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Link [BotW] ([personal profile] champion_link) wrote2020-02-03 11:04 pm

|IC Contact| [R6]

Hello. What can I do for you, stranger?


[ooc; Want to contact Link? Here's how. Please put the exact time and day your character is contacting him in the subject line.]

[Week 4 and onwards: In-person visits to his room are now available. Depending on the schedule, he may be here.
poorlovefool: (13)

wednesday, 7am

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-05 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[it's been a couple days since Gab came out of the vending machine - the previous day he was a bit too creeped out by the stereo chanting, but he's realizing that just giving the dog all of his ham may not be sufficient here, so. he's a bit hesitant, but here's a phone call out of necessity.]

Um, hi. Is there any way I can get some other things delivered to the house besides the bread and stuff? I need to feed my dog.
Edited 2020-02-05 17:50 (UTC)
poorlovefool: (shy)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-05 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. That's a relief... There's been a few other animals in the vending machine, after all.
poorlovefool: (1)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-06 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Paperwork... right. So you're working at a desk whenever you're not around us?
poorlovefool: (probably blushing)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-06 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Um. Wow, great...! Like where?
poorlovefool: (head tilt)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-07 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
So you like to help people, huh... is that some kind of thing with you?

Don't get me wrong, it's the right thing to do, but not everyone would want to choose where they live based on something like that.
poorlovefool: (shy)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-07 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[hmm! interesting! he's on to something... but give and take, he'll answer the question earnestly.]

Oh, you know. There's a lot of reasons to stay or go. Like staying close to your friends, or moving away to get married. That's a decision I thought I'd have to make once.
poorlovefool: (pit hug)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-08 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
[...you okay there link. oh, there he is.]

I won't. That decision already made itself a long time ago.

[although this implication that they'd have all of his people in whatever safety-land he's talking about is. concerning to say the least. no, it's creepy and he can't drop it, as much as he wanted to move on to asking about what he did before this.]

Are you speaking from experience?
poorlovefool: (s m i l e)

[personal profile] poorlovefool 2020-02-09 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Um...

[that was prickly. he shouldn't push his luck.]

...yeah, I guess. Have a nice day!!
mermaidkin: (Reminiscence)

Week 4 Friday

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[With how distracting the sandwiches were at the trial last time, they might as well eat lunch beforehand this time. Hiyori comes out of his bedroom (he'd brought writing supplies in there several minutes ago for some reason) and meets Link in the kitchen.

And... still can't keep his mouth shut.]


Hey, Link. Do you think any of the Strangers personally hate you?
mermaidkin: (Strike)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
That probably is the reason...

[Hiyori's past and present lack of gentleness. It's not something that sits well with him. He keeps standing.]

May I also ask, do you think any of them are about to submit because of you?
mermaidkin: (Doubt)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, fiercely, that they're all fighting.]

There's no more trials left to serve as lessons. There's... there's nothing left in the schedule besides our leader taking the survivors by force at the final trial. Should we - should we just wait at this point?
mermaidkin: (Dupe)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
I... I thought... I thought that I could awaken their hatred...! To make it easier for IT—I could feel that Vita Clotilde-Morris hated me that much, and I accepted that it must be part of our leader's plan... I picked a fight with Jonathan Morris too... but... but now...

[Hiyori threads his fingers fiercely through his hair, plucking them in time with the ticking.]

What was the point...?
mermaidkin: (Devastated)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Hiyori is startled, then nods fiercely.]

I wasn't directly ordered to push them away. Maybe... I'm the one who wasted time.
mermaidkin: (Distress)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
I tried to do that with Jonathan Morris at first and he just thought that was proof I'd never actually want him brainwashed!!

[Hiyori just throws his arms out. This is apparently the part that hurts the most. He tries to draw himself back in, consciously drumming his fingers to the beat against his temples.]

It's - it's good for them to think you and I are different. Vita Clotilde-Morris awakening her hatred for me was definitely helped along by you making me look worse.
mermaidkin: (Damnation)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Because negative emotions are what gives the red fog a stronger hold in their heads. That's why Rachel needed so much more time to push you under than me! Or did you actually go under all by yourself because you wanted to be happy?
mermaidkin: (Distress)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
...

[Hiyori's lips move. Words don't come out. His throat is just cracking incredulously.]

Oh.

I see.

That's nice.

I remember being reminded of every single time Ikuya Kirishima put me down until I finally realized he would never love or even respect me. For starters.
mermaidkin: (Respect)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[When Link calls him smart, Hiyori glances with a nervous smile back towards his own bedroom.]

It's good that we're coming up with a plan together. Working together makes us stronger. They believe that, we should too. It's how we kept #7 at least safe.

But... [Link's conclusion fills him with deep concern.] You want me to let you go ahead and die before me...? That's... Exactly what the picture book they gave back to me said I should never do...

[Hiyori slams his hands on the table, a glint of hope in his eyes.]

So I should do the opposite! That was enemy propaganda from outside!!

mermaidkin: (Doubt)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-22 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right about that. We're still much stronger, and you still more so. If they go far enough to get themselves punished, knowing that... It's on them. Maybe it's better this way, than being targeted by the others, or the familiar Noise. You have so much experience... You can make it very clean. I've thought a lot about what I'll have to do if it gets down to the wire like that and - it's not as pretty.

[Likewise nodding at the sandwich thing.]

So I think you have a good plan. It'll be like... when I went to Kyuubey's party last week. We're just taking turns.
mermaidkin: (Respect)

[personal profile] mermaidkin 2020-02-23 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Hiyori takes a last swallow of his lunch and gets up.]

I'll be at the desk, then. Looking into the rules. The Strangers need to know what will happen if they don't take this trial seriously.

...thank you for talking with me. It really - it helps. Let's help IT.