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[giveuponyourself]

It seems we're all stuck here together like one big happy family, aren't we? Since that's the case... how about we play a little game to get to know each other?

What is most important to you in your entire life? What would you be willing to do anything for? And I do mean anything~

And please, nothing like 'friendship' or 'world peace.' Really dig down deep; we should all be honest with each other, don't you think? ❤

[feel free to answer the question or not, Joshua seems to just be very bored. what a chatty nerd!]

Comments

[giveuponyourself]

I suppose it's a perfectly fine answer... if you're a simpleton.

Would you kill someone in the name of friendship?

Would you cut off someone's arm in the name of friendship?

Would you doom an entire city of people, in the name of friendship?

[heartslight]

[ ....... Wow, Joshua. That's way heavy. Kairi's never even considered doing any of those things. ]

isn't all that ... a little much? i mean, i wouldn't do any of those things anyway.

[ Sora and Riku'd kill her if she did any of that for them, too. ]

[giveuponyourself]

[but scaring people by being unnecessarily mean and heavy is one of his hobbies!!]

If that's too much for you, then clearly friendship isn't something you'd do anything for, isn't it?

On the other hand-- it's a natural reaction to fight back if someone were to attack you first, and endanger you. No one would blame you for killing someone if it was done in defense of yourself.

People like you are a lot more selfish than you give yourself credit for.

[heartslight]

sure there are different circumstances but ... i think you're going about this the wrong way. you don't have to kill someone or destroy a city for something to be the most important to you.

[ Some people just ... wouldn't do certain things, even if they couldn't live without something. ]

and besides, sora'd never forgive me if i did that anyway

[giveuponyourself]

At what point does something become too much to defend what's supposedly most important to you?

Would you be willing to die in their place, then? Or, how about this: would you just be willing to harm someone in order to get back a friend that was taken away? It doesn't even have to be fatally!

Or perhaps, would you be willing to do something your friend wouldn't forgive you for, if it meant saving their life?

If that's too much for you, I have to wonder about the lengths of your convictions.

[heartslight]

[ Well now you're just trying to provoke her, or at least that's how it feels. She looks very frustrated with this, even if he can't see her.

But her response takes a few minutes longer than her others have. ]

yeah. i. maybe. [ Could do the things he listed, at least. The last one depends heavily on what the circumstances are, though. ] but sora, riku, and i. we're a team. they wouldn't let me go through these things alone.

[ And then she sends another message a few seconds later. ]

quit trying to get under my skin, would you?

[ She sees your game!! Which isn't even a game, his first comment was a total lie! ]

[giveuponyourself]

[hey now, it's totally a game. Joshua is just the only one having fun.]

A noble sentiment. But sometimes life forces us to act on our own; be separated from the people we consider closest to us. You won't always get the opportunity to consult them, or have their assistance. I suggest you think about what you might have to do in that situation.

[Unfortunately, by taking awhile to respond and totally calling him on his bullshit, Kairi's admitted that he has succeeded getting under her skin, and nothing makes Joshua happier than being a total pest.]

Am I getting under your skin? I apologize. It's just a series of hypotheticals anyway.

[heartslight]

[ She can't argue with his first points. She is alone here without her friends. And while she feels confident that she can handle this place, she also knows that he ... has a point. Begrudgingly. ]

thanks for the advice.

[ That's half genuine, half annoyed. ]

don't act like you didn't know

[ It was so clearly on purpose!! Getting under her skin!! ]

[giveuponyourself]

Don't misunderstand me. If your feelings got hurt, I didn't go out of my way to do it.

[...........probably.]

If what I've said annoys or angers you, then use it to become better, and prove me wrong.

I doubt you will, of course. But I'm always interested in a good bet.

[heartslight]

'become better'? thanks but no thanks. i don't need to be like you to be better.

[ At least, she thinks he's saying all this stuff because it's how he is. And she's just ... not fond of the way he's acting, okay. So she's going to continue to call him out on that. ]

[giveuponyourself]

Oh? That's very presumptuous of you. I never told you to become more like me. I only said to prove me wrong.

I definitely wouldn't kill or dismember someone for the sake of my friendships. But I don't claim that I'd do anything for them, because I know I wouldn't.

[heartslight]

[ Geez, Joshua ... ]

then what would you do those things for?

[ Time to flip it on him!! She doesn't like this being about her and about him trying to bet her to be a bad person. ]

[giveuponyourself]

Nothing, really.

Well, I've killed someone for trying to kill me once before. But I'm not going to loose an arm and a leg for anything in particular.

[heartslight]

[ Oh .... that's actually a bit shocking. And sad? ]

really? nothing?

[ She can't really blame him for that first bit, though ... ]

[giveuponyourself]

Not particularly. Like I said to others, I've already given up everything in order to get what I wanted once. It was perfectly within my power to keep it, but I chose to give it up.

After that you don't really get attached to the little things anymore.

[Don't be sad about it, he's CLEARLY trying to be smug about it!!]

[heartslight]

[ You're not making a good argument for being smug about it, buddy. She's just reading this as sad. Ah, the inability to tell a person's tone through text. ]

i'm so sorry ... i'm not sure what to say.

[ Other than sad things like 'sorry that happened to you' and such. Or curious questions, but maybe this is a time when she should give the other person their boundaries. ]

[giveuponyourself]

[the utility of the internet has betrayed him,]

Sorry? I can't imagine why you would be.

Make no mistake, it was absolutely what I wanted to do.

If that makes you sad, you must be more soft-hearted than I thought.

[heartslight]

[ Geez. ]

well what if i am? what's so wrong with that?

[ She doesn't think of herself as particularly soft hearted, but if caring about other people makes her that, then fine! ]

[giveuponyourself]

Hmm, nothing I suppose. Though that can quickly change when you come face to face with harder decisions.

I wonder how long you'll last~?

[heartslight]

how long??

[ Gosh, he makes it sound like the world's ending. ]

i'll last just fine. you'll see.

[giveuponyourself]

I look forward to seeing if you'll prove me wrong~

...but again, I doubt it.

[he's definitely just being rude by now, but the world could totally end at any moment.]