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Re: Week 1: Saturday

[niceguyferatu]

[ I'll say this is after he's drunk like a fish and is now haphazardly flung across a couch in the common room. He's got his arm thrown over his face and he's positively warbling: ]

What did I ever do to deserve this.

[gamerbrain]

Dunno.

[ she really has no idea! ]

[niceguyferatu]

[ pathetic drunken wailing: ]

I've only ever tried to help, I haven't hurt a soul in my life, and this is what I get for all my efforts? Nearly getting voted to die twice?

[gamerbrain]

Maybe you can make people like you. You just have to work hard to raise their affection meters.

[niceguyferatu]

And why should I be the one doing all the hard work of that, hmm?

[gamerbrain]

[ she actually looks really surprised by the question? ]

Raising the affection points of other characters is the point. It won't happen on its own.

[niceguyferatu]

That makes absolutely no sense! Let's say you do raise someone's "affection points"--what do you get for it? What's the reward?

[gamerbrain]

That they like you and you spend time together.

[niceguyferatu]

And that's it?!

[gamerbrain]

[ what do you mean that's it??? ]

You can unlock CGs. Sometimes even special voice lines.

[niceguyferatu]

[ right. CGs, Aoi's mentioned those before. ]

And that's enough for you?

[gamerbrain]

It's Aoi's purpose.

... What did you want from people when they like you?

[niceguyferatu]

Love. Respect. Fulfillment.

[ said like this is the most obvious shit in the world ]

[gamerbrain]

What do those look like?

[niceguyferatu]

[ He splutters for a few seconds, because this is self-evident! ]

Obviously, it's having the people you love at your side and having a happy life together!

[gamerbrain]

How is that different from spending time together and unlocking special voice lines?

[niceguyferatu]

It's--!

Well, fine. Maybe it's not.

The first part, at least. I don't know what you mean by "unlocking special voice lines."

[gamerbrain]

Boop boop...

[ huh. how else to put it... ]

When they say something, just for you.

[niceguyferatu]

Just for you, hmm?

[ ...he looks away and almost? seems? tender???? at the thought of that? ]

I do see the appeal in that...

[gamerbrain]

[ she nods. ]

You can set it as your ring-tone.

[niceguyferatu]

[ this is him daydreaming about his phone ringtone being set to a loving personalized message recorded for him by Maddie. ]

Ah...yes. Well, I do see the appeal now.

[gamerbrain]

Or your alarm in the mornings.

[niceguyferatu]

[ aoi no you have to stop, at the rate this is going he's gonna pop a boner thinking about this ]

Ah, yes. This is quite brilliant, actually, you're rather clever.

I should work on that as soon as I return home.

[ ...which reminds him that actually he might not. Because he might get voted to die for no reason at all. His shoulders slump a little with a quiet "hm." ]

[gamerbrain]

[ i hate this??? ]

If you want to raise someone's affection meter, you have to think about what they'll want to hear.

[niceguyferatu]

And if they know you're only saying what they want to hear?

[gamerbrain]

It means you want them to be happy.

[ unfortunately she can't really gasp the nuance here. ]

[niceguyferatu]

Or they think you're just trying to manipulate them.

[gamerbrain]

Aren't you?

[niceguyferatu]

Well, yes.

But it doesn't work if they know you're doing it.

[gamerbrain]

It's better to be honest.

[ in aoi's mind, somehow the idea of honestly manipulating people... works. ]

[niceguyferatu]

Hmm. In fairy tales and stories, perhaps.

In real life, honesty often only leads to more suffering.