[written]

[thethundersaid]

[public]

Who among you is good with languages?

[private -- to Rikka]

You had a number of people possessed, didn't you? How has their recovery been?

Comments

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

And I'll remember yours.

If you're new, I would advise you pay attention to Scurvey Dog. Others will say she isn't a useful source of information, but I've found her quite helpful, particularly when one is respectful.

written:

[thethundersaid]

I've been here since November.

Her information is [There is a break, here, Sasuke unsure how much to say over journals that have been compromised just last month.] useful, if not always timely.

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

She does what she can, I'm inclined to say. She may not always give us much warning, but she doesn't leave us to figure out situations where our lives might be in danger by ourselves.

written:

[thethundersaid]

[Pause in reply because he's contemplating writing something more incriminating, but ultimately -- more caution is better than less here.]

I'm sure she does her best.

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

She doesn't have to give us any help whatsoever.

[Something that's never far from Kyouya's mind. There is nothing, to his knowledge, that obligates Dog to help them at all. She could just leave them entirely to fend for themselves.]

written:

[thethundersaid]

You don't think she benefits at all from giving us information?

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

Oh, I imagine she benefits somehow, certainly. People rarely do things for no gain.

But she doesn't have to do it. There is, so far as we know, no obligation on her part to do it.

written:

[thethundersaid]

As far as we know. There are some days when she seems like she'd prefer not to give us any information at all.

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

Well, a great many of our number do act ungrateful and hostile to her. Can you blame her for being irritated some days?

written:

[thethundersaid]

She can ban the idiots from writing to her, can't she?

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

She can, but that doesn't make it less frustrating for her. People certainly don't express gratitude nearly enough as far as I can see.

written:

[thethundersaid]

Regular gratitude can hardly be expected in a situation like this. She has to know that.

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

Really? I find it quite simple to say "thank you" on a regular basis.

written:

[thethundersaid]

People here have been kidnapped for the amusement of someone on this world. No one has any way of knowing who is allied to whom.

Someone who operates in a place like that can't rely on courtesy.

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

It isn't a matter of relying on it. But we shouldn't allow ourselves to forget basic manners and simple gratitude simply because we've come on hard times.

We're receiving help that isn't required to be given to us. The least we can do is remember that.

written:

[thethundersaid]

Do you find you get better information by being polite to her?

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

I find a great many people are more inclined to be helpful when one is polite rather than rude.

Re: written:

[thethundersaid]

You'd think if it's important information, it wouldn't matter.

written:

[hostclubshadowking]

Really?

If you had information, some vital and some trivial, and you felt compelled to offer something at all times -- would you respond to rudeness and ingratitude by supplying important information? Or would you give the useless parts out of spite?

I know a great many more people who'd do the latter than the former.

written:

[thethundersaid]

You must know a great many people who have the luxury of choosing their company most of the time.

I suppose it's a point to consider when dealing with those here.