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[guillotineroom]

Characters may meet privately in any location available in the Edge of Reverie. Dorms are a good place to start, though!

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day 12

[chew_toy]

[ sometime after the announcement Reim has probably escorted Orca home to make sure he 1. found where home is 2. did not die of a magic concussion along the way. since then he has just been sitting in their common area, a little off to one side so he's not in the path of anyone walking, staring at his own hands laced and gripped together in his lap

eventually he will speak to whoever is around ]

...

First thing's first.

I think it would be possible to coordinate with everyone here to make sure every group is protected. However, I don't think we should.

Re: day 12

[thanatas]

What did they say...? Everyone would be punished if we did, but only some would be if we did it properly?

[ He's still out of it but the deep instinct to be political has risen up. ]

Re: day 12

[chew_toy]

That's right.

In short, if attainable, the ideal solution is to guarantee that only one group lacks protection.

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[thanatas]

Sure... but then we'd have to figure something else out, no?

[ ORCA WANTS TO WIN. ]

Re: day 12

[bonebutchblues]

[ laying on the floor, drunk as a skunk ]

Orb is.... bad. Loudspeaker, also bad. I think- I think this is bad.

Re: day 12

[chew_toy]

...

Yes. It's all rather bad.

Here, would you lie on your side, please?

[ kneeling next to her to tug gently at her shoulder into her position where she will not suffocate and die if she throws up ]

Re: day 12

[bonebutchblues]

There's so many- bad things.

[ SHE IS BEEFY AND HEAVY but after a moment of tugging she rolls ]

But you defeated the orb.

[circuitice]

[ sits next to her ]

Correct! On all accounts.

[bonebutchblues]

Alcohol... maybe good? I dunno.

Re: day 12

[mountanoffensive]

What did you do to yourself?

Re: day 12

[bonebutchblues]

I drank... the alcohols.

[circuitice]

We explicitly shouldn't, it sounds like. Or else we'll all be punished for it.

How unfortunate, that we really must hammer home the thought that at least one group is disliked more than the rest.

[chew_toy]

Do you think so? I think that's only one of a number of different factors. For example, a widely disliked group could still potentially survive through bargaining.

We're not a widely disliked group, so rather than focusing our energy on our own protection, I think our primary concern should be guaranteeing that another group will be unprotected. Today has already been eventful enough, but I'm considering asking for a volunteer in the morning.

[circuitice]

Do you think a team would volunteer?

I'm less certain of that. Perhaps it's a way to ensure that there are less hard feelings about it, but... I wonder if they might worry about an expectation being set?

[freearcadia]

[Harlock listens, mulling over the conversations, his eye is bloodshot and puffy, and he nursed what seemed to have been his sixth drink and still apparently as sober as a judge]

Making and faking a protection agreement may help us for this 'game' but people will remember that - and I doubt this will be the last sort of game of this nature we'll be put through.

[mountanoffensive]

[Stamping her talon but more delicately since she's now used to how much pressure she can put on it]

It sounds like if we somehow manage to save everyone, she's just going to punish us anyway.

[chew_toy]

Yes. At least one group has to be left undefended.

[mountanoffensive]

Great. So how are we even supposed to decide on something like that?

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[cuttingwords]

[He is here, and he is seething. The very premise of this whole task has him about ready to stab someone.

Only the Warden though. It's a very specific murderous urge.]

So, what? Are we all going to decide on one group to be the scapegoat?

Re: day 12

[chew_toy]

That would be more or less my preference, yes.

Re: day 12

[cuttingwords]

[Honestly, he knows that's the most efficient way to go about this while protecting the most people. But he doesn't like it.]

Why? Why are we even playing along with this kind of thing!?

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[freearcadia]

Until we know where and how we can get to the Warden...

[There's a low growl at the edges of his words, the feathers of his wings bristling up. Tori-San shook off the blankets it was nestled in and settled on Harlock's shoulders - the gangly bird preens the ruffled feathers]

The fact we have to consider this just shows how much control she has.

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[cuttingwords]

Yeah, but... If we accept that we're powerless, we really will be.

[circuitice]

What would be your preferred course of action?

[cuttingwords]

...I don't know.

[He just hates this SO much.]