week 7 | Tuesday

[concasse]

[It's Tuesday!

Belph should know what that means.

Given the relative emptiness of the castle, they don't have to hide with the same precision as usual, which is why Sanji will lead them both to the lounge for drinks. He wants to be tipsy if he's gotta be here at all.]

Got an assignment.

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[axilium]

[... the fact that sanji wants to get drunk is a worrying sign?]

Yeah?

[concasse]

Akechi.



[Sanji: Resident Historian Killer Strikes Again]

[axilium]

...

Well, this is awkward. Why?

[concasse]

They weren't clear on it, but I suspect it was Tiger-sama's choice.

... She wasn't happy about Natsuo dying, and Dragon-sama likes Akechi.

[...]

That, and Akechi has become so divisive, he's practically a distraction.

[axilium]

... What, does this mean the Blotters weren't already going after him? That's... surprising.

[he kind of figured akechi would die by someone's hands this week, but this... still sucks, to be honest.]

[concasse]

Guess not.

I don't think it's a shitty rule, but the Crafters aren't gonna send me after someone whose already slated to die. Doesn't suit their interests.

[...]

Does this mean none of the Blotters have come forward to you, then?

[axilium]

Unless someone's been trying to hint something extremely discreetly at me, nope.

[concasse]

[MAYBE IT WILL BE HIM.

MAYBE SANJI WILL FINALLY BE ALLOWED TO DIE!!!]

Alright, just checking.

... I'm mostly worried for Eichi and Rebecca-chan. They're hanging by a thread already. Losing Akechi might break 'em.

[axilium]

[...]

If you really don't want to go through with it, then...

[... god. how is he even supposed to finish that sentence.]

[concasse]

[Seas, he just.. barks out a laugh. Takes a swig of his drink. Shakes his head]

... Varian, Stephanie-chan, and Souji all knew about me. And they never said a shitty word.

Most of the castle probably knows at this point.

[...]

I hate this job, but at least if it's me, then it's not someone else, right?

[axilium]

[... it's the sort of thing he'd expect from sanji, he supposes.

he's quiet for a bit, before—]

Are you going to let Akechi know?

[concasse]

[...]

I haven't decided.

He's still just a kid to me; of course I'm not dragging this shit out if I can help it.

But he knows my role and he's not stupid, either. [Not usually] So doubtin' I could trick him.

[axilium]

... Would you mind if I told him?

[it's not the most reasonable request, but...]

[concasse]

[...]

No, I don't mind.

[Sanji's not afraid of his own death; heck, he is still wishing for it. So if Akechi tries to defend himself, fine by him.]

That book said we gotta trust each other, eh? I'm tired of hiding, anyway.

[axilium]

... All right, thanks.

[he talks with akechi often, after all, and akechi had been rather upset to know that belph had been hiding vital info from him before.

lying to natsuo's face and pretending everything was fine, knowing he (she?) would die that night was already enough.]

I think, one way or another, this week will probably be our last.

[concasse]

You think so?

[Mmm.]

We still got... 15 left?

When we lose Akechi, it'll be 14. And then whoever the Blotters choose.

Unless we get multiple kills, we're gonna have to do something about that during the trial.

[axilium]

I've been encouraging people to start a discussion about that, so we'll see how things go on Thursday or Saturday. If we manage to get all the remaining info we need this week, then... no point in dragging things on, right?

[concasse]

... Yeah, that's true.

Did we ever decide what questions we were gonna ask the Crafters?

[axilium]

... Well, about that. I ended up using one half to confirm that all factions met the minimum for objectives—just in case Akechi's math was wrong—and then we used another half today to ask what would happen if a faction fell below three but then someone changed factions. You know, if that would fix things?

We got "You may switch." [which, uh, is rather vague.] ... We suspect there could be a caveat, but we decided we'd get everyone else's opinion before using up our remaining half on clarification.

[concasse]

Good idea.

I'm gonna be meeting up with Tiger-sama and Dragon-sama one more time today myself, so if anything comes up, I'll let you know.