Also if we step out of that for a second, I was confused that some people in the comments were mad at the DM/narrator of this story. The question of whether he’s the one being an obtuse meanie is really down to what the groups’ dynamics are;
do they know each other well enough to completely goof off his premise and instead have a meme campaign? Then DM is wrong.
are they meeting for the first or second time? Then they’re disregarding the work DM did to plan a campaign, and are in the wrong.
I really like your interpretation
Also if we step out of that for a second, I was confused that some people in the comments were mad at the DM/narrator of this story. The question of whether he’s the one being an obtuse meanie is really down to what the groups’ dynamics are;