in attempts to kill a muse

[particularity]

...Eh?

No, I get what you're trying to do, but why are you saying "by January or bust" all of a sudden?! [Because of your canon update in January, Hinata, your canon update.] H...how is that even an explanation for why... Furthermore, why are you wanting to do all of those things to me then.

[Christmas and New Years plus your birthday... There're lots of things that need celebrating, and these are the best ways.]

No... No, I'd be just fine without the dying. [What's with your idea of celebrating...] You can quit saying that you're shocked I lived "this long", too.

And I'm not going to help you come up with a way! What do I look like to you?!

[...]

If you can't come up with anything, that's fine! Stop gunning for me, already...!


(oh and watch out for sdr2 spoilers in threads)

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[bearfaced]

Now you shouldn't just tell them. That would ruin the surprise!

[particularity]

Nobody asked for your input!

[bearfaced]

Isn't that what makes me such a generous bear though?

You don't even need to ask!

[particularity]

We don't need that kind of generosity from you...

[bearfaced]

I would beg to differ! Your lack of murder disturbs me.

[particularity]

A lack of murder is just fine... The only one who thinks that there should be an excess of it is you.

[bearfaced]

Oh-ho? Then what in tarnation was all that "stop gunning for me" stuff about then?

[lullabytes]

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

That's...a little troubling, Hinata-kun...Playing in order to die, isn't that an odd way to game?

[ You'd waste your extra lives super fast, and if there isn't a pay off...

...Nanami, it's not that sort of game. ]

[particularity]

[Oh, Nanami--]

It's more than just a little troubling, I think... It's not the kind of game I want to be involved with.

[Not with his life being the one on the line. Hinata's a buzzkill.]

[lullabytes]

Then you should play a different one.

[ Super useful advice, right. ]

Something like dying...why do people find that fun?

[particularity]

I wish I could. But it's a little hard to change to a different one.

[All his life has to be horror, apparently.]

You know, I've been asking myself that question more and more lately. I don't think I'm going to understand it no matter what.

[lullabytes]

I guess it's not as easy as exchanging a cartridge...

[ Really, there's no way out of your eventual death, here, Hinata-kun. ]

...It can't really be called a game if it isn't fun, though.

[particularity]

[If only he could change genres... and don't say that even in brackets, it's depressing. :'(]

And you'd know the most about games, right, Nanami?

It should be called something else, instead.

[bloodandblunder]

Isn't surviving a good thing...? Why would she want to change that?

[particularity]

Because I've "had it too easy"... Or something like that?

[bloodandblunder]

... Well, you had an easier time during the kidnapping than I did-- but I think you've had it plenty hard just being in Haven in the first place!

[particularity]

Like all of us have, right...?

But, I don't think that argument works on her. I suppose at least if she can't think of anything, she won't try to kill me.

[bloodandblunder]

G-good! Then I should... try to think up a hex to give her difficulty... I'm sure I can do it this time!

[particularity]

W-wait, a hex?! And what do you mean, "this time"?

[unluckless]

If your mun kills you off, does that make them the culprit in the end? Not that there are trials here, but it's interesting to consider!

[Meta-philosophical questions. Totally on top of this.]

At least death is temporary in that place. Though... that's only a bright side if you don't consider the extra pain of having the chance to die terribly over and over again.

[Was that a bright side or not? Komaeda has lost track.]

Anyway I think the key is distraction. If you're too busy in other plots, you're too busy to get killed off. ...maybe.

[particularity]

...Komaeda. If this is your attempt at cheering me up, it's really not working.

[FAIL. F-. HE'D FLUNK YOU FOR THIS if he were some kind of teacher, you just watch. :T]

I guess they do have short attention spans [wow shut up hinata], but what the hell am I supposed to do? I don't even know what's going to be going on later next month, so it's kind of hard to plot something in advance.

[unluckless]

Ah... really?

[Crestfallen. More failure. But what can someone like him expect? F- is even failing at failure. So much woe.]

That's definitely true. But you have a good point. Without knowing, there's no way to say whether or not a perfect chance to die will pop up.

In that case... I'll keep an eye on your things while you're dead!

[particularity]

That's... Can't you say something more like:

"I'll help you figure out something anyway so that you don't have to die."

[Komaeda... He's grasping at straws here and isn't it your talent to grasp the lucky straw. Come on.]

[unluckless]

Oh! Well... doesn't that sort of thing go without saying?

[No he's totally got your back, Hinata. Not to worry. ...okay worry a little. But only a little. Really. He's got this.]

If there's a way for trash like me to help Hinata-kun, of course I'll find it and do my best. So! Let's try hard to make sure you stay alive!

[...oh!] Sitting and playing Go is probably safe, right? You're too old to choke on the game pieces, after all.

[particularity]

None of that "trash" stuff. [By all of Zeus' thunder he will wean you from that and will not let any slip by unintercepted. But at least Komaeda is enthusiastic...]

Play Go, huh?

It's not a bad idea, but I wonder if you're just looking for an excuse to have me play it with you for a while. Not worried I'm going to wear out the set on you?