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It's about on the same level of 'nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it'.
[By which he means it's an empty platitude, really, hah, but since he didn't elaborate it sounds like he said another inspirational line.
He has been checking his calendar, too, snickering to himself once he started to reach the later quotes. They're getting bizarre!]
[By which he means it's an empty platitude, really, hah, but since he didn't elaborate it sounds like he said another inspirational line.
He has been checking his calendar, too, snickering to himself once he started to reach the later quotes. They're getting bizarre!]
Listen to this one, all the way to the back. It's incredible:
"Destroy yourself. Don't just become who you were meant to be"
[He snickers]
That's on the frontier between inspirational and bad advice.
"Destroy yourself. Don't just become who you were meant to be"
[He snickers]
That's on the frontier between inspirational and bad advice.
Not if you twist it around until it's positive. This is an incentive for you to break out of the mold that was imposed on yourself. Break it, and become something else.
[Once again November is pretty much telling bullshit, really, hah]
[Once again November is pretty much telling bullshit, really, hah]
Exactly. A lot of people would say positivity is simply a way of looking at things from another angle. See? It's not such a bad inspirational line.
[November sure has practice keeping a straight face while spouting stuff he doesn't really believe in, hah]
[November sure has practice keeping a straight face while spouting stuff he doesn't really believe in, hah]
[ in the famous words of sir patrick stewart: acting. ]
Mmm, I'll have to remember that - looking at things from another angle. It sounds like good practice for acting, too!
[ flips through the calendar... ]
"Give positive feedback or at least make up stories about yourself." So, like, if you don't have good things to say, then you can make up something to encourage people anyway? That would help people who need positive reinforcement, wouldn't it?
Mmm, I'll have to remember that - looking at things from another angle. It sounds like good practice for acting, too!
[ flips through the calendar... ]
"Give positive feedback or at least make up stories about yourself." So, like, if you don't have good things to say, then you can make up something to encourage people anyway? That would help people who need positive reinforcement, wouldn't it?
It would, until they figure out you lied and couldn't think of something positive to say.
[It's a cruel and manipulative thing to do...so it has its uses, yup]
You don't seem like the sort of person that would say something positive without meaning it in some way, though.
[It's a cruel and manipulative thing to do...so it has its uses, yup]
You don't seem like the sort of person that would say something positive without meaning it in some way, though.
[This is almost adorably optimistic. This doesn't seem like a bad kid, he thinks]
I'd like you to come up with something positive to say about my sense of humor, once you hear more of it.
[Mostly because now he really is wondering what sort of learning experience Kazunari would manage to come up with. There's nothing good about November's sense of humor, hah]
I'd like you to come up with something positive to say about my sense of humor, once you hear more of it.
[Mostly because now he really is wondering what sort of learning experience Kazunari would manage to come up with. There's nothing good about November's sense of humor, hah]
If that's what you think then I believe I will begin to treat everyone to some nice ones every once in a while. We did get granted a way to reach everyone at one and with ease, after all.
[Yeah, November is going to send terrible jokes to everybody via the smartphones. Truthfully I was going to do that anyway but now I have a convenient scapegoat for this decision by blaming Kazunari. Thanks, Kazunari]
[Yeah, November is going to send terrible jokes to everybody via the smartphones. Truthfully I was going to do that anyway but now I have a convenient scapegoat for this decision by blaming Kazunari. Thanks, Kazunari]
[Being surrounded by water always brings November's mind to ease. Water means he's capable of attacking at the drop of a hat, so he always welcomes it in any way. Perhaps that's why he has gravitated to the hot springs often, even if he doesn't always go into the water.
Greeting Kazunari with a friendly smile, the question catches him a bit by surprise]
I suppose this refers to the party games from earlier.
[November clasps his hands behind his back -- a sign of already having his guard up]
Yes, when it's convenient to me. Surely you understand there are truths I'd rather not risk divulging.
Greeting Kazunari with a friendly smile, the question catches him a bit by surprise]
I suppose this refers to the party games from earlier.
[November clasps his hands behind his back -- a sign of already having his guard up]
Yes, when it's convenient to me. Surely you understand there are truths I'd rather not risk divulging.
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Everyone has things like that. Don't worry, I'm not going to ask you to tell me anything you don't want to.
I am a little curious why you wouldn't say something like your favorite food or color, though... The whole point was for us to start getting to know each other better, wasn't it? [ a soft laugh. ] But your way of answering is telling, too.
I am a little curious why you wouldn't say something like your favorite food or color, though... The whole point was for us to start getting to know each other better, wasn't it? [ a soft laugh. ] But your way of answering is telling, too.
......
[November frowns]
I admit I didn't think of answering with such simple responses.
[Why didn't he think of that? It'd have been a reasonable way to solve it and would be closer to the purpose of the party game. He really should have figured that out]
[November frowns]
I admit I didn't think of answering with such simple responses.
[Why didn't he think of that? It'd have been a reasonable way to solve it and would be closer to the purpose of the party game. He really should have figured that out]
Part of succeeding at my job involves predicting my opponent's moves and plans and acting accordingly. It's never simple.
[And he's really good at his job! But because of that he's a little unprepared to face simple matters like these, yup]
[And he's really good at his job! But because of that he's a little unprepared to face simple matters like these, yup]
Mm... Sounds like something Utsuki-san might say...
[ he looks distracted, but turns back with a smile a moment later. ]
What kind of job is it? I don't really know you that well, outside of what the profiles say... but I prefer to learn from the person themselves.
[ he looks distracted, but turns back with a smile a moment later. ]
What kind of job is it? I don't really know you that well, outside of what the profiles say... but I prefer to learn from the person themselves.
I used to be in the MI6. That's the British foreign intelligence agency.
[There's something nice about being able to brag about this in the open, both because this is a bunch of people from another world therefore it doesn't matter, and also because he left the agency forever right before arriving to the Prism. The stuff he tries to keep hidden is his powers and that he's not really human human, yup]
The leader of a special team on the field. Our tasks were mostly fighting and gathering intelligence about certain dangerous people out there.
[There's something nice about being able to brag about this in the open, both because this is a bunch of people from another world therefore it doesn't matter, and also because he left the agency forever right before arriving to the Prism. The stuff he tries to keep hidden is his powers and that he's not really human human, yup]
The leader of a special team on the field. Our tasks were mostly fighting and gathering intelligence about certain dangerous people out there.
[ his eyes widen. ]
So you were a spy? Odd how there are so many of you in the prism. I didn't realize it was such a common thing.
Some of the people here would be considered dangerous too, wouldn't they? Is that why you went with listing things about them instead of yourself?
So you were a spy? Odd how there are so many of you in the prism. I didn't realize it was such a common thing.
Some of the people here would be considered dangerous too, wouldn't they? Is that why you went with listing things about them instead of yourself?
On the contrary, I used them because I judged they'd be some who wouldn't mind if I used them instead of myself.
[It'd have been such a mess if he had used names of people who would cause a fuss! Thank goodness the ones he mentioned are good sports]
I don't think anyone here is a danger we should be wary of. There's no reason to cause harm to each other when we have to work to escape this realm.
[Not saying there isn't potentially dangerous people here, but if they're not complete idiots they all should realize escaping is a higher priority than anything else! You don't have to be absolutely rational like a Contractor to see that, he hopes!]
[It'd have been such a mess if he had used names of people who would cause a fuss! Thank goodness the ones he mentioned are good sports]
I don't think anyone here is a danger we should be wary of. There's no reason to cause harm to each other when we have to work to escape this realm.
[Not saying there isn't potentially dangerous people here, but if they're not complete idiots they all should realize escaping is a higher priority than anything else! You don't have to be absolutely rational like a Contractor to see that, he hopes!]
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