I think you're right. [ mmrmgh. ] I have a theory or two, but... I can't imagine something like that would work if we all knew about it. Seems against the "drama".
Either outcome is fine. I bet there's an achievement either way for something like this. But it's Reality TV, so we'll be in the dark until the dramatic reveal.
Well. My initial thought was that someone may have killed this week for the incentive to revive someone - if they chose to use it to save a member of the team, then... [ problem solved. ] But that's on the off chance that whomever killed for that item is willing to use it in this case as opposed to whatever plans they might have had at home.
[ which is like. he seriously. seriously doubts that would happen if that's the case, so this is not very optimistic. who does that? blonde guys named rondo ravus. weirdos. ]
Otherwise, I'm not entirely sure. If whatever this is could dissolve the team and spread the four of them out, it might be beneficial to the ones overseeing it all, if only because now that we're aware of this, I doubt that people will target teams with low numbers any longer.
[ like mine!!! GODDAMMIT!!! ] Especially since we can't repeat any achievements and we've already one for wiping an entire team, apparently. Short of a break in mental capacity, which as we know is possible, it seems the targeted teams will swap to those with high numbers.
But if they were spread out, then those chances might change.
[ she nods along, listening to each of these theories... ]
First one's possible, but I doubt it. Sounds convoluted and kind of like a waste of an item. [ BUT THIS HAPPENED ONCE AND IT'S A GAME OF REPETITION but she doesn't know it happened once. ]
But I thought of dividing up the remaining team members, too. That feels like what makes the most sense.
I'm inclined to agree on the former. It would require a particularly altruistic killer. Or, someone who was somehow aware of the achievement and the number of under four, which is unlikely. Convoluted's dead on.
[ somewhere rondo just dad sneezed so hard. that was a convoluted plan. anyway. ]
But it makes sense, yeah? It'd level the playing field - adding two to your team and one to ours would set us at far closer numbers, for example. Otherwise, I imagine it'll be too predictable who will be targeted.
[ the starseer team with their undusted kate and no dead people, for example. ] Course, it depends on how this weekend shakes out. If it was one of yours who's chosen, you'll all be eliminated too.
If this is anything like the tournament at home, predictable's not what people want. And midway through this thing, a shakeup of teams would certainly be "interesting". [ he makes a face with the last word. guhgh. ]
Altruism's a waste in a game where we know that everyone comes back in the end.
[ yes yes, we know. ]
But yeah. A... shakeup. Sure, that's probably interesting to viewers. Splitting up a team after they've had some time to bond. Throwing someone new into the established dynamics.
Viewers. [ immediately derisive, seething at that word. ] Those damned motherfuckers.
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OKAY? anyway, ]
It seems the most beneficial to their goals and to our current one. I suppose the smallest team could also absorb their numbers - that'd create a team of seven.
...I lost the ability to talk to the person I want to speak to the most every day weeks ago. Get a letter that works, once a week, but otherwise, she's gone. And I feel it every day.
... It's... [ squinting. she is trying to be nice here but it's hard for her because she's an asshole, actually? ] Hard to think of that as a long time. Any of this.
People die and people move away and people disappear all the time. They could be gone forever, or for months, or for years, without any word at all.
[ you know, after this many weeks, it's - he can tell. it's the effort she's putting in, and it's...
honestly, he's touched. it puts a small smile on his face, lopsided, and strohl huffs, looking down at his hands, and says wryly: ] Suppose that makes sense, when you've eternity at your back.
[ he lets a little pause pass, a comfortable one - and offers a little more, in exchange. ]
...When I lost Vi before, I had no idea she was still around. There was no way to tell - death does not work that way. Then, we found each other again, and I promised I'd bring her back with me. I sat with her on the train, looked to the left, and she was gone.
Months passed, and then I found myself here with her. Reunited, again, and it was like no time passed. And then... gone, through my fingers. Over, and over.
I don't think it's about the time. I think it's about the loss itself. For me, at least.
Even without eternity. Even just in... normal ways. People leave.
[ she is not going to elaborate on her many varied experiences with this because that's not really the point and would make it seem like she's making it a competition. which it's not, it's just a foundation of how she looks at things. ]
... But I get it. It's annoying to not be able to talk to the people you want to. And repetition can make things—more sensitive rather than less. Sometimes.
...yeah. 'm sorry, that you get it. Everyone's got loss on their shoulders, one way or another.
[ though that's not about what she's said - it's about people leaving in normal ways, too. of course she gets it. that's the mortal experience, isn't it? to love, and to lose. it sucks, to have to share that, but it's camaraderie, too.
he shifts a little, heavy weighted, and nudges his good shoulder into alex's in thanks. ]
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anyway he will, with that, sit down, expression immediately going to concern. ]
Have you heard anything? [ about the lifeline thing. ]
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... No. And I don't expect we will until the last minute.
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yeah. his foot starts tapping again. ]
I think you're right. [ mmrmgh. ] I have a theory or two, but... I can't imagine something like that would work if we all knew about it. Seems against the "drama".
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What are your theories?
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[ im not the right atlus for this
anyway. ]
Well. My initial thought was that someone may have killed this week for the incentive to revive someone - if they chose to use it to save a member of the team, then... [ problem solved. ] But that's on the off chance that whomever killed for that item is willing to use it in this case as opposed to whatever plans they might have had at home.
[ which is like. he seriously. seriously doubts that would happen if that's the case, so this is not very optimistic. who does that? blonde guys named rondo ravus. weirdos. ]
Otherwise, I'm not entirely sure. If whatever this is could dissolve the team and spread the four of them out, it might be beneficial to the ones overseeing it all, if only because now that we're aware of this, I doubt that people will target teams with low numbers any longer.
[ like mine!!! GODDAMMIT!!! ] Especially since we can't repeat any achievements and we've already one for wiping an entire team, apparently. Short of a break in mental capacity, which as we know is possible, it seems the targeted teams will swap to those with high numbers.
But if they were spread out, then those chances might change.
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First one's possible, but I doubt it. Sounds convoluted and kind of like a waste of an item. [ BUT THIS HAPPENED ONCE AND IT'S A GAME OF REPETITION but she doesn't know it happened once. ]
But I thought of dividing up the remaining team members, too. That feels like what makes the most sense.
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[ somewhere rondo just dad sneezed so hard. that was a convoluted plan. anyway. ]
But it makes sense, yeah? It'd level the playing field - adding two to your team and one to ours would set us at far closer numbers, for example. Otherwise, I imagine it'll be too predictable who will be targeted.
[ the starseer team with their undusted kate and no dead people, for example. ] Course, it depends on how this weekend shakes out. If it was one of yours who's chosen, you'll all be eliminated too.
If this is anything like the tournament at home, predictable's not what people want. And midway through this thing, a shakeup of teams would certainly be "interesting". [ he makes a face with the last word. guhgh. ]
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[ yes yes, we know. ]
But yeah. A... shakeup. Sure, that's probably interesting to viewers. Splitting up a team after they've had some time to bond. Throwing someone new into the established dynamics.
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[
OKAY? anyway, ]
It seems the most beneficial to their goals and to our current one. I suppose the smallest team could also absorb their numbers - that'd create a team of seven.
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Wonder how the points would get distributed in that situation.
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's a good question. Seems more fair to send them out equally.
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Who knows, at this point - so long as they're not all wiped out at once, I don't think I care too much about what happens in the aftermath.
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[ quieter. ]
...I lost the ability to talk to the person I want to speak to the most every day weeks ago. Get a letter that works, once a week, but otherwise, she's gone. And I feel it every day.
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People die and people move away and people disappear all the time. They could be gone forever, or for months, or for years, without any word at all.
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honestly, he's touched. it puts a small smile on his face, lopsided, and strohl huffs, looking down at his hands, and says wryly: ] Suppose that makes sense, when you've eternity at your back.
[ he lets a little pause pass, a comfortable one - and offers a little more, in exchange. ]
...When I lost Vi before, I had no idea she was still around. There was no way to tell - death does not work that way. Then, we found each other again, and I promised I'd bring her back with me. I sat with her on the train, looked to the left, and she was gone.
Months passed, and then I found myself here with her. Reunited, again, and it was like no time passed. And then... gone, through my fingers. Over, and over.
I don't think it's about the time. I think it's about the loss itself. For me, at least.
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[ she is not going to elaborate on her many varied experiences with this because that's not really the point and would make it seem like she's making it a competition. which it's not, it's just a foundation of how she looks at things. ]
... But I get it. It's annoying to not be able to talk to the people you want to. And repetition can make things—more sensitive rather than less. Sometimes.
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[ though that's not about what she's said - it's about people leaving in normal ways, too. of course she gets it. that's the mortal experience, isn't it? to love, and to lose. it sucks, to have to share that, but it's camaraderie, too.
he shifts a little, heavy weighted, and nudges his good shoulder into alex's in thanks. ]
Means a lot coming from you, though.
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Yeah, well. [ nyeh... ] I remember what it's like to care about that stuff.