Dramatic as always, I see. But uh. You know we're not the ones freezing people? You freeze at the start and unfreeze when someone wins. I have no control over that, but...there might be another way to spin it. Got any items left between you and Magnus?
Uh, hm. Let’s see. I still got my copy for the week too, by the way. I got the plushie, it can leave a mark, color or smell on something. And Magnus has his animal summon. I got the ritual knife that can cut something, then it closes again.
Pretty sure it can be whatever you want it to be. It won't last forever, but it'll last until Monday which should be enough time to get a message across. So here's my plan. Hide it somewhere on your body like under your hat or something and activate it when I say "remember your end of the deal." It'll look like a curse mark or...
...well that's going to make it look like people can make deals with me and that lie'll fall apart pretty fast. But you get the idea. Something definite with a lingering mark.
Just that I’m being punished for something. It doesn’t have to be serious, I suppose. That could work, though. I just think one of you guys acting in on it could really sell it.
Given Giyuu lost an arm, that's true. Here's my thing. How do we do it without leading people to believe you're on my team and that's why I, specifically, am punishing you?
If you show up with it tomorrow morning and play up the idea that it's painful a bit, maybe...you're a decent actor. You could pull it off and just make sure people see it. You know how these games are, dude. People talk. Does anyone know about the tattoo besides the others from the ship and Magnus?
About what it means? No. But that shouldn’t matter. I’m sure the rumor will spread like wildfire once they’re all scared I’m gonna turn into a fucking demon.
Exactly. Like a punishment and a threat to your own happy ending.
Sounds like a good plan to me. Just do me a favor and tell Magnus before tomorrow? I already told him you wouldn't be punished and I don't want to have him freak out.
He’s totally wrong, but the answer isn’t any better. I’m the one responsible for Giyuu’s death.
I just . . . I don’t know. He’s all blinded with this rage for his dead friends, and I guess I would be too, but I’m not going around enacting revenge murders and making it all harder on everyone else. At least we don’t have a choice.
Killing their friends? How’s that? Everyone keeps saying that this game is taking too long, that we need to hurry things along, but isn’t time in our favor? Time to figure things out?
Yes and no. By continuing to do this, it guarantees we'll at least have another week. No deaths, no more time. To do something like this and...needing to handle things the way they've been handled, it might expedite whatever the hell's supposed to happen next.
Besides. This was the most motivated I've seen people so far without getting distracted.
Mm. True, I guess, but I didn’t like any of the answers I saw.
Think I’ve got a good handle on who everyone else’s “special campers” are at this point. Beau definitely killed Minako — the whole ‘ow my back’ act was pretty good, and I covered for her, but she didn’t pay me back the same, huh?
I picked you for my team because you're incredibly smart when you apply yourself, dude. It's likely that you've made yourself SO unassuming people don't know what's going on.
But let's say you know then. What're you going to do about it?
Well, we should probably have a meeting right? See if our goals align at all. It would certainly make coordinating on Thursdays easier.
The others I think are Wei Ying - he helped cover for Beau real hard before that trial, Magnus, obviously, and . . . Flayn. Tiny footprints. Magnus can’t resist a child promise.
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Uh, hm. Let’s see. I still got my copy for the week too, by the way. I got the plushie, it can leave a mark, color or smell on something. And Magnus has his animal summon. I got the ritual knife that can cut something, then it closes again.
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...well that's going to make it look like people can make deals with me and that lie'll fall apart pretty fast. But you get the idea. Something definite with a lingering mark.
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The one with the tattoo.]
I could darken this. Make it seem like a threat.
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Or I guess I could just show up with it tomorrow morning. I dunno. Maybe it doesn’t have to be so public, necessarily.
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If you show up with it tomorrow morning and play up the idea that it's painful a bit, maybe...you're a decent actor. You could pull it off and just make sure people see it. You know how these games are, dude. People talk. Does anyone know about the tattoo besides the others from the ship and Magnus?
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Sounds like a good plan to me. Just do me a favor and tell Magnus before tomorrow? I already told him you wouldn't be punished and I don't want to have him freak out.
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. . . Yasusada was blaming Magnus for Giyuu’s death too. And I couldn’t even tell him to shut the fuck up.
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I just . . . I don’t know. He’s all blinded with this rage for his dead friends, and I guess I would be too, but I’m not going around enacting revenge murders and making it all harder on everyone else. At least we don’t have a choice.
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Besides. This was the most motivated I've seen people so far without getting distracted.
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Think I’ve got a good handle on who everyone else’s “special campers” are at this point. Beau definitely killed Minako — the whole ‘ow my back’ act was pretty good, and I covered for her, but she didn’t pay me back the same, huh?
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But let's say you know then. What're you going to do about it?
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The others I think are Wei Ying - he helped cover for Beau real hard before that trial, Magnus, obviously, and . . . Flayn. Tiny footprints. Magnus can’t resist a child promise.
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