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[trialbyliar]

[Someone has spent the last few hours holed up reading through everything on the network. Everything. Every post on both the public and encrypted networks, every comment, every introduction. He might have made notes if he'd had any paper, but for now he's just keeping it all in his head. And it's a lot.

But finally, he gets around to making a post himself. The new face that pops up on the comms is young, though the exact age is hard to determine – one of those baby faces that could be anywhere from like twelve to eighteen. He seems thoroughly unimpressed as he sits back to stare down the communicator screen.]

Wow, the corporate hellscape was pretty bad, but apparently there's a murderer on the loose, too? You'd think they'd at least switch up the genre this time.

[Who is "they"? Well, that's what he'd like to know.

But his expression abruptly changes, all childish excitement and wonder. He grins down at the communicator, nearly bouncing with excess energy.]

But how cool! A special network secret from Jorgmund? It's like we're spies! I'm sure with everyone working together, we can get out of this whole mess!

[Aw, how nice. Unfortunately, that optimistic energy suddenly disappears as the smile drops off his face, replaced with a sly smirk.]

Is that what I'm supposed to say? You're all pretty naive if you really think this network is any safer than the other one! I guess that's how so many of you have gotten picked off by just one killer, huh? What, did you just skip up to this mystery lady like "heeeyyy, you totally won't peel my face off, right?" and expect to be best friends?

[ bitch that's rude ]

Aaaanyway, I guess it's pretty standard to introduce ourselves on these things. Pretty rude of you guys to not even bother meeting people properly in person, but whatevs!

[He leans back in his seat, sizing up the communicator like it's an actual person prostate before him, and spreads his arms in a theatrical gesture.]

I'm Kokichi Ouma, the Ultimate Supreme Leader. I'm sure we're all gonna be the best of friends!

[A cheery smile, completely shameless as he tacks on at the end:]

But that's a lie. You should probably know I'm a liar.

Comments

[xrater]

Is offending the people you've yet to actually meet something they teach in Ultimate Supreme Leadership courses?

[trialbyliar]

[He laughs, and it's an extremely obnoxious sound.]

There's no such thing as Ultimate Supreme Leadership classes, silly! It'd kinda defeat the purpose if just anyone could learn an Ultimate-level talent like that, right?

[xrater]

What a shame.

If there were, you might actually have the social skills worthy of such a title.

[scavengineer]

Golly.

Forgive me for saying so, because I do appreciate the warning, but that seems like an awful lot of encouragement to ignore everything you say.

[trialbyliar]

Huh? Wow, that's super rude! You'd really ignore a person just like that?

[It's actually a very rational course of action, but he's gonna act super offended anyway.]

Guess I should expect rudeness from a rodent, though. Who's ever heard of a nice rat?

[scavengineer]

I know plenty of nice rats. Besides, I'm a mouse.

[walkingballpit]

If you don’t feel safe, don’t say anything. Ever. Because there’s cameras everywhere, so there’s really no guarantee that anything is safe.

[ Robbie tries not to say anything that he wouldn’t be willing to take the fall for, personally. ]

You have an interesting definition of rude for somebody who’s victim-blaming before they drops their name.

[trialbyliar]

Eh? Do your ears not work? I mean, I'm happy to drop my name again if you missed it the first time, since I'm super nice like that.

[Yeah, that's a lie.]

I'm Kokichi Ouma. Make sure you remember it this time! You'll need to know it for sure once I'm running this place.

[fromfryingpantofire]

[Sam raises an eyebrow at the video before putting his side on.]

Well. Aren't you a ray of sunshine?

Sam Winchester. Pleasure. And believe me, we'll all meet in person at some point. This place isn't THAT big.

[trialbyliar]

[Kokichi just waves cheerily.]

I'm just doing my part to bring a little joy into everyone's lives. I just wanna make everyone smile, y'know?

Locked from Kokichi, open to everyone else.

[71lines]

Remember. The weaker you are, the louder you bark.

Re: Locked from Kokichi, open to everyone else.

[fromfryingpantofire]

"Friend" of yours?

Re: Locked from Kokichi, open to everyone else.

[credit_not_blame]

I'm considering hunting him down and introducing myself in person, just to be polite. Want me to smack him upside the head for you, or do you want to do that yourself when you're more mobile?

[wheyoftheadept]

lmao

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[trialbyliar]

(*ゝω・)ﾉ

not here

[zerofield]

[ Tio decides that from the conversations she's seeing, it's a waste of time she doesn't want to engage in, but she can't help but feel a small moment of awe.

She's done it. She's really found it.

There is someone alive who is more obnoxious than Olivier Lenheim. ]

also not here

[trialbyliar]

[ takes a bow ]

[action]

[credit_not_blame]

[It's "pretty rude" of them not to meet people in person, huh? Well, Stacia would hate to be rude by accident.

She doesn't have the whole Rig memorized, but there are only so many places that the "New Hires" group is allowed, and the newest arrivals tend to wash up in a few areas. She doesn't respond to his network post, but she does watch it and some of the exchanges between him and the others so that she can examine the background of the room he's in for further clues.

Then, she hunts.]

[trialbyliar]

[For all he was whining about the lack of in-person interactions, he isn't actually hanging out anywhere others might chill. It's almost like he was hiding on purpose, anticipating someone getting mad at him. Gosh, how silly, why would anyone get mad at him?

But the shitty tiles behind him and slightly echo-y quality to his post suggests a bathroom.]

video

[googledox]

[Unlike some, he has a perspective on why someone might act this way other than being . It's like looking through a portal to his own teens There's a chance the teen is genuinely off kilter but why announce it unless trying to provoke a reaction. Someone actually self-serving usually doesn't announce it.]

What a stunning display of aggressive pretense. I'll assume it's some kind of defense mechanism but whatever the reason, you won't find many people here that are patient with it after already having to deal with Jorgmund.

[trialbyliar]

[For a moment, his expression goes blank. Completely unreadable. Good, not everyone here is entirely stupid. Maybe there's some hope of people surviving all this yet.

He stares at the communicator, head titling a bit in an almost curious manner.]

Is it really that great having people like that on your side? "Friends" whose friendship is conditional on everyone pretending to be nice and not saying anything that might be hard to hear?

[That's about as close to sincerity as he's getting at the moment, though. Clearly it's time for a subject change.

He abruptly grins, leaning in to peer at the figure on the screen.]

But wow! Look at that! Are you an alien? Do you have crazy alien superpowers?

[He knows the answer already from his research, but it's an easy distraction.]

[parannoyed]

And I thought I made a bad entrance.

[He notes all of it. He notes the "I'm a liar."]

[And he is ultimately a man that learned how to survive while lying his face off for years while trying to undermine the people in charge. Real liars don't lampshade they're lying and cry up a storm, vacillating back and forth between different attempts at pulling emotional strings.]

[That's what you do, instead, to throw people off balance, provoke them into reacting to find out something, and try to find the puppet strings to manipulate them with.]

[Brainy nailed it that it was pageantry but he assumed some kind of dysfunctional coping mechanism.]

[Wash sees someone poking the ground with a bayonet to find some kind of land mine.]

So what are you looking for?

[trialbyliar]

Huh? Did I say I was looking for something?

[That's an odd thing to say without something to prompt it. Easy to dismiss, except he's not in the habit of just dismissing anything unusual.

But no reason to overreact. He can just tread cautiously.]

[Text - Private]

[monkey_wrench]

[What's this? Another supposed "evil genius" appears and just starts throwing salt in wounds and making not so veiled threats? Well, with an entrance like that, he can't just not introduce himself, right?

It's not hard to recognize the voice of the "creep" who cornered Kokichi before he's cut off though, so Jack just patiently waits it out until his roomie returns from her quest to help the new kid remove his foot from his mouth.

"Rude" or not, he sticks with text, and out of curiosity, sets the thread to private, just to see how he acts when there's slightly less of an audience to watch him eat the scenery.]

nice entrance! theatrical, manipulative, it had twists and turns, tears, a death threat, and even a jump scare. too bad tenten's going to kill you the moment she recovers. sucks we get another evil genius and i have to watch him die in his first few weeks due to his own hubris.

[trialbyliar]

[Very considerate of Jack to let him use text to hide whatever bruises Stacia ends up giving him.]

ehhh???
"another" evil genius? (・∧‐)ゞ
how weirddd, are you trying to say you're my rival?