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WEEK 2

[The unfortunate death, and subsequent execution, has no doubt weighed on everyone's minds since. The dam has burst, and now, the idea that someone may kill another in this place is not just a possibility anymore. It is reality, and a very terrifying reality at that.

Yet, there is a strange side effect to the murder's aftermath. When the Titled go to sleep on Saturday evening, they will dream, even if they don't normally do so. When they wake up, their dream stays with them, and a thought comes to everyone. A realization.

Their dream had been a memory they lost. Now, they have it back, as if they had never lost it.

Nor is that the only change. They also feel just a little more confident in their power. Confident enough that they find that their ability has evolved to become stronger. Whether that's a good or a bad thing, well...

Soon enough, too, the Titled's phones start pinging, and when they open up their LIME app, they receive a simple message:]

Your Mall Map has been updated!

[And indeed, those who go to check the Food Court will find an elevator on the eastern end which leads to a brand new wing that had previously been obscured by the barrier.

Dio and Wake's information is also slightly different from before on the LIME app, but...maybe it's best not to think about it. Last week had been...disheartening.

Hopefully, this week will be better, right? Surely, this week, temptation won't win out again....right?

Well.

There's only one way to find out.

Welcome to Week 2, Titled.

There are thirteen strangers in this place.

This week's crab is Dungeness.]

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[...It would be stupid. It would be a truly terrible idea to show people here what he's really capable of, and he doesn't doubt that Karma, who likes assassination, will push him to fight seriously.

But there were few things like fighting to make you aware that you're alive and that was something he could use right now. Kurama let defiance and his own challenge spark in his eyes, a faint, un-Shuuichi-like smirk curving his lips.]

Why don't we make the game more interesting? I doubt you've gotten to try your power on a moving target any more than I have.

[ Catching that spark in the other's eyes and the smirk that followed was already promising on it's own, but the words themselves were definitely enough to get his absolute attention. ]

I'd be up for that. Gotta know the limits of how these powers work, after all.

[ The wicked grin of excitement spread across his face in an instant. ]

Just don't blame me if it ends up hurting when I finally hit you.

I can practically guarantee you that I've been hurt worse. [There was something to the way he said that that might hint at the sort of memory he'd just gotten back, a faint bite of venom that wasn't aimed at Karma himself.

He lifted his free hand and gestured for Karma to come all the way into the room.]

Besides, that goes both ways, Karma. So try not to get shot.

[And yes, that emphasis did, in fact, amount to a challenge, a declaration that it wouldn't be such an easy thing for Karma to do.]

I don't doubt that in the slightest.

[ Someone couldn't live over a thousand years and not get hurt pretty badly at some point or another. He suspected that touch of venom was due to that time he might have remembered, pushing himself away from the wall and heading fully into the room.

Karma had also definitively noticed the challenge within that clear emphasis, not about to simply let it slide. ]

Don't worry. I'm faster than you think I am.

[ He rolled his shoulders a bit, stretching his arms out so they wouldn't be stiff. Admittedly it was going to be fun trying to dodge, avoid bullets and gather enough energy while getting close enough to utilize a strong hit with his power. ]

Come at me whenever you're ready.