Well, if they're dumb enough to vote for me when they have the opportunity to find out who actually did it, that's not my shortcomings. On top of the fact I've never killed anyone in these games unlike some of the rest of them? Funny.
[Zuko please believe he's a psycho.]
Besides, just because I cooperate doesn't mean people won't jump the gun anyway and vote me out for one little detail. They got the dude today on a papercut. It just happened to work out he was guilty.
Don't be stupid. He was on the suspect list, and he attacked Mikazuki when Mikazuki just went to look for evidence on him. It wasn't just a little papercut.
Besides, that's not the point. You're way more likely to get yourself killed acting like than instead of just going along with it. It doesn't matter whose shortcomings it is. You'll still die. Don't you care about that?
It wasn't anything but a foot list and a papercut at first.
[He glances down.]
Should I? The last game I was in, we were all already dead. We were in purgatory, and we were supposed to get killed so we could have our souls judged. Sure, this place might not be the same. But what if it's similar? We don't know anything about how any of this actually works yet.
Most people weren't gonna go on just that. I wasn't.
[ but that's. more than a little fucked. it takes zuko aback a little bit ]
And my game, we were stuck in timeloops of killing each other forever because we kept messing up. In the end, we had to work together to save everyone. Another one was in a school where they had to rewrite a story.
Sure, we don't know anything. But that doesn't mean wave a gun around if people get pushy, or stop caring if you live or die. It means use your head, stay in one piece, so you can figure out what's happening.
[ zuko angrily just saying jason's life is important... ]
Kid, you're too good. But that's fine. Keep being that way. You should be.
But I'm not. I don't know a single person here, and I don't trust anyone here either. None of you. None of the staff. Certainly not whoever the fuck is running this place who made me sign a contract.
You guys think I'm unreasonable because I brought out a gun when someone ran at me like they were going to attack me after someone died? Shit, I didn't even pull the trigger, and I should have.
No, I'm not. [ don't start with that jason, he heard it enough in his old murdergame. ]
Yeah, so what? You think everyone trusts everyone here? Even if you know someone, it doesn't mean you can trust them. Especially with hostages.
I used to be hotheaded like you. If anyone came at me, I'd have done the same -- with my swords, or firebending. [ ah the days of zuko's youth... ] But I've learned that sometimes it's better to use restraint. Stop and think things through, instead of just acting on instinct. There's more going on than we know. Our real enemy isn't each other.
Oh, the local reformed boy has come to give me a stern talking to?
[He's seems more amused and tired than he does sarcastic and bitter. Zuko's delinquent youth...]
As much as you're trying, you won't break that from me. I think things through. Like when I decided to draw my gun than risk accidentally hitting someone else if I tried to throw fists. But my lifestyle? Is pure instinct most of the time. So many of you people here sound like Batman all the time.
No killing this. Restraint that. Suck up your discomfort, Jason, and just get naked for the greater good.
Okay, first of all, I'm just trying to tell you not to get voted off because there's a bigger picture going on. [ he has been called out!!! and he huffs like a typical teenager ] Second of all, I don't know why a man bat is telling you to get naked. That's weird.
Third of all..... we're literally all getting naked, it's not just you. You think it's fun for the rest of us? We all hate it.
You say that, but what makes you so sure being alive will net you the bigger picture? We didn't know what actually was going on until we were dead. So maybe being dead is better.
[He still thinks Zuko is amusing.]
If you hate it so bad, don't do it then. I don't really care about getting naked. It's being forced to do something I said I didn't want to do that's my issue.
One week is way too early to decide that. At least wait until we hear from the dead before you go jumping in the grave.
[ it doesn't occur to zuko that not everyone heard from the dead. ]
Yeah, I know. But strip check is evidence. We have to do it to catch the killers. So people just can't skip out on it, or cover for their buddies. That's how things slip through the cracks.
Wrong for me again, buddy. We only played a week, so it's not early enough. Also? Good luck with that. Because we couldn't speak to the living at all.
[Now he realizes.]
I get it increases our probability, but I assure you, there will probably be times when getting people in their skimpies doesn't merit you crap for answers. We've been through this before. People know better.
Oh, right. [ jason's game was so weird... ] Well, it's still too early to know. Other people said they could talk to their dead, too. Gathering information first is better.
[ so at least they can wait past tutorial ]
Sure, but have you seen us? We can't afford to take that risk. We're not exactly super sleuths.
[jason, who goes in immediately trying to shoot or blow things up: information gathering?]
Why are you so interested in finding killers? Instant gratification? Because I don't know about you, but finding killers wasn't in the contract I signed.
Okay, but why? Does it make you feel better? Do the usual rules of morality really apply when we're trapped in this shit hole? Do you think about how we're still doing the same song and dance here that everyone has done before. Like... why? Why can't we do it differently? Just a thought.
[Also, he's crazy, so take it with a grain of salt.]
I don't ever remember whatever bastard has us here saying they wanted to be entertained by a murder mystery for eight weeks. But maybe I missed the fine print because I was apparently, you know, asleep.
It does make me feel better, actually. [ a bit dryly but it's true ] What's the alternative? Kill off the unpopular people or every goody two shoes that volunteers for death?
But most of us have been going based on our previous experiences. And in my experience, you'd get benefits from getting it right. So... Whatever. Maybe you're right. But I don't see a better option.
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w0, post trial!
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And by chilling, he is lounging on top of some of the NPC statues. He's not, like, completely hidden, but he's also not directly in sight.]
You coming to lecture me too about how I need to take my clothes off?
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Maybe. How many people did you hear it from?
[ and was one of them lup? ]
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One so far. Keeping tally for me?
[Maybe...]
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[ just saying. ]
But you look like a total psycho when you threaten to kill someone just because they want you to take your shirt off.
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Also, like I said, if people don't think I'm already psycho, then they're being stupid.
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[ says zuko who also doesn't want to believe jason is a psycho ]
But you're seriously going to get voted off if you keep that up. And you may think everyone hates you or whatever, but I don't want you to die.
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[Zuko please believe he's a psycho.]
Besides, just because I cooperate doesn't mean people won't jump the gun anyway and vote me out for one little detail. They got the dude today on a papercut. It just happened to work out he was guilty.
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Don't be stupid. He was on the suspect list, and he attacked Mikazuki when Mikazuki just went to look for evidence on him. It wasn't just a little papercut.
Besides, that's not the point. You're way more likely to get yourself killed acting like than instead of just going along with it. It doesn't matter whose shortcomings it is. You'll still die. Don't you care about that?
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[He glances down.]
Should I? The last game I was in, we were all already dead. We were in purgatory, and we were supposed to get killed so we could have our souls judged. Sure, this place might not be the same. But what if it's similar? We don't know anything about how any of this actually works yet.
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[ but that's. more than a little fucked. it takes zuko aback a little bit ]
And my game, we were stuck in timeloops of killing each other forever because we kept messing up. In the end, we had to work together to save everyone. Another one was in a school where they had to rewrite a story.
Sure, we don't know anything. But that doesn't mean wave a gun around if people get pushy, or stop caring if you live or die. It means use your head, stay in one piece, so you can figure out what's happening.
[ zuko angrily just saying jason's life is important... ]
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Kid, you're too good. But that's fine. Keep being that way. You should be.
But I'm not. I don't know a single person here, and I don't trust anyone here either. None of you. None of the staff. Certainly not whoever the fuck is running this place who made me sign a contract.
You guys think I'm unreasonable because I brought out a gun when someone ran at me like they were going to attack me after someone died? Shit, I didn't even pull the trigger, and I should have.
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Yeah, so what? You think everyone trusts everyone here? Even if you know someone, it doesn't mean you can trust them. Especially with hostages.
I used to be hotheaded like you. If anyone came at me, I'd have done the same -- with my swords, or firebending. [ ah the days of zuko's youth... ] But I've learned that sometimes it's better to use restraint. Stop and think things through, instead of just acting on instinct. There's more going on than we know. Our real enemy isn't each other.
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[He's seems more amused and tired than he does sarcastic and bitter. Zuko's delinquent youth...]
As much as you're trying, you won't break that from me. I think things through. Like when I decided to draw my gun than risk accidentally hitting someone else if I tried to throw fists. But my lifestyle? Is pure instinct most of the time. So many of you people here sound like Batman all the time.
No killing this. Restraint that. Suck up your discomfort, Jason, and just get naked for the greater good.
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Third of all..... we're literally all getting naked, it's not just you. You think it's fun for the rest of us? We all hate it.
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[He still thinks Zuko is amusing.]
If you hate it so bad, don't do it then. I don't really care about getting naked. It's being forced to do something I said I didn't want to do that's my issue.
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One week is way too early to decide that. At least wait until we hear from the dead before you go jumping in the grave.
[ it doesn't occur to zuko that not everyone heard from the dead. ]
Yeah, I know. But strip check is evidence. We have to do it to catch the killers. So people just can't skip out on it, or cover for their buddies. That's how things slip through the cracks.
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[Now he realizes.]
I get it increases our probability, but I assure you, there will probably be times when getting people in their skimpies doesn't merit you crap for answers. We've been through this before. People know better.
Usually.
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[ so at least they can wait past tutorial ]
Sure, but have you seen us? We can't afford to take that risk. We're not exactly super sleuths.
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Why are you so interested in finding killers? Instant gratification? Because I don't know about you, but finding killers wasn't in the contract I signed.
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Because we have to vote someone out every week, and I'd rather vote for someone who actually did it instead of a random person. Or you.
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[Also, he's crazy, so take it with a grain of salt.]
I don't ever remember whatever bastard has us here saying they wanted to be entertained by a murder mystery for eight weeks. But maybe I missed the fine print because I was apparently, you know, asleep.
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But most of us have been going based on our previous experiences. And in my experience, you'd get benefits from getting it right. So... Whatever. Maybe you're right. But I don't see a better option.
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Our crowning achievement revolves around entertainment as much as it pisses me off.
[A shrug.]
Guess we'll see what we get for being right, huh?
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[ don't rush off to death, jason. zuko just gives a derisive noise of agreement at the entertainment thing. ]
Yeah, I'm not thrilled about it either.