a bored teen walks into a discord server

[boneface]

Username/Display Name: un: skull, dn: ☠️ RYUJI ☠️
Server Channel: #general
Time: like super late at night for some ungodly reason

two qs

1 why do ppl keep typing letters on here like anyones gonna read all that

2 has anyone tried to break the hotel

Comments

[airdnd]

I'm an innkeeper, to be more precise...

[boneface]

ive never met an innkeeper before. do u like it

[airdnd]

I love it! I've been doing this for ten years now. I get to meet and take care of all sorts of adventurers.

I'll admit, however, that my circumstances are a bit... special. I don't know how the staff came to work here or where they're from, but still, I'd like to make their days go by as uneventfully as possible, to balance out the days when this place can be chaotic.

[boneface]

"adventurers"? wdym why do u call them that

thats rly nice of u to think that way. not a lot of ppl do

[airdnd]

I'm sorry, I'm not sure how you mean by "wdym"...

But it is sort of a blanket term that we use to refer to our clientele. People who travel all over in search of adventure or work or to discover untold places and treasures, that sort of thing.

[ is she sounding more and more like a video game npc yet ]

[boneface]

oh wdym = what do you mean :)

[ but she is... she definitely is. ryuji just squints a little at his phone first. ]

that makes it sound like ur from some fantasy world w dragons and knights and shit

[airdnd]

We do have all of those things. And magic! Don't forget.

[boneface]

whoa

idk how to react to that

[airdnd]

Well... Would you rather have dragons, knights, and magic? Or the technology that makes these "mobile phones" and "internets" possible?

[boneface]

oh shit thats a hard question omg

uhhhhhh

i feel like if i lived in a fantasy world id be a poor peasant who doesnt get to have any fun with magic in the first place so maybe ill stick with my world so at least i get video games lol

[airdnd]

[ Oh. That's... she's not sure what kind of an answer she was expecting, but that definitely wasn't it. Still, she can't judge him for it. ]

I think that's fair.

What is a video game? Someone else mentioned a different kind of game to me before but I'm not sure what that is, either. Might you know?

It was called "otome game."

[boneface]

[ oh! he can answer this! this is a great question! ]

a video game is like a if u were reading a book but instead of reading it u were watching the main character on a screen and controlling what the main character does. its interactive and fun! we should play one together lol

an otome game is one where the goal is to get the main character into romances with the other characters. its like reading a romance novel but instead of just one love interest theres like five or whatever. u can pick different choices for the main character to make and end up w different ppl depending on how many times u play it. theyre p fun and cute

[airdnd]

So it is somewhat like... writing the character's story yourself on the screen? I watched Ms. Amelia type on her laptop before... I've only ever played card or dice or board games before. None of those are like reading a book at all.

[ and now she is having a flashback to Gojo telling her she's a protagonist in an otome game and then not explaining himself... thank you Ryuji for your service. She is only marginally less confused compared to before. ]

And if someone were hypothetically compared to a main character in such a game, what exactly does that mean?

[boneface]

yeah!! exactly!! u ever like [ hmm he's wracking his brain to think of old timey examples ] watch a play? imagine controllin the characters in the play urself. smthn like that

and oh prolly that whoever it is is perfect and dateable and has a bunch of ppl who want to kiss them. otome girls are like delicate and nice and pretty and supposed to be easy to like

[ he still hasn't connected the dots on why she's asking this btw ]

[airdnd]

[ controlling the characters in the play?? SUCH POWER... UNFATHOMABLE. ]

Oh... That does sound intriguing, actually. I don't know if I'm creative enough to provide that kind of... directon? But I wouldn't mind watching you do this, if you wouldn't mind showing me.

[ anyway. it's okay, Ryuji doesn't need to know... though he probably just saved Gojo's approval rating with this npc with his answer. ]

I see. Thank you for answering all these questions, by the way. I really do appreciate it. I can't say that I entirely understand, still, but I suppose it's enough to know that they likely didn't mean any harm by what they said.

[boneface]

id love to!! ill ask the hotel for some video games and we can play one

oooh maybe we can get an otome game and play THAT. that sounds fun

[ ryuji and sumina just recreate that one scene from monthly girls nozaki-kun ]

if u got called a girl from an otome its prolly bc ur rly nice and seem delicate. they were probs teasing u a little but not in a mean way

[airdnd]

[ That does sound fun, she thinks, even if she really has no idea what she's getting herself into. They absolutely must recreate that scene, ]

That's not why I

[ Sumina is typing...

... ... ... ]

Okay. You're probably right.

Please let me know when you manage to obtain these games, sir.

[boneface]

[ he's giggling to himself, both at her response and because she called him sir. hehehehe. ]

i will! lookin forward to it, sh-san!!!

[airdnd]

[ Wah, someone else calling her -san just like Minato and Kotone did... god rest their souls. ]

My name is Sumina.

Also, please feel free to reach out to me if you ever need assistance with anything! Or you can come find me - I live at 2411. Just be warned that you'll experience some weightlessness in the hallways of that floor.

[boneface]

[ was gonna make a joke about them being dead before remembering that they're actually dead now :( ]

oooh now i just wanna go to the 24th floor for only that lol

but ok!! ill hit u up when i have the games :D