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[whentheymeme]

IC UNPOPULAR OPINIONS tell everybody something controversial yet brave. because you're right and you shouldn't be afraid to say it. how to play - put your character's unpopular opinion in the subject line. - let loose the hounds of hell.

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[beautifulshot]

[She doesn't return the smile, still watching him.]

... Hm. It sure ain't all puppies and rainbows like how it's presented to the public.

[cruciatusetbeata]

[At that, a small, soft sigh left him.]

No, not at all. The 'villain' is seldom ever clean cut, either.

[beautifulshot]

Now that ain't something you hear from the front-facing heroes.

[But she's not disagreeing with him.]

I got a feeling but gonna ask anyway. You one of em?

[cruciatusetbeata]

Front-facing... I guess that's one way to put it.

[Painfully so, actually, when he thinks about the dear friend he's been forced to leave behind.]

Yes, my name is Nice. Pleasure to meet you, miss...?

[beautifulshot]

Nagant.

[Clearly he has his own deal going on but... it has her cautiously curious. There are few on the side of heroes that'd voice that kinda opinion out loud.]

You up for sharing what ended up being the final straw for you? To start thinking like that.

[cruciatusetbeata]

Miss Nagant.

[Nice would offer her a polite nod, before his smile would strain once again ever so slightly.]

I don't mind. To be honest, it... might be nice to talk to someone who isn't my manager for once.

[Seeing as his manager didn't listen to his sentiments, nor did the entire company.]

--I have a best friend, we promised to be heroes together.

[beautifulshot]

Just Nagant's fine.

[She crosses her arms over her chest. So far it sounds like a common start.]

Go on.

[cruciatusetbeata]

Nagant, then. I'll try to remember that.

[The smile he wears is heavy when he thinks on the past, and his memories even heavier; But Nice will do his best to talk. It's been so long since he's had the chance, and he certainly couldn't unload to Moon either; The poor girl hated him for good reason, and he didn't have the heart to blame her. The fans would never allow him to.]

We managed to raise our Trust Values high enough, but.... Rather than both of us becoming heroes, it was only me. He... Wreck, he was designated a villain I would fight with to raise my own Trust Value. At first, we didn't mind it, and we thought we were doing good... but...

[His smile strains again as he grips a little at his arm.]

... After a while, I stopped being able to meet up with Wreck, and our company stopped calling on him for us to have our 'weekly' fights. I haven't been able to message him either, they're.... worried, that associating with him will lower my Trust Value.

[beautifulshot]

[She listens but her brows draw in a bit when he's talking about Trust Values and someone being designated a villain. From her perspective, it still sounds like some sort of popularity contest for heroes which... is something she's personally familiar with. And also familiar with the other side of things.

But hearing about his... handlers? She's not liking the sound of it. It sounds like the beginnings of a bad system, one bad enough for him to drop the opinion that he did earlier.]

Does Trust Value got something to do with your hero ranking or something? And does the company got a hand in what numbers you get?