WEEK 3

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 3



[The week begins as last week began. But there's is a great difference-murder. It has happened. Blood has been drawn; it cannot be undone. The Game has made itself known. The Game is paramount. The Game simply is.

As morning dawns, those who were not present with the DEAD lock will find that the doors that were locked are now gone-and a whole new area has finally opened up to them. They will also find that they remember something they had not been able to recall beforehand. The question is, was it worth it?

And-is it you, or is the ship getting...colder as the hours go by? No, it's not just you. By the end of Sunday, the ship has started to dip into freezing temperatures. It might be difficult for people to bundle up-unless you're Brain, who will find his closet inundated with winter clothing that fit him perfectly.

Yup. This is going to be a long week, as if last week wasn't bad enough.



There are currently 16 strangers in this place.]

Comments

[superstylishsquid]

It's not speculation, no. Roland encountered in the chapel with his power that said 'one among us is responsible for this game', and one of the dolls I found during that truth 'game' also claimed this was its person's fault.

Still a chance the info's planted to cause infighting, of course. 'S why I want to look into it, and not let anyone do anything impulsive.

[voidseeing]

Infighting, or an attempt to get us to target one person in particular. Which could mean there's a reason he wants that person out of the way.

[yesorwoof]

then why even trust the question?

[hatesdeerstalkers]

It would be an easy way to get the whole of the group to distrust each other, for certain.

[Though he does look a little intrigued by the notion. Was Zero truly among them? If so, he'd have to actually give the mastermind a little more credit than he was before.]

[yesorwoof]

[Much like with the photo of the cat art, Makima slides this piece of paper across the table so Moriarty can see more easily.]

overkill. Double Agent exists.

[hatesdeerstalkers]

There is no 'overkill' when it comes to sowing distrust and unease, Makima.

[He's just. gonna say that casually. it's fine!]

But I suppose I won't argue the point beyond that.

[yesorwoof]

[Makima makes the blatant impatience gesture of chewing the inside of her cheek as she rests it in her hand. She taps the tip of her pencil idly against the paper - perhaps keeping track of the dolls she remembers from the truth game.]

then we wait and investigate ourselves. If something good/bad happens re: motive, we need to focus all our energy on escape where we can afford to leave that person in the past (at least to start) / finding identity of killer and Double Agent (Individual is probably neither of them)
I still think that best question is "what are the titles and functionality examples and full consequences (including incapacitation or death) of any and all methods that exist to restore us to the status on our abilities that, according to our memories when we first woke up on the Gigantic and did not fully recollect the kidnapping process, was the status we had prior to being kidnapped"
Will let us know if we can pursue that method.
If we do not regain our abilities we may really be trapped at the bottom of the ocean in a way that we can't help

[superstylishsquid]

Restoring our abilities to what they're supposed to be should be high priority, yeah. Get our powers back, and this thing's just an overgrown sardine can. Granted, finding out how we could theoretically accomplish such a thing doesn't guarantee it would be possible from our position...but it would give us more direction to focus on.

One thing, though: we've lost some of our memories. If any of our powers were permanently altered between the last thing we remember and the moment before we were kidnapped, he could get away with saying it's impossible without actually lying.

[yesorwoof]

[She nods, starting to look like she actually agrees with him for once. Writing diligently:]

need as much information as we can get about what is possible.
if we solicit sufficient detail on the methods, we should be able to figure out whether it is at all possible from our position.
if some truly permanent method of removal were employed or had happened to us in our personal memories, that would be unfortunate but not something we could change, right?
what would be a really big problem is if useful powers were gained during a time we don't remember.

[So she'll try to modify some text.]

"what are the titles and functionality examples and full consequences (including incapacitation or death) of any and all methods that exist to restore us to the status on our abilities that, according to our memories available through connection to our personal identities up until the kidnapping process began when we first woke up on the Gigantic and did not fully recollect the kidnapping process, was the status we had prior to being kidnapped"

[Another aside:]

Having trouble phrasing kidnapping process. we were likely depowered before we were put onto the ship so we cannot simply ask to be restored to the state we were in before arriving on the ship. but the kidnapping process may technically involve surveillance or something over months or even years. ?

[superstylishsquid]

Then we should phrase it based on when it affected us. Ask for a rundown of ways we could be restored to the state we were in immediately prior to the...let's call it a selection process, in case there's a difference between who kidnapped us and who suppressed our powers, directly affecting our abilities. That way, he won't be able to use things years before he did anything but gather information on us to give a less useful answer.

[yesorwoof]

[She's making a lot of lines connecting different phrases, but that'd be hard to convey in text, so.]

kidnapper - suppressor
^ evidence there is a difference?
important distinction to make (e.g. Zero's collaborator coerced double agent)

"initiation process"

what if new powers are permanent. therefore would be "impossible" to be restored to exact same condition in last good memory. for that eventuality, we desire "last good condition irrespective of that"
though there may be a downside to keeping these powers as well... who knows