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truth or dare network text

[paperpusher]

[It's a full day before Natori gets back to their truth or dare game, which is impressive given how much Chirpy has been screaming at him for leaving the game unfinished. (He even tried exorcising it, briefly but halfheartedly, before tossing himself into other games with other people so he could at least seem busy.)

The problem is that despite it being in the very name of the game, Natori hasn't been telling the truth. Sometimes it's simply not telling the whole truth, sometimes it's eliding the core of the question in favor of a literal interpretation, and sometimes it was outright lies. And so unbeknownst to him, his suit has taken matters into its own hands.

Maybe Natori should have noticed the outside influence on his mood-- but like the most insidious ayakashi, it's subtle enough that it doesn't feel all that foreign. A push behind what he's already feeling, especially when thinking about a person who he already has a complicated mess of feelings about. Once again a disappointment to the exorcist community, Natori snaps back to their game thread and picks up like it's a conversation he never left off, though it's not the one they were just having.]

Why are you still hiding things from me  

[worldbent]

[It doesn't matter what the subject or impetus of this is, because]

There are many reasons. Which one is it this time?

[paperpusher]

Guess ✨

[Might as well see if he can get Matoba to volunteer some, though he knows it's probably not going to happen.]

[worldbent]

I decline.

[Did you really think that was gonna work, Shuichi...]

[paperpusher]

[No, not really.]

What happens to former guests of the hotel who don't win the game?

[worldbent]

Have you not seen the masses of ghouls wandering the halls?

[paperpusher]

I've already spoken to someone who told me about the statues, so let's talk about the ones who aren't wandering.

[worldbent]

Ahhh. That explains it.

The "punishment protocol", perhaps?

Go on.

[paperpusher]

This isn't something you've heard of?

[worldbent]

I could sense that they held spiritual presence, but nearly everything here does.

Those who have lost themselves give up playing and generally become the ghouls you see wandering the halls. The winners retain their sense of self. But I am aware of a third category. I had not confirmed what became of them, but I had my suspicions.

Do not go to basement, by the by.

[paperpusher]

Deeper than where my room is, I assume.

What I've heard is that some of the guests become those statues. Not every statue is a guest, but many are, and enough that it seems that people who have been here long enough might recognize some of them from their personal encounters.

[Like Matoba, maybe.]

[worldbent]

Yes. Below even the 2 floor.

I have not recognized any of them yet. I suppose I should be relieved? That means I have not acquainted myself with anyone who is so helpless.

In any case, if they still carry the trace of a spirit, then perhaps that means it is something like a seal that can be broken. Another to the pile of things to study.

Perhaps that would be better to leave to you, Natori.

[paperpusher]

[Natori reads "relieved" and "helpless" together in that text, and once again feels a deep disgust for the man that Seiji had become-- but no. That's probably exactly what Seiji would have said too.]

Sure. It'd be a pain to fuck someone and then have to pass their statue every day. How embarrassing for you.

Is that a dare, then? To investigate the statues.

[worldbent]

What I'm concerned with isn't sexual prowess.

If that is what it takes to motivate you, Natori.

[paperpusher]

Then I accept.

[And now that there isn't an open round of truth or dare pending, he tries once again to close out.]