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[selfconcept]

[ Hien has so many other things to do, but when he saw this, he decides to give Hani a chance rather than straight up PK them wherever he sees them. ]

tabibito, what is the meaning of the guild that you created?

[tinged]

[ this is...

a delightful surprise! hani eagerly replies asap. ]

You are welcome to join, if you'd like.

I believe I put that it's a "welcoming place for digital friends of the non-human (real) or NPC variety (fake, ok)." Well, I was thinking... if the food is realistic, and the liqueur is realistic, then what about the people I've met and will meet? So I made the guild as inclusive as possible.

[selfconcept]

[ Right. He should have specified. ]

The 30% bonus, tabibito.

[tinged]

That’s a copy-and-paste from a previous game. I think that’s the standard, so I left it unchanged.

[selfconcept]

It is not.

[ He doesn't tell Hani to change the description, but he thinks that's already heavily implied.

(but you got the ok from milky so it's fine 👌) ]

[tinged]

Too generous? I suppose we are setting the standard for this new game.

[selfconcept]

How did you even set that?

[ hello??? that's cheating!!! ]

[tinged]

A friend I met on one of my travels gave me a program for it. I just input the numbers depending on the game, but I try to pick what's fair. After all, the point is to provide convenience, so players can spend more time having fun.

Is this game fun for you, too?

[ using loopholes isn't cheating!! if it's not in the terms of service, it's legal. ]

[selfconcept]

Third party tools that alter the game coding in any way are against the terms of service, tabibito.

[ But, like... he gets the sentiment, which is why he doesn't drag Hani to his Punishment Room to PK them on the spot.

Also, conveniently ignoring the question. ]

1/2

[tinged]

[ that particular one doesn't. but hien isn't asking about the other ones, so hani doesn't have to mention them. ]

Then we are good! I'm proud to be an upstanding citizen of

[tinged]

Fragment.

[selfconcept]

Why did you send two emails for this?

[ Because that's clearly what's important here. ]

[tinged]

I forgot the name and had to look it up.

[selfconcept]

[ ............. ]

Consider yourself on the watchlist. I'm done with this.

Arriving the day of the big guild event on August 12

[trollophoroi]

[ Prior to the guild event kicking off, Hani will find an invitation awaiting him in his inbox from Fandaniel. ]

[tinged]

[ ACCEPTED ACCEPTED ACCEPTED

there's no hesitation. hani doesn't even read the guild description. ]

email, post ΔHidden Forbidden Holy Ground

[userunfriendly]

Is everything well with your cousin?

And you? You vanished so quickly, I almost thought it was the same error again.

[ Also, Hani seemed... not to be doing great. But Michel doesn't really have the delicacy to know how to approach that. ]

[tinged]

[ within a couple of hours, hani sends him a reply: ]

Gani-kun is in the ER, and I'm at the airport on my way to see him.

To be honest, I don't know what to say, but thank you for asking after us.

[userunfriendly]

I'm sorry. I don't know what to say in this situation either.

But if you do want someone to listen, I keep unusual hours.

[tinged]

[ hani's a little grateful for the timing of this exchange, because they are not practiced in fretting!! and there's nothing else to do while waiting at this airport terminal... ]

Did Gani-kun ever tell you about what happened to him?

[userunfriendly]

[ Michel is very practiced in fretting! And now that he's gotten this news, it's what he's going to be doing anyway. He knows it's hardly for Hani's sake that he's replying so promptly now. ]

Before this? No. He's told me about his cat. His work. Casual things.

[tinged]

[ oh... well, it's not hani's place to say. they idly tap out a few words, delete them, and finally send: ]

I've always felt that the things we experience in life are like lines in the sand. Terrible things, wonderful things, everything.

But this terrible thing happened, and so quickly, too. And I don't know if any waves can wash away the lines it's made within me. It wasn't like this before.

[userunfriendly]

I've always thought of it as more akin to stone. The layers build up over time as new experiences cover old, but the shape of the foundations remains unchanged beneath it.

[ Is that comforting? It's probably the opposite of comforting... he's terrible at this. Unfortunately, it's already been sent. Following up hurriedly: ]

Time will pass no matter what. Even if the experiences aren't erased. It won't always feel the same.

[tinged]

[ stone rather than sand. maybe that's how it is for everyone and hani deluded themselves into thinking they were an outlier. how ganymede would sigh if he could hear their thoughts now. ]

I don't want to say this is bad. No, what I mean to say is: what happened is terrible, there's no changing that fact. And what I'm feeling now is uncomfortable and new, but...

I don't want to forget that I ever felt this way. [ it's so rare for them to really feel, this is almost a novel experience. ] Because it means something doesn't it? About me?

I don't know what yet.

Winter-kun, I'm sorry. I should have asked earlier. How are you? How do you feel?

[userunfriendly]

I think it means that you care for your cousin.

[ Or, additionally, that whatever happened before left a deeper impression on Hani than they realized. But it isn't Michel's business to dig into. ]

Why are you worrying about me? You don't need to apologize. I'm just a bystander. I was surprised by what happened... and I wanted to feel like I could do something.

[ Like whatever distraction he's serving by talking to Hani now. ]