probably gonna spot her running away from the whole scene like someone lit her feet on fire. after a moment, considering whether or not she's gonna be in a defensive sort of mood or whether company'd be something she'd be fine with right now, ash just turns to follow the path she took.
and to be fair to her, it does take a moment to spot her, curled up and curled in on herself.
ash doesn't say anything, he just leans his back against the cabin and folds his arms, letting her-- panic? get a hold of herself? cry? whatever it is she's needing to do at the moment, he doesn't interrupt. ]
even though lili just looks a bit ashamed, as though she's been caught doing something unsightly - for what, being overwhelmed and feeling sick after witnessing what those consequences of theirs finally are? she turns her face away as she tries to breath in more evenly, and school her expression into something more
[but at least it's a bit weaker than usual, and she'll just settle back to resting against the cabin - before evaluating.
and then she's going to go on ash's side, so that anyone walking by will see him first instead of her. she's not hiding. (she is hiding.)]
.... if those are the consequences we're meant to be afraid of -
I wonder if I could endure it, after all. [she was so sure she'd be able to, as long as it didn't involve other people but - seeing it... it something else.]
It's all well and good to be determined to get shit done, hang the consequences. But someone out there'll literally do that -- hang you with the consequences, just because they can. [ like, y'know. fuckin pinkie over there. ]
You don't have to justify not wanting to literally lose your body parts. I doubt anyone wants that.
[ he might as well be blunt as hell about it. ] And back at the mansion, we had to fight the eldritch nightmare at the end. If we end up in a situation like that again, it's gonna be a shitshow if we've all been selflessly throwing our limbs in a meat grinder just to fuck things up.
So what then? We just continue to have to play these broken games, operating in what ifs? Never knowing for certain if we're going to sacrifice an innocent person for yet another week in a row?
How can we get information if the people here will be penalized for giving?
I don't - but how am I meant to make progress, Ash?!
[and she snaps - but it's not like she's angry at him. not exactly.]
We've failed twice, and even if we got even a bit closer this time - we still managed nothing. We narrowed it down to one team and then - what? None of us could even give a proper accusation!
[she still looks ill - but her fingers curl into fists anyway.]
We can start with doing better. [ i mean. he’s not wrong. ] And we’re still looking for members of one team, right? So stick to that. If we have a decent pool of people to suspect across the board, we can narrow it down.
... ‘sides, we found someone from it anyway, didn’t we? I still don’t think outing shit’s worth it, but they’ve done it now so we might as well use it. If they’re still so willing to share information, then we can work with that.
But regardless of whether you think any of that sounds useful or not, I’ll be blunt and say I don’t think throwing yourself on a pyre would be any more useful.
.... I'm not planning on doing anything rash, I already know I'm behind - [her hand comes up to rest on her shoulder, healing but still...] - but if it came down to a situation where revealing information might give us a lead...
[would she do it? should she do it? it's hard for her to decide.
but she still frowns.]
.... someone came to me yesterday, to also tell me they're from Black Shadows. For the past two weeks, they received different items from the one Giyuu described. So it's...
It's a start, but next week I just want to know if it'll be enough. I'm tired of just having starts.
[ man he wants to ask who but that’s not how they run things around here, so instead he just looks thoughtful. ]
Makes sense. It’s the same with the consolation prizes for losing — they’re not all the same even then, so why would they be for the winners?
[ ... ]
It’s fine to not be comfortable with outing something and facing consequences, y’know. Losing a limb changes everything, and adjusting to that in the middle of a death game ain’t easy. [ s’why he gets so annoyed at akira, especially after he’s pulled this twice in a row. ] Anyone bitching about people not being willing to mutilate themselves for the greater good would be a grade A idiot.
Right, but I want to know the extent of the variety. The first week, it seemed like there were only two variations of consolation prizes going out. The second week had more types available. And if someone starts to claim that they got a second item when Black Shadows normally doesn't get duplicates, will that lead us to our killer?
[so if someone else suggested that they have a smoke bomb but smoke bombs are only given out once each week - that's her theory anyway.
but she'll frown a little bit when he says that.]
... I know that. And I wouldn't condemn anyone else for being quiet, knowing the pain that could come.
It's just that, for me... I don't want to let fear keep me from doing what I think is important anymore. If it could save a life, would I be alright with losing a part of me?
[her fingers curl into the fabric of her dress over her shoulder.]
There’s not a lot happening right now, other than staring at the sky and wondering if it’s possible to fuck up any more. Pretty sure our injured campmate has got enough people tending to his injuries as well.
[ they’re just gonna have to ... what.... try harder next week? they’d said that this time around hadn’t they? ]
The most populated group in camp now has three weeks of murderous instruments.
[that's
such a fucking awful place to be]
... someone from Black Shadows did find me after trial though - and I think that their team gets a variety of different tools. They're not uniform like the consolation prizes were.
Doesn’t that make an already crap situation worse? We can’t predict their actions and if someone does act at night, then we don’t really have a way of knowing if items were used and what might be missing?
...
The fact no one in Shadows’ group has been targeted kinda reeks of them being the killers so far, but ... they can’t know their whole team, can they? [ and there was all that stuff with the memorial hall and the struck through purple heart... ]
.... I don't think so. I don't know how often people are disclosing their teams to others. I think that I do it fairly often, and some people are willing to share with me without expecting anything in return, and I still only know under half of Purple and Winter each.
[which is
still not nearly fucking enough to encompass an entire team?]
Unless there’s someone out there who has the power to tell a person’s team, but wouldn’t that be like winning the jackpot. If it exists.
[ he sighs. ]
So, somehow Shadows’ team is managing to run around and specifically target the Purple team three weeks in a row - or two, I guess. I know that first kid didn’t mean to kill anyone.
Do we call that really wild coincidence, or do we start to think there’s something else going down here?
Blondy and her friend knew. I know we're trying to do the whole... have a couple of people arund to verify the powers and save people the trouble of thinking about it, but...
[ he shrugs. ]
You can put them down the list of suspects, but it does mean they were one of the few people who knew his team. Although, if you ask me, it sounds like it was more of an opportunistic case given he was awake.
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probably gonna spot her running away from the whole scene like someone lit her feet on fire. after a moment, considering whether or not she's gonna be in a defensive sort of mood or whether company'd be something she'd be fine with right now, ash just turns to follow the path she took.
and to be fair to her, it does take a moment to spot her, curled up and curled in on herself.
ash doesn't say anything, he just leans his back against the cabin and folds his arms, letting her-- panic? get a hold of herself? cry? whatever it is she's needing to do at the moment, he doesn't interrupt. ]
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even though lili just looks a bit ashamed, as though she's been caught doing something unsightly - for what, being overwhelmed and feeling sick after witnessing what those consequences of theirs finally are? she turns her face away as she tries to breath in more evenly, and school her expression into something more
neutral.]
... I'm fine.
[she is not]
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Yeah, don't kid a kidder, Princess.
You can take your time. This weekend was an absolute shitshow.
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[but at least it's a bit weaker than usual, and she'll just settle back to resting against the cabin - before evaluating.
and then she's going to go on ash's side, so that anyone walking by will see him first instead of her. she's not hiding. (she is hiding.)]
.... if those are the consequences we're meant to be afraid of -
I wonder if I could endure it, after all. [she was so sure she'd be able to, as long as it didn't involve other people but - seeing it... it something else.]
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...
It's all well and good to be determined to get shit done, hang the consequences. But someone out there'll literally do that -- hang you with the consequences, just because they can. [ like, y'know. fuckin pinkie over there. ]
You don't have to justify not wanting to literally lose your body parts. I doubt anyone wants that.
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[ . . . ]
If we're all to be healed at the end, once we win against this game -
Isn't it the right sacrifice, if it means to save an innocent life?
[even if they didn't do it right this time - even with giyuu's contribution.]
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[ he might as well be blunt as hell about it. ] And back at the mansion, we had to fight the eldritch nightmare at the end. If we end up in a situation like that again, it's gonna be a shitshow if we've all been selflessly throwing our limbs in a meat grinder just to fuck things up.
[ say how you really feel, ash. ]
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So what then? We just continue to have to play these broken games, operating in what ifs? Never knowing for certain if we're going to sacrifice an innocent person for yet another week in a row?
How can we get information if the people here will be penalized for giving?
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But do you really think throwing our limbs in the blender and hoping for the best's the right way to go about this?
Someone already did that, and we still threw an innocent person onto a sword anyway.
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[and she snaps - but it's not like she's angry at him. not exactly.]
We've failed twice, and even if we got even a bit closer this time - we still managed nothing. We narrowed it down to one team and then - what? None of us could even give a proper accusation!
[she still looks ill - but her fingers curl into fists anyway.]
What options do we have left?!
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We can start with doing better. [ i mean. he’s not wrong. ] And we’re still looking for members of one team, right? So stick to that. If we have a decent pool of people to suspect across the board, we can narrow it down.
... ‘sides, we found someone from it anyway, didn’t we? I still don’t think outing shit’s worth it, but they’ve done it now so we might as well use it. If they’re still so willing to share information, then we can work with that.
But regardless of whether you think any of that sounds useful or not, I’ll be blunt and say I don’t think throwing yourself on a pyre would be any more useful.
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[would she do it? should she do it? it's hard for her to decide.
but she still frowns.]
.... someone came to me yesterday, to also tell me they're from Black Shadows. For the past two weeks, they received different items from the one Giyuu described. So it's...
It's a start, but next week I just want to know if it'll be enough. I'm tired of just having starts.
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Makes sense. It’s the same with the consolation prizes for losing — they’re not all the same even then, so why would they be for the winners?
[ ... ]
It’s fine to not be comfortable with outing something and facing consequences, y’know. Losing a limb changes everything, and adjusting to that in the middle of a death game ain’t easy. [ s’why he gets so annoyed at akira, especially after he’s pulled this twice in a row. ] Anyone bitching about people not being willing to mutilate themselves for the greater good would be a grade A idiot.
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[so if someone else suggested that they have a smoke bomb but smoke bombs are only given out once each week - that's her theory anyway.
but she'll frown a little bit when he says that.]
... I know that. And I wouldn't condemn anyone else for being quiet, knowing the pain that could come.
It's just that, for me... I don't want to let fear keep me from doing what I think is important anymore. If it could save a life, would I be alright with losing a part of me?
[her fingers curl into the fabric of her dress over her shoulder.]
.... I need to decide that. I'm - not sure yet.
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I don't know if anyone has an answer to that. I think that's probably fine though, making decisions like that recklessly's pretty bad too.
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but she figures that it's something to consider for later. for now she'll just sigh. she's still not feeling incredibly well, but.]
.... anyway, I'll be fine. You don't need to watch over me if there's other things you need to attend to.
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[ they’re just gonna have to ... what.... try harder next week? they’d said that this time around hadn’t they? ]
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... I'd hope so. It's a heavy loss to endure.
[HIS WHOLEASS ARM]
But they really leave Sunday for us to struggle, don't they. And no new prizes worth anything for your team either, I take it?
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[ he pulls a slinky out of his pocket, and lets it walk down the gazebo steps. It's Slinky, it's Slinky, it's fun, it's a wonderful toy!!! ]
Guess that means a certain middle team did it again.
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[that's
such a fucking awful place to be]
... someone from Black Shadows did find me after trial though - and I think that their team gets a variety of different tools. They're not uniform like the consolation prizes were.
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...
The fact no one in Shadows’ group has been targeted kinda reeks of them being the killers so far, but ... they can’t know their whole team, can they? [ and there was all that stuff with the memorial hall and the struck through purple heart... ]
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[which is
still not nearly fucking enough to encompass an entire team?]
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[ he sighs. ]
So, somehow Shadows’ team is managing to run around and specifically target the Purple team three weeks in a row - or two, I guess. I know that first kid didn’t mean to kill anyone.
Do we call that really wild coincidence, or do we start to think there’s something else going down here?
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I don't know. No one knew Yu's power, not even Guy, so how could the killers figure out that he was part of Purple's team?
And for Hikage... I don't think anyone really knew his power either. So would it be possible to go after them intentionally?
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Blondy and her friend knew. I know we're trying to do the whole... have a couple of people arund to verify the powers and save people the trouble of thinking about it, but...
[ he shrugs. ]
You can put them down the list of suspects, but it does mean they were one of the few people who knew his team. Although, if you ask me, it sounds like it was more of an opportunistic case given he was awake.
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