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[afailedmurder]

Who: Beautiful and handsome idols
Where: Wherever you are
When: Day 11

Comments

[criminaljustice]

[... give him. a moment.

he may be conscious but that is definitely an even fluffier bedhead mess of a zombie-walking Boss answering the door and blearily squinting at A.

also in his pjs of sweatpants and tanktop.

yep, was definitely woken up by that chat app.]

--hey.

[afailedmurder]

...Good morning.

[criminaljustice]

Morning.

... I overslept a bit.

[as if they really have wake-up times. but he moves out of the way so A can come into... BE=DE's, er, dorm.]

[afailedmurder]

[trying to seem neutral, but he is glancing around in a way that belies his horror at the decor]

Are you all right?

[criminaljustice]

[cutting off a yawn]

--yeah? Just tired.

[and gonna flop onto a clearly broken down couch. it's comfy, at least?]

[afailedmurder]

[following him and rather stiffly sitting down]

You did seem tired...

[criminaljustice]

Probably just need to get some coffee later.

[nbd, but uh... squints at A again.]

You can relax, y'know.

[afailedmurder]

Should I have brought you some?

[squirms a little]

Right, sorry.

[criminaljustice]

No, it's okay.

[... people are so weird about their dorm.]

Anyway... I guess the thing I mentioned yesterday?

[afailedmurder]

[do the hosts hate you???]

Yes.

[criminaljustice]

[i mean, rebel unit, so... probably???

but how to start.]

... I've been trying to figure out who had what tiles during the game. Mostly just to see where everything is currently. I've managed to at least figure out three instances 9s were had and not played.

[afailedmurder]

...Our worst was an 8. The "removal of both eyes" card, ironically enough.

[criminaljustice]

[yeah, winces a bit, remembering E after the game.]

... Bad End had a 9 each round.

[afailedmurder]

...What does a 9 look like in a game like that?

[criminaljustice]

"Whole unit death".

[yeah uh. he's been doing fine, thanks.]

[afailedmurder]

[jaw drops]

Whole unit death?

[criminaljustice]

The only other unit who's admitted to having the tile so far has been Future is Now. And I think it was the first round--because Arginine forced-played the 7 that hit Oni.

[pushing on ahead with this whole talk seems fine.]

[afailedmurder]

[ok but no let's back up for a second]

Are you saying that two entire teams could have potentially been wiped out?

[criminaljustice]

[blinks in surprise because... no?]

Three.

FORESIGHT

[afailedmurder]

[I MEANT THREE SHUT UP]

You know, I had considered that we could, or rather most likely would all die here, but I never imagined it would be so... flippant.

[criminaljustice]

... I don't think it would be permanent.

[which is. probably worse.

and his hands are clenching against his sweatpants because if A's fine, he's fine, that's why.]

[afailedmurder]

Even if we assume that's possible... do you have any reason to believe that would necessarily be the case?

[criminaljustice]

Only that if they're going to give a unit the power to reattach limbs... then, it's possible.

[afailedmurder]

It seems like a poor form of entertainment, though. The drama isn't real if we can just be... brought back.

[peers over at Boss and notices that tension]

...Sorry. That's not very comforting.

[criminaljustice]

... I don't know about that.

What happens when people experience death and are made to go through it again and again? Things might escalate--or someone sells the rest out to escape and-or end up like that last host--

[cuts himself off because yep. he's thought waaaay too much about this. reasons to not have a follow up meeting: paranoia gets its hooks in ya]