Gallows humor...literally...ah! That was a...play on words, a double meaning, yes? I believe I understand now. Is it not fascinating how language has evolved?
[He lets out a chuckle. Wordplay is amusing to him, no matter how lame the puns might be. And as if to try it out a little...]
..."I" should be another common enough vowel. Not I, myself...
[is he doing it right?
...That was...terrible...and missed the point (probably). He...still doesn't quite grasp the nuances, unfortunately, but in time, he'll be like...Ikutsuki??? Polaris save us all. Thankfully, he put enough emphasis on the vowel there that it registers(??? somehow).
It is, but...that was just terrible. [Or is it? Saiduq's pun is giving Minato bad memories of Ikutsuki's cringe-worthy puns, and while he can normally shrug it off it does take him a while to stop staring blankly at his partner and look up again.]
Doesn't look like there are any vowels left-
[Which means that it falls on him to choose the first consonant. What's a good choice?
Terrible...I see. I will work on understanding more of human wordplay. That attempt did not sound right, even to me...
[one day he'll learn how to badly speak jive. but today is not that day. But since they're seemingly out of vowels for the time being, common consonants will have to do.]
Hm...then I shall choose "T". I think we have been making suitable progress.
[He thinks, wracking his brain (more like systematically going through a list of vocabulary in his head), and he thinks he's got an idea, but...better safe than sorry.]
I may have one, but I will need to confirm something first.
[To the tree:]
The letter "N", if you will.
[P R E _ E _ T I N A T I _ N
He looks at Minato, waiting to see if he'll get it too. Saiduq likes leading people to the answers far more than giving them away outright.]
[It doesn't take Minato long to make the correct conclusion, as it's something he's only all too familiar with...his life guided by the currents of fate yet also shaped by the choices he made within those confines.
How ironic that this is the word he should get, when he's proven beyond a doubt that nothing's predestined if one tries hard enough. His voice is determined and decisive when he finally says the answer.]
...that's really twisted. [That's their prize for winning? How lame! But whatever else he feels about seeing 'Aigis' being unceremoniously dropped he'll just look around for the exit next.]
Let's look for the exit. I've had enough for one day.
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"E". Gallows humor is kind of hard to explain, but I meant that literally. [As in a pun.]
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Gallows humor...literally...ah! That was a...play on words, a double meaning, yes? I believe I understand now. Is it not fascinating how language has evolved?
[He lets out a chuckle. Wordplay is amusing to him, no matter how lame the puns might be. And as if to try it out a little...]
..."I" should be another common enough vowel. Not I, myself...
[is he doing it right?
...That was...terrible...and missed the point (probably). He...still doesn't quite grasp the nuances, unfortunately, but in time, he'll be like...Ikutsuki??? Polaris save us all. Thankfully, he put enough emphasis on the vowel there that it registers(??? somehow).
_ _ E _ E _ _ I _ A _ I _ _]
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Doesn't look like there are any vowels left-
[Which means that it falls on him to choose the first consonant. What's a good choice?
> D
> P
> Z]
I'll go with a 'P'. [P_E_E__I_A_I__]
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[
one day he'll learn how to badly speak jive. but today is not that day.But since they're seemingly out of vowels for the time being, common consonants will have to do.]Hm...then I shall choose "T". I think we have been making suitable progress.
[P _ E _ E _ T I _ A T I _ _]
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I'll go with 'R' for now. We're getting close to the ending...any idea what word is this supposed to be?
[PRE_E_TI_ATI__]
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I may have one, but I will need to confirm something first.
[To the tree:]
The letter "N", if you will.
[P R E _ E _ T I N A T I _ N
He looks at Minato, waiting to see if he'll get it too. Saiduq likes leading people to the answers far more than giving them away outright.]
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How ironic that this is the word he should get, when he's proven beyond a doubt that nothing's predestined if one tries hard enough. His voice is determined and decisive when he finally says the answer.]
I got it. It's 'predestination'. [PREDESTINATION]
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That is corr...
[...and then that smile fades into a small frown as Yamato/Aigis/that straw doll drops down into the hole that just appeared, never to be seen again.]
...ect.
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Let's look for the exit. I've had enough for one day.