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un: fandaniel

[trollophoroi]

[ Essentially an hour or two after Guilds are added to the game, Matoba will find an invitation waiting for him in his inbox from Fandaniel... ]

[worldbent]

[Logging in the evening after the 1.5 update after a few days offline...]

For me? I'm flattered.

[He hits accept on the UI!]

@Mithrun1 (after Hector's party) - lmfkdj the trash count

[tablescraps]

Do you remember the conversation we had on the first day, about how most things humans make become a vehicle for sex and money?

I said money at the time, but I think, more generally, that second thing is power. Would you disagree?

He warns you on his profile!! Also I assume this is also post-katamari?

[worldbent]

That's correct. Money is power, after all. Sex is something more intrinsic to living things- they are often coupled, but not directly connected.

Any particular reason you were thinking back on it?

̵̨͚̬̾̿͌̇͝@̸̖̘͛́̓͐̓̈́̾̂̈̋d̶̼͖̭̞̫̜͍͉̱͎͈̝̽v̴͛̊̈͊̊̌̂̽͂̿͠

[cccorp]

̷̤͉͚̞̏̑̿̀̿͌̌͛̈͆̌̅Å̶̠̇̎̉ ̷͓́̉̄͝W̵̧̡̥͔̖̱̫͉̤̳͉̙̘̑̂̽͝I̴̛̛̟̤͈͑̑̐̽͆̉̏̂̏͊̊͆̓̕͝N̶̦̏̄̄̋̑̉̀́̑̎͝Ṇ̷̘͍̝̜̩͖̱͉̭̫̘͓͈̦̎̎̏̈́̄͒͋͘̕̚ͅȨ̵̛̟̠̳̝̟̠̃͛̀͐͋̓͊̀͆̅̓͛̄̚͠R̸͈͕̪̬̱͇̻̰̻͐́̍̎̽͗͊̓́̿͘͝ ̴̛͙̹̮̙̳̳̝͔̄̀̿͌̃̌̋̏̈̕͝I̷̡̤͎̪͓͉̜̮̺̠͇̺̩̫͙̎̓͐̔̇̽̈͆̎̂͋̋͗͋͐Ş̶̛̮̗̳̐̿̀̏̆̌̐̕̕ͅ ̶̨͔̣͙̪͎͙̎͂̃͒̂̿́͝Y̸̧͓͎͙̫̻̗͖̙̮̤̼̱̟̜̏͒̐͂̎͒̓̊̎ͅÖ̷̘́͆̓͋̈́͗͒̓̏͐͗̈͑̚͝Ű̷͚̺̰̩͎̳̆̇̅͌̚͠͝!̴͖͈̹̗͎̼̼̭͂̉͝ͅ ̴̢̛̟̘͈͙̘̜͌̈́͆̓́͂͒̄͂C̴͇͆̽̅̽̉̈́̉̚Ŏ̵͕̐̎̋̀͛͠N̶̤͈̤͓̯̥̻̲̞͉̄̌͒́̈Ḡ̶̡̛̟̳͓͚̬̩̘̣̠̉̐̾́͌́͂̀̔̏̃̊̚͠R̵̡͉̬̫̝͌̐̆̽͋̅͛̄̈́̀̕̚Ȧ̵̲̪̲̮͕̂̄͛̈́̾̉͊͛̐̊̓̀͌T̶̜̖̱̠̥͎͎̠̗͋̎͌̍̊̃̆̃́̏̍͒ͅU̶̧̼̱͍͈̤̤͈̘̻̦̲̲̘͗̓̀̊͛̋͊͜L̶̨̧̖̻̼̰̗͔͓̳͉̺̗̈́̓́̏͒̌͒̑̕͜͠͝Ạ̵̢̺̪͚̹͓̼̹̪̺̘̯͍̈̌͐̎̄̾́̐͂̍͐̕ͅȚ̶̼̼͈͈̜̖̺̽͒̒̾͜Ị̷̛̛̖̙̱̗͖͂́O̵͕͇̝̘͓̭̦͔̗̼̝̳̥̞̭̻̔͛̏͛N̵̙̥̰̣̭̤̍͊̆̅S̸̳̪̤̬̘͎̙̰̲͇̥̬͛̿̀ ̶̛̙̯͈͐̄͋̿̓̔̍̎́͜͝͝O̸̺̝̩̱̻̎̇͆̍̉́N̶̨̫̟͔̙̏̆̈́̕͝͠ ̷̡̰͚̙͍̩̊̃̔̑͌̒̚͜͝Y̷̨͔̹̬͍̰͇̣̞̠͇̝̑͂͗͐̒͊̕͜O̸̧͕͎̦͂̄̐͛́̈́̉͂̉͐̊Ư̵̠̭̺̘̖̠̝̿͆̏R̷̡̫̝̯̼͙̟͈̯̬̰̜̥͉̈̑͊͝ ̶͕͓̩͔͙̬̳̠͛̈́̓͊̌̈́À̷̭̏̈̀̋̆͐͊̾̄͊̒̉̍̎͋͝M̷̨̪̘̬̳̽̓̂́̃̓͂̈́͂͂̐̈́͛̀̔͊Ą̸̧̧̳̭͈̯̹̝̀͐̊̓͛̔̓̐͆͝Ż̵̫̠͉̯̲͚̳̩̪̲̙̱̱͚̟̭͉̓̎̍̄̂͒̋̾͐͊͘͘̚̚͝͠I̶̢̗̘͍̲͔̖̐N̸̼̻̣̜̼̪̣͗͗̍͒̇̽̋̽̑͗͒̽́̿̚͜͝͝G̶̪͓̺͇͙̥͐̊͝ ̷̙̊͆̏̿̓̆̅͌͘Ǎ̴̫̤̍̉̈́̎͌̄̑͒͝C̷̨̧͚̖̣͕̠̥͊̔̅͗̎́̽̀̈͂̊̋̀̏͜͝H̶̯̼͕̪̙̫̝͙͕͙̯̅́̈̈́͑͘͜͠ͅͅİ̴̧͉̥̣̝̞̠̥͈̱̻͓̳̪̦̫͛̍̓̌̒̀̔̎̽͆͋͝͠ͅE̸̖͚͔̞͇̹̫̯̪̫̖̻̎̑̽̏͗́̀͑̃̈͂̏́͌͘͘V̸̧̛͔̫͇̮̹̳̝͔̪̮̰̯̭̊̌͗͋̀́͆̐̆̾́̓̎̉͗͑͜Ę̵̧̘̘̞̹̻̲̲̤͉́́̂͜͜M̸̛̛̖̜̹̪̍̇̌̽̈́͌͝͝E̴̢̛̝͓̗̼͔̹̲̭͗̅͌́̌̈̌͑̀̋́̇̋̂̕͜͝Ṉ̶̢̝̺̠̬̭͉̩̠̱͍̯̓̈͂́T̴̮̹̠͓̫̣̘͕̹͇̘̟͋͋͆̂̀̓̊̀̎́͜͝͝!̸̢̲̜̘̞̭͚͖̥͕̩̳̥̣̫͕̈̊̋̍̋͐̈̔̔ ̷̨̡̡̹̿̿̓͒̉͛͘̚͘L̴̡͇̩̖̥̮̙̥̮̞̠̗̣͚̭̓̑̀̒͛̾́̈́̿̽͘̚͝E̵̡͙͔͓̣̱̎̆̆̈͌͋͋̋̉̉̕Ţ̴̢̞͚̫̠̍̽͗͋̕'̷̨̧̤̣̫̞̯̪̲̞̣͔̩̣̈́̊̈́̓͆̐̀͋́͝S̶̢̨̧̢̳͓̳̺̰̲̻̙̪̱̙̩̼͆̌ ̶̧̣͙͓̤̙̰͈̯̭̫͔͚̻̈́̎̽͋͑̊̉ͅB̵̢̛͍̙̫̖̮̓͋̈̒͂̄́̌͌͐E̶͇̝̞͕̣͕̼̔́̓̊̉͆̔̎́͐̍̕͝ ̴̘̳̗̌͒̆͐̈́̈̕͘͠F̷̢̥͕̳̝̝̖͙̀͌̒͊͛͐͝͠͝R̴̢̧̪̞̝͔̖̪̺̩̭̓͗̏͆́̓͊̇̚̕͜I̵̢̩͔͉͎͍̳̥̿͐̔̅̌̒͝͝͝E̵̖̰͈͇̠̗̹̝̝̬̘̭̐͌͘ͅͅŅ̷͉̲͍̪̠̟̖͉̥͍̮̦̟̞̉͜D̵̛̺͔̗͎̝̼̣̠̜̱̗̻͍͔̄̄̀̏̄́̅̃͝ͅͅS̸̡̗̭͈͓̟̬̼̈̄͋͛̓̒͗̋̇́͝͝!̷̢̩̖͉̫̇͆͛̕͜


New title unlocked: Good Friends Stick Together.

squints

[worldbent]

[Hmmm? Is Hien mad about that and messing with him? That would be delightful.]

Did you have fun breaking people again?

@Mithrun1

[tablescraps]

Did you receive a message from a user known as @ dv awarding you a title? Did they say anything else to you, or did any administrators tell you to stop speaking to them?

[worldbent]

Hien-san stopped you?

[That already tells him something he wanted to know.]

@Mithrun1

[tablescraps]

m7291682@mail.com

[EXTERNAL EMAIL]

[worldbent]

From: 010o16 [010o16@yahoo.jp]
To: -- [m7291682@mail.com] (external email)
Date: Aug 18, 2005, 8:32
Subject: dv

Greetings, Mithrun-san.

English isn't my first language, so I will use my translator to compose. Excuse me.

[Just a standard, polite business opening :)]

Before I tell you what I know, I would like to ask your cooperation in answering something for me.

With the increasingly apparent access these headsets have to our thoughts and memories, is continued access worth the risks to you?

--0koto

[EXTERNAL EMAIL] Dated to late in August

[worldbent]

Good evening, Mithrun-san.

I have some data for you. Please anonymize it if you intend to record or spread it anywhere; I don't have anything to gain at the moment from being associated with its discovery.

I've just logged off from what I believe is a new Special Area. It is a castle-like structure located beneath the depths of Indieglut Lugh.

The keywords are: "Θ Hidden Forbidden Hades". Judging by this, and the area info, it appears to be Fragment's IC "underworld". We didn't discover any additional lore by exploring it, however. There were no monsters, treasure, or NPCs present within this area, either.

Notable abnormal area effects: Extreme winds which seemed to carry voices from our memories. The game is playing with access to our brains, again.

I attempted to invoke "dv" to see if it was watching us, but got no response before logging off.

Side effects: severe migraine that has persisted since logging off. [Yeah he's just typing through it, dw]

Do with all this what you will.

--0koto

[EXTERNAL EMAIL] Dated to after the Telo dinner

[worldbent]

Hello again, Mithrun-san.

I know we just saw one another, but with all the excitement this past week I had nearly forgotten. I learned something quite interesting from Hien-kun recently. Do note that this information was very difficult for me to obtain, so I'd appreciate if you treat it with some discretion.

The name of CyberConnect's lead designer.

Does this interest you?

--0koto

un: oriade ; two days after the PK incident

[dissimulative]

[ The next time Matoba logs back in, he'll get a guild notification that he has items waiting to be picked up. If he ever goes to Telophoroi and interact with the cultist grunty, it will hand him twenty of these small cat plushes, a pile left at Matoba's feet. He's welcome to decorate his personal room with them.

There's an attached message to one of them, which reads: ]

I'm really sorry.
Can we talk?

[ Wow. Correct punctuation and everything.

This isn't really an email, but Matoba is free to send him one if he wants to. ]

[worldbent]

[Eh. What the hell...]

[Matoba stares at the pile of kitties at his feet and slowly bends down to collect them into his inventory before he even reads the message, which makes him pause up in collecting the last one.]

[Ah. So it was like that. He has to laugh to himself a little, because it's a little naive.]


[.... But, despite once again having better instincts otherwise, Oria gets an email pinging him back.]

Shall we keep it to text this time? Unless they have enabled the ability to do damage by card.

[Don't get any ideas, devs.]

un: oriade, during the dungeon run with wings

[dissimulative]

sneaky
could have just asked normally

[worldbent]

[Nyeh nyeh ☺️]

un: tabibito 8/25

[tinged]

[ hani decides to continue their forum conversation privately instead. ]

Hello, Makoto-kun.

Why do you think that? What have you done that’s so hefty?

[worldbent]

My, my. Aren't we feeling nosy today.

[He doesn't dislike tabibito-san, though. So maybe he'll play along a little.]

Nothing I need forgiveness or absolution for, if you are concerned for the state of my soul. There simply are deeds I've committed, necessary, but undoubtedly unclean in the eyes of the gods.

un: fandaniel

[trollophoroi]

[worldbent]

Oya, oya. Dare I ask the occasion, or is this simply a "team-building exercise"?

I'll have to think about a +1.... [Boo. Can't just invite Hien as a joke cuz he's already in the guild, tch!]

̵̨͚̬̾̿͌̇͝@̸̖̘͛́̓͐̓̈́̾̂̈̋d̶̼͖̭̞̫̜͍͉̱͎͈̝̽v̴͛̊̈͊̊̌̂̽͂̿͠

[cccorp]

DISMAL WANING DESCENT

[Oh. That's rather blunt for an invitation. Will Matoba heed the call and head to the keywords provided to him...?]

9/11 JST Mondaaaaayish:

[worldbent]

[Matoba only reads this message when he's been spit back out of Hien's BDSM dungeon and logged off for a while to, you know, Take Care of Shit. So when he finally logs back in again the next evening......]

[Oh, so it saw all that, huh?]

I beg your pardon?

@Hector

[secondthoughts]

Hey.

You said you live in Japan, right?

[worldbent]

[Hmmm. An out of the blue message like this feels like it's bound to be trouble...]

Good evening, Hector-san.

I do, yes. Why do you ask?

un: tabibito, 9/19, early morning jp time

[tinged]

0koto君、

Re: the things we have discusses before…

I went to their headquarters directly. Unfortunately, I could not get past their receptionist, who told me they would take note of my complaints.

My family’s retainers also could not get much information about their finances. Only that:

1) The flow of money seems to be normal, as far as they can tell.

2) CC Corp is apparently a private company, thus buying into a shareholder position is not possible at this time. Their current shareholder lists are the usual high-profile buyers you would expect.

3) And strangely enough, they declined our interest as an investor instead, citing a conflict of interest since I am already one of their beta testers.

I’ll keep trying.

9/19 - late night jp time

[worldbent]

Greetings, tabibito-san.

They must be sick of us by now. I sent one of my employees to keep watch and collect information around the headquarters as well, but there is not much useful from the sounds of it. At the very least, the building seems to be properly staffed, so I cannot say there is much reason for mail to be rejected beyond their refusal to take it.

Do you think they are just shy? (Haha.) A shame that they do not view one who is actively invested in testing the game as fit for investing in the product, but I suppose there is always the option of folding your investment into a third party, hm?

By the way, tabibito-san. Since you seem to have managed to access names of their current shareholders, I wonder if you could find out for me whether a certain name or group is present among them.

If you were able to obtain me this information, I would be graciously in your debt.

un: hien; 9/26

[selfconcept]

Are you free today? I wanna come over.

[worldbent]

"Come over" where?

[Does he really not know what Hien means, or is he just teasing? Hmmm.]

un: oriade; 9/30 here's my cursed shitpost

[dissimulative]

if someone had cat ears with a maid outfit on
and they welcomed you home
and they said
"welcome home master, nya. can i have some milkies, nya?"
would you run out of your own house

closes eyes

[worldbent]

Depends on who it is.

Have you experienced this recently, Oriade-san?

sometime during the meeting

[tablescraps]

Did Lily ask you about your name?

sometime after Barrett and Levi left the meeting--

[worldbent]

[Matoba literally looks across the party at Mithrun like wtf but he'll give this a quick reply. And then shoot another beaming grin at him.]

About my name??? No, I wasn't asked such a thing. Were you?

un: oriade, 10/13, day after the meeting

[dissimulative]

you sure play a risky game in front of all those emotionally charged people koto
i can definitely respect that
but wtf is up with your eye

[worldbent]

Really? Let's play a different game.

Guess.

@Mr_Misteaks, 10/13

[gluttoning]

Why did you ask me to do that?

[worldbent]

[Hmmm..]

Hello, Steaks-kun.

Actually, I was not aware that particular name was not universally censored. That was my first time learning, as well.

And, the effect on you and Mithrun-san was not immediately clear. So, I wanted to confirm it for myself.

How did you learn that name? From him?