his point.]
gasp
Date: 2024-03-08 08:19 am (UTC)[ You could just say yes. ]
You think me thoughtless. I've had days to ponder thus. [ You talk like an old book when you're mad. Too much Shakespeare, tsk. ] We're not here by choice, but we still have a choice. You, I, even little Gin. We all killed someone.
[ You slump back, your part spent. It hurts to hear it out loud, worse then your headache. You have been thinking about it for days. Three people really, but Kai and Mishima give you enough rope to hang yourself on the way out. ]
So the reason I should risk myself is just to save you... For you are doomed without me and I without you? Hmph.
[ Strangely, there's a moment of quiet. You put your head in your hands and stare at Sou. You look him in the eye like you're assessing him for the first time. What do you really know about Sou Hiyori? ]
Tell me one good thing about yourself. Then maybe I'll do it.
hand in insufferable hand
Date: 2024-03-08 10:07 am (UTC)...
[If there's one thing Shin has managed to achieve, it's something resembling a poker face in response to intense scrutiny and an unnerving stare. He can keep all his sweating internal... most of the time.
He's also flashing back to what feels like a million job interviews. Tell us what you bring to our company, Shin. Tell us how you're useful to us. The resentment and shame is normal.
Anything he reveals here is something he can't later, a tipping of his hand that Franz might be able to use to his advantage. If he makes something up, he might be asked for proof. And even then... there isn't much, is there? He's not strong. He doesn't have Sara's almost supernatural influence. The secrets he managed to glean from that dark room are right out. He's not even a good person, is Sou. There's his work with computers, but that's about it, and it might be weird how a jobhopper knows that. He's weak, the underdog. But it's clear Franz isn't going to budge without something. Getting caught in an impasse like this...
His desperate rummaging through his own mind stumbles upon a dusty box.]
Well... I'm a pretty good swimmer.
[He used to be really proud of it; the one kind of physical exercise he could not only do, but could do well in. He can't remember when or why he stopped. It's painful to think about now. And not actually all that helpful, he's silently kicking himself.]