[catch all for steph]

[survivaltricks]

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[vigilantics]

... huh.

I'm glad you got them out. And yourselves, obviously. Even if that victory didn't last long.

[survivaltricks]

[huh indeed]

Mmm. I'm glad your group managed to get out, too. Belph told me a little bit about what happened.

[vigilantics]

... what did he say?

Wouldn't want to bore you with the same details twice.

[survivaltricks]

He told me about how your three factions worked, and a little bit about the tasks you guys were given to complete.

[. . . a small sigh]

Killing someone by drowning. . .? That's just. . . [he trails off and grimaces]

[vigilantics]

[ she nods, frowning. ]

They mostly were somewhat harmless at first, but whenever you completed one, you were given a new one. So they might get worse and worse? My very first one was to make someone a potential target to be killed.

[ ... ]

I did not complete any objectives.

[survivaltricks]

[a sympathetic laugh, no humor in it at all. it's like one of those laughs you give to BREAK THE TENSION]

Thaaaaaaat's a good thing.

[EVEN THOUGH HE ALSO KNOWS THEY NEEDED OBJECTIVES TO REVIVE DEAD PEOPLE AND ALSO GO HOME]

Are you worried about what sort of "tasks" we'll be asked to complete here?

[vigilantics]

[ listen she was keeping a close eye on the numbers and once it became confirmed that they hit the bare minimum she washed her hands of completing her objective ]

... yeah. It probably won't be exactly the same, but if it's anything similar at all, it'll give enough reason for people to kill.

[survivaltricks]

[unlike SOME PEOPLE whose name rhymes with boro sketchy]

Yeah.

[a sharp exhale]

We all need to work together to get home, there's no doubt about that. But I am worried about what it'll take to break someone's back when we're all still stress from our last murder adventures.

[vigilantics]

At the very least, it doesn't seem like there are any actual troublemakers? I'm sure if there were any evil maniacs around, someone from their group would have outed them.

[ ... ]

Unless they managed to hide it, I guess. But everyone from the castle is fine.

[ she does not see hikage's yan it's fine she will take care of it ]

[survivaltricks]

It's not the "maniacs" we need to be worried about. It's the people who decide they're willing to kill someone else for a "good cause."

[the way he says that makes it clear that he does not ever think killing someone is a good idea]

[vigilantics]

I mean, someone in our group decided at the very last minute to purposely ruin our chances at reviving everyone. So.

[survivaltricks]

[SHIRASU]

Wow.

What an asshole.

[vigilantics]

Yup.

So, there is a chance that someone might not care about the entire group as a whole, even to the point of potential sabotage. But if no one is immediately singling anyone out, we can at least assume we might not run into a problem like that here.

[survivaltricks]

[at that Akira just. . . makes a face]

I hope we don't. We've all been through this once before.

People should know by now that we only survive by collaborating.

[vigilantics]

Let's hope so.

... but in regards to what you said. What was the setup? I know possession was a thing in some places. Ours wasn't like that.

[survivaltricks]

[aha]

People weren't "possessed" as much as they were infected by the house itself. It turned them into monsters-- rat queens, kitsunes, dragons, zombies, you name it-- and those monster instincts were what drove them to kill others.

Finding those who had been transformed into monsters was our top priority. If we didn't out them at trial. . . then they'd just kill again.

[vigilantics]

The house sucks.

[ ... ]

For us, it was basically that every week, two people were approached and told they had to kill. They were offered a wish in exchange for pulling one off, but if that wasn't enough to convince them, then they were threatened as well.

[survivaltricks]

[ah. . .]

. . . it sounds like a similar setup to what was happening in the wild west.

[vigilantics]

Mm.

So, we should probably look out for different potential setups here, I guess.

[survivaltricks]

Yeah. So far it mostly resembles the castle, but--

[nobody said mods can't mix mechanics]

What do you think of our camp directors?

[vigilantics]

I don't know yet. They seem pretty... guarded? So far?

But that's not too surprising, since I doubt they'll open up in like, a day.

[survivaltricks]

It's hard to tell if they're guarded because they're lying, or if they're guarded because something is keeping them from being able to talk.

. . . or maybe they're just vague on purpose. Who knows?

[vigilantics]

I think we'll get a better idea as time goes by, at least.

It's just annoying to have to start from the beginning all over again.

[survivaltricks]

[a breathless, humorless laugh]

You can say that again.

[vigilantics]

... well, we've all done this once. Hopefully it won't be two times, but I'm sure we'll handle it.