text | Free Toe Ring

[emet_sulk]

Type: Text
Sender ID: emet-sulk
To: Public
Subject: Free Toe Ring
Warnings: None besides the nature of the uh. toe ring (Game's A Foot) being what it is.

If there is anyone with a penchant for feet who would take this ridiculous toe ring off my hands then I would be much obliged.

[ He attaches an image of the toe ring, which was his reward from completing the investigation into the brothel's lockbox. ]

Comments

[makoglow]

I dunno. How often do you and your crew get on his nerves?

[emet_sulk]

I've yet to see him angry. But then again, he does have a somewhat inscrutable face.

[makoglow]

Maybe he was waiting for a moment like this.

[emet_sulk]

How frightening. I suppose it's the most serene individuals who hide the most deviant minds.

[makoglow]

You know they say it's the quiet ones that you have to watch for.

[emet_sulk]

Well, what a man likes to do behind closed doors is his own business. I shall simply leave the ring in his keeping.

I suppose 'tis a little late to ask for your discretion.

[makoglow]

I think it is a little late to ask for anyone's discretion. You kind of made this all public.

[emet_sulk]

Oh, I did, didn't I? Alas.

[ Tone in the written word is hard to read but Emet-Selch doesn't sound too apologetic. ]

I'm sure our illustrious captain will be none the worse for a few rumours.

[makoglow]

Better him than you, right?

[ He can read the tone in the text. No worries here. ]

Still, I'd probably rethink accepting any requests from brothels or the Naughtilust in general.

[emet_sulk]

I did consider passing it over, but it seems I was the only one to answer their call for help. So many of you here and yet none deigned to lift a hand when asked.

[makoglow]

Can't take every request that appears. Just not good for work-life balance.

[emet_sulk]

I so happen to have an abundance of time. But no, I haven't been taking every request. This particular one happened to catch my eye.

[makoglow]

What was it that made it appealing?

[emet_sulk]

A 'locked room mystery'. I thought such things only existed in books.

[makoglow]

And did it live up to your expectations?

[emet_sulk]

No. It wasn't even a deliberate act. 'Twas some petty thief who trapped themselves within a magical artefact after becoming too greedy. I turned them in as soon as possible and left.

[makoglow]

Yeah... That's not even an interesting way to get yourself trapped.

Almost normal with some of the things that happen around here.

[emet_sulk]

It almost makes me want to challenge someone to create a true 'locked room' mystery.

[ Market for escape games, anybody?? ]

[makoglow]

Challenge someone? Why not make one yourself?

[emet_sulk]

That would require effort.

[makoglow]

As opposed to putting it into solving one for someone else?

[emet_sulk]

What interest does a jigsaw puzzle have to someone who already knows where all the pieces lie? Besides, thinking is less arduous than doing.

[makoglow]

Isn't that what you'd be doing even if you come up with one yourself? More thinking and getting other people for the doing?

[emet_sulk]

Provoking other people into action is not as difficult as you may think. All it requires is patience.

Meanwhile, if I had to come up with the scenario myself then I would be no doubt occupied for hours over several days or even weeks composing the situation. And then I would have to act it out myself, which is even worse. What sort of enjoyment am I supposed to derive from all that work?

[makoglow]

Honestly, I don' think that part of it is difficult at all.

[ All things considering. He had thought that chasing after Sephiroth had been his own idea. And yet... ]

Would you though? Have to act it out yourself? Not sure that it's a requirement.