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@edelstein | text

[edelstein]

You survived, yeah? I saw some people taken away by that Creepy Jim guy and was wondering if any of them gave you a run for your money.

vague as hell because i'm not that far in my threads yet lmao

[wincon]

yeah I'm fine
worried after I lost to you?

[edelstein]

No, I've seen what you can really do. But I also saw some brutes out there that might have been able to give you a run for your money. And I know a death here can "change" a person, so I just wanted to check in.

[wincon]

you know?
wasn't that just your theory?

[edelstein]

Plenty of people died in the rings. There is evidence now.

[Huh wow wonder why her skin is itching...]

[wincon]

did you interview them?

[edelstein]

Why? You want a full report?

[wincon]

why not?
you're probably good at writing those

[edelstein]

Well. Bad news for you. I don't have one.

[wincon]

[ is it just him or is she being evasive. ]

did someone give you a run for your money?

[edelstein]

I suppose that's one way to put it.

[wincon]

[ ... ]

did you get yourself killed?

[edelstein]

DON'T SAY IT LIKE IT'S MY OWN FAULT

[wincon]

[ it isn't her fault, but!!! ugh... after making such a big deal out of it to him before... ]

how are you now?

[edelstein]

Mostly the same, I guess? The "doctor" said some ridiculous stuff about messing with my ability to lie? And then drained all the chips out of my account for "life saving treatment".

The staff pretend like you didn't actually die, but I know that's not the case. Why would there be a price to pay if it's just something like a repair?

[wincon]

maybe they run on private healthcare

[ not that he knows, because he's never gone to the clinic. but jokes aside— ]

are you sure you're mostly fine?
and what does it mean that they messed with your ability to lie

[edelstein]

Something about "instead of getting our 'life saving tools' we accidentally grabbed our 'fixing a filthy liar tools'! Sorry about that, but you should be otherwise right as rain."

Idiot implied I might feel some sort of side-effect from lying.

[wincon]

is that what you meant by "changing" a person?

[edelstein]

I'm not sure how severe the "side-effect" will be, but whatever it is I'm betting it'll be something that makes a person more inclined to staying here or being involved in their games.

[wincon]

doesn't that bother you?

[edelstein]

Sure it does, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do about it just yet.

[wincon]

[ he doesn't know if this is something to be worried about yet: the hotel has fucked with them plenty, but the weirdness usually comes and goes—minus the suits. still. ]

then we should figure out what it does first

[edelstein]

Pardon? You want me to come over and lie to you?

[wincon]

sure
or you can find out on your own if you prefer

[edelstein]

I feel like it may be a bad idea even if the theory is sound.