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beta testing 0.2: quest update
beta testing 0.2
BETA NOTE: This log is being used for Duocaeli’s Tutorial & Dungeon Beta Testing. Please note that some game features are limited and will be noted in this format on pages, and an invitation is still required to play. Thank you and have fun!
Patch Update
Maybe you’ve been getting settled in for a little while now, maybe you just arrived yesterday. Hopefully you’ve been able to adjust to your surroundings, since it seems like some big changes are coming. All Dodo residents will receive a Duocaeli notification on their phones:
> 0.2 Expansion has arrived! Server capacity has increased. New locations await you, worldwalkers.
> New quests can be accepted in Windhaven Woods, Aria's Grove, Dandelion Fields!
> New quests can be accepted in Windhaven Woods, Aria's Grove, Dandelion Fields!
At the exact same time, completely coincidentally, a city-wide broadcast is sent directly to characters inboxes:
> Thank you for your patience with our construction, city-goers! As our Pride Parade goes underway, we are proud to share the grand re-opening of many venues throughout the city. Love is love!
Those who wander to the Divination Tower in Domus Hosus, whether on purpose or because the stairs guide you there, will see that both of these broadcasts are proudly displayed amidst the glimmering gems. If you try to read your fate in the stars, they will delightedly provide you with a prophecy. However each prophecy comes in images, beckoning you to a new location with… a certain someone! Immediately after receiving this prophecy, you will feel naturally compelled to find that individual, stranger or friend, and affirm your fate. Maybe you'll end up going somewhere out of your depth? At least you won't be alone!
> 1. Questboard
The quest board at the guild hub has been updated with the latest patch! Excited players are gathered around to collect new bounties, which are open to all. The guild hub also provides a useful bestiary, which is readily accessible by guild members via crystals.
A. SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE
Avisle University has requested assistance in collecting Blue Chamomile from the northern part of Windhaven Woodlands for study. These flowers are known to aid sleep and have some rejuvenating properties as well, if taken as a tea. They are best harvested in pairs as they feed off positive energy—once their petals start glowing, the plant is ready to be plucked. You’ll have to make your quest partner laugh, or pay them a genuine compliment that makes them smile. You can also share your dreams for the future, or a good memory. The plants also enjoy music! Even the most tone-deaf of vocalists are appreciated by these chamomiles.
Additionally, these flowers are HUGE fans of PDA. If your characters hold hands, or hug, or k-kiss... it may seem like they are slowly turning their petals towards you...
As noted on the Locations page, it would be wise to remember that Windhaven Woodlands can be quite confusing to navigate. The trees like to stretch their roots multiple times a day, often altering paths that characters have taken. At times branches will weave themselves together so tightly, it blocks out most sunlight. It’s very possible to get lost here, but those with keen navigation skills will notice that the wind always seems to flow in the direction of Avisle at the beginning and middle of the hour, like clockwork.
REWARD: A sachet of Blue Chamomile tea, made with some of the petals you helped harvest. If you take it before you sleep, you will find yourself waking up fully refreshed the next morning whether in the ON or OFF world. You may even find yourself briefly dreaming of the good memory that your quest partner shared with you!
FAILURE: You will grow flowers on your body that cannot be removed, purely cosmetic. Lasts until you log off the server.
B. 'TIL DEATH DO US PART
Rumor has it that there's a malevolent spirit haunting Aria's Grove, one with particularly sticky fingers, that's been stealing items from sleeping travelers–as well as dreams. Those with their dreams stolen will feel an almost unshakable malaise and melancholy. The Wanderer's Guild is looking for adventurers to locate and dispel this spirit for good, as it's the only way to retrieve lost items (and dreams).
Whoever manages to navigate the woods to Aria's Grove will find not a spirit, but a small, crystalline golem made from broken shards. It speaks in a soft, tinkering voice, saying, "My love, my love." It's unable to do much damage, but it's fast and evokes a sensation of grief and despair in whoever draws close to it. Adventurers may recognize this as a gemwalker, and know that the only way to free the ghost trapped inside is to break the crystal form.
Upon doing so, they'll find a watch that was encased in the crystal, with a name etched into the back. Regardless of how much they ask around, they'll be unable to find anyone by that name.
REWARD: A special compass from the Wanderer's Guild. It can be set to always point toward a location of the owner's choosing.
C. A HARE-OWING CAT-ASTROPHE
In the Avisle town square, festivities are abound; red and gilded gold streamers stretch across the plaza, rabbits hop along, eager to be held, cats preen on unlikely perches, and the guilds have plenty of free food and drink out to be enjoyed—as well as a limited-time bounty being offered for the new year! Help out and earn yourself a reward.
REWARD: Free food, daiya, and a good time!
Avisle University has requested assistance in collecting Blue Chamomile from the northern part of Windhaven Woodlands for study. These flowers are known to aid sleep and have some rejuvenating properties as well, if taken as a tea. They are best harvested in pairs as they feed off positive energy—once their petals start glowing, the plant is ready to be plucked. You’ll have to make your quest partner laugh, or pay them a genuine compliment that makes them smile. You can also share your dreams for the future, or a good memory. The plants also enjoy music! Even the most tone-deaf of vocalists are appreciated by these chamomiles.
Additionally, these flowers are HUGE fans of PDA. If your characters hold hands, or hug, or k-kiss... it may seem like they are slowly turning their petals towards you...
As noted on the Locations page, it would be wise to remember that Windhaven Woodlands can be quite confusing to navigate. The trees like to stretch their roots multiple times a day, often altering paths that characters have taken. At times branches will weave themselves together so tightly, it blocks out most sunlight. It’s very possible to get lost here, but those with keen navigation skills will notice that the wind always seems to flow in the direction of Avisle at the beginning and middle of the hour, like clockwork.
REWARD: A sachet of Blue Chamomile tea, made with some of the petals you helped harvest. If you take it before you sleep, you will find yourself waking up fully refreshed the next morning whether in the ON or OFF world. You may even find yourself briefly dreaming of the good memory that your quest partner shared with you!
FAILURE: You will grow flowers on your body that cannot be removed, purely cosmetic. Lasts until you log off the server.
B. 'TIL DEATH DO US PART
Rumor has it that there's a malevolent spirit haunting Aria's Grove, one with particularly sticky fingers, that's been stealing items from sleeping travelers–as well as dreams. Those with their dreams stolen will feel an almost unshakable malaise and melancholy. The Wanderer's Guild is looking for adventurers to locate and dispel this spirit for good, as it's the only way to retrieve lost items (and dreams).Whoever manages to navigate the woods to Aria's Grove will find not a spirit, but a small, crystalline golem made from broken shards. It speaks in a soft, tinkering voice, saying, "My love, my love." It's unable to do much damage, but it's fast and evokes a sensation of grief and despair in whoever draws close to it. Adventurers may recognize this as a gemwalker, and know that the only way to free the ghost trapped inside is to break the crystal form.
Upon doing so, they'll find a watch that was encased in the crystal, with a name etched into the back. Regardless of how much they ask around, they'll be unable to find anyone by that name.
REWARD: A special compass from the Wanderer's Guild. It can be set to always point toward a location of the owner's choosing.
C. A HARE-OWING CAT-ASTROPHE
In the Avisle town square, festivities are abound; red and gilded gold streamers stretch across the plaza, rabbits hop along, eager to be held, cats preen on unlikely perches, and the guilds have plenty of free food and drink out to be enjoyed—as well as a limited-time bounty being offered for the new year! Help out and earn yourself a reward.
- Bake goods for guests, who are notoriously harsh. Sometimes recipes here will lead you astray.
- Mix or taste-test some drinks... which only seem to exacerbate your elemental symptoms (see prompt 3. ELEMENTAL ECCENTRICITY below for details).
- Deal with jealous tiger monsters that set fire to various stands and attack festival-goers. They can be fought (NPC rabbits will help), but also seem intelligent, and can be bribed to depart with treats, brushing their (sometimes flaming hot) fur, or other offerings. These creatures don't seem to be native to Avisle; if you follow one outside of the city, they'll fly right off the edge of the island...
- Like above, attacking the rabbits in any way or causing problems will get you mobbed by knife-wielding bunnies with 9999HP.
REWARD: Free food, daiya, and a good time!
Though from there... it looks like there's a few additions that must be completed in the OFF world?
D. H҉A҉P҉P҉Y҉ HOPPIN’ NEW YEAR
Red envelopes need to be distributed to the students of Gruidae University in celebration of the Lunar New Year! (Our usual guy, Jimmy, is out sick…) In the spirit of the Year of the Rabbit, volunteers will be asked to wear a tasteful (or ridiculous) set of bunny ears and a soft, poofy bunny tail while on the job. Just make sure to avoid the BPL (Bunny Protection League) activists lurking among the student body, they take their duties seriously and will attempt to divest you of your bunny appendages if caught.
REWARD: A red envelope (the amount can be anywhere between $20 to 23 cents) and coupon to the newly opened bunny cafe located at the mall. You will also receive a cute bunny ear accessory in your ON World inbox.
FAILURE: A forced viewing of the documentary, Bunnies Are Human Too, while surrounded by passionate BPL members.
E: BIRD M҉E҉A҉S҉U҉R҉I҉N҉G҉ CONTEST
As an icebreaker, Dodo is hosting competitions in the Training Hall! Get to know your new housemates by having an impromptu battle. This doesn’t have to be combat-related or any sort of traditional duel: you can challenge your partner to lifting weights, a dance-off, even Twister and other board games. There will also be gaming consoles and seating in various corners—FATALITY!
REWARDS: Bragging rights! Dodo will also send a little spa set/gift package to the winner’s room, which includes bird-themed face masks. Also, the winner will be able to stay in the OFF world for up to 5 days (one time), rather than 3.
FAILURE: Public humiliation.
Red envelopes need to be distributed to the students of Gruidae University in celebration of the Lunar New Year! (Our usual guy, Jimmy, is out sick…) In the spirit of the Year of the Rabbit, volunteers will be asked to wear a tasteful (or ridiculous) set of bunny ears and a soft, poofy bunny tail while on the job. Just make sure to avoid the BPL (Bunny Protection League) activists lurking among the student body, they take their duties seriously and will attempt to divest you of your bunny appendages if caught.REWARD: A red envelope (the amount can be anywhere between $20 to 23 cents) and coupon to the newly opened bunny cafe located at the mall. You will also receive a cute bunny ear accessory in your ON World inbox.
FAILURE: A forced viewing of the documentary, Bunnies Are Human Too, while surrounded by passionate BPL members.
E: BIRD M҉E҉A҉S҉U҉R҉I҉N҉G҉ CONTEST
As an icebreaker, Dodo is hosting competitions in the Training Hall! Get to know your new housemates by having an impromptu battle. This doesn’t have to be combat-related or any sort of traditional duel: you can challenge your partner to lifting weights, a dance-off, even Twister and other board games. There will also be gaming consoles and seating in various corners—FATALITY!
REWARDS: Bragging rights! Dodo will also send a little spa set/gift package to the winner’s room, which includes bird-themed face masks. Also, the winner will be able to stay in the OFF world for up to 5 days (one time), rather than 3.
FAILURE: Public humiliation.
Conveniently, non-PC players can't seem to see these last two bounties at all. Oh well—get to questing!
> 2. Okay get a job?
Sometime while you’re minding your business, you’ll be interrupted by a neat little beep beep! On the screen of your phone:
☑️ Go to Your Internship in Crane City
Tapping the prompt will bring up the Maps app and directions to what is apparently your internship! And it looks like it’s in the same format as other checklist quests–aka, it won’t stop beeping until you complete it. If you don’t want to go crazy from notifications, you'll simply have to go out and explore the big city. Maybe you have to go and work the concessions stand at the movie theater, which appears to be showing Shrek and Cats if you want to sneak into a showing, or you get the ever coveted position of cat cafe barista. Perhaps you’re suddenly a neurosurgeon! Wow! Don’t fuck it up, guy! While you do get compensated for your work, it seems like an amount gets automatically deducted for your Duocaeli subscription. Uhhh, is that legal? Apparently.
With Pride currently underway in Crane City, the jobs are also just a little bit more vibrant. You can help manage the parade if you want to, or have a job as a sexy, sexy flag bearer. Everything in the city glistens with festivities, whether it be raucous parties or other joyful celebrations.
> 3. ELEMENTAL ECCENTRICITY
As expected, learning new things comes with a few unexpected speed bumps. For those who attempt to practice with their new elemental magic, whether it be in the world of Duocaeli or within the confines of Dodo’s walls, they might feel a sudden surge of power course through them. Is it more refined control? Improved strength? Hm, it feels a little bit more like…
—Oh. No.
For characters aligned with Fire or Earth: Your emotions are just a little bit stronger now–but also a little bit out of your control. While everything feels inherent to you, it also feels like everything is turned up to 11. Oversensitive? How dare you! Say that to my face! …. Well, hopefully it passes quickly.
For characters aligned with Water or Light: Nothing’s amiss here–it’s just unbelievable that you are currently existing as you are, and no one is holding your hand or giving you a hug right now. Some might call it being a little bit touch starved, but physical contact should be normalized, you know? A punch can be a touch, too, if that’s more your style.
For characters aligned with Wind or Darkness: Well, thank god you’re not dealing with anything quite as bad as the others–no, you just find that your words are flowing a little bit more freely. A little more honestly, even. Hopefully you don’t have all that much to hide, but you know, some vulnerability can be good for the soul.
These effects can suddenly surge and hit you at any point during your day! They're temporary, but always sneaky :)
OOC Notes
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Also, everything from BETA TESTING 0.1 is still available to play with. Feel free to use old prompts and dungeons! Also, during Beta Testing, we'd like to remind players that we're accepting any and all feedback that could help us improve the game before official start.
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Fukawa Toko/Genocider Syo | Danganronpa
1. A) SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE
[Having heard of the flowers' proclivity for affection and remembering the accursed cotton blobs (and the mistletoe in Stygia before that), Fukawa is all too aware of what must be done. However, she hadn't found a safe partner before embarking on this quest. No one would agree to affection of any kind with a revolting hag like herself, and so she must catch her victim unawares.
She slips out from the shadows, trying desperately to quiet her nervous panting, to still her quaking bones. She creeps up to the side of her chosen mark.
Then snatches their arm.]
D-d-don't fight me!
[Then she tries to plant a kiss on them before they shove her off. It's the only way.]
1. D) HAPPY HOPPIN NEW YEAR
[You wouldn't catch Fukawa dead in one of these bunny get ups.
So you may be minding your own business, living the dream, when suddenly there's a wet gurgle from behind you.
You turn.
There's a figure in a black cloak?!]
Guugh...
[And with tiny, deathly pale fingers, it presses an envelope towards you? Why is it's head so weirdly lumpy? Why isn't it speaking?!
why does it smell unwashedCould it be? Has your time to shed this mortal coil finally arrived?]
SYO
1B + 3) 'TIL DEATH DO US PART
[This is so humiliating.
Syo has been stumbling around these woods for ages and still cannot find this stupid-ass grove. She keeps tripping on roots and bonking into tree branches. And now she's hearing things. Are those footsteps? Be they man or beast? She's used to stalking prey the concrete jungle, foliage is much more difficult to parse.]
STOP RIGHT THERE! [She yells at the incoming threat, scissors threaded over her knuckles and a cruel snarl on her lips.] I'll gut you from nuts to nose if you take one step closer!
[Pause. And then:]
Actually step closer, I can't see where your nuts are.
[Also she's been cursed with honesty and her glasses were stolen.]
2) OKAY GET A JOB
[Whether it's you, your boss, or your dear sweet (Alternate Universe) mother, everybody owes someone. The banks have been reluctant to lend money, and those under pressure have turned to less than legal means to acquire funds.
Sadly, your time to pay is now. Wherever you are, your door is kicked in as if struck by a battering ram. The Loan Shark's muscle is here. And it's—]
SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU! [Cackles the tiny, crazed, scissor-wielding girl, twirling into your sanctuary with a hair-raising cackle.] And do you know why? Huuuuuuh? Do ya do ya do ya?
[She snips her scissors twice on the air and then juts a pair in your direction, giddy as all get out.]
It's payday, chump! With 50% interest! FORK IT UP!
4) WILDCARD
[Hit me up with whatever for either girl, I'm down to clown.]
1d
she will ignore the envelope for now - what if it's telling her that she's going to hell, maybe if she doesn't read it then it won't count - and will just try to peer into the hood of the cloak to see who's inside]
You have something to say to me?
Rin!!!!!
J-just take the stupid envelope... [The voice is small and bitter, stuttering. Feminine.] What's the matter? Don't you l-like money? You sure look like a gold digger to me.
1a hello we meet again
Yet when she lunges, and grabs his arm, instincts kick in. Sasuke immediately reacts by twisting away and retaliating with an elbow to Fukawa's stomach, intent to knock her back if she doesn't hold on.
Mismatched eyes stare down at her, confusion melting into complicated recognition.]
You're here too.
Beloved enemy of mine!!!
[And what an elbow it is. Fukawa goes down like an understuffed pillow, flat on her ass and stunned stupid.]
...What? [There's a beat.] You?!
[Oh my god and she almost PUT HER LIPS ON HIM!!!
Fukawa crab scuttles backwards, face drained to grey in mortification.]
Wh-why? Why are you here? Are you f-following me? [says the girl who literally stalked and assaulted him just now.] Did they just dump all of Stygia into this trashy alternate dimension?!
3
This is a weird, magical forest after all in a fake(?) world, so he isn't actually sure yet what's real and what's a trick.
He sets a hand on his hip, and doesn't take the suggested step closer. ]
I wouldn't have thought you'd be the type to be afraid of enchanted woods.
[ He can probably dodge of she lunges at him. ]
Do you need directions out of here?
🥺 cwaudikins!!!!!
[That voice! It seems so familiar!
Syo's scissors lower an inch. All the better to lean forward and squint with, my dear. He appears roughly babe-shaped. Dark hair for sure, golden garb.]
What's this? Have we met before? Aaaaah, don't tell me! I didn't try to stab you, did I?
[Genuinely hard to remember. She pulls back, tapping the blades to her chin.]
No, no that was the redhead. Hmmm.... Did we perchance fight a giant skeleton?
1b + 3
Far from feeling intimated by this strange scissor-wielding girl who threatens to gut him, Sevro is amused. Clad in an armored suit with a whip-like weapon wrapped around his arm, he shows no hesitation in moving forward when asked. Once closer, he makes a show of grabbing himself to demonstrate where exactly his nuts are.]
They're right here.
[He stops outside the range of her scissors, but only just. He doesn't pull his own weapon. Instead, he asks:]
Are those tiny-ass scissors all you got?
[Maybe they aren't tiny, but she's certainly lacking in the weapons department.]
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[It's a pity that she — or rather Gloomy, who she feels is responsible for all their collective shortcomings — is so damn near-sighted that she can't tell if this bastard would be worth the breath she's wasting on him. It's better now that he's closer, but the details of his face are still a hodgepodge of color and shadow. Is he hot or not?! Seriously, it's vital information, how is she supposed to operate without it?]
They're all I need, thank-you-very-much! These blades have sliced through the veins of plenty of sweet young things before. [Sheesh, that wasn't quite what she wanted to say? Her head cocks, a slight gesture of confusion, but not an invisible one. Maybe he'll kindly overlook the admission to murder. Lots of weirdos around, she can't be the only crazy killer on the loose.] And they've severed metal and glass and wires besides!
Why, what are you packing? Besides a pair of puny cherries.
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He wouldn't look confused upon saying it though. Sevro's commentary is always delivered with confidence, which he demonstrates upon replying.]
You look as threatening as a crotch rash. [His tone is still measured despite the way she talks about his sack, given that Sevro is used to all manner of commentary on his size. He's considered small alongside the friends and enemies who tower above him.] Nasty and irritating. But deadly? Nah.
[And since they're playing show and tell, Sevro pulls out one of his curved blades and holds it up. He chooses not to reveal the whip encircling his arm as an even more formidable weapon. Better to keep some tricks to himself.]
I don't give haircuts.
[He taps the tip of the blade against his throat, indicating just how much he'd chop off, if he were to do any cutting. Metal, glass, and wires are all fun and games — and sure, she could probably do a decent amount of damage to a vein — but scissors are a buttsucker's choice of weapon.]
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Oooooh what poisonous barbs! Such callous words! Someone grab the hose, I'm totally on fire! [Another round of giggles, an even broader grin than before. Even if she could keep her horrid tongue in her mouth, the expression has gone ghastly in exaggeration.] It's a pity we're only meeting now, kiddo! I'd love to see what that blade can do.
[Don't need glasses to tell what that is. There's a weird thingie hanging off his arm, rope maybe? Is he a rancher?
Whatever. This place is so fucking weird, you never know who you'll run into.]
Alas! Unless you came to take advantage of a sweet young thing all alone in the woods, I've got no time to spare for you! [She shrugs.] And besides that, I can't even tell if you're ugly.
[Uh. Okay. Shit, her mouth was really running today. Or was there something else at play?]
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What's there to take advantage of?
[Young? Sure. But sweet? No way. Definitely not with the way that smile of hers just contorted her face. But Sevro isn't in the business of sweet, anyway. Hence:]
All I see is a shitlicker who can't make out what's in front of her.
[With a hint of amusement:]
You're going to have a hard time out here.
[Not that he exhibits concern for her well-being. If she wants to rush off and get herself lost — or killed — that's on her.
But he will clarify something for her, for kicks:]
I am ugly.
[He grins as he says it, taking no issue with this admission. In his world, Sevro was surrounded by tall, beautiful, genetically perfect people. In contrast, he's a goblin, and he's always embraced that fact. Better to be a goblin than a golden pricklick with a stick up his ass.]
1A - I had to
Okay? He's amused. Really?] I heard holding hands was all it took.
I'm so glad
Would there be a third?Though now her expression goes strained.]
...What?
[They only needed to — so she'd gone and attacked him for no reason?! Like some common degenerate?
Fukawa peels off with a stunted shriek, hands waving wild and eyes blown nearly as wide as her glasses.]
I'M SORRY! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!
[And now she begins to yank at her own hair.]
I w-was lied to! I've b-been set up! I'm so sorry, don't hate me! You c-can spit on me! Or, or k-kick me, or do whatever you like! I'm sorry!
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[He jerks his chin towards the flowerbed next to them, and the lovely blue flowers are perking up. That was cute; holding hands is also cute. Yay, PDA!] I'm just glad you weren't coerced into doing it.
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...Th-they did?
[Sure enough. They've blossomed more, a little tingle flashing at the petals. Not yet a full glow but not far from it, either.]
Oh. Aheh. [Just gonna. Swallow back a hunk of air and reset her hitched shoulders. He's not mad. Fukawa would have accepted any punishment he chose to give of course, it would only be fitting, but Zagreus is a benevolent weirdo. She can't figure him out for the life of her.] Well, I st-still...I coerced you. It was a necessity though! Or, I th-thought it was. But. Um.
[Awkward. Her hands flex in his.]
You're w-way too casual about this stuff, you know. Would you accept it if I had just ripped your clothes off?
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Don't think I haven't noticed. You're c-completely disgraceful. You know that, right?
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[You know, since he is from actual Ancient Greece and the like. Which Fukawa doesn't believe anyway, but he'll continue to say it.
Though he is quite curious about something.] Is affection rare where you come from? [Were mortals really holding out in such a short lifespan?]
uuuuh cw: internalized misogyny/slut-shaming? woof
Oh. Um. [Her fingers twitch in his grip and her gaze shifts to safer sights. The threads of light spreading through the flower petals, slow-going but persevering.] It's n-not rare, it's j-just understated. Personally I think some cultures encourage b-being disingenuous. Like declaring p-people you've just met as your friends when you'll forget them the second they're gone, or punishing staff for not p-pretending to be enraptured by their customers.
And in the case of love, it's — things are expressed differently, not just from country to c-country, but family to family. In Japan, it's mostly k-kept private. Nobody slobbers all over each other in the middle of the street like they do other places. If you r-really care about someone, you have to take the time to know them before you say you love them, or want to be their friend. [Which is why Komaru — or, incredibly, people like Sakura, or Lottie, or even Claude — are the only ones she gives two real shits about. They stuck around. They didn't run at the first sign of discord, they put up with how repulsive she was, how she always said the wrong thing, and when she needed them? They showed up. The thought puts a smile on her face, small and secretive.
Which is then wiped away when she makes her next point.]
And if y-you're only looking for someone to sleep with, then...then you can just pay someone instead of tricking people with f-false flattery! There's all kinds of desperate sluts who'll do it! D-don't go leading on innocent maidens with the same old bullshit every man does! [She huffs, scowl firmly settled back in place.] There's nothing m-more cruel in this world than toying with a woman's heart.