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From:

survivaltricks

Yeah. They are.

Almost like a certain pink-shaded voice wants us to use them.

[yes. he has absolutely noticed]

From:

recrypt

Right. And I'm aware that some of us might have received objects of the same color, presumably for 'winning' in a given week...

[ well, guy did say he received it 'last week' during trial. unless he went on a secret excursion somewhere... but hm, she might need to backtrack a little. ]

The reward vouchers for completing tasks each week show up in a plain paper bag for you, right? Unsigned note?

Edited Date: 2020-06-23 12:15 am (UTC)

From:

survivaltricks

[. . .]

[he. actually has something to say about that, but--]

Yeah, that's correct. [. . .] Along with the weekly "prize."

From:

recrypt

Hmm.

[ she hums. no visible reaction? ]

And, just to verify, the rewards the Directors gave us for our little extracurricular activity last week... that came with a signed note, correct?

From:

survivaltricks

That's right. Something from the three of them specifically.

You're thinking that Pinkie is responsible for handing out weekly rewards and vouchers, aren't you?

From:

recrypt

Possibly. Or rather, it's looking fairly probable at this point. Mind you, I'm only collecting data with no clear conclusion as of yet.

[ can't play the game without getting a shape of the board, but it's difficult getting pieces at all, let alone knowing what to do with them. ]

It's apparent Pinkie clearly wants us to play into this competition... But, I don't know, the reward items seem relatively harmless compared to the ones in the shop, unless there's a catch to them I'm not aware of.

From:

survivaltricks

[hmmm. . .]

Well. . . I have a theory about the weekly rewards, but it's hard for me to confirm it when I don't know anyone from a-- ah, particular team.

[he digs in his pocket and pulls out a pink kazoo, placing same between his teeth sadly and giving it a light buzz]

But I think everyone receives the same series of items at the end of the week. The first week it was kazoos and harmonicas, and the second week it was. . . weird flutes and horns.

But only those on the winning team get versions of those items that actually do something.

[and aren't just. . . you know. useless kazoos and harmonicas]

From:

recrypt

... Haha. So you think they're handing out consolation prizes to everyone, huh. I don't know enough people to confirm, so...

[ us desperately trying to rub two braincells together at trial and right now ]

... Surprisingly musical themed, though. ♪ Think we can convince them to quit with a soulful instrumental serenade?

From:

survivaltricks

[hmm. . .]

I know they're giving out consolation pries to everyone who loses. But the "consolation prizes" given to the winners aren't consolation prizes at all. That's what I'm saying.

[it's like. everyoen got kazoos but some people's kazoos are cool and do badass things while everyone else's are just useless]

The musical theme surprises me, too. Do you think Pinkie is unexpectedly musically inclined?

From:

recrypt

Right, I understood that part. But you're saying it's not just necessarily a runners-up situation, correct? It's both losing teams.

[ hmmmmm ]

Our friend the pink snake certainly is proving to be unexpected in multiple ways, I suppose...

From:

survivaltricks

Yep. And I know that for a fact.

[sad kazoo noises]

. . . and they are. You know I asked one of the directors if I could speak to them, yeah?

From:

recrypt

[ whomp whomp whomp but it's kazoo ]

... I did not. You told me about plans to see if you could contact not-pink indirectly, but not about any plans to try to contact pink.

From:

survivaltricks

Yeah, well. . . I was told it was impossible.

[UNFORTUNATELY]

And I haven't figured out a way to contact them indirectly. Winter also stressed that trying to contact them might be dangerous.

Like. . . asking for a red bell to talk to the mansion levels of dangerous.

From:

recrypt

... Haha. Well, that certainly isn't good. We'll table that, then.

[ damn there goes the idea of summoning pink by idk, playing Elegy of Emptiness on the instruments or something ]

You've spoken with the group that went into the cabin in the woods, correct?

From:

survivaltricks

Yeah; I have. Giyuu gave me his laptop, just in case I can fix it or find another one to which to transfer the harddrive.

[raking a hand through his hair now]

I also talked to Natalie, who asked the directors about that cabin, and. . . some of the directors themselves.

From:

recrypt

Oh, I hadn't heard that part.

[ or so i hope, because sometimes you are just (back)tagging pcs for a while and sweating ]

What have you heard? And... Did any of them mention that strange picture they found?

From:

survivaltricks

[that's such a mood, mauyn]

. . . none of them mentioned a strange picture, no.

[h-hm]

But Natalie was told by the directors that the cabin that burned down was another "residual." I confirmed that with Winter and Heart myself, but neither Natalie nor I know whose residual it is.

[because it can't be Giyuu and Dimitri and Shinobu's right? because they didn't recognize the equipment. . .?]

From:

recrypt

Which of our locations would have had CCTV screens for surveillance involved? It sounds like there was too much technology involved for either the temple or the castle, and I doubt the island would have had all that many luxuries...

[ ... ]

In any case... it seemed like some sort of doodle, maybe. It's hard to say, because I couldn't look at it for long without my visual functions starting to throw errors at me, and it was blurred beyond recognition outside of a simplistic 'key.' Red was bad, white was good.

Predictably, it was mostly a mess of red, but... it seemed there was a bit of blue in there too?

From:

survivaltricks

A doodle you couldn't look at for long. . .?

[huh]

[. . .]

Hey-- do you think it's a picture of one of our counselors? We can't see what they look like under the cloaks and hats and frills, so maybe. . .

[he trails off a little thoughtfully]

From:

recrypt

[ she makes an annoyed sort of noise. ]

Yes. And unfortunately, this isn't like those old shows where you can just take an image and run it through a filter while dramatically saying enhance to miraculously recreate the original.

[ if only being a robot were that convenient. ]

That said, I'm not very sure that it looked much like a face, but if you think that's it, then it's interesting that so much of it is apparently labeled 'bad...'

From:

survivaltricks

If only real life worked that way.

[AMUSED. . .]

And maybe it's not a face, but I guess their faces are the one thing in this camp I can think of that are purposefully distorted so we can't recognize them.

From:

recrypt

Vaguely circular, maybe an oval at a slant. That's all I can tell you about it. If you really want to see it for yourself, you can try asking that group again.

[ but she's really not convinced it's a face.

that said, she sighs, and strokes through the fox's fur again. ]

Akira, you've asked what happens if no one dies in any given week already, correct?

From:

survivaltricks

[. . . haha]

No, but I just sort of assumed the consequences were similar to the ones at the mansion.

Lili confirmed that for me.

[HE SOUNDS TIRED]

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