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Locked Rooms ([personal profile] guillotineroom) wrote2021-12-04 11:41 am
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PHOENIX

Characters may meet privately in any location available in the Edge of Reverie. Dorms are a good place to start, though!
chew_toy: (11)

day 12

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 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.
thanatas: (Clipboard51)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] thanatas 2021-12-04 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
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. ]
chew_toy: (151)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right.

In short, if attainable, the ideal solution is to guarantee that only one group lacks protection.
bonebutchblues: (JAIL FOR MOTHER)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] bonebutchblues 2021-12-04 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ laying on the floor, drunk as a skunk ]

Orb is.... bad. Loudspeaker, also bad. I think- I think this is bad.
chew_toy: (139)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...

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 ]
bonebutchblues: (:|)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] bonebutchblues 2021-12-04 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
There's so many- bad things.

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

But you defeated the orb.
chew_toy: (54)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Did I?

[ he is a lot stronger than one might expect, which may or may not have anything to do with being used to manhandling drunks ]
bonebutchblues: (o3o)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] bonebutchblues 2021-12-04 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ fucking expert over here ]

You did. Yer cool and yerrr nice.
chew_toy: (83)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
You flatter me. If you stay like this for a bit, would you like me to fetch you some cake?
bonebutchblues: (:|)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] bonebutchblues 2021-12-04 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Hell. Fucking. Yes.
circuitice: (And? Your point?)

[personal profile] circuitice 2021-12-04 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
circuitice: (I am always VERY busy.)

[personal profile] circuitice 2021-12-04 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sits next to her ]

Correct! On all accounts.
bonebutchblues: (:S)

[personal profile] bonebutchblues 2021-12-04 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Alcohol... maybe good? I dunno.
circuitice: (And? Your point?)

[personal profile] circuitice 2021-12-04 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it probably has dulled the sense of danger for the moment.
bonebutchblues: (bored)

[personal profile] bonebutchblues 2021-12-04 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Danger bad.
chew_toy: (117)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be right back.

[ goes off to, indeed, get her another Hostess snack from his room

he also brings back a glass of water and also a garbage bin in case she does throw up. sets them down and sits crosslegged next to her, getting an arm under her shoulders to help her up ]

Here, sit up. Have some water, too.
chew_toy: (162)

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
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: (I am always VERY busy.)

[personal profile] circuitice 2021-12-04 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
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?
circuitice: (Without a shadow of a doubt.)

[personal profile] circuitice 2021-12-04 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Danger is interesting.
bonebutchblues: (waffle in the distance)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] bonebutchblues 2021-12-04 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sits up as directed ]

But cake...
chew_toy: (67)

Re: day 12

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ puts the water glass in her hand ]

I'll open it for you while you drink that.

[ you don't even have to fight with the plastic wrapping. he will do that for you ]
chew_toy: (101)

1/2

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea. But it might at least be worth a shot.
chew_toy: (10)

2/3 I lied

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll... talk to Bugbear first. There's...

[ grips his own hands just a little tighter ]

There's a chance, I suppose.

Though Elliot would be furious with me, and them.
chew_toy: (91)

[personal profile] chew_toy 2021-12-04 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
But in all honesty, even if there is a volunteer, they don't have any real control over whether other groups decide to protect them. A better failsafe would be to offer trades of mutual protection with two other groups, and lie to one of them.
circuitice: (Slightly unexpected.)

[personal profile] circuitice 2021-12-04 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
... Hmmm~?

You aren't wrong. Could you lie convincingly enough to one of them?

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