AKIRA

[concasse]

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[concasse]

[Spoilers, Sanji is secretly a bleeding heart baby.]

-- Oh, is that all?

[Maybe relaxing a little bit! Maybe!]

Well, like I said, it's not like I've got anyone to snitch to... except you, now.

[survivaltricks]

That's all.

[there, there, Sanji. Akira already considers this an alliance]

Speaking of snitching, I want to tell you about Natalie's theory about who killed Yu.

[concasse]

[Sanji and Akira are absolutely gossip girls and that's beautiful]

... I'm listening.

[survivaltricks]

She thinks someone from Black Shadows killed him.

. . . I promised her I wouldn't say why, though. But the logic behind it is really solid.

And it would confirm that the footprints we thought belonged to Ogata are fake.

[concasse]

So shithead really was set up, huh...

[He's frowning now, thinking quietly to himself]

Quick question: how many people's teams have you found out about so far? I don't need names or specifics, but.

[A trail-off]

For instance, I know of about twelve so far if you include the dead. My goal is to get up to twenty by the end of this week.

[survivaltricks]

. . . [ah]

Including myself and the dead? Only nine, but I have suspicions about four others.

I haven't been asking, though. These are from people who felt they needed to share with me.

And I only know of one person from Shadows' team, and that's Evan.

[concasse]

Interesting.

Winter's teammates are the ones who are alluding me. I've got a couple from Shadow already.

[...]

Anyway, there's a reason I asked. I wanna find out everyone's teams as soon as possible. The game ends when there's only one left standing, and depending on how fast that shitty info spreads, it could happen sooner rather than later.

So... at least until we're certain we have all the information available to us, to make whatever choices are necessary, the teams gotta stay somewhat balanced.

[survivaltricks]

Well, as far as Winter goes, you've got me.

[spreads his arms with a light huff]

I'd share who I know with you, but. . . [mmm] I'm not about to put them in danger that way.

[since it's confirmed that them sharing other people's teams with third parties counts as revealing information too quickly as to trigger consequences]

[concasse]

Idiot, I'm not asking you to share them with me. [he's so mean]

If people start exploding because information spread too quickly, you think this plan's gonna work? Then everyone's gonna be dead.

I'm letting you know what I wanna do, and you can act at your own shitty discretion. And even if we're not sharing information with each other, it helps having an idea of whose searching out what, y'know?

[survivaltricks]

[. . . huffs a laugh, cracking a bit of a smile]

Yeah. I guess it does.

Can you ask the people you know on Shadows' what they think about the footprint theory?

[concasse]

Sure. I'll ask them.

[...]

Though I'm telling you now, if any of the theory has to deal with fabricated evidence, I know the bastard who has an ability like that, and they didn't use it.

[survivaltricks]

It wouldn't be a power.

It'd be an item.

[concasse]

-- That's why.

[Just a quiet, sudden moment of understanding.]

That team won the useful prizes last week, eh... it's how I found out two of the members.

[survivaltricks]

That's why.

[watching Sanji with an even expression]

I haven't yet found anyone who got more than a bad consolation prize. Or. . . so they say.

What do the winning team's items look like?

[concasse]

... Powerful shit.

Like, the kind of thing that will keep you from being cursed, for example.

So it's not a stretch that someone from that team got ahold of an item that let them fabricate evidence, or whatever fuckery was going on.

[survivaltricks]

. . . [damn]

Shadows' team won two weeks in a row, according to my sources. So by now, everyone on that team is running around with some powerful items that can throw us off at trials.

It's better to keep that in mind for this weekend.

[concasse]

Damn it.

[That is very not good, then]

This is the shit I wanted to avoid...! Now I'm gonna have to take those tasks seriously.

[survivaltricks]

. . . yooooou mean you weren't taking them seriously before?

[Sanji]

[concasse]

I asked if it would contribute to our teams and was told we'd just get prizes, but that's it.

[Don't give him that look!]

I've only got so much time available. Right now my focus is on finding roles above all else.

[survivaltricks]

Belph told me that completing your tasks back at the castle was part of the reason why you guys were able to revive the dead and go home.

[so]

I'm not taking my chances.

. . . but I will help you try and locate people with roles.

[concasse]

Yeah yeah, for the ink.

[Sanji got to slack off because EVERYONE needed it, but that's neither here nor there. He just huffs and continues]

Appreciated.

[survivaltricks]

[a two-fingered salute]

Oh, right.

Now about that cake.

[GIVE HIM]

[concasse]

You realize it's still in the oven, right?

[... smirking]

But I made one earlier that's in the fridge. Have at it.