Day 11

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

Today we have something special, really special! A favorite of mine. It seems like all of you need to have a break today, so your next game challenge will last two days instead of one. That... and that's how long the drug lasts.

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[jinglebros]

...you can ask me more questions if they don't have to do with the game. Far be it for me to keep you away from inspiration.

[ santa are you serious ]

But only if I can ask you more questions too.

[ oh right ]

[manuscripture]

Ask me a few now. I'm not going to bitch about it.

[jinglebros]

Listen, you want to earn a vote here, right? Let's make a deal. You ask me the big questions and I'll ask you some. Lotus hinted at a few things and I have an idea or two about questions that could get under your skin Maybe I'm wrong or maybe I'm right, but it's worth a fucking try. But only if you're willing to go hard because if you're not, I'm not going to go hard either.

[manuscripture]

Oh did she?

It's a deal. Lay it on me.

[jinglebros]

[ Santa thinks about a few questions, tries to decide if they're good ideas considering he promised Lotus he would 'protect Rohan'. That probably includes mentally too, uh. ]

What is it you find so bad about being straight up normal?

[ He's gearing up to something here. ]

[manuscripture]

It's boring. It makes being alive and being presented to others about as fun as drywall... [ He can dance around a part here because it's not related thank goodness. ]

I don't trust people who don't leave an imprint...

[jinglebros]

You were pretty pissed after the tattoo game. Do you feel like you're not making an imprint here?

[manuscripture]

Yes, I feel like I am. There are people who know me who I have not met that have approached me out of the blue with anything at all to offer or discuss. I value that impression that I have made. There is no doubt that I have left one.

As for the tattoo game: How would you feel if you ended up getting shorted after expending your time and energy into something you really love? I have told people before that I don't draw or do any form of artwork for money. Votes-- in that game --to me, were sparks of recognition. I came here without anyone knowing my talents and being able to appreciate them at their high point.

When I had the opportunity, it didn't have a huge payoff that would have fulfilled me psychologically.

So yes. I was pissed. Not to discount the people who love their tattoos and the work I did. I just wanted more tangibility. It was the happiest I had been.

[jinglebros]

Good, because you have left one and if anyone ever tells you otherwise then they can eat shit and die. Just so you know.

Don't worry about the stupid tattoo game. The payoff will be your mark on their bodies forever. Nobody's going to forget you.

[manuscripture]

[ Huh. ]

How nice of you to send such reassurance my way. Thank you.

I'm interested in what else you have to ask before I finish calculating anything I will throw your way. I interrogated you a bit already. Go on.

[jinglebros]

I'm interested in how you've overcome your people aversion this much. You hated people so much when you got here, so what gives?

[manuscripture]

I don't hate people.

I don't hate them at all. I can't be who I am and do what I do if I hate people. You don't build your life and career at sixteen without being able to have interpersonal skills. I just don't care to have people hanging all over me when I have a job to do. It's why I live alone. It's why I travel alone. It's why I would rather be alone, but that doesn't mean that I hate people. My image as a reclusive author that I built up for myself doesn't hold water here. People don't come from a place where they know my name. No one is going to fall to my feet and shove paper in my face for autographs. I'm just another jackass who was kidnapped by a clown.

Transitioning to a new environment means having to adjust the ways you think about or do things.

Everyone has their code of conduct back home. When it is turned on its head? What next? You have nothing. Do I get pissed when I see Nijimura doing his best to make people think negatively of me because he's a giant manchild? Yes. Does it make me shake and cry because someone said a mean thing about me?

Absolutely not.

One person compared to all of the ones I have gone ahead and gotten the names, faces, and stories from is dirt to me. I learn. I adapt. I do what I feel I must.

[jinglebros]

[ Santa blinks a few times, quiet for several seconds after that speech. ]

 

 

...okay, you're awesome.

[manuscripture]

[ haha what ]

Really?

[jinglebros]

Really.

[ This is said firmly. ]

[manuscripture]

Thank you... Again.

I don't find much of it to be directly inspirational. It's just how I feel about myself and what I know about myself.

[ Someone recognizing him for being awesome??? THAT'S... That warms his cold heart. HE MIGHT EVEN SMILE. ]

What is the hardest thing that you have ever had to overcome, then?

[jinglebros]

My sister burning to death in a fire, and the subsequent years after in which we attempted to correct the time paradox which kept her both alive and dead.

[ ... ]

I promise I'm not insane.

[manuscripture]

No more insane than anyone else here, I assure you.

You know that what you have here is precious. You value it and want to protect it. I think that's something to admire.

[jinglebros]

Yeah?

[ Santa flushes slightly, he hadn't been expecting to hear that. ]

I've taken care of her most of our lives. I'd do anything for her.