[ What plan? When Toi was the one who was forced to go up there, that was exactly what Ayabe said to him too: if the choice was either random or volunteer, the best thing for everybody's mental stability is to get one person who is most used to killing and have them do it. Immediately, he had felt horrible for thinking it, though, because— as far as he's aware of and wants desperately to believe— there is nobody here experienced in and comfortable with killing. Even if they were, asking them to kill one more person would be cruel.
If he had to start the day all over again, he wonders whether he would still think that, or if he would force himself to stand instead. ]
I don't know. If I were in Dazai's shoes... I wouldn't want it to be a friend. I don't want to see the pain on a friend's face when I die.
[ But he still stuttered, but that doubt still sprung up when she pointed it out, and he wonders for a moment whether subconsciously he'd done just that. Gave up.
Not unless the deer were directly in your face it isn't. ♪
It's used mostly for close combat, like rescuing hostages in tight quarters. The bullets won't go through the walls, or anything you don't want them to, really.
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It is not in the least useful for anything requiring long range or penetration.
[ so Card I hope you realize that the very idea of 45 sniping the chandelier made me laugh like a goddamn hyena for a variety of reasons. ]
Sehr gut. There are people depending on you, after all.
[ What the fuck was that memory, Ayabe. Still, she finally settles in and makes herself comfortable on the chaise, crossing her legs and examining him carefully. ]
... We shall have to take volunteers again next time, I think. Some of us may be more willing than others to take on that burden. Some of us may even be more familiar with it.
[ Hahaha yeah, sure is great that the infirmary and its painkillers are available now ... guess who conventional painkillers don't work on, Card, guess! ]
It's a game. Or at least, who or whatever is responsible for all this has a healthy sense of dramatics.
It would ruin the suspense for them to reveal the entire board all at once.
[ But yeah, it might annoy her a bit too, especially the part where illusions and magic are involved. ]
What did you think would happen if the an armed force were to try to subdue criminals or capture someone in a crowded building using weapons that could punch through walls?
[ that defeats the entire point of trying to save any would-be hostages if they get killed by friendly fire because a policeman or SWAT team didn't have x-ray vision or something? ]
But there is at least one person here whose profile mentions assassination, and more aside who I'm sure would be willing to spare people like you or Toi a repeated experience.
[ Assassination... he frowns and sort of looks over at his closet where his notebook is. Just like robots and demons, he had thrown out a lot of the information from those profiles out of his head early on, on the account of them being utterly ridiculous. ]
...........Horikawa?
[ The baby sword who Ayabe just went "Yeah, he's six" for four weeks? ]
[ Can you imagine if the weapon Ayabe chose was a gun and he had to kill Dazai the same way, by hugging him and shooting him from behind? I could have made the bullet pass through and hit Ayabe too and then 45 would give up on him entirely and leave him for dead, this was the thought that ran through my head when I chose a sword. ]
So then you'd want a short ranged gun, but not a very strong one. One with rubber bullets?
... But seeing as it would be rude of me to volunteer another person for them without consulting them first, I would also be willing to take up the role of willing volunteer, if it should spare others their consciences.
[ That fucking memory that Ayabe had to sit through twice and now he's hmm whenever he's down in the basement in the laundry room in sight of that lake. ]
You shouldn't have to do that. But... it would be better... nobody here should have to be forced to take another life.
[ Better than drowning memories, that's for sure. Ayabe can't even tell if his memories were major or minor because his life is otherwise very normal and they're all the same. Cute family memory aside. ]
...that goes beyond science. Is that something virtual reality simulations can do, 45? Stimulate people to remember things, and transmit that to somebody else?
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Date: 2020-03-16 03:40 am (UTC)If he had to start the day all over again, he wonders whether he would still think that, or if he would force himself to stand instead. ]
I don't know. If I were in Dazai's shoes... I wouldn't want it to be a friend. I don't want to see the pain on a friend's face when I die.
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Date: 2020-03-16 04:34 am (UTC)[ Or is this just post-execution trauma, the result of getting the least suited to handle the dirty work best left for others? ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 04:45 am (UTC)[ The memory isn't about a robot, it's from the robot. Also Card one day 45 really will be scapegoated for gun crimes and then you'll be sorry. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 04:48 am (UTC)[ sharply ties off a wrapping. there, no more offending exposed circuitry for ayabe to have a crisis about. ]
There's plenty left of this mansion left to discover, after all.
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Date: 2020-03-16 04:57 am (UTC)[ But he still stuttered, but that doubt still sprung up when she pointed it out, and he wonders for a moment whether subconsciously he'd done just that. Gave up.
He shakes his head. ]
No way. I'm... going home. I have to.
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:01 am (UTC)It's used mostly for close combat, like rescuing hostages in tight quarters. The bullets won't go through the walls, or anything you don't want them to, really.
[ finally: ]
It is not in the least useful for anything requiring long range or penetration.
[ so Card I hope you realize that the very idea of 45 sniping the chandelier made me laugh like a goddamn hyena for a variety of reasons. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:13 am (UTC)[ What the fuck was that memory, Ayabe. Still, she finally settles in and makes herself comfortable on the chaise, crossing her legs and examining him carefully. ]
... We shall have to take volunteers again next time, I think. Some of us may be more willing than others to take on that burden. Some of us may even be more familiar with it.
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:14 am (UTC)[ With 45 being human and heard this conversation through some sort of radio or something. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:24 am (UTC)What— No, I don't want Toi doing that again.
[ Because nobody here has ever killed anybody besides him and Toi, obviously!!! ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:27 am (UTC)Just how big is this place? That ticks me off too, having things withheld and shown bit by bit.
[ They all suffered for weeks on children's tylenol until the infirmary opened up, WHY ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:27 am (UTC)[ ha ha. ]
It might be more easily transmitted by whatever the mansion is doing.
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:31 am (UTC)What? I didn't know close combat guns were a thing.
[ They all seem to be long range things. Sniping things from at least ten feet away, shooting apart chandelier chains, that sort of thing. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:32 am (UTC)It's a game. Or at least, who or whatever is responsible for all this has a healthy sense of dramatics.
It would ruin the suspense for them to reveal the entire board all at once.
[ But yeah, it might annoy her a bit too, especially the part where illusions and magic are involved. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:34 am (UTC)Stupid. Are we supposed to feel grateful when we get access to things we should have from the start? I won't fall for that.
[ He will be salty forever. No matter what people say about backing Blue, he's still daggers at them ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:35 am (UTC)[ that defeats the entire point of trying to save any would-be hostages if they get killed by friendly fire because a policeman or SWAT team didn't have x-ray vision or something? ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:38 am (UTC)[ Clearly he has never had to think of this before!! Why would he ]
You would use a knife in that instance...?
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:40 am (UTC)Certainly, I wasn't talking about Toi.
But there is at least one person here whose profile mentions assassination, and more aside who I'm sure would be willing to spare people like you or Toi a repeated experience.
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:42 am (UTC)[ please don't bring a knife to a gun fight, Ayabe. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:42 am (UTC)...........Horikawa?
[ The baby sword who Ayabe just went "Yeah, he's six" for four weeks? ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:45 am (UTC)[ She claps, sharply. ]
Now let's put that to work on putting the rest of this mansion's mysteries together.
[ Accept aid from NPCs but trust no NPC. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:47 am (UTC)So then you'd want a short ranged gun, but not a very strong one. One with rubber bullets?
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:48 am (UTC)[ Easier said than done, but that's what they have to do. Be bitter and keep going. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:48 am (UTC)[ he of the 336 year ocean memory, apparently. ]
... But seeing as it would be rude of me to volunteer another person for them without consulting them first, I would also be willing to take up the role of willing volunteer, if it should spare others their consciences.
[ and avoid further displays like today. ]
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:53 am (UTC)You shouldn't have to do that. But... it would be better... nobody here should have to be forced to take another life.
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Date: 2020-03-16 05:58 am (UTC)...that goes beyond science. Is that something virtual reality simulations can do, 45? Stimulate people to remember things, and transmit that to somebody else?