It's weird, but--you both read the contract, right? Our game warden doesn't want mindless bloodshed left and right, so... one makes a bit of sense. If we dropped like flies, there'd be no more entertainment left.
Maybe Nightman is doing something about it with the shadows because the rest of us are too apprehensive about pulling the trigger on our own, hostages or not.
I remember. Survive eight weeks of this shit, checkout, get your hostage set free... Though there was this weird part with the "and/or".
With the set up like that, and with all of us bein' exhausted of these things.... That shadow thing is probably a failsafe for them to have the entertainment they're lookin' for. The less people kill, the more people get out with their hostages.
The condition about the lobby is weird, yeah. But after everything the shadows have been doing, the Nightman, too... I don't know if I trust anything.
[He nods at Aikawa with his head.]
Like Big Guy said, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Someone up there is wanting to step through loopholes. [He flicks a hand in an unsure gesture.] I guess they're looking for drawn-out murderous entertainment, something almost funny maybe. Not a horror show.
[ He doesn't, but he's also not really bothered about people using nicknames on him as long as they're not 1. genuinely derogatory and 2. impossible to tell its him. ]
They said it was the owner of the hotel. Think it's just one guy? Or like, a whole conglomerate of rich fucks using us for entertainment?
[ You know, the typical Belko Experiment, Squid Game style bull. ]
It does say Nightman instead of Nightmen, but maybe we're being broadcast to others too. Kind of hate the idea of that more. Then again, not much different than the weirdos in Gotham.
[ Me who barely exists when the lore drops happen because they drop when I'm sleeping, being like when did we mention a Nightman, help. ]
You know, the more I hear about Gotham, the more shitsack it sounds. And for the record, that's coming from me, and not a single person has responded positively to me telling them about my world.
I don't wanna hear that from you after hearing you complain about what North's like. At least the Sorcerers' World isn't a shithole, permanent-blizzard wasteland. It just has shithole people.
[ Flatly. ]
Show me Gotham in the simulations sometime and we'll see how much that holds up. But also, creepy! Alternate same-dimension bullshit, eugh.
North is better than anywhere else. [says the Northborn wizard with his clear and obvious bias.] You probably won't run into Owen and Mithra. [Truly the worst parts of the landscape.
He looks between these two, then back to Aikawa.]
Teachers tryin' to... what was it, extort their students?
[Some things you can't quite remember a year later.]
Yeah, that was a part of it. At my old school, there was this shitty old geezer who was extorting students to buy his shitty 'magic enhancing' trinkets. Spoilers! They don't fucking work, but he'd use his magic to make guys disappear if they didn't.
[ Leaning back in his chair, shrugging a little. ]
And then you know, there's gang activity around... the only good thing they did for me was cart that teach off. Otherwise, they're a different kind of problem on their own.
[He glances at Aikawa, then away, brows coming together. He doesn't eat the fry he's holding, only idly plays with it. He sort of bends it enough to break it in half.]
Don't really have magic in Gotham, [JASON IS SITTING HERE AT THIS TABLE AS THE ONE NORMIE....] unless you're going to see a Zatara show. But there's extorting going on all the time. Gangs, too. Plenty of them.
[He glances up.]
...You talk to Yoo about where him and the others went, by any chance?
Yoo said he thought it was from someone's memories. [Found you.] Sounded kind of fucked up, but, you know, so is the rest of this place.
I thought maybe the jacked-up doors in the hallway were... like nightmares maybe. There are a lot of night and sleeping motifs around here. So I wouldn't be surprised if this place is taking people's memories and making them into a hell show.
Talked about the rotatin' locations outside of the front door with Pink. [Estelle.] Ain't it weird how we can't seem to change 'em at all? Nothin' lasts. Could be constructed outta memories.
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Maybe Nightman is doing something about it with the shadows because the rest of us are too apprehensive about pulling the trigger on our own, hostages or not.
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With the set up like that, and with all of us bein' exhausted of these things.... That shadow thing is probably a failsafe for them to have the entertainment they're lookin' for. The less people kill, the more people get out with their hostages.
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Yeah, I mean. Figures, but.
[ He chews over it, trying to figure out if it's just him being pessimistic or not. ]
I just figured for something as sadistic as hostage-taking, it'd be a bit more chaotic.
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[He nods at Aikawa with his head.]
Like Big Guy said, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Someone up there is wanting to step through loopholes. [He flicks a hand in an unsure gesture.] I guess they're looking for drawn-out murderous entertainment, something almost funny maybe. Not a horror show.
Does it make it any better? Nah.
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He lets out a long, frustrated sigh.]
Really hate bein' used as entertainment.
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They said it was the owner of the hotel. Think it's just one guy? Or like, a whole conglomerate of rich fucks using us for entertainment?
[ You know, the typical Belko Experiment, Squid Game style bull. ]
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It does say Nightman instead of Nightmen, but maybe we're being broadcast to others too. Kind of hate the idea of that more. Then again, not much different than the weirdos in Gotham.
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They'd want people to watch this shit? Like this guy is the mastermind and everybody else's takin' notes?
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You know, the more I hear about Gotham, the more shitsack it sounds. And for the record, that's coming from me, and not a single person has responded positively to me telling them about my world.
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[He snorts.]
Gotham and where you're from are just two sides of the same coin probably. An alternate dimension Gotham.
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[He says living in a country with no laws wizards just doing whatever the fuck they want. At least they don't send people into death battles.]
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[ Flatly. ]
Show me Gotham in the simulations sometime and we'll see how much that holds up. But also, creepy! Alternate same-dimension bullshit, eugh.
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I don't know anything about your world, but I agree. It's probably just as bad.
[Aikawa just gave him a decent idea anyway.]
Sure. Just a forewarning: it's a shithole in a lot of places and it has shithole people.
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He looks between these two, then back to Aikawa.]
Teachers tryin' to... what was it, extort their students?
[Some things you can't quite remember a year later.]
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[ Leaning back in his chair, shrugging a little. ]
And then you know, there's gang activity around... the only good thing they did for me was cart that teach off. Otherwise, they're a different kind of problem on their own.
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Don't really have magic in Gotham, [JASON IS SITTING HERE AT THIS TABLE AS THE ONE NORMIE....] unless you're going to see a Zatara show. But there's extorting going on all the time. Gangs, too. Plenty of them.
[He glances up.]
...You talk to Yoo about where him and the others went, by any chance?
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Extortion's pretty standard, and poorly run gangs. Corrupt teachers who make sure their students can never fight against 'em.
[Wizards and promises and the children who trust.
He shakes his head.]
Nah, didn't really have a chance to.
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[ He will be the lore-giver for both of you I GUESS. ]
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Yoo said he thought it was from someone's memories. [Found you.] Sounded kind of fucked up, but, you know, so is the rest of this place.
I thought maybe the jacked-up doors in the hallway were... like nightmares maybe. There are a lot of night and sleeping motifs around here. So I wouldn't be surprised if this place is taking people's memories and making them into a hell show.
Just a theory, though.
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[His tail swishes back and forth.]
Talked about the rotatin' locations outside of the front door with Pink. [Estelle.] Ain't it weird how we can't seem to change 'em at all? Nothin' lasts. Could be constructed outta memories.
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[ He! Hates! That!!!
So he's just gonna chew on his burger looking surly as fuck, silent. ]