changing and replacing this mask, show time;

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[he huffs a laugh, because of course it's business. it's easier to default to talking about business than it is feelings, isn't it?]

Mmm. I suspected, but Dick confirmed their existence to me on Friday. He found one of the directors' rule books.

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[ goddammit i want that pc with steph that i've been wanting since. was it thursday. fuck. ]

Tsk. I don't suppose he or it mentioned how many there were to a team, or what ones were in play?

[survivaltricks]

[YES YOU DEF NEED A PC WITH STEPH]

[also when he speaks, it sounds like he's parroting something back to 45 directly]

"You are required to select three campers to assist with special tasks. It is your responsibility to ensure they carry out their assignments as needed."

There wasn't any further information about them available in the rulebook he found.

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[ LISTEN I KEEP KNOCKING ON FRANCY'S DOOR ]

Three each. Shinobu and Sanji are apparently confirmed, if we believe Yasusada. ... We don't know if the responsibility jumps after one is killed, do we?

[ sighs. ]

Well, whatever.

[ ... it seems like there was something else she was going to say, but. ]

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We don't know anything.

[there's a light. . . note of frustration in his voice as he says that]

So why do Magnus and Taako know? I know Shinobu killed Yu, but how do they know she had a role? How do they know Sanji did?

[. . .]

[he also opens his mouth to say something else before he just. clicks it shut and looks away, frustration washing over his expression]

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[ pretend i said taako there instead of yasusada because i'm tired and my brain is swiss cheese. ]

Hypothetically, if we treat things like with the professors from the mansion, there's a role out there that can identify others.

Perhaps they passed the message on to someone.

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[. . .]

[a. . . very tired grumble]

Assuming they could even talk about it with other people if they identified another role in the first place.

With how secretive this stupid game is, it wouldn't surprise me if they couldn't.

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Doubtful. [ but she hums, mildly, and: ] What I believe I can tell you is that there is someone out there who knows my team without me having said anything to anyone, and this was before I told you... or anyone else.

[ it shouldn't be doxxing anyone. ]

They claim to have received a note no one else can read.

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[. . . . . . .]

[immediately looking over at her, brows raised]

. . . who?

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Beau received a note some time last week with my team on it, she says. We both came to the conclusion they probably can't reveal themselves regardless.

[ ... ]

That said, I have to wonder if they know about my ability as well. I've told no one because I thought it one of those abilities that would be better the fewer people know about it.

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[Beau. . .]

[. . .]

Did she show you the note?

[and as for the next part]

. . . and I don't know. Maybe it's something where they can only see teams, titles, and extraneous roles, if someone has them?

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She did not. Again, she claims she already asked, and the answer was that no one else can read it, but it isn't as if I got to see it to verify.

[ in any case. ]

... you know, when you and Natalie were wondering if anyone here hadn't told their ability and title to someone ...

[ lmao. ]

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. . . were you worried I'd posit the question to the group at large and you'd be considered suspicious?

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Not necessarily- I don't think there was enough reason to look at me for any of the events this week, and I had... perhaps at least one method of defending myself- but it would have put me in an awkward position all the same.

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I wonder. . . [he just. lets out a breathless laugh, eyes slipping shut. his expression is rueful]

Would we be any closer to finding out who killed Minako if I had asked?

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Who can say. If you had, I would have been fine with telling someone and using up what I had to try to clear myself if we'd made more progress.

[ ... ]

If I'd been awake, maybe I might've been able to do something.

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. . .

[oh, 45]

I keep thinking that about Yin Yu.

[even though Yin Yu went up against Yasusada, of all people]

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... What about him, exactly?

[survivaltricks]

. . . if I had been awake, could I have protected him from Yasusada? Kept them from meeting? Talked Yasusada out of killing him. . .?

[he just. shrugs, a little helpless]

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[ . . . . . ]

Nothing quite like that with me, I'm afraid.

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[. . . . . .]

Would you have killed whoever came to kill Minako?

[he asks that quietly, with zero judgment in his tone]

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Hm.

[ a moment of thought, before: ]

I couldn't say. What I can tell you, instead, is...

I am the Oculus, Akira. I can take on the appearance of someone I've seen. And as of last week, my plush allows me to turn my outfit into solid steel for six hours.

[ she could have played distraction; she could have been a decoy. ]

I am not unaccustomed to fighting for that long, and even if I cannot use my gun here, I can, at least, work to defend myself, or leave marks on anyone responsible.

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[a-- ah. his eyes widen in a bit of surprise, mouth falling open. but it all makes sense to him, and when his shock subsides, he speaks with a small nod]

Ah. . . I see why you haven't told anyone about your power or your title yet.

[recrypt]

[ so, there it is, out in the open. akira now knows. there is the potential for other parties out there to know, too, depending on who it was that found her out and how. ]

Haha. But it does leave me in a bad place when we start discussing titles and abilities, doesn't it?

[survivaltricks]

It might have before now.

[his lips twitch a bit]

But now I can vouch for you.