PIZZA PARTY. . . . . . . . . . 2

[survivaltricks]

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[shortforever]

[Yeah, that. That is a lot. And it takes him a moment to connect what 'darts' even means here. Thnx for that last push to that answer, Akira.]

Wait, so they- but why?

[DID HE GET TRICKED INTO JOINING THE MAFIA FOR A SECOND TIME???]

[disreguarded]

Clearly because we wanted to play darts and suffer this entire time we've been here.

[givethemhell]

[GENTLY TAKES BEAU'S HAND. AND PATS IT REPEATEDLY.]

[disreguarded]

[ STOP HER WEAKNESS

she sighs heavily, but she holds his hand. she's trying very hard to beauhave, wei wuxian. ]

[givethemhell]

[HE'S USING IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE NOW!!!!! Anyway he knows she's bean doing her best so he just gives her a little wry smile.]

[disreguarded]

[ she gives him a smile, too. soft... ]

[survivaltricks]

[NO!!! reaches out to place a hand on Chuuya's shoulder, steadying himself]

Think of it like the monsters back at the mansion, only. . . they're still themselves. And if someone doesn't die each week we all die, right. . .?

So it's like a failsafe to prevent a TPK. [well he doesn't know that for sure but that's what it seems like] Taako and Tonbokiri, and Wei Wuxian and Beau, have known about each other since the beginning. Flayn was working with Shinobu, but is now working with Magnus. Their separate groups didn't know about each other until Sunday.

And I didn't know about any of them until yesterday.

[ruffboi]

If you think about it - three teams of people throwing darts at the same bullseye, not knowing the other ones are there - somebody's gettin' a dart in the face there, huh?

[survivaltricks]

. . . yeah.

That's-- what happened to Sanji.

[his expression falls at that. he's glad Chuuya is Sanji's replacement, but he will never not be a little sad about Sanji]

[chaoticlootral]

And now he’s sending me Death Threat Cookies.

[CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SEND HIM A LETTER AND TELL HIM TO CALM THE FUCK DOWN]

[disreguarded]

Yeah, I saw that. [ she huffs. ] Fucking rude.

[ taako has gained another tank for his army ]

[daifukus]

[ dnw tonbo sent Strongly Worded Letters ]

[ruffboi]

[Putting a hand on his shoulder.]

Thinks started going a little better this week, though. We found each other, and now we're just, uh. We literally can't talk about this most of the time, but seems like we can talk about it a little with the other roles, so we wanted to find you guys.

[shortforever]

Knowing that, I'm amazed you all were able to come together as a group in the first place.

[How did you all not dart each other in the face more, it's a miracle.]

So, what now? I'm sure you all know what my role does already, and if you've already pieced together everyone's teams, then we just sit here playing darts? Or is there some point to it all?

[ruffboi]

[Well, about that. You'll notice a lot of the team members here happen to care a lot about each other.

Anyway, shaking his head.]

Nobody's asking you or Akira to do any of that. Or even to look the other way. Just. This started seeming to work a little bit. It started feeling like a good thing. We wanted to widen the circle.

[shortforever]

[He sure has noticed that, yes.]

Widen the circle to what point though? We still have to find a way to end the game. And I'm kinda hoping it doesn't end with "massive throwdown now that everyone knows everyone."

[survivaltricks]

Gold sequins.

[holds up his scrunchie-wearing wrist again]

We have one more person to find before we have all of the roles, and we're hoping that something good happens when we-- ah. . . invite them to our pizza party.

We know who they are, too. It's just a matter of. . .

[trails off. waggles a hand]

Getting them to trust everyone.

[chaoticlootral]

The point is, this whole game, the intrigue, the solution— the death and darts is all a distraction. You . . . can be angry about it, I’m not gonna pretend that I wouldn’t be, but instead of working together, talking to each other, we’re all caught up in this revenge cycle. Focusing on finding some sort of justice when the only justice we’ll ever actually get is beating the entity that’s running this place.

I know you hated what I pulled last trial, you didn’t try and hide that, but . . . the reason most of us from these roles are still alive is because we, for reasons I can’t explain, cared so hard about one another we managed to pull off a good enough cover every week. I think it’s almost better, that every here cares so much about people they try to keep them alive that hard. That we care about that more than solving a crime or obeying the orders of a disembodied voice. You can understand that, right?

So, right now, we’re just trying to gather everyone with roles, maybe shift the focus onto an actual solution instead of twiddling our thumbs while the countdown clock ticks, and maybe all stay alive long enough to see it. Bring everyone back, instead of giving into this dumb “pick your 3 favorite people” shit.

Does that make sense?

[chaoticlootral]

When I’ve asked why we’ve had so many bodies each week, simply out of curiosity, the Directors have told me that it was a direction they recieved. That otherwise this game would take too long, week after week, probably on account of no one wanted to actually . . . play darts.

[chaoticlootral]

We also really do just play darts for prizes, that’s like, actually a thing.

[shortforever]

is that why purple team hasn't ever gotten a prize?

[daifukus]

[ ouch ]

[shortforever]

[Look, he doesn't expect a sword to throw darts very accurately.]

[ruffboi]

Nah, that's 'cause Black Shadows is full of overachieving nerds. Totally unrelated. The prize we got last week for darts were those items from home.

[shortforever]

Che! Nerds.

[He is not at all saying that because he's salty over never getting a prize.]