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Who: Future is Now + visitors
Where: Future is Now dorms
When: Day 86 night post-game

[Is anyone surprised?

No.

Probably not]

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[Was not expecting a BARiTONES]

Hello, Yvette. To what do we owe this honor?

[ she's petting his cat-unitmate and Shine has a giant Blue Hawaiian. ]

Sorry to impose, Intensity. I wanted to check in, mostly on your newest addition.

Are you talking about Silence or Erika? They arrived at the same time.

I didn't know that. I meant Silence, though both of them are interesting, just in their own ways.

[ and for different reasons ]

Yes. Definitely.

. . .

Silence is taking the game pretty hard. She'd probably appreciate the company.

Then I'll leave the other thing I wanted to mention aside for the night.

Shine says I need to get you drunk.

Oh? Am I really underperforming tonight that now two people want to get me drunk?

I'm sure he has some kind of ulterior motive, but I don't believe it's related to me.

You're not blaming yourself, are you?

For the fickleness of idol popularity? Seems like a stupid weight to put on my shoulders.

Glad your unit made it out in one piece, considering how new you all are. Otherwise, I might have had to use the item I bought from 47.

She wasn't playing. And from what I was told, a one vote majority saved our lives. Our survival was a complete fluke.

We were completely prepared to die tonight.

And how does that change your view of the community?

It doesn't. You said yourself that it has been difficult getting everyone to coordinate, even if it would be in the best interest of the entire community. This was a perfect illustration of your point. And the distrust and bitterness it may breed will bleed into the games that follow.

[Especially in this guy who gets more bitter and bitter with every hit his unit takes]

So still at low faith. At least it hasn't let you down.

It's human nature, and the producers want to make us suffer. Even if everyone could work things out in the aftermath of this game, with our luck, they'll change the mechanic on us and we'll all die.

You know, they went through a lot of trouble before your unit and LiLiS showed up to punish people for having connections outside of their units. Even threatened to turn a number of us into the audience.

And now they base an entire game on unit popularity and connections.

So, yes.

Prepare for another mechanics shift just as you start getting settled.

[ just going to let that set in, mulling over it ]

And did you notice that Exael was a bit nervous in her showmanship? Not like her at all. She usually is impeccable.

[ nodding ]

It'll be something to continue monitoring as we keep playing. Codex, Manhattan and Doll didn't participate in the game, I wonder if they would have been better suited to managing our unit. Kohime was damaging the room, Eichi and Eiji were bickering... I couldn't give anyone confidence that we'd be saved, because I had no clue myself.

[ she sighs and to anyone else listening, her words probably sound like she's unloading her troubles on him, but audition idols not getting along is a useful piece of information ]

Erika was also surprised about how the game was structured. As were some of us that had been here longer.

Usually there is an option to protect your unit - even if it's overkill.

Do you suspect that there's a connection between Exael's demeanor and the nature of the game?

Guess I'll have to ask.

Would a straight answer be too much to hope for?

[ probably yes ]

Considering she works for the Prince of Lies -- I haven't caught her in an outright lie yet. But, yes, a straight answer is definitely too much to ask for.

Is anyone else in communication with her, or is that something you can't disclose?

I can absolutely disclose it. Do you want her number?