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[Today is so fuckin much, from the actual corpse to the pile of (4) previously dead bodies. Sanji needs a cigarette break by the campfire and rubs tiredly at his face.
Though he'll offer Natalie a wave when he sees her, surprisingly calm instead of his usual disaster self]
How's your week been treating you?
Though he'll offer Natalie a wave when he sees her, surprisingly calm instead of his usual disaster self]
How's your week been treating you?
This place is exhausting.
[Those are the first words out of her mouth, but she seems pretty calm despite them, giving a casual shrug.]
I'm pretty sure all of us are used to that, though. And it's not like we didn't expect this. [...] Well, maybe nobody expected those four idiots, but.
[Those are the first words out of her mouth, but she seems pretty calm despite them, giving a casual shrug.]
I'm pretty sure all of us are used to that, though. And it's not like we didn't expect this. [...] Well, maybe nobody expected those four idiots, but.
Tch. I still owe all of them a kick to the head.
[That's how Sanji makes friends, apparently.]
But you're not wrong... at least that means we get to skip being surprised when this shit happens and go straight for the bandages. We're gonna need some on hand every week.
[That's how Sanji makes friends, apparently.]
But you're not wrong... at least that means we get to skip being surprised when this shit happens and go straight for the bandages. We're gonna need some on hand every week.
Careful. They might break in half. They looked pretty beat up.
[She nods.]
Lucky that one of the groups from yesterday found one just in time, I guess. Seems like there's an okay supply in there.
[She nods.]
Lucky that one of the groups from yesterday found one just in time, I guess. Seems like there's an okay supply in there.
... Fair point.
[Still wants to kick them all but he'll behave because a lady told him]
Aa... though depending on the injuries, might not be enough.
[Is he expecting people to lose limbs? Maybe.]
Don't remember shit getting quite this brutal so early on in the castle.
[Still wants to kick them all but he'll behave because a lady told him]
Aa... though depending on the injuries, might not be enough.
[Is he expecting people to lose limbs? Maybe.]
Don't remember shit getting quite this brutal so early on in the castle.
[She sighs, nodding in agreement when he mentions the infirmary might not be sufficient - but her glance turns curious as he goes on.]
...Huh. Yours got worse over time? People started losing limbs on the first one we dealt with, and it kind of... stayed that course throughout.
[...]
I've been thinking of asking the directors if we can exchange our vouchers for anything not in the camp store. You know... Stronger medical supplies, or pieces of information. Although, who knows how much that'll be worth when we don't have any actual doctors around...
...Huh. Yours got worse over time? People started losing limbs on the first one we dealt with, and it kind of... stayed that course throughout.
[...]
I've been thinking of asking the directors if we can exchange our vouchers for anything not in the camp store. You know... Stronger medical supplies, or pieces of information. Although, who knows how much that'll be worth when we don't have any actual doctors around...
Ours got a little bloody that first week or so, and just...[A tired gesture into the air] Shit kept going, and going--
[Then the sixth trial hit and everyone wanted to quit at once. Grimm was such a fun time.]
And y'know, I don't think it'll hurt to ask. At worst, what are they gonna say: no? That just means we're stuck in the status quo.
[Lord but he's huffing a laugh at that last part]
We've got... Dick. And I can rush in in a pinch, but my experience is dissecting meats, not stitching together human bodies.
[Then the sixth trial hit and everyone wanted to quit at once. Grimm was such a fun time.]
And y'know, I don't think it'll hurt to ask. At worst, what are they gonna say: no? That just means we're stuck in the status quo.
[Lord but he's huffing a laugh at that last part]
We've got... Dick. And I can rush in in a pinch, but my experience is dissecting meats, not stitching together human bodies.
...Yeah, I get it. After a while you either get worn out or you just learn to stop caring as much, right?
[Or both. Both is definitely possible. Anyways, she nods, even though she makes a face at that last part.]
Don't compare the two, that's gross. [But.] I guess it's better than a bunch of people who know absolutely no first aid, though.
[Or both. Both is definitely possible. Anyways, she nods, even though she makes a face at that last part.]
Don't compare the two, that's gross. [But.] I guess it's better than a bunch of people who know absolutely no first aid, though.
[Hm. After a second:]
Kneejerk reaction, I guess. You can calm down now.
[Sometimes you come from a game where some of the residents turned out to be cannibals.]
Kneejerk reaction, I guess. You can calm down now.
[Sometimes you come from a game where some of the residents turned out to be cannibals.]
...What are you doing?
[Just judgmentally watching his movements, before:]
Nah, don't worry about it. Nothing I wasn't already over.
[Just judgmentally watching his movements, before:]
Nah, don't worry about it. Nothing I wasn't already over.
[After a moment:]
I could still revoke that, you know.
I could still revoke that, you know.
[The announcement might happen in the early morning, but Natalie isn't looking for Sanji until the early evening. Part of that has to do with the space she assumes he'll want. She doesn't know whether he and Hikage were close at all, but she does know they came from the same game.
There's another reason she's waiting until it's a bit later to talk to him, though, and that'll be evident enough when she walks into the kitchen holding a bottle of rum. She remembers their conversation from earlier in the week.]
Hey. Dick told me you guys saw some stuff this week, so... You ready to talk about some bullshit?
There's another reason she's waiting until it's a bit later to talk to him, though, and that'll be evident enough when she walks into the kitchen holding a bottle of rum. She remembers their conversation from earlier in the week.]
Hey. Dick told me you guys saw some stuff this week, so... You ready to talk about some bullshit?
[She takes a seat, blinking a few times for whatever reason.]
You want to grab the glasses?
You want to grab the glasses?
[She's looking at his hands warily, but she'll be nice just this once since it seems like he's having a Time.]
Anyways... What'd you and Dick see? He said Yasusada was there, too, but I haven't talked to him yet.
Anyways... What'd you and Dick see? He said Yasusada was there, too, but I haven't talked to him yet.
[The moment he is able to run for the cupboards, he takes his sweet ass time finding glasses for them, since. Effects.]
A whole lotta bullshit.
Got collared, was almost blown up, then got stuck in a hallway with a bunch of dead bodies, and then attacked by some people with a chainsaw and an axe.
[Sighing]
That's not the important shit, though. It's... the journal we found...
[his expression sombers]
How much did Dick tell you? So I can fill in any blanks.
A whole lotta bullshit.
Got collared, was almost blown up, then got stuck in a hallway with a bunch of dead bodies, and then attacked by some people with a chainsaw and an axe.
[Sighing]
That's not the important shit, though. It's... the journal we found...
[his expression sombers]
How much did Dick tell you? So I can fill in any blanks.
...Everyone from our past games is here, right?
[Or that's the biggest takeaway from what he told her, at least. Now that Sanji is back, she's just going to pour some for both of them.]
[Or that's the biggest takeaway from what he told her, at least. Now that Sanji is back, she's just going to pour some for both of them.]
... That's our working theory.
The journal we looked at made it sound like we've all been in some weird-ass stasis? Of course, from our perspectives, we just got out of our last games... but who knows how long we've been asleep?
And if that shit's the case, we can't assume everyone we left behind was actually left behind.
The journal we looked at made it sound like we've all been in some weird-ass stasis? Of course, from our perspectives, we just got out of our last games... but who knows how long we've been asleep?
And if that shit's the case, we can't assume everyone we left behind was actually left behind.
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