Audience: Ookurikara

[gatonina]

Comments

[unfriendliest]

Yes, but how? The only way I've heard of to do that is through some item, but that would only help one person.

[gatonina]

Broaden your scopes. If you start thinking a bit outside of the realm of possibilities, you might come up with an answer.

[unfriendliest]

[ purple has too much faith. kara is a sword, and he is stupid. he has no idea what this means. ]

...So, whaat, you want us to make something? New scrunchies for the new team, or something?

[gatonina]

No, do not focus on the word make. Those scrunchies wouldn't count anyway. Just...start asking around, see what ideas other people have about it. It needs to spread.

[unfriendliest]

The only theory I've heard so far is getting you three onto one team. But somehow I get the feeling that you can't get that involved.

[gatonina]

Is that like a gut feeling or is that just because you still think we're incompetent? Just wondering. [but, strangely, if kara takes a look at the bunny ears on his scrunchie he'll notice that the sequins begin to shimmer, turning from the standard pink to a golden color.

ooc: Kara is the only one who will see this golden color now! however, if he tries to show anyone else please let us know and we'll discuss :) ]

[unfriendliest]

It can be both. So am I right, or can you do something after all?

[ also i'm saying that kara is wearing the scrunchie on his wrist for once specifically so he can see this and i don't need to bother you again. he frowns and glances back at purple, holding his wrist up a bit. ]

Was that you?

[gatonina]

That depends. It's possible that we can, but I don't know if it's entirely up to us. [...there's a pause as they, too, look at kara's scrunchie.]

That absolutely was not me, no. But...very interesting. [ominous.]

[unfriendliest]

It would be up to us, right?

[ . . . ]

What does it mean? Do you know?

[gatonina]

I haven't figured it out yet but...I do believe that it's a good thing. A step in the right direction.

[unfriendliest]

...How are we supposed to work with clues like this, exactly?

[gatonina]

Perhaps start asking around? I know you're not great at teamwork, but...I think you're capable of finding information if you're open to looking for it.

[unfriendliest]

I have been talking to people. No one's said anything about a gold color.

[gatonina]

It may not be well known. You can't just quit after a day, you know.

[unfriendliest]

It's been five weeks. Do you think I've been doing nothing this whole time?

[gatonina]

No, but I think you may think that of us.

It's like I said to Lili early on. Sometimes you have to wait for the timing to be right, before you can look back on information you had earlier and put the pieces together. You know things now you didn't know five weeks ago. Or even last week.

[unfriendliest]

You mean like the roles Shinobu and Sanji apparently had?

...What exactly were they, anyway? Can you say?

[gatonina]

It's against our rules to talk about that kind of stuff, which I've heard is unusual for most of you. But no. It's more broad than that. Something less...structured, I guess? But it's information that's slowly starting to spread. You have information and tools available to all of you. You just need to find a way to apply them together.

[unfriendliest]

But spreading that information publicly - that's still something that would get someone hurt?

[gatonina]

Right. Be careful with what you say still, but...keep an open mind, too. If people ask you questions that seem out of the ordinary, I advise you to listen to what they have to say.

[unfriendliest]

What is that supposed to mean? What kinds of questions?

[gatonina]

About things they've observed, or about how things may work. Innocuous things. Sometimes you can stumble upon an idea you never thought about just by spitballing a bit.

[unfriendliest]

[ kara stares at them for a moment, frowning. ]

...Do you have a name, besides "Purple Heart?"

[gatonina]

...yes. [there's an awkward pause.] Does it change anything if that's true?

[unfriendliest]

[ he ignores the question. ]

What is it?