WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[Well, this is...happening. This is a thing. This is your life now. The Commander is expecting you to just up and kill one another, and then try to get away with it. No big deal, right? You guys can handle this. You won't fall for what she has. She's clearly an idiot. A loud idiot, but still an idiot. She's not going to get one over you.

...Right?

In any case, the Commander's quarters are now open for anyone who decides they can actually stand to be in the same room as her, but beware - any favor you might ask of her is going to come at a price, and who knows what she'll ask you to do if you decide to gain a boon from her. Unless you're a suck-up like Baku - then she'll apparently be flattered. Maybe that's a good tactic to use?


Whatever you do, try not to murder the bread again. The Bread Did Nothing Wrong.


There are fifteen strangers in this place.]



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Comments

[fashionfever]

Okay, they might give out motives but... that doesn't mean people take them, does it?

[beguiledcard]

Every week...

[ He's not looking at her as he says that. ]

Someone went through with it every single week, in the mall.

[fashionfever]

Fifteen people... and three of them... were killers?

[to say nothing of... at least three people dying at their hands... this is a lot to take in and it's clearly not happening, the surface of her face like a block of hard ice]

[vividsins]

Everyone has something they'd kill for. Everyone.

[ He's made tea now, and he's sipping it. ]

[beguiledcard]

Three killed, four died at their hands, and then... some died in other ways.

[ He remains quiet over Baku's words. ]

[fashionfever]

Why... Why a two for one deal? That's for shoes, not... Not...

[SHE'S NOT SAYING BAKU IS WRONG BUT HE NEEDS TO CALM DOWN ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE ROOMING TOGETHER]

[beguiledcard]

[ His brow tenses, and he momentarily looks like he's not entirely here. It's as he holds a blink, he shakes his head and mutters. ]

My best guess is somebody was in the wrong place, at the wrong time? I can't imagine anyone... even wanting to hurt either of them. But, especially--

[ Akira's voice is briefly unsteady. ]

... Torri was... just a kid...

[fashionfever]

[Ah... She feels like she's on an amusement park ride gone wrong... Where's her stomach...?]

Hey... No offense, but you're pretty much a kid to me too, you know...? Don't beat yourself up. It's some other jerk who did it... And your kidnappers. Okay?

[beguiledcard]

[ His mouth shifts into a thin line for a moment, but he remains quiet, rather than arguing. He is just a kid, isn't he? Even if, lately, he doesn't feel like one. ]

Yeah... [ forcing a small smile ] You're right.

[crouching_sin]

No one is above being bought, after all.

[vividsins]

Demons at least have rules. Humans are the ones who're unpredictable.

[beguiledcard]

... Not all demons are predictable.

[crouching_sin]

They have rules, yes, but he's correct. You try telling Loki that he's 'predictable'. I'll wait.

[vividsins]

Loki, if I recall, isn't a demon. That's a god. Either way, we have to function inside the rules, so don't count on something like me killing someone unless the deal's good for me.

[losergod]

Why do you think we've been given these powers? Likely to facilitate such death in the first place.

... Miss Napoli, I think you have trouble with viewing human action realistically. Or perhaps you've never seen human cruelty firsthand.

[fashionfever]

Oh, yeah, Christian's going to just strangle someone with his two seconds of extra arm? People get musicked to death? What does that have to do with ANYTHING!!!!!

[vividsins]

Magic grows stronger with time, milady.

[ With use. ]

[fashionfever]

OK, don't we have a whole room of knives and junk anyway? Focus on those. If there's such a big risk of us killing each other, let's do something about that weapon crap.

[vividsins]

I've been documenting everything, milady. So that's a little less worry, I hope?

[losergod]

Actually, at high enough frequencies, some sounds can kill. It depends.

[ ... Was that the point? Maybe not but. ]

[beguiledcard]

Th-... Yeah.

[ He looks Concerned at the very thought. ]

Or maybe, like how some of these seem, it could be intended to be used as a distraction?

[ Although... ]

Back in the mall, our powers evolved, every week.

[losergod]

They... evolved?

[ He sounds very curious. ]

... I would very much like to Observe our powers here, in that case. We should document them.

[stealsyourduelist]

....Rosenkreuz, if you must.

[Really, he goes by Seto, but he has a hunch she'll somehow mispronounce that more than a name that at least has 'rose' in it.]

[fashionfever]

Oh! S-sorry... Rosenkreuz...

[The final "ts" softens into a "ss", but otherwise she's doing alright. It's like his authoritative voice has filled a switch.]

[stealsyourduelist]

[Eh... good enough for now. He nods]

Thank you.

[He appreciates the respect! Especially when in comparison there are people drawing cartoons of him holding stacks of arms on their door.]