[8.28] Appeal to the masses
Reina has a point though. This camp isn’t really about being nice to each other.
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8.28 Transcript
Reina: This is great, but… what’s with this slogan? It’s all a bit too friendly, isn’t it?
Kiro: Frankly, Reina, you have a public image issue. You need to appeal to the masses.
Reina: I wanted it to be ‘Starve with Him, Feast with Me’.
Kiro: Save that for the debate and tone it down… Is there a copier?
Reina: It’s Down Below…
[Kiro: There’s a copier, but no food.]
That’s it, Kiro. Guide that young woman on her path to a better way!
And better watch out with that copier… a lot of them are connected devices these days, that could invalidate the “no internet” policy and make you have to stay longer! I don’t doubt that someone there (cough, Mom, cough) would be crazy and see it that way.
i reckon it will count as going on the internet, as everything is restricted down below. anyway, it probably wont matter as kiro needs to survive a year without killing anyone here. (i think thats the rule?)
I’m starting to worry that they’re going to actually lose the election and the camp will fall into chaos
In the camp’s (very thin) defense, a copier doesn’t need to be replaced every time you use one. Food, on the other hand, is a single-use item (barring exceptions not worth contemplating).
The real question is whether the copy machine even has ink. That stuff’s a pain to replace.
The contrast between the smiley Reina on the poster and her usual stare of death in panel 5 is priceless.