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[Ah, when was the last time he posted to this thing- it feels like ages, though it's only been a month or so, how interesting, time does fly here despite being dreadfully idle during a majority of it. And if he recalls, he wasn't even playing 'himself' really in his last message here, more just to pass the time. Of course this new post he plans will be nothing but nonsense--

or seem it anyway.]

[You can tell a lot about someone by what they have to say after all, especially during games.]

[The video shows what appear to be legs and feet. The camera stares down the legs of his white harem pants and shows his feet, crossed at the ankles up on some chair beside him, in atlantic blue high heels. Hisoka seems to be at some cafe, there's a rather pink looking tea cup at his side on a table.]

Let's play a game, shall we? I'm sure many of us looking at the network for now have nothing better to do. Have you ever played 'Would You Rather?' It relies on creativity and a degree of forethought. [And can be a lot more indepth and profound than one might think. Or so he hopes it will be.]

You create two situations and ask which someone would prefer. Shall I start? Perhaps something simple to get our feet wet.

[His legs uncross, and cross in the opposite way, a hand with bright, long, clawed nails appears and picks up the cup for a moment before setting it back down.]

Would you rather- to lose a hand forever or a foot forever?

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I'd have to say, there's many things that look plenty silly now that still manage to be popular. [A smirk, tilting his head. And from Kanaya's standards, he definitely seemed to like looking a bit silly himself.]

[And then there's a pause and she gets a laugh out of him.]

Can you be an expert on eating chips?

[ While what she can see is certainly silly looking, that's mostly legs and hands, probably not even the silliest parts. But that's perhaps to his benefit, she'd be distinctly more wary if she could see how much he looks like a clown. ]

That you even ask is what proves how useless it is! I suppose perhaps you could eat many at once, or through a fall? But trying to apply it to other areas wouldn't work, because this is a hypothetical situation where it has to be useless.

[For the record he doesn't dress up QUITE as clowny now. It's a little hard to find clothing he particularly likes without getting it custom made. So he opts for styles he just inherently likes- lots of colour, heels, lipstick and eyeshadow. That sort. he really does miss his card suits though... Though often does he get a little sick of them working in a casino.]

I have to say, seeing someone eat twenty chips at a time without dropping a single piece would be rather impressive though. [A laugh.]

[ Fortune smiles for him, she wouldn't immediately hate him on sight. ]

Perhaps, but it would still be little more than a parlor trick. You could use it at parties as a splendid icebreaker, but trying to adapt the performance for a wider audience would be terribly difficult! Perhaps even impossible, even I'm not cynical enough to believe such a demographic would be sizable.

[Oh well that's good. A possible friend instead of an immediate enemy.]

There are television shows dedicated to a lot of things in this world. Food included. Would your ability to eat chips extend to anything else? I'd imagine it'd have to.

[ Hey, he's running with her total bullshit, so that's to his credit. ]

I should think eating chips would be very different from, say, a hot dog. Much less many hot dogs. But because the parameters of the example only specified chips, for the sake of this challenge, I should expect it to begin and end there.

Looking for use in a stated uselessness is akin to considering the possibility of replacement for the hypothetically irreplaceable missing limb. In reality, it is by all means an option, but for this thought experiment it's cheating.

[Total bullshit can be fun.]

Cheating, oh... well I don't want to be a cheater... mmmm...

Still such a hard choice. Perhaps I'll still go with that choice though, something I'm naturally good at. As useless as it may be.

Ah- but now I'm rather hungry.

Ah, well. Being very good at hunger wouldn't be a very useful talent. I'm not even sure how it could be quantified. Is it in intensity, or perhaps a precise response speed when it is fed?

[ But she digresses. ]

Either way, your answer does raise an interesting question. Do you value mastery, then, over applicability?

[ Not that the original question said a word about applicability, she said "skills that are important to you". Perhaps that is itself telling of her own priorities. ]

Intensity- I could understand it, perhaps- though gluttony isn't exactly a skill so much as a vice.

[A light laugh, pulling in a tight breath. Also, the hunger he is talking about is a bit different anyway.]

I do value mastery, yes. When someone is truly impeccable at something it's hard to look away. Though I'll be honest and say I'm glad I don't have to really make that choice. I'd rather be good at what I already am.

Personally, I think mastery is overrated, and possibly unattainable. You could be the best that has ever existed in a certain skill, and still there would be a place to improve.

If I could be perfect in something meaningless, or proficient in things that can help others, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter.

Well I'd the implication is you won't be good at anything else with option one then I suppose I'll switch my choice too. The stakes are a bit high on the other. Unless in either you are only good at one thing either way.

Well, by the parameters of the dichotomy, if you master one useless skill, then you can no longer be proficient in any useful skill. Otherwise, the first would only be a bonus the second lacks.

Such a steep choice then. You've offered quite the situation for me. I suppose it's only fair for me to think up a good one for you.

I'll give you a minute to consider it, if you think you'll need it.

Would you rather a fated happy ending for yourself in life, or to live eternally never sure of what could happen?

[ Her expression falls flat, both eyebrows raising. ]

Well. You aren't pulling any punches with that one, are you?

Normally, I try not to pull punches. At least when I have a worthy enough opponent. I might consider you that, you've been so entertaining already.

Mm. Suppose I've made myself quite formidable then.

[ She goes quiet a moment, thinking her way through it. Either one would be an improvement on her current fate. ]

The problem with an assured happy ending, I don't know that I could ever trust it. And then you'd have the question of whether it's my ending here, or at home. One I could never be sure how long it would last, the other I'd never know how long I'd be held from it. My life as an imPort would either be an anxious counting of days until it ended, or eventually I'd lose sight of the happiness waiting for me.

[ She knows all of this very well, she's been through it before, and even the glimmers of hope she was given ended up snuffed out after a time. All just to learn she was right to doubt them to begin with. ]

I think I'd rather not know. To never know until whatever comes will. Be it good or bad, it's better to let it be a surprise.

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