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TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

There have been a lot of riftfarers arriving lately. It seems like there have been more arriving than usual. So many different kinds of people from different kinds of worlds with stories to tell and experiences to give.

A little game has appeared on the shellphone network in hopes of getting to know just a little more about these otherworlders. You might find it on your shellphone as you’re scrolling through one day.

Tell the world two truths and one lie about yourself. And let others try and decipher which of the three is your lie. If they can guess right, perhaps you’ve been able to make a new acquaintance. Or in the least learn more about someone from another walk of life.

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text: un;catsgothistongue

[catsgothistongue]

Three's the lie.

[indispensable]

It's the truth.

[catsgothistongue]

... If you say so. [Press X to doubt.] Then one's the lie, I know that from experience.

[His evidence: not working with him to burn the fish statue.]

[indispensable]

It's also the truth.

[If only you knew the adventures he had before coming here, Ranma. One doesn't just stage a coup and overthrow an entire conspiracy and a half by his lonesome after all.]

[catsgothistongue]

Dammit. [He's going to pout off-screen, so glad this isn't video.] How many books do you own anyway if you hadn't finished any of them?

[indispensable]

I haven't been counting.

[And it's not like he has any reason to. If a book catches his interest, he's getting it.]

[catsgothistongue]

So basically a lot? Got it. [Kaveh's chiming in did make him let loose an impressed whistle.]

[indispensable]

It's a habit you can afford getting into yourself.

[Maybe being smarter means you can stop being such a nuisance at times?]

[catsgothistongue]

[How dare you.]

I already do??

[indispensable]

Is that so? Your actions doesn't seem to be indicative of such a thing.

[He's heard shit about you Ranma.]

[catsgothistongue]

Come on! I try to burn one cursed fish statue one time, and suddenly I'm a braindead idiot who can't read?

[Good shit, right?]

[indispensable]

[That is debatable.]

You are the one jumping to that conclusion.

[I mean if you can't read then he'd maybe wonder a little at how you're managing to use the shellphone, but it does have a text to speech function so...]

[catsgothistongue]

That's what it sounds like you're implying here. For the stupid fish, I've dealt with curses before. Inanimate statues don't move on their own unless they're super cursed or got a spirit trapped inside it. Unless you have a rational explanation for it, Earrings?

[Jokes on you, he doesn't even know there's a speech-to-text/text-to-speech function on the phone!]

And I'll have you know I like reading. Gives me something to do when I'm not fighting, and gave me something to do growing up that wasn't just training.

[indispensable]

[You're sounding awfully defensive there, Ranma.]

It's not cursed. And it wasn't moving by itself.

Since you like reading, you should keep up the habit.

[catsgothistongue]

[Your face is awfully defensive, Al.]

Buddy. Pal. Friend. Chum. Whatever the hell's your name again.

It moved. I turned it around multiple times, and every time I looked away, it was looking at me. With those black, beady eyes that stare back into your soul.

Don't patronize me, and don't tell me what to do.

[indispensable]

That was Mehrak simply doing its job.

[Archons teenagers are so exhausting they get offended by every little thing.]

(1/2)

[catsgothistongue]

...

(2/2)

[catsgothistongue]

Well you coulda said that the first time around.

[This is what happens when Kevah's allowed to adopt feral teens.]

[indispensable]

You didn't ask.

[You just went straight to trying to burn his fish statue?]

[catsgothistongue]

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know "Hey bossman, is the living android briefcase that follows Kaveh around moving your stupid statue?" should've been at the top of my list of questions.

[No, he went straight to asking about matches.]

[indispensable]

And asking for matches in order to commit vandalism is the better option?

[empyrean_mirror]

wait hold up

Did you program Mehrak to move the statue, Alhaitham???

[indispensable]

If by "programming" you mean "asking nicely", then yes.

[empyrean_mirror]

alhaitham

why have you told her to continuously turn the fish to face people in the room with you

[empyrean_mirror]

well over 200 at home. But he'd read all of those.