...Maybe they were being messed with. We're used to finding stuff on these adventures that's relevant-- maybe the entertainment in this case is watching us focus on dead ends.
[ maybe our brains are so smooth we shouldn't be playing people theorizing at all. he shakes his head ]
Estelle told me they got a similar deal we did. Got turned against each other at some point. Most of their injuries were from that.
Sylvain said they had to fight each other, yeah. He said it was... a school for exorcism? They had to kill demons. But one of them made them fight each other.
[He's so tired. Of all this worse than Gotham sounding bullshit.]
Aikawa said something... [He glances between the two of them.] ...made him drown himself in a forest. Maybe in the long run it doesn't matter. The place and what happened, I mean.
Gemini said it's not much different than what happens to us every week. "The will of the hotel" maybe.
[ there's a frown because don't ask for a one on one audience with the big bad wtf, but he doesn't comment otherwise. because it's also for the whole kill each other and yourself bit. everything sucks and he hates the murder hotel. ]
... From what the staff and the contract both said, the guy's observing at a distance the length of it. And they seem to like it better that way. [ tilts his head ] Can't blame them.
[Slowly, his head comes back up, and a look of recognition bleeds into his face a bit at what Lup says, but he doesn't say anything, and he refocuses on the two of them afterward.]
I tried too. [Listen, shut up. Cloud just has to deal with the both of them being this way.] Asked Gemini if I could dig up dirt on them, or speak to them. They said it wasn't possible "by their capabilities."
...I told them about how we checked Ivan on the island first thing. They said they didn't know if "others had thought of the same method," so I'm wondering if there's a similar role here, or if they were just saying shit to say it.
Yeah, I asked Lepus, but they uh. Well, they were a rude ass about it. [despite this, she still likes lepus. she is fond of dickheads, apparently.]
Judging by what I know about Gemini, they might have just been bullshitting you. They like to do the run around. [...] Anyway. It's a good thing the dude is all up in his tower or I'd have a strongly worded letter to give him.
I think there are roles, just... no idea what they can do. Housekeeping, maybe. [ it's dry. and then he's distracted thinking of nightman watching from afar and judging and hrmmmm his trigger ]
Isn't that how it goes? People in charge watching from afar while people suffer for their own gain? Even if all they want is entertainment, it's always the same thing.
[He seems strangely similarly annoyed at the topic judging by the look on his face. His feet shift, and he stands up off the frame of the bed, but doesn't uncross his arms.]
I've already had one bastard orchestrate my entire life for his own amusement, and I'm not going to put up with this one doing it too. Signed contract, or not. He better stay in his little hole because if I see him, I'm going to kill him.
[Whether he follows through with this if they learn more is up for debate, but right now? Jason is very much shoot first, ask questions later dude unfortunately.]
We have three things to keep an eye on so far: [he holds up the last three fingers of one hand] a fuck who keeps putting people in the ground, whoever or whatever kept boyscout here from eating it, and whatever fairy shit is going on in people's rooms on Thursdays.
Yeah, that. It's weird, somewhat of an annoyance, and I'm hoping it's as harmless as what the gravedigger is hopefully doing. Who knows. Maybe not something to worry about when it comes to murder, but probably something to keep our eyes on.
[Finally, he uncrosses his arms.]
Bradley said he got a mint and someone stole half of all his shoes. I think last week it was soda...? It sounds like there's giving and taking.
[hello] Are you sure it's not like, a task? It might be a task, the staff likes to give out weird shit like that.
[sigh.] We can keep an eye out, I guess. I know someone stole Emet-Selch's room key on Wednesday, but he wouldn't tell me who and I think he let them do it, so. Tasks. For powers, or whatever.
If it's happening Thursday night, it's not a task. [ he'll. point it out. ] Not unless you know any way the staff can let people walk around to go... steal shoes and give mints.
[ hm. he looks pensive for a second ]
... Last week, staff said it might be housekeeping, right? Because they don't take care of that and don't know shit about it. What if some of the jobs they don't take care of are like those roles? Back in the Realm, my team had a role that was a bunch of random tasks. Guy got rewarded with items or hints if he finished them.
Oh, right. Extra stuff. [SHE DIDN'T HAVE ROLES IN HER GAME, SHE FORGOT] That's still wild to me. You just had participants doing things! What a concept.
Anyway, if they have a foot fetish I don't want their help. [a beat.] Do you think maybe they can like - this is a crazy guess, but if they're stealing items, maybe it's to see if those items are being used Thursday nights?
Maybe someone thinks Bucky and Brad were the most likely to kill people.
[ so wild! participants eating and fucking each other instead of doing things and spending weeks looking for a pawn. so wild. ]
Why would they steal soda cans and shoes if they wanted to see if they were being used for murder? [ i mean. there's been stupider clues, but. ] I don't know what thing you guys mean in trial that has to do with feet. Didn't Yuri get a... viewing thing?
Yeah, but who says what we get has to be related to the fact some weirdo is stealing a single shoe from a pair and leaving behind consolation prizes? Not sure what sadist [HE LOOKS POINTEDLY at like THE CEILING like UP THE BOSS! NIGHTMAN!] would make us pay fifteen fucking tickets for something after someone already went through all the trouble of giving us the opportunity, though.
Okay, smartass, maybe the soda can was unrelated. Maybe they were thirsty. It'd be nice to know if the shoes matched someone's footprints, that's why I suggested it. [grumbles.] Anyway, I don't know what's up with that.
And if we get the same option tomorrow, I say we all petition for it to be lower than fifteen tickets, because I'm not spending all my shit on that again.
You think he's in the ceiling? [ jason. anyway moving on ] What was the other option anyway? The viewfinder told you what went down, but it was pretty much... what you'd figured out at that point.
[ cloud can't include himself in that. he was not figuring out shit. he had a hole in his head. ]
Shut up. [NO, HE DOESN'T THINK THAT. He's going to give Cloud another hole in the head in a minute.] I agree. In theory, it's not bad... forcing people to use their tickets. It means we can keep people from buying stuff from the shop to help them with murder, but... [A shrug.] Doesn't matter really when people won't give up their last ticket--me included--and it only takes one to get a weapon. We're not even counting the room service.
So yeah. If we can't get it lowered, I'd say don't buy unless we're absolutely desperate. [To Cloud:] It was a party blower. All it said was it made one hell of a sound.
I'm not going to spend my tickets anymore when there are a bunch of stingy buttholes who won't cough up their share to solve a murder. [ok grandma it's time for bed
flops back over on the bed, actually.]
I don't even know what that could do. The party blower, I mean.
Hear what exactly? [This is not to Cloud, but an exasperated demand of the powers that be.] We already get a phone call usually.
If they stay the same, maybe we can try it later if we're between a rock and a hard place. We've done alright so far, but they've been pretty simple. This is way better than our track record on the island, though.
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I didn't hear anything from Estelle or Aikawa, no. And they were both... super vague with what happened. [a little shrug.] Understandable, I guess.
[she sprawls out on the bed.] We didn't get anything like that either. So it's weird that Emet's team did and nobody else got shit.
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[ maybe our brains are so smooth we shouldn't be playing people theorizing at all. he shakes his head ]
Estelle told me they got a similar deal we did. Got turned against each other at some point. Most of their injuries were from that.
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[He's so tired. Of all this worse than Gotham sounding bullshit.]
Aikawa said something... [He glances between the two of them.] ...made him drown himself in a forest. Maybe in the long run it doesn't matter. The place and what happened, I mean.
Gemini said it's not much different than what happens to us every week. "The will of the hotel" maybe.
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That's what I got from both of them, too. Aikawa and all them um, they all had to do loops, sort of. Like they'd die and start over.
[...] I'm sure it doesn't really matter. It's just to fuck with us and get entertainment, yeah. The will of the Nightman.
... I asked if I could get an audience with the guy. The staff said no.
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... From what the staff and the contract both said, the guy's observing at a distance the length of it. And they seem to like it better that way. [ tilts his head ] Can't blame them.
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I tried too. [Listen, shut up. Cloud just has to deal with the both of them being this way.] Asked Gemini if I could dig up dirt on them, or speak to them. They said it wasn't possible "by their capabilities."
...I told them about how we checked Ivan on the island first thing. They said they didn't know if "others had thought of the same method," so I'm wondering if there's a similar role here, or if they were just saying shit to say it.
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Yeah, I asked Lepus, but they uh. Well, they were a rude ass about it. [despite this, she still likes lepus. she is fond of dickheads, apparently.]
Judging by what I know about Gemini, they might have just been bullshitting you. They like to do the run around. [...] Anyway. It's a good thing the dude is all up in his tower or I'd have a strongly worded letter to give him.
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I think there are roles, just... no idea what they can do. Housekeeping, maybe. [ it's dry. and then he's distracted thinking of nightman watching from afar and judging and hrmmmm his trigger ]
Isn't that how it goes? People in charge watching from afar while people suffer for their own gain? Even if all they want is entertainment, it's always the same thing.
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I've already had one bastard orchestrate my entire life for his own amusement, and I'm not going to put up with this one doing it too. Signed contract, or not. He better stay in his little hole because if I see him, I'm going to kill him.
[Whether he follows through with this if they learn more is up for debate, but right now? Jason is very much shoot first, ask questions later dude unfortunately.]
We have three things to keep an eye on so far: [he holds up the last three fingers of one hand] a fuck who keeps putting people in the ground, whoever or whatever kept boyscout here from eating it, and whatever fairy shit is going on in people's rooms on Thursdays.
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Fairy shit? [???]
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there's the obligatory eyeroll at boyscout but; ]
People losing their stuff. Right? Bucky says his room's ransacked and someone stole his shoes. And... I think last week, too? Stuff was stolen.
[ please don't ask him what. be grateful he remembers this much ]
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[Finally, he uncrosses his arms.]
Bradley said he got a mint and someone stole half of all his shoes. I think last week it was soda...? It sounds like there's giving and taking.
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[hello] Are you sure it's not like, a task? It might be a task, the staff likes to give out weird shit like that.
[sigh.] We can keep an eye out, I guess. I know someone stole Emet-Selch's room key on Wednesday, but he wouldn't tell me who and I think he let them do it, so. Tasks. For powers, or whatever.
That's another thing we need to keep track of.
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[ hm. he looks pensive for a second ]
... Last week, staff said it might be housekeeping, right? Because they don't take care of that and don't know shit about it. What if some of the jobs they don't take care of are like those roles? Back in the Realm, my team had a role that was a bunch of random tasks. Guy got rewarded with items or hints if he finished them.
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Some kind of extra duty. [Hm.] You think maybe what we've been getting in trial is because they've got a foot fetish? The, uh--item we used last time.
We're going to have to be careful of what people get from tasks going forward, yeah.
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Anyway, if they have a foot fetish I don't want their help. [a beat.] Do you think maybe they can like - this is a crazy guess, but if they're stealing items, maybe it's to see if those items are being used Thursday nights?
Maybe someone thinks Bucky and Brad were the most likely to kill people.
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[ so wild! participants eating and fucking each other instead of doing things and spending weeks looking for a pawn. so wild. ]
Why would they steal soda cans and shoes if they wanted to see if they were being used for murder? [ i mean. there's been stupider clues, but. ] I don't know what thing you guys mean in trial that has to do with feet. Didn't Yuri get a... viewing thing?
[ please. he got such a headache from that. ]
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Yeah, but who says what we get has to be related to the fact some weirdo is stealing a single shoe from a pair and leaving behind consolation prizes? Not sure what sadist [HE LOOKS POINTEDLY at like THE CEILING like UP THE BOSS! NIGHTMAN!] would make us pay fifteen fucking tickets for something after someone already went through all the trouble of giving us the opportunity, though.
I don't know. It's just all speculation.
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Okay, smartass, maybe the soda can was unrelated. Maybe they were thirsty. It'd be nice to know if the shoes matched someone's footprints, that's why I suggested it. [grumbles.] Anyway, I don't know what's up with that.
And if we get the same option tomorrow, I say we all petition for it to be lower than fifteen tickets, because I'm not spending all my shit on that again.
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You think he's in the ceiling? [ jason. anyway moving on ] What was the other option anyway? The viewfinder told you what went down, but it was pretty much... what you'd figured out at that point.
[ cloud can't include himself in that. he was not figuring out shit. he had a hole in his head. ]
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So yeah. If we can't get it lowered, I'd say don't buy unless we're absolutely desperate. [To Cloud:] It was a party blower. All it said was it made one hell of a sound.
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flops back over on the bed, actually.]
I don't even know what that could do. The party blower, I mean.
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[ he has no fucking idea. ]
That sounds like a rip off.
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Hear what exactly? [This is not to Cloud, but an exasperated demand of the powers that be.] We already get a phone call usually.
If they stay the same, maybe we can try it later if we're between a rock and a hard place. We've done alright so far, but they've been pretty simple. This is way better than our track record on the island, though.
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Better than our track record at the station too, actually.
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