here we are in the line of fire the after time and over again;

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shitpost coming eventually (or you could give me one,)

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[shortforever]

Something like that. New game plus, with different playable characters.

Week 4, post-trial

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[YEAH he. Is gunning (lol) right for her as soon as the trial is over.]

We need to talk. In private.

[recrypt]

[ Haha well, that isn't surprising. ]

Of course. Where do you want to talk?

[shortforever]

You have a way to save him, right? Like, an antidote, or something?

[recrypt]

It's not the same. It won't be as neat or as clean as when I did it.

[ (zia voice) you thought we'd give you two antidotes ]

But ... Peach said it would work.

[shortforever]

If it works, then it works. Clean or no.

[He's sure Lio would prefer to be alive anyway.]

What is it, anyway?

[recrypt]

An angel's feather.

[ ... for a moment it's almost like that's all she's going to say. but no, she's not going to be cryptic this time. ]

... A single second chance, for whoever might be holding it as they die.

[ there's a reason she promised that regardless of what might end up happening, Chuuya wouldn't be dying. ]

[shortforever]

...ah. That's why you said I shouldn't worry, huh? No matter who got voted out, they weren't in danger of dying.

[Clever. That's actually a really useful item.]

It's lucky you guys found that this week, it might be just what we need to save Lio then.

[recrypt]

Luck.

[ ... She makes a dissatisfied sort of noise. ]

Ja, we keep being saved by lucky finds. I can't say we should hope to continue relying on it, though. One day we'll run out.

[ One day she won't be able to nyoom in at the eleventh hour with an item save and then what will we do. ]

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Yeah, we will. But until then, we can keep trying that luck, right?

[He pulls out his own lucky item- a rabbit's foot- and holds it up to look at it.]

We need every person alive that we can get, so there's no shame in trying, right?

Remind me to kick that one prick's ass too, for nearly wasting two lucky items.

[recrypt]

[ As he does she'll incline her head and palm the lucky stone she mentioned at trial. What do you know. ]

Hahaha. What if I don't remind you, though- just didn't bother to hold you back?

[shortforever]

[They're just full of lucky items here, huh?]

That works too. He needs a good trouncing, I think.

[recrypt]

Have fun. ♪ Remember not to do anything that will make people too much more mad at you, or leave him as an easy target for any would be monsters.

—Oh, but the next time you hypothetically go rolling murder dice, leave Hunter off of it, hm?

[ don't! waste! her! antidote! ]

[shortforever]

[WAVING HER OFF at the mention of murder dice.]

My murdering days are over, it's fine. He's not at risk.

[recrypt]

[ watch as we manage to save lio and then the monster next week murders him, leaving her to wonder why she even bothers ]

Oh, good. Maybe they'll let you out for good behavior if you keep that up.

[ because haha wow, that restraints conversation. hm. ]

[shortforever]

Fuck that, they're not gonna lock me up in the first place. Cooperation only goes so far.

[YEAH UH. No restraints allowed.]

[recrypt]

Well, it's not like there's too many places to lock anyone up here in the first place, so you probably should be okay ...

[ hm. ]

... Honestly, if nothing else. I'm glad it was you rather than Ayabe.

[ She's not sure how much harder Ayabe would spiral if he actually did. Well. Anyway. ]

[shortforever]

[Yeah he. Instantly focuses on Ayabe there.]

I wasn't gonna let him do it. I did break a promise to him, but I couldn't leave that 'what if' hanging. If the DVDs had been real, he would've killed next week to try and save her. Or even at the trial.

...he's not a killer. He doesn't need that weight on his shoulders.

[recrypt]

He isn't. Out of all of us, he's one of the most normal people here. Most of rest of us- we're used to at least something.

[ ... ]

A while ago. Back closer to when this all started, after that first trial.

I told him to accept help when it was offered. To rely on other people. Has he been doing that?

[shortforever]

[Huh. She asked that of him?]

Sometimes. This week he was really stubborn about it, but before that, yeah.

[recrypt]

[ She knows a problem child when she sees one, okay. ]

... He's guilty, isn't he? Combined with the mansion's idea of incentive, this week.

[shortforever]

He feels guilty, yeah. Even when I told him not to, he still gets those ideas in his head.

[He sounds more frustrated than anything. This is why he did the killing, Ayabe! So you wouldn't feel guilty!]

After that last trial

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[HEY 45

HEY

Chuuya is coming over to nudge her with his elbow.]

We did it, huh?

[recrypt]

Haha, after much trial and tribulation... yes, we did, didn't we?

[ nothing else says satisfaction like literally blowing up an eldritch housemonster, but hey. ]

[shortforever]

[The explosion was extremely satisfying. He's been hoping for it since day one.]

It's about time too, that took way too long! You were pretty cool out there though, I have to give you that.