changing and replacing this mask, show time;

[recrypt]

Comments

[survivaltricks]

[FUN FACT: HE ACTUALLY KNOWS THIS!!!]

I wouldn't ask for it, but I guess if some people thought the reward was worth it. . .

[recrypt]

[ she and minako have only grilled about the accommodations thus far and not the entire setup itself ripip

in the driest, cheeriest tone of voice: ]

Sure must have been nice to be in a place where murder was rewarded. ♪

[survivaltricks]

[UGH]

The temple was apparently like that. Yu called it "deeply political" and said that people were far too willing to betray others to get what they wanted.

[recrypt]

Hahaha.

Politics. Seems there's no end of trouble caused by that word...

[survivaltricks]

This is why nobody likes politics.

[recrypt]

Nobody except the ones in charge who can twist them to their advantage, you mean?

[survivaltricks]

[there's]

[a bitter note to his words that wasn't there before. like something personal has been dug up]

Exactly.

[recrypt]

[ oh, she's been bitter since the word politics got used. whether or not it shows in tone, well.

the next few words are singsonged. ]

All right, moving on. Castle and temple had it good, people might have sucked. Ship had it the worst, mansion kind of was bad too but at least we had air conditioning. Center of the universe needed everyone to die except one. American west just sounds like it was bad in general. Island had terrible accommodations. McDonald's was the afterlife.

Do we need to start keeping track of who's from where?

[survivaltricks]

[taps his temple]

I've been doing that mentally. It might help us later on, but I don't think it's extremely important.

Other than for reference only, I don't want us to split into natural factions based on our previous experiences, you know?

[holds up his wrist with the white scrunchie]

The directors have already done that for us.

[recrypt]

[ their mysterious white except to them bunny scrunchies... hers is also on her wrist, same place he left it, so. ]

Here's hoping we're not looking at another repeat of whatever was going on in that castle or temple. The way Stephanie described the former, it sounded like a bit of a faction war between the two ladies in charge, and the latter... well, Majima did imply it was a bit of a numbers game with how one group needed to outnumber the others.

[survivaltricks]

[ugh]

[lifts a hand, fingers digging into his face as he exhales a sigh]

. . . I guess we just have to wait and see how things pan out at the end of the week.

[recrypt]

People's motivation levels might also change after the end of the week, whenever we see what those prizes are.

[ most of them do not seem very enthused about All This, Again, but who knows, maybe those prizes will be just that good.

or (glances at mingle) they could all be bored enough to go all in on dancing and sharing. a pause. ]

Those three lists near our profiles were pretty interesting, don't you think?

[survivaltricks]

[god he hopes that whatever prizes are being offered won't be the straw that breaks the camel's back. he hopes. . .]

Ah. Yeah. You know what they are, right?

[he has THEORIES but he's curious to hear hers]

[recrypt]

A list of fairy tale witches, horror movies, and Herr Phoenix's sense of humor?

[ well, it's an answer, ]

[survivaltricks]

Hey. I think Phoenix has an extremely punny sense of humor myself.

[SAID WITH A STRAIGHT EXPRESSION]

[recrypt]

[ the flattest tone of voice ]

Oh. It's puntagious.

[survivaltricks]

[his mouth twitches]

There is no punscape.

[recrypt]

A bit of a reach there, but is there really no hope for a punacea?

[survivaltricks]

You're making me feel like a real punateur, here.

[OKAY, AKIRA]

All joking aside. . . how much do you want to bet that everyone here has been assigned a label on one of those lists?

[recrypt]

That's a sucker's bet.

Interesting, though, compared to how last time only some people had any extra privileges of any sort.

[survivaltricks]

Right? It now seems like everyone here has one, for better or worse.

[. . . holding up both hands, though]

I'm not going to ask you to share with me what you got, though. I don't want to see what happens when that rule is broken so early.

[recrypt]

I counted 41 of them. That accounts for all of us, I'm decently sure, though it was a little hard to get a full headcount on the bus. It does match up with how many profiles there are, outside of the Directors...

[ so yeah, that's. that's all of them. ]

Hmm~mmm. Maybe you'll see what it is sooner or later. Maybe you won't. Who can say?

[survivaltricks]

. . . coming from you that almost sounds like a threat.

[WHY DOES HE SOUND AMUSED]

[recrypt]

Oh, good. I'd hate to think I was losing my edge.

[ but he still sounds amused so clearly it's not good enough, ]

[survivaltricks]

[no he just knows she's soft on the inside. her secret is out]

If it's any consolation, despite everything you've still got it.