[ to say that this was a terrible day is kind of an understatement.
a little after trial, steph drags herself to the kitchen. it's the kind of feeling where you really don't have an appetite, but you are aware that you should in theory eat something. when she walks in, she's not that surprised to see sanji already there. ]
This is why I told that dumbass to watch it. When everyone's stressed out, they're gonna pick the person who looks the most guilty, regardless of evidence, or the person they don't like.
The problem there is that we've all shared so many stories about what happened in our previous places, that list is probably bigger than just the people from the island.
[ who knew sharing might come back to bite them in the ass. ]
How our executions worked, the criteria needed for us to get the best ending, our titles and powers, that some people had special roles, Shirasu trying to screw us over... nothing that was super specific to any person here.
I told Akira about my leg, but that was only because he told me something similar happened to him.
Probably. Things like rules and stuff is probably fine since it's not like you can pin a murder on one of us based on how our curfew worked, but... they really are a lot of blabbermouths here, huh?
[ BEAU OUTING ASCH FOR LIKING ANYA, ALL OF THOTS BEING OUTED AS A FUCK GAME..... they truly lucked out that no one from grimm is just doxxing openly like that. ]
It sounds like a lot of their games were like... them versus some force? Which probably means you don't have as much reason to keep certain things quiet, I guess. Meanwhile we had to do things like get ink, which we mostly had to do quietly.
Going by differences in how trials are run, it does sound like some of them had advantages that made finding out who did it easier... this really should be a sign that none of us should get comfortable based on just past experience.
Like... yeah, we've all done this before. But each of our games had their own specific circumstances, with different rules and people, and those differences could probably make or break us.
Mm. Even if by accident, I think we got too comfortable.
[Most of them have won their games. And then Evan did everything he could to paint himself the killer. Maybe it would've been more surprising if they hadn't fucked up.]
The only silver lining to this is we're on high alert now. Messing up once means we'll be damned if we mess up again.
Right. And we should keep an eye out on others in the future, since we... do have a killer on the loose. Maybe they might do something to tip us off.
[ there's a pause, like she's thinking... ]
I'm going to tell you what my title and power are. You don't have to tell me yours, but so far I only have Belph and Hikage to cover for me, and I'm afraid they might be too biased towards me.
[Though before he completely agrees, Sanji glances upward like he's doing math in his head]
Two people know my power, and two people know my team... but it's pretty spread out, so it should be alright if I share with you. That'll be three total on my end.
I'm on Heart's team. My power's A Waste of Thyme, so I can create evidence before a murder and use it to distract trial.
[And jumping in immediately with:]
I haven't used my power yet. So if someone messed with evidence last trial, it wasn't me. Hell, my power's not all that shitty useful: s'not like I'll have any way of knowing what a scene looks like. Either I try to pin someone specific who I think needs to go, or I use something like foot prints to force everyone into panic voting.
[... Though even that ends up falling by the wayside as he sighs and folds his arms]
There's one other thing -- I'm gonna see if I can search out the people who have special roles here... if they've got special roles. Makes sense since that was a constant in most of our previous games.
You're not wrong. Anyone I brought this up with found some similarities.
There were assholes who got picked to kill each week, then a role to discover as much about the game as possible -- kinda like what you and Belph had to do.
[Humming]
A few of the places also had their version of the Editors.
We're most likely not going to hear from the roles themselves... at least for a little while. Considering we can't even talk about our powers freely, they probably have even more red tape. But if they're around, some hint about their existence should pop up.
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week 1, saturday
a little after trial, steph drags herself to the kitchen. it's the kind of feeling where you really don't have an appetite, but you are aware that you should in theory eat something. when she walks in, she's not that surprised to see sanji already there. ]
We screwed up.
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He thunks his head against the table]
How the hell did we screw up that badly.
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[ she could keep listing possibilities, but nothing feels more right than the other. ]
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[ ughhhh. ]
If the bear wasn't meant to frame him, that was a very bad coincidence.
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[Frowning]
I'm thinking it's someone who knew about the bear murder, and replicated it close enough to get Ogata thrown under the shitty bus.
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[ who knew sharing might come back to bite them in the ass. ]
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[Folding his arms]
In that case, lemme ask you, Steph-chan -- what have you shared about our time in the castle?
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I told Akira about my leg, but that was only because he told me something similar happened to him.
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[...]
Not that it'll matter if those fuckin portals take us to the castle, but for now...
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[ BEAU OUTING ASCH FOR LIKING ANYA, ALL OF THOTS BEING OUTED AS A FUCK GAME..... they truly lucked out that no one from grimm is just doxxing openly like that. ]
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[Or maybe because the Grimm crew is fuckin jaded and tired.]
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[Sighing]
I told someone about one of our trials -- not the details, just... y'know. When we voted for three people at once.
[Kinda a sore spot for both him and steph. It's great.]
And they were surprised by how bad it got. So some of these shitheads probably aren't used to when everything really falls to pieces.
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she takes a moment to consider that. ]
Going by differences in how trials are run, it does sound like some of them had advantages that made finding out who did it easier... this really should be a sign that none of us should get comfortable based on just past experience.
Like... yeah, we've all done this before. But each of our games had their own specific circumstances, with different rules and people, and those differences could probably make or break us.
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[Most of them have won their games. And then Evan did everything he could to paint himself the killer. Maybe it would've been more surprising if they hadn't fucked up.]
The only silver lining to this is we're on high alert now. Messing up once means we'll be damned if we mess up again.
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[ there's a pause, like she's thinking... ]
I'm going to tell you what my title and power are. You don't have to tell me yours, but so far I only have Belph and Hikage to cover for me, and I'm afraid they might be too biased towards me.
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Alright.
[Though before he completely agrees, Sanji glances upward like he's doing math in his head]
Two people know my power, and two people know my team... but it's pretty spread out, so it should be alright if I share with you. That'll be three total on my end.
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Same. [ ... ] I'm with Winter. Irene Adler, specifically. I can get someone to drop a suspicion they have of me once per week.
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[And jumping in immediately with:]
I haven't used my power yet. So if someone messed with evidence last trial, it wasn't me. Hell, my power's not all that shitty useful: s'not like I'll have any way of knowing what a scene looks like. Either I try to pin someone specific who I think needs to go, or I use something like foot prints to force everyone into panic voting.
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I believe you.
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Thank you.
[... Though even that ends up falling by the wayside as he sighs and folds his arms]
There's one other thing -- I'm gonna see if I can search out the people who have special roles here... if they've got special roles. Makes sense since that was a constant in most of our previous games.
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It also sounds like roles from place to place were also... similar? Maybe not exactly the same, but there was definitely overlap in how they worked.
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There were assholes who got picked to kill each week, then a role to discover as much about the game as possible -- kinda like what you and Belph had to do.
[Humming]
A few of the places also had their version of the Editors.
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We're most likely not going to hear from the roles themselves... at least for a little while. Considering we can't even talk about our powers freely, they probably have even more red tape. But if they're around, some hint about their existence should pop up.