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@ice_ice_baby
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My Self-Summary

I am just a sad sad baby boy who was never hugged as a child. I can be a little cold at first, but praise me and I warm right up!

Please feed my desperate starving need for attention and I will be whoever and whatever you want me to be 🥺🥺🥺♥️♥️♥️

My Future Plans

Really, what is the past??? And what is the future???

With just a snap of my fingers, I can change history however I want!

Ask me how!!

My Talents

I'm good at everything, but I'm especially talented with my mouth 😜

I'm great at disguises 🎭

I can be your angel 😇 or your devil 😈 I'm a very fickle beast!

Favorite Books, Movies, Music, and Food

Books: The Poetic Edda

Music: Cher

Movies: what else have I even been in

Food: ice cream and the blood of my enemies

My Ideal Partner

Anything that so much smiles at me

Please

Please just tell me I'm a good boy

Height Anything Body Type Anything Smokes My enemies Drinks Barrels Drugs Approval Sign Hit me baby one more time Education Mythic Occupation Nuisance Income None, hobo Children Technically me, it's complicated Pets 1 Brother Hobbies Cheating, lying, destroying my own civilization

art credit: one. two. three. four. five.

01. WINE OR BEER

WINE

.02 CLOWNS OR MIMES

CLOWNS

.03 SHOWER OR BATH

BATH

.04 PIRATES OR NINJAS

NINJAS

.05 TITS OR ASS

BOTH

.06 COFFEE OR TEA

TEA

.07 SPICY OR SWEET

SWEET

.08 SUMMER OR WINTER

WINTER

.09 LEATHER OR LACE

LEATHER

10. ROUGH SEX OR GENTLE SEX

ROUGH SEX

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ENERGY

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MIND

74%

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NATURE

83%

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TACTICS

64%

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IDENTITY

86%

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Comments

[tfy]

Only the violence one. I tried gathering some info on it and here's what I found:

>>7317041

What you said lines up with what I've heard about Hearts. That one and Diamonds seem the most conducive to sex. The Spades and Clubs effects just sound awful, though.

Still, no matter which suit you have, it can't be fun to feel like you're being toyed with. But the more we know, the more we can fight the effects!

Or at least that's what I figure. I know it's not that simple, but having some knowledge is surely better than nothing.

[abit_ofboth]

[There is a pause in replies as Loki reads the attached information.]

Yes, that seems quite concise and accurate. None of them sound like pleasant experiences. I am not a fan of feeling desperate and out of control. It is hardly attractive to find yourself clinging to someone who wants nothing to do with you. But yes, in general the Spades and Clubs do seem harder to deal with.

Knowledge is power, as they say. I wonder if it is worth trying to trigger ones suit just to see if the effects can be overcome.

[tfy]

That sounds like something Rinne-senpai would do!

[He was experimenting just the other month to see how much crime he could commit before the House punished him.]

I think I'll pass on that myself. But I guess it depends on what suit you have and who happens to be with you. If you know someone trustworthy, who doesn't mind you clinging to them, maybe you could hole up with them for a bit?

[abit_ofboth]

Does it now?

[More recently Loki has come to know Rinne a bit and has enjoyed his antics. Perhaps they have more in common than Loki realized.]

Yes, I suppose you are correct about that. It would take some planning at least. But I wonder if it would not be better to understand these things in a more controlled environment.

[Well, that and Loki would need to find someone he trusted enough to see him in such a vulnerable state. Not to mention would just be so annoyed with him they bailed anyway.]

[tfy]

Yep! He's all about testing the limits and seeing what he can get away with.

Which I know might not sound too different from me, but he's more wild and rambunctious. It's sort of like the difference between parking your flashy sports car outside so you can sneak into the building while everyone's admiring it, and crashing your car straight through the front door.

I guess his approach is harder to ignore, though. And he has shown caution at other times.

Perhaps! Your suit seems safer to experiment with than mine, at any rate. I'm not sure how to trigger them deliberately, though, apart from just not having sex for a while. But if you do decide to try it, then good luck, I guess.

[abit_ofboth]

Somehow that does not surprise me.

He does seem to be a bit more chaotic than you, I’ll admit. He does remind me a bit of myself when I was younger, though admittedly he is much more upfront about it that sort of thing than I ever was.

I admit I am considering it, though I would have to work out a few things first. I want to test these things, but I also don’t want to suffer overly much. If I find out anything new, I will be sure to let you know.

[tfy]

Perhaps he can learn a thing or two from you about subtlety! Or about disguise, so he at least doesn't get caught afterwards.

[Little does he know that second comment is what you'd call "foreshadowing."]

I don't want to see you suffer, either. But thanks. In return, I'll let you know as soon as I have the results from that quest I mentioned. Hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this "energy" business soon.

[abit_ofboth]

Perhaps. I suppose, if he is willing to learn, I am willing to teach.

I appreciate that. Both the care for my suffering and for information I hope you find.

1/2

[tfy]

Then it seems we both appreciate each other! 💕☺️🤝☺️💕 As well we should, since we're two of the most hard-working *and* good-looking people around!

Which means of course I wouldn't want you suffer. I'm an idol, so I'd much rather spread cheer!

I'll talk to you soon, OK? Good luck with your experiments and whatever else.

2/2

[tfy]

[And then, the very next day, in the evening before bed:]

I have that info I mentioned yesterday. Is now a good time to share?

[abit_ofboth]

Well, that was fast. Yes, I am free to chat now. What did you learn?

[tfy]

This is going to be long, but here goes!

First, you should know I was only given three questions I could ask. Just to reiterate, the person who answered them was Jin Mingming, who owns the Red Cardinal. I tried to get as much information out of her as I could, but she wasn't very forthcoming about certain topics. Or she'd say she could only guess, and didn't know the answers for sure.

But anyway, for my first question, I asked if she had a sense of what the resort takes from us. She'd said something before about some guests being considered more "valuable" than others, and I was curious about why that might be, too. I asked if our intimacy is what powers the resort, but she said it's not just that. She said, "What the resort takes from us is our fate. There are those who are destined to play a greater role in life, and they offer more for the resort to sustain itself on." Then she asked me to consider the difference between an emperor who commands a powerful nation, and a servant who dies young. Apparently someone like the emperor is more valuable.

I'm not completely sure why, to be honest. When I asked her to elaborate, she said that playing the 52 game "changes our fate" by making us "have such an intimate encounter with someone we never would've met before coming here." And that's how the resort gets its energy, supposedly. I'm not sure what that has to do with emperors and servants, but that's how it is.

For my next question, I asked what happens to guests who don't provide enough energy, and if there's any truth to the rumor that the ones who don't sleep around much get turned to stone. She said "some people do indeed turn to stone." But then she said "whether it happens to every guest, I don't know" and "it didn't happen to me even after I lost my usefulness because of a deal I made." I didn't think she'd tell me about the deal, so I didn't ask. But I do know it wasn't a deal she made with J. She said he's just about as powerless as she is.

For my last question, I asked why she was still here if the resort supposedly lets everyone go home after filling their so-called deck. She claimed that she did win her game, and that she could have gone home if she wanted, but that she used her wish to save her daughter's life. Apparently you only get one wish, and if you use it to save someone else, you're just stuck here forever.

That's all for now. I offered to do the quest again if she'd let me ask three more questions, but she didn't seem interested. Any thoughts on all this?

[abit_ofboth]

[It’s a long time before Loki responds. He reads and re-reads the message over and over again, his skin growing cold as something akin to fear runs through his blood.

None of this sounds good. Especially for himself and well, Loki’s feeling a little selfish at the moment. After all, he is a god with impressive magical skills who is a large part of saving the multiverse. Does that mean they think he’s more valuable? Is he going to run into more troubles since he hasn’t been trying to hard at Game 52?

He says none of this in his response though.]

I think I have too many thoughts on this. Did she happen to mention what they deem as being more powerful? I know there was the mention of the emperor, but it could’ve just been an analogy.

And if she did mean rulers specifically like that, then why ever bring in people who are not as powerful? Are all of us powerful in someway they need?

I’m sorry, I’m sure you don’t have the answers to all of this, I am just trying to make sense of all of this.

May I ask, can I simply go speak to her at the Red Cardinal? I think perhaps I have a few questions of my own.

[tfy]

[Loki can take all the time he needs. Hiyori's head hurts whenever he thinks about all this, so he sympathizes. Then there's something she told him that really scared him, something so frightening he can't even bring himself to mention it. But he doesn't need to—that was something that applies to his situation, not Loki's. Loki isn't in danger, he and Jun are.]

The specific example she gave was "an emperor who proclaims war." So it sounds as though she meant someone whose actions cause a chain effect. Someone who changed a lot of people's fates, either for better or worse.

I don't know why they'd bring in regular people, either, though. Unless the people who seem normal here are destined to change the world someday and just haven't gotten around to it yet. That could apply to us idols, I suppose. I wouldn't put someone like us on the same level of an emperor who declares war, though.

[Hiyori has a big head. He's proud of his accomplishments thus far and fully intends to make history alongside the rest of his unit. But "making history" in their case refers to winning some idol competitions, gathering more fans, touring the world, and shining their brightest onstage—things that aren't (usually) a matter of life and death. They aren't emperors declaring war (even if Eichi Tenshouin, head of StarPro, and Ibara Saegusa, head of CosPro and producer of Eden, seem to fancy themselves as such).]

It sounds like we give the resort the energy it needs when we sleep with someone we wouldn't have met otherwise. I don't see why, since an encounter like that doesn't have to be anything life-changing. It could just be a way to relieve stress or boredom. But that's what she claimed. She said it wasn't just about sex, though, so I wonder if it's also about the connections we make here in general.

[But if any sort of fate-changing connection would suffice, then why, why do they keep being pushed to have sex? Is it just because the resort is run by perverts? He doesn't think they'll ever have that final puzzle piece, and it frustrates him. If they could just find something else to appease the House with...

No. It's not matter of appeasing them. You can't negotiate with monsters.]

Well, you don't need my permission to go there. Unless you want me to go with you. I don't mind, of course. But she'll probably make you do a quest for her before she answers your questions.

[abit_ofboth]

[Loki doesn’t know what Hiyori was told about his own fate, but the words that come across his device terrify him. With everything he helped do with the TVA to take down He Who Remains and all the timelines that now exist in no small part due to his actions, doesn’t he fall a little too perfectly into that description?]

I see. Yes. That would make sense. It does not necessarily take war to change lives, but I see why that might be an example to use. Sometimes though, the smallest of decisions or actions can make for the biggest of changes. Truly, you would be surprised.

[Maybe in some ways what Hiyori does might not seem so important to some, but Loki knows how influential entertainment can be. It can inspire in ways many don’t understand and as such, can change lives much like the emperor Hiyori is thinking of.]

That actually does make sense. It might not mean anything to some, but creating connections through sex can be quite powerful even if it is not thought of that way by those involved. Intimately connecting two people that should not have met could be, and I suppose is, quite powerful.

[At least that part of all this makes some sense to Loki. ]

Thank you, but I think I might want to try this one alone. You have helped me quite enough.

[tfy]

[Figures in the entertainment industry certainly can be influential. If they get popular enough, they can change public opinion on certain matters. Eichi once suggested that if they work hard to gain more influence, they might even be able to change the law—like drumming up support for same-sex marriage, for instance. (This was the example he used.)

And the entertainment industry also has its fair share of corruption, too, harboring criminals who accept bribes, launder money, forge ties with the mafia, and even have people killed. Thanks to his unitmates' connections, Hiyori's heard more about that side of the industry than he ever wanted to know. And idols can also save lives—potentially, anyway. How many artists and entertainers have been told by some fan or another at some point, "It was your art that saved me"?

Still. It doesn't change that he's no emperor. And in any case, how was having a bunch of meaningless sex supposed to change his fate? Unless they intend to gather footage and release it back home, so he can no longer have any influence on society...

In the end, it probably does no good to think about this stuff. He gets a headache when he tries. Loki at least seems to have gotten something out of it, and that's good enough for him.]

I'm glad to hear that, anyway.

Good luck getting something new out of her. If you do find out something, be sure to let me know, alright?

I'll return the favor, of course. That's what comrades do!

[abit_ofboth]

[That’s the real crutch of it though, isn’t it? Wherever there is power, there is corruption as much as there are people who honestly wanting to help. In fact, Loki would bet there is much more corruption than people wanting to help. At least that’s how things are in his own experience.

Still, it shouldn’t mean that one shouldn’t try to help. At least that’s what he believes now. Hiyori doesn’t need to be an emperor to use his influence or try to help. Not being a rule would certainly make things harder, but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t be successful. Not that Loki would suggest Hiyori take part in Game 52. There are other ways to be successful here, Loki is certain.]

Of course, I will let you know anything I discover. You have been most helpful and I will return the favour.