Hm? I know my face is cute, but I'm not that small!
[He's a little taller than Bakugo. Not that he points that out, since he doesn't have a death wish! Though the "cute face" comment might just provoke more outrage, anyway.
Then again, maybe he knows a cute face when he sees one. Or maybe he doesn't like cute faces. Maybe he prefers handsome faces. Or pretty girls. Or muscle men. Or muscle women. Or part-humans. He'll need to like something if he wants to avoid turning to stone, to say nothing of increasing his rank. Or at least pretend to like something, but it's sad to think of him taking such a jaded approach...
Obviously the answer is not to think of him playing Game 52 at all, though, so Hiyori's just going to do that! He won't warn about how "ranking up" works, since the "game rules" on Bakugo's watch will explain that anyway. But he does warn him,]
Be careful not to jinx yourself. I do agree that a hero shouldn't be stuffed in some leaky basement room, but one of the worst things about this place is you never know when they might be eavesdropping.
[Is there a chance they'll give the guy a high rank just so he's less likely to blow stuff up and cause problems for the staff? Possibly, yes! Is there also a chance they'll give him a low rank just to troll him now that he's said that? Also yes. The House is awful. But as for that question...]
That's sort of hard to explain without getting into that "52" business, but I guess the answer is "nothing, at least so far."
[He taps on his chin.]
I've made no effort to change my rank, and the same holds true for at least one other person I know. I'd rather not jinx myself, but so far there haven't been any consequences. In theory, they should want to have at least one person assigned to each "playing card," so if everyone ranked up to a King or a Queen, that might not be the most favorable outcome anyway. They'd have to give everyone huge suites, the higher ranks wouldn't have anyone to look down on, and those long-term guests would grow bored of worshipping the "royalty cards," since the distinction wouldn't mean anything. It's sort of like how wealth functions in the real world—if everyone suddenly came into a ton of money, then we'd lose all concept of "rich people" and "poor people."
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[He's a little taller than Bakugo. Not that he points that out, since he doesn't have a death wish! Though the "cute face" comment might just provoke more outrage, anyway.
Then again, maybe he knows a cute face when he sees one. Or maybe he doesn't like cute faces. Maybe he prefers handsome faces. Or pretty girls. Or muscle men. Or muscle women. Or part-humans. He'll need to like something if he wants to avoid turning to stone, to say nothing of increasing his rank. Or at least pretend to like something, but it's sad to think of him taking such a jaded approach...
Obviously the answer is not to think of him playing Game 52 at all, though, so Hiyori's just going to do that! He won't warn about how "ranking up" works, since the "game rules" on Bakugo's watch will explain that anyway. But he does warn him,]
Be careful not to jinx yourself. I do agree that a hero shouldn't be stuffed in some leaky basement room, but one of the worst things about this place is you never know when they might be eavesdropping.
[Is there a chance they'll give the guy a high rank just so he's less likely to blow stuff up and cause problems for the staff? Possibly, yes! Is there also a chance they'll give him a low rank just to troll him now that he's said that? Also yes. The House is awful. But as for that question...]
That's sort of hard to explain without getting into that "52" business, but I guess the answer is "nothing, at least so far."
[He taps on his chin.]
I've made no effort to change my rank, and the same holds true for at least one other person I know. I'd rather not jinx myself, but so far there haven't been any consequences. In theory, they should want to have at least one person assigned to each "playing card," so if everyone ranked up to a King or a Queen, that might not be the most favorable outcome anyway. They'd have to give everyone huge suites, the higher ranks wouldn't have anyone to look down on, and those long-term guests would grow bored of worshipping the "royalty cards," since the distinction wouldn't mean anything. It's sort of like how wealth functions in the real world—if everyone suddenly came into a ton of money, then we'd lose all concept of "rich people" and "poor people."