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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[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.

[fashionfever]

[Why is she the one all these kids feel like they have to protect from the cruelties of the world? Angela feels really - the tension all flows down into her clenched left fist, and she pats Akira on the shoulder with her right hand.]

We're all gonna get you right back to high school, and you'll make a killer speech as prom king! [Exaggerated "silly me" laugh.] Oh, wait, they don't even have prom in Europe, I have no idea about Japan...

[beguiledcard]

[ The smile becomes a little less forced at the reassuring pat to his shoulder. He chuckles and shakes his head. ]

I highly doubt I'd ever be prom king material, even if Japan did have that kind of thing. It's all some... popularity contest, and I'm kind of...

[ He shrugs the shoulder opposite of the one she pat. No need to go into why he thinks what he does. No need to explain the whole... criminal record thing or the matter of all that damn whispering he'd had to listen to on day one. He just... keeps it simple: ]

I'm just me.

[fashionfever]

[Angela really imagines it for a second - Chloe with the blue streak in her hair all dolled up in spiderwebs as prom queen.

Oh my god, this really is how Janet felt.

She puts both her hands back on her hips.]

Hey, as long as you're being you, you figured that out way sooner than I did. That's great.

when ya hit "post comment" on accident tbh

[beguiledcard]

[ There's a small snort. ]

Figured what out, exactly? [ it's partly a form of teasing, partly him about to make a point ] I wouldn't be the person I am if not for everything I learned in the Metaverse. And, if I'm being perfectly honest, I still don't know who I'm supposed to be half the time.

[ A small, gentle smirk. ]

Life is all about learning.