[ magnus & lili looking for someone to fight ]

[coastal]

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week 0, sunday sunday sunday

[coastal]

[lili's first set of priorities after arriving is to verbally chew out their pcs, get some equipment, and then wash up. she's definitely washing up.

but presumably after that she's exploring the camp grounds, chicken with tiny helmet in her arms, and blinks when she sees magnus]

Oh, it's you.

Any luck pummeling our hosts?

[ruffboi]

[Chicken! Wow!!

Anyway.]

Uh. Oops! No! I just talked to them so far? They didn't seem super murder-y yet. You want me to go back and try?

week 0, dieday

[coastal]

[i believe in magnus and his ability to search for lili - because after the initial everything, it gets a little hard. it'll take an actual search to locate her, but luckily the camp isn't super big. but rather than in any specific cabin or place, she's gone all the way back to the entrance of the camp, sitting down with her back against the bottom of the camp gatonina sign.

there's uh, a knife embedded into the wood of it next to a couple slashes, but it's fine.

curled up as small as she is, head against her knees, she just looks... tired.]

[ruffboi]

[Yeah. He's not a great looker, but he does want to find her. Especially when he knows she was out looking for him last night.

So when he finally does - just approaching quietly.]

Hey. I'm sorry.

week 0; post-trial

[ruffboi]

[So that's a thing! Later that evening, he'll look around to see if Lili can be found anywhere.]

[coastal]

[well

she took an idea out of yesterday.

because she's definitely going to be somewhere around the outskirts of camp, using her knife to slash at the bark in between her angry yelling

she's, uhhhh, pissed.]

week 1; friday

[ruffboi]

[Well. After Magnus has cleaned up and changed, he will go find Lili and her bees?]

[coastal]

[she's actually on her way out of the mess hall, looking for him!! she's, uh, far more obviously favoring her right leg now as she walks out compared to when she was running toward the pile up this morning, but

oh well! the bees are still here. when she notices him, she offers out one of two cups of tea that she's carrying]

You don't deserve this.

[she gives it to him anyway]

week 1, post-trial

[coastal]

[well that was pretty horrible

and lili needs some time to figure her shit out before she goes to see anyone else, but then she'll be making her rounds around the camp despite her injury. she'll go to find magnus then and frown]

... what did you make of all that, then?

That we've all condemned a man to at least duel for his death if not suffer it absolutely?

[ruffboi]

[Yeah. He's frustrated and angry, too. But also - ]

Maybe this makes me an asshole, but I feel like he brought this on himself. Even he could see it, but he still only felt sorry for himself and bitter.

[Wow.]

But now we're back to square one - we know next to nothing about why someone decided to kill someone else.

week 2, friday

[coastal]

[lili is out and about? honestly she's not in a particularly huge rush or anything, it just looks like she's looking over two identical postcards - that look a bit damp? gross.

though she'll look up when she notices magnus approaching her, nodding her head in acknowledgement]

Glad you weren't one of the bodies in the pile again this week.

[ruffboi]

Yeah. Seems like they're stealing our spooky corpse thunder!

[Hmm. Looking at those postcards.]

More ghost mail?

week 2; post-trial

[ruffboi]

[Ahh. Coming to find Lili after trial! He's mad! His fists are a little banged up from punching something.]

Fuck.

[coastal]

[lili has hit the point past anger - past the incessant yelling, and she's managed to make it to somewhere so laser-focused that it passes as serene]

... yeah. Fuck.

[she repeats it, even as she frowns.]

We need to find a Shadows much faster than I thought.

week 3, monday

[coastal]

[I GUESS WITHOUT PUPPY IS FINE BECAUSE I'M AKI NOW

but anyway lili is going to be wandering into the mess hall, wringing out her hair at the door because it is super raining outside and no poncho can truly save her. once she notices magnus, she'll raise a hand in greeting as she actually starts with an update - ]

Hey, a Black Shadows found me after trial.

[ruffboi]

[Jokes on you, because he actually did bring his dog with him into the mess hall, and he's sitting at his feet.

Nodding when she comes in, though!]

Good. I was able to talk to one or two, also - and I think Taako is trying to get some intel.

week 3, friday

[coastal]

[five bodies is a lot.

it's so much that lili doesn't know what to do with it at first - she goes looking for clues, and then she goes to find who she can. she approaches magnus wearing a jacket that's much too big for her over her coat, and she starts with - ]

... I owe you from last week.

And then we should probably talk about... tomorrow.

[and even like. start? to strategize?]

[ruffboi]

Yeah.

[He's carrying Evan over his shoulders so his sweet paws don't get cold in the snow. Nodding at her.]

With how bad we've been at solving murders, we're pretty screwed if we don't shape up, huh?

By the way, I know what Giyuu's prize this week was.

week 4, monday

[coastal]

[WHEREVER MAGNUS IS!!!!! lili's actually going to find him. she's excited to see his puppy.]

Did you ever find your axe after yesterday?

[like that's. deeply fucking concerning to her. he seemed upsetti...]

And - congratulations, I heard your team won. I'm also here to compare prizes.

[at least given it's magnus she was a decent human being and decided to be compassionate first]

[ruffboi]

Yeah, I did.

[Touching it on his back.]

It was back at Ox Cabin. Though if you find out who has the power that sent it away, I'd like to have a word with them. [Not too unfriendly a word, but a word.]

Anyway, yep. For once Shadows didn't win. It's a little computer game thingy, with a pet. [It is. A Tamagotchi.] You can use it to summon a creature to do an attack or block an attack. It's pretty cute!

week 4; friday

[ruffboi]

[Magnus is out on a walk with Evan, near the mess hall. He nods at Lili when he sees her.]

Hey. I didn't know how to do my own laundry until I was about fifty.

[coastal]

[ . . . . ]

Laundry place again?

[where did he stay. she's just going to be looking at him for a moment - and she's wearing a different dress today, so that's fun.]

... Magnus, I'm going to start trial by doing something reckless tomorrow, and I need you to help me get everything under control after it's done.

week 4, post-trial

[coastal]

[god today has been so fucking much for lili.

but.

she's going to go running up to magnus as soon as she can, sometime after trial. and the thing is... it looks like she's - feeling? oh god, she's feeling. there's tears that prick her eyes as she glares at him, weak as it is]

You....!!

You let me say all those things to you yesterday but - you didn't tell me what you and Taako were shouldering on your own...?!

[i'm so sorry for this whirlwind, magnus]

[ruffboi]

[Oh thank god she has feelings back.

Anyway, she won't find him hiding or anything - he's sitting by the camp fire. He looks pretty tired, but he quirks a smile when she starts yelling at him.]

I. . .

[He looks like he's trying to figure out what to say, here. The smile drops, right away.]

What should I have told you?

week 5, tuesday

[coastal]

[what's up magnus, lili's looking for you!! uhhh wherever you are. if it is indoors she is. slowing her pace considerably so she doesn't slam her shoulder into the doorframe given her whole uhhhh eye injury.

but otherwise she seems to still be moving as fast as usual]

Magnus!

I have something to tell you.

[ruffboi]

Whoa. Easy, there!

[Please don't die, Lili. He will be blamed, and it will be his first and only crime.

Anyway, he's moving more stiffly than usual, but he's moving.]

What's up?

w5; friday

[ruffboi]

[Magnus can be found at the bonfire, wrapped in a huge oversize jacket, working on a woodworking project.]

[coastal]

[the bonfire seems to be where lili's headed to

even vaguely

collect her thoughts. it looks like she's a mess though. her legs are bandaged a lot more haphazardly by now, even though they look clean. her eyes are red and her voice is raspy when she speaks like she's been crying.

. . . . ]

The duties of nobility are to protect those in your care, maintain your economy, and ensure prosperity in your lands for the sake of your family as well as your citizens.

[though even saying that

makes her seem so bitter.]

.... we stayed in the library. We're saying stupid facts.

[ . . . . ]

We need to begin with a strip search tomorrow.

w5; saturday

[ruffboi]

[He's pretty determined to find Lili, after trial. He'll look all over camp, if he has to. He'll eventually find her in the kitchen.]

I need to talk to you, Lili.

[coastal]

[she's in the kitchen, and she's cooking! she probably should not be, but she is.

she glances his way when he approaches - but otherwise continues.]

Then talk.

week 6, monday

[coastal]

[she is approaching with

her nekomimi tail literally in between her legs because it's furry week, her ears flattened against her skull like she definitely doesn't want to do this but she knows! she! has to!]

... Magnus?

[ruffboi]

Hey, Lili.

[He's a bear. He has bear ears and he looks extra furry? Anyway, he'll give her a little smile. Even though he suspects he's about to get an earful.]

What's up?

week 6, friday

[coastal]

[well everything is a fucking disaster - though lili looks more irritated than anything else as she glares up at the goddamn pink sky.

presumably she runs into magnus somewhere, and nods in greeting]

Is it time for plans yet?

[ALL THE ROLES GOT DOXXED so she's wondering if it's fine to start shaking him to work with her again,]

[ruffboi]

[He, uh. He looks terrible? He's wearing a coat, but he's sniffling and looks vaguely sick and seems to be in the worst mood of all time. But he'll nod at her.]

Yeah. Got no fuckin' clue who did this one, so let's go for it.

[Sneezing loudly.]

Pretty sure the Directors are dead. No bodies, but there was blood, and also they stayed with us last night at curfew, and in the morning they were gone.