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I’m just thinking, like, with Jade and Azul being the top two..

Imagine both your housewarden and Vice Housewarden constantly say “Oh my..” every other goddamn sentence but not even in surprise but just to be an asshole.

You cannot tell me that the Octavinelle students and (after the events of book 3) Ace, Deuce and Yuu don’t have an inside joke about that somehow.

Azul is the only person in Octavinelle not aware of it, mostly because Jade finds it funny to watch people freak out when he shows up behind them mid-referencing it, so he actively gaslights Azul into thinking its just mass dorm habit.

But seriously if someone said “Oh my” in the tone its implied Jade uses for that every third sentence I would actually tweak.

おや (oya) is an interjection that can mean things like “well!” or “oh my!” in English, to express slight surprise, and some characters in Twst repeat it often as a verbal tic.

Jade repeats it at least 96 times throughout the main story/vignettes/events.

Other characters who will often say "oya" are:

・Azul (83 times)

・Rook (73 times)

・Malleus (19 times)

・Fellow (18 times)

・Riddle (16 times)

・Lilia (15 times)

・Crowley (12 times)

・Idia, Rollo, Marja (4 times)

・Trein and Leona (2 times)

・Jamil and Ortho (once each, though Leona, Jamil and Ortho are speaking in a mocking way when they do so)

・It is also occasionally repeated by ghosts, Sam, and unnamed characters.

A compiled list of the variations of “you” used by the main cast!

Much like pronouns and honorifics, another way that language is being personalized within Twst is how each character chooses to say “you,” and to whom!

Including screenshots from the game for reference, with explanations to follow soon!

Riddle: キミ (kimi) / あなた (anata) / お前 (omae) (貴様 (kisama) during overblot)

Trey: 君 (kimi) / お前 (omae)

Cater: 君 (kimi) / お前 (omae)

Ace: てめ～ (teme) / おめ (ome) / お前 (omae) / アンタ (anta) (貴様 (kisama) during ghost possession)

Deuce: テメェ / てめー (teme) / 君 (kimi) / あなた (anata) / アンタ (anta) / お前 (omae)

Leona: テメェ / てめー (teme) / アンタ (anta) / お前 (omae)

Ruggie: 君 (kimi) / アンタ (anta)

Jack: てめー (teme) / あなた (anata) / アンタ (anta) / お前 (omae) (チミ (chimi) during ghost possession)

Azul: 君 (kimi) / あなた (anata) / お前 (omae)

Jade: 貴方 / あなた (anata)

Floyd: テメー (teme) / アンタ (anta) / お前 / オマエ (omae)

Kalim: お前 (omae) (貴様 (kisama) during ghost possession)

Jamil: 君 (kimi) / 貴方 / あなた (anata) / あんた (anta) / お前 (omae) / 貴様 (kisama)

Vil: アンタ (anta) (お前 (omae) during overblot)

Rook: キミ (kimi) / あなた (anata) / 貴殿 (kiden)

Epel: てめー (teme) / 君 (kimi) / キミ (kimi) / あなた (anata) / あんた (anta) / お前 (omae) / おめ (ome)

Idia: 君 (kimi) / お前 (omae) (テメェ (teme) during ghost possession)

Ortho: 君 (kimi) / あなた (anata)

Malleus: お前 (omae) (貴様 (kisama) during overblot)

Lilia: お主 (onushi) / お前 (omae)

General Lilia: テメー (teme) / あなた (anata) / あんた (anta) / お前 (omae)

Silver: あなた (anata) / お前 (omae)

Sebek: あなた (anata) / お前 (omae) / 貴様 (kisama) / 貴殿 (kiden)