TEXT ♞ JOINT-POST W/ MINATO (HELP AGAIN)

[tarotcards]

come 2 rec jail in 10 mins w garlic bread so ill shank minato right here and now

also plz bring batteries 4 our tomogachis

thx

Comments

[compendiem]

It's noon and we're overdue for lunch?

[servileness]

There is no need to be back at the jail.

Please try again.

[compendiem]

Operant conditioning with positive reinforcement.
We were fed last time, so there was no deterrent to trying it again.

[servileness]

I thought so.

If I asked you not to go back to jail, would you consider my request?

[compendiem]

I'll consider it.

[ Is that enough for her? Just considering. ]

[servileness]

[ No, it's not, but what else can she do without seeming unreasonable? ]

That's all I can ask for.

[compendiem]

You can ask us to never do it again.

[ like

it's a totally reasonable thing to ask

even if they won't do it ]

[servileness]

If I asked you that, you'd either give me a nonanswer or a lie.

I don't want that.

[compendiem]

That's true. [ Maybe this is where he should lie, but... no... it's true, and Clover already knows this. ]

I'll be more careful.

[servileness]

This is selfish of me, I know, but if you won't think of yourself, please think of me.

[compendiem]

[ "Ugh" is a rude thing to think in any circumstance, but it's what runs through his head ]

Alright.
You know we're just playing around, right? Not hurting anybody on purpose.

[servileness]

[ i dare minato to write "ugh" to clover ]

I know you are, but sometimes, I think I dream of... No. Never mind.

I'll leave that thought there.

[compendiem]

[ it's not time for him to die yet ]

Of dating an upstanding citizen?
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[servileness]

[ but he kills death

"Of a more worrying you." She deletes that. ]

Is Souji or you more upstanding? He's trying to make a case for it.

[compendiem]

[ a more worrying him can happen, just say the word ]

Souji

[servileness]

[ a more worrying minato also means a more worrying clover

do we want that ]

Hm. I suppose I don't want to date a more upstanding citizen, then. I'd still choose you.

[compendiem]

[ yeah ]

Were you thinking of dating Souji? I might have to kill him.

[servileness]

I'd like to see that.

I thought he was making an argument to be your boyfriend, but now he's making arguments to be mine, so now I'm not sure where he's trying to take this.

[compendiem]

An indiscriminate need to seek love wherever he can find it. It's relatable.

[servileness]

Is it? I thought he was completely joking with me, but... if there's some sincerity behind his jokes, perhaps I should be kinder.

[compendiem]

Don't all jokes have sincerity behind them?

[ all of Minato's jokes... are at least 50% sincere...

He's really bad at joking. ]

[servileness]

[ every time Minato jokes, it's Schrodinger's joke for Clover. She has to guess what percent sincere Minato is and then cry. ]

Not all jokes do, and even if they do, some people say them with very little sincerity. That's why they're called jokes. Some are said just to be funny, not to be real.

[compendiem]

[ ... ]

Clover, have I never told a joke in my life?

[ Him, who jokes to be real, but is rarely funny ]

[servileness]

[ ... ]

You have.

Some of them fell flat. It's not like some jokes aren't steeped in reality. Jokes from comedians that hit the hardest are ones that people can relate to. It's a matter of delivery.

[ Minato sucks at delivery. She won't say it straight out of the gate, but she'll be honest with him if he asks. ]

[compendiem]

Hm... Ren once said I should smile when I joke. But if I do that, nobody will take it seriously.

[ Which is not the point of jokes, but is the point of his triple quotation """jokes.""" He's had multiple conversations with various people about his awful delivery, but it's something difficult to work on. ]