🦷 is matsui i think though? anyway i guess the main things are herard sounded kind of optimistic so thats good he said we didnt have to do more but im pretty sure he meant that in more of a caring adult sort of way instead of it being actually literally true since everyone else was more like "keep it up guys" um they all want us to use curses and team powers and items gerard made friends and killed some more people but its fine
that's what we couldn't figure out. someone texted her and said she should talk to me about whether we figured out what happened to zelda but this was before we figured anything out about what probably happened
wait were we supposed to be using team powers more...
i think they mean curses like team powers that makes sense. if fukuzawa killed zelda and simon also killed somebody like his letter made it sound they'd probably be in second place.
well if me and haru die justice is who you should count on and livio and amelia actually know a lot ive told them pretty much everything not stuff thats specifically about you guys or anything but our teams' stuff i trust them 👍 livio isnt like simon he was so mad
i dunno but that doesnt matter as much gerard is stronger than me when im not a wolf and he fucks up all the time i think its a lot more about your willingness to believe you can do something so much that you just do it automatically
I already messaged you and Haru about the most important part since I wanted to talk to you two first, but as far as the important things from mine--
It looks like Justice is in second place, so we need to make sure that Livio and Amelia are safe And you two of course, but... you know what I mean Otherwise, it seems like they have some kind of plan The erased all have lots of different names they go by, but it seems like they don't need to obscure their identities now? Or whatever it was they were trying to do And I don't know how important it is, but the coded letters that Netzach and I got do seem to have more pieces to them Shu and I were told to use our curse in addition to our team powers? But I've been talking to Ruby and she doesn't seem to have any idea what I meant, so I don't know what's going on there I'll share the relevant messages, hold on
[from user tsarevich:] :33 < maybe you're missing letters? must be censored. :33 < talk to eiden or luo wenzhou. they might be able to help you figure that out. tell them a kittycat sent you. :3
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[from user KONKONKON:] how many messages did u send exactly why are u writing numbers to us nahida got here safely everyone will look after her besides valerie i guess each of us have like twenty usernames btw so if ur trying to see who's who then u should just give up it'll be a headache
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[from user asoiaf:] 123456
But I don't really need to do that anymore. I just want you to know that I saw it. I miss you too, Kaveh. I'm sorry to have left you. You were right. I was not actually in love with Wolfwood.
I will keep Nahida safe. She is okay, so don't worry about her. Tell my team to look after you, or I will haunt them. You are not alone.
We are trying to figure things out here. We have a plan. Trust us.
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[from user carcinoGeneticist/karkatvantas:] MISSION DETAILS: FROGGYSTYLE AND JUSTICE HAVE TO STAY ALIVE USE YOUR CURSE THIS WEEK BE CAREFUL !!!!
That's sweet [Is it???] The reason I sent numbers was because I wanted to test if I could send messages to names I'd received messages from in the past And it looks like they both went through So if you need to send more messages than replies to the ones you received, you should be able to do it I'll talk to Eiden, though
everybody else is just being like "hey its me rang lee heres all our secrets" its punishment for killing him......................... but whys he punishing you guys
heres mine but i cut out some things that im PRETTY SURE werent secret codes but i dont really want to talk about them sorry if thats not ok ill share the whole thing if you want
[just an excerpt of these messages: ]
I’m sorry I can’t explain more right now, but I think everything is going to be okay and since this is me being able to say that I hope maybe you can trust it at least some. You have friends and allies and you aren’t in this alone, so you
from user glazelily: That's okay. No one's upset, and we're proud of you for trying. Try and curse people for me, okay? This cat likes a little mischief. :3 I heard you all did
[and the whole thing of these ones.]
from user terminallyCapricious/gamzeemakara: img attachment i let rin know that you miss him he's okay as he can be when he's worried about all of you ur still my favorite team im sorry when i said i wanted you to win i didnt mean like this but if i had to trust any team to save us then it would still be you
from user needforspeed: GE-SAN’S BEING REALLY BRAVE OVER HERE HES REALLY DOING HIS BEST AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU IM PROUD OF HIM IM PROUD OF YOU AND HARU-SAN TOO EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ITS ALSO HARD WHAT WE’RE ASKING OF YOU SO IN CASE YOU MIGHT NEED TO HEAR IT I APPRECIATE YOU YLFA-SAN I KNOW YOURE WORKING REALLY HARD DEEP BREATHS IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM ME THEN I MEANT WHAT I SAID ALL THOSE WEEKS AGO I’M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN WHATEVER WAY I CAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE END
from user talkshitgethit: Hello, Ylfa. You've been so brave these past few days, and you've done so much for us all. I'm sorry that we must ask you to hold on just a little longer. Froggystyle may be our best hope of making it back home.
Our lives may not be part of a fairytale, but I want to believe we'll make our happy ending happen.
P.S. Gerard and Rin miss you, but they're otherwise okay. Well. Gerard has killed a few people, but they've gotten better. It's fine.
from user onepx: I've met up with Gerard and Rin. Hikari, too, and all the others. We're all doing well here, and we're all rooting for you. You've been the strongest and the bravest of us all along. Soon, this will be over.
I'll give the others the hugs you asked me to pass on, and your messages to them, too. But you'll be receiving more messages from them, too.
Everyone is in your corner. We believe in you, and it's because you've given us every reason to have faith in you. I only wish we could do more to help, but please know that we will do everything we can.
See you again soon, Ylfa. At the end of all this, once we've achieved what we want.
And thank you, for all the time we spent together. You made me laugh and smile in ways that I sorely needed, and I hope that other people are doing what they can to bring you joy and make sure that spark in you doesn't go out.
I'll write again. 🍃
from user rosaliecullen: it really sucks that you weren't honest with me and i hate everything that happened because of that but i get it and i would have done the same thing in your shoes so i guess i don't forgive you but i don't hate you
I did We were all decorating an ice cream shop--we had a big sign that said "Welcome Back" and everything And then everyone who'd been Erased came in And we were all together again... like it was in the beginning It felt like it could really happen... but I thought it was, you know, just a dream But after Rang's message I'm not so sure
my messages didn't say anything like that. but i did ask gerard if it was bad to team wipe and he basically said like, yes in the sense that it's sad to think about but no for any other reason. so the other messages we got saying to avoid team wipes were probably just about people being worried.
um other than that, nahida sent me a message that's probably pretty good.
from user aegyo: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I miss you too, Ylfa.
It feels like I should be writing this like a letter, since these messages don't seem to be delivered as instantaneously as when we were alive. It feels weird, since it's still through our phones, but... I guess that's how things are here.
We'll see you again, for sure. I'm not hoping this; I know this. The overall situation isn't as bad as we thought it was. While the Game still has to be played, and it has to be played in a way that looks natural to those on the outside looking in, the chances of an outcome that we can all be happy with feel much more likely to me than they did before.
Thank you for everything. When we see each other again, what would you like to do first? I'm a little sad I didn't get to play in the snow with people... maybe we should have a snowball fight? 🍃
and the other thing i found out from kiichi is that its a good idea for someone to try to collect all of the characters from moon track because that might be worth points. i already have three so how many do you guys have because i might have the most i guess
[i cannot emphasize enough kiichi did NOT say this.]
[ okay i'm just gonna godmode everyone into meeting at milk & cookies if they're interested.
he is nibbling on some shortbread before everyone shows up. ]
...When I asked Ruby, she said we might not have been dead before. So we shouldn't really have been brought here.
[ since reapers' games are for the dead trying to come back to life. this is more like, they were brought here while they were alive and are now being forced to try and go back. or so he understands. ]
But now that our souls have been brought to the underground, we're basically dead to the world. [ ... ] By the way. I don't think it's safe to talk to Fuwa and Kiichi about this.
Ruby keeps saying that it’s not safe to talk to them.
…But Ruby also changes the subject whenever I ask her about anything about herself. I think Ruby thinks she’s pretty tough but maybe she’s overestimating herself and underestimating Kiichi and Aika.
[also they might not have died, but that’s less important than this.]
Also, their bosses are somebody new who they don’t usually work with. And Aika said they’ve only met them once.
[ if they trust aika and kiichi enough to show them some of the more recent messages. could be worth trying -- he likes them both, but doesn't want to get anybody in trouble, reapers or players. ]
They haven't been in touch with the Reapers much, have they? They made a bunch of changes for the worse. ...Could be why someone is trying to help us. [ by sending messages and stuff. ] Someone higher up than the Reapers.
Yeah. I mean it kind of sounds like - maybe they’re getting tricked and these new bosses aren’t trying to do a game to come back to life at all. They just want an excuse to bring us here and erase our worlds.
...I don't see the point. [ he's not doubting her. it's just such a heinous idea. ] But—even Ruby was upset. With why all this was happening, and why living people were used. Erasing worlds. All of that. So... maybe.
[ why else would it suddenly be so much worse? ]
Should we try to talk to them? Fuwa and Kiichi. I asked Ruby—they aren't monitored all the time. If they just... hear us out. And don't report us. If we talk to all of them, maybe we can figure this out.
I don't want to do that without thinking it through.
[she wasn't meaning to imply she didn't trust ruby, just that ruby is a particular type of person, a type she has a lot of too, who will try to carry things herself and work hard not to let others notice what she's carrying. and she might think she has to carry this for aika and kiichi but she might be wrong.]
[ for better or worse. he's listened to her advice about keeping this in a close circle, and it's scary to expand past that, but. ]
But if things really aren't what they seem... they may all need to know. [ ... ] We could wait until Friday. And see if we get anything else from our other source. There should still be time to decide on what to say... before the game ends.
Yeah. I think that's a good idea. And I'll talk to them and find out what I can about their bosses and stuff without telling them.
Like maybe we could even just ask like... as a hypothetical. Hey, what would you do if you were assigned to a game and you found out some of it was based on a lie?
Aika told me she likes these games because it's good to give people chances to come back to life, but she doesn't like how cruel they are sometimes. So I feel like if she knew we wouldn't have needed to come back to life if they hadn't brought us...
...Yeah. It upset Ruby when we were speaking about it.
[ the world destroying was nasty enough business, but the fact that they weren't even dead runs so contrary to the very idea of the game. ]
The Reapers aren't cruel. So... I hope they'll hear us out. I don't think they have the power to save us. But they'd deserve to know if something is wrong too.
She does...? They've always seemed fine to me... I mean, I don't talk to them about any of this stuff, but Aika's definitely answered something Ruby said she probably wouldn't answer for a player, so...
[he's nomming a cookie.
man, why does all of this have to be so complicated?]
I mean, it wasn't that important. I messaged all of them the other week and asked, like... if doing this kind of job was ever hard for them, or they're pretty used to it by now.
I really like Aika! I think she’s the type of person who if you say ‘don’t worry, I’m breaking this game somehow!’ she’s not going to take that very seriously.
But I also don’t feel like she’s going to like being made to participate in something that’s against the rules. And Kiichi - he can stand up for himself if he has to.
I mean, in a job like that, you kinda have to be able to.
[he shrugs a shoulder.]
I guess- I've been in a pretty similar line of work, so maybe I'm a little more sympathetic by default. But depending on the way their job is, I think saying they're not safe to talk to could mean she thinks there's some kind of risk to them if they hear stuff and they don't do something about it, and that we're not gonna outrank their job. I don't really get the vibe they'd necessarily want to cause problems for us.
I mean - I like them all too, Netzach. They're all my friends. Ruby even gave me that McFlurry for being her favorite.
And last week I kind of thought the same thing, but like...Ruby has been really upset by how unfair and wrong this game is. But she also says things like Aika and Kiichi would tell on us right away. I just don't know if it's right.
How well does she know them, anyway? She might be wrong about it, but-- yeah, if she's been saying stuff like that it's probably still a risk. Especially this far in.
[imagine tripping at the finish line because we were like NO sweet reaper who is trying to help we will NOT listen.]
[Kaveh barely talks to the NPCs so he doesn't have much to contribute to this conversation, but]
I spoke to Ruby earlier this week to ask her about the message that told Shu and I to use our "curse." It seemed like she was doing her best to tell me something while still talking around the subject, so... you know this, of course, but I do believe she wants to help.
That must be what Rang meant, then. I wrote him back, but the only message I've received since then was somewhat nonsensical. I don't think it was him. [It wasn't unhinged enough]
Basically they're not supposed to know about those letters or what we're being told in them, but Ruby has like...told us it's okay and she won't get in trouble.
[Kaveh hesitates briefly, something like hurt flickering over his face, but it's gone quickly enough.]
Just that the only thing Shu and I have that no one else does is our team power. And... she suggested that there are reasons for earning points and using things like that beyond trying to get the top spot, so we shouldn't stop doing things just because we know we won't win.
A while ago, Aika seemed to think that the only point to the game was aiming to win, since we can't transfer points to other teams or anything. But now I'm wondering if there might be some other use for our points after all, since it sounds like the Erased are working on a plan of their own.
I haven't used ours as much as I should have, either. I've generally been holding onto it in case... you know. It's necessary. [MURDER NIGHT.] But things get so chaotic after that, it's difficult to remember...
[He sighs.]
Well, I did tell them my plans for this week, so hopefully that's enough.
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week 6; monday
Date: 2023-07-25 12:48 am (UTC)most of mine were just personal ones but theres some stuff i can share
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Date: 2023-07-25 12:53 am (UTC)i did get an answer back after i said that i didn't know why someone sent mizuki to talk to me about zelda but
it was just 🦷
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Date: 2023-07-25 12:58 am (UTC)what does mizuki have to do with zelda...
🦷 is matsui i think though?
anyway i guess the main things are
herard sounded kind of optimistic so thats good
he said we didnt have to do more but im pretty sure he meant that in more of a
caring adult sort of way instead of it being actually literally true
since everyone else was more like "keep it up guys"
um they all want us to use curses and team powers and items
gerard made friends and killed some more people but its fine
but i got messages from simon and nahida too
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:03 am (UTC)wait were we supposed to be using team powers more...
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-25 01:13 am (UTC)i've only done that like, once
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-25 01:32 am (UTC)so i usually save it
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Date: 2023-07-25 12:58 am (UTC)also, they said that both froggy and justice have to stay alive. and to keep using whatever curses we've got. i didn't get a curse this week, though.
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Date: 2023-07-25 12:59 am (UTC)that makes sense. if fukuzawa killed zelda and simon also killed somebody like his letter made it sound
they'd probably be in second place.
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:04 am (UTC)that's what i figured too. hopefully we'll be able to stick with our plan, though. i don't really want to involve livvy or amelia in this.
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:13 am (UTC)and livio and amelia actually know a lot ive told them pretty much everything
not stuff thats specifically about you guys or anything but our teams' stuff
i trust them 👍
livio isnt like simon he was so mad
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:19 am (UTC)not to say this isn't difficult for you guys, either.
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:31 am (UTC)im glad you feel that way
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:00 am (UTC)nahida said zelda sent us hugs btw yuzu
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:07 am (UTC)kaveh is still my favorite on gts though
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:17 am (UTC)[wow]
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:19 am (UTC)💚
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:12 am (UTC)i think theyre trying to let us know that justice is in second
it makes sense to keep them safe in case someone tries to erase us
[ even if he feels bad saying so to them, considering zelda. ]
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:16 am (UTC)i figured as much. i'll keep it in mind, but i don't want either of you erased, okay?
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:39 am (UTC)im pretty bad at fighting but ill do my best
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-25 01:58 am (UTC)its just hard to want to get into it
[ he's pretty near pacifistic. thinks about rin and his pillows. ]
id rather swim
can we do that
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:05 am (UTC)what the heck
maybe ill ask yuzuriha to teach me how to swim
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-25 02:09 am (UTC)[ no they cannot do that ]
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:11 am (UTC)how do you have a whole pool
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:15 am (UTC)[ he just wants to brag about their pool ]
we can go to the one in the gym instead
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-25 02:30 am (UTC)but it still sounds fun so its a deal
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:09 am (UTC)i cant handle the stuff you do
an axe tornado would just kill me?
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:11 am (UTC)your muscles are probably as strong as mine
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:17 am (UTC)[ which is sad when she's 12 and he's a jock but ]
youre probably stronger than wolfwood too ...
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:28 am (UTC)but that doesnt matter as much
gerard is stronger than me when im not a wolf and he fucks up all the time
i think its a lot more about
your willingness to believe you can do something so much that
you just do it automatically
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:13 am (UTC)It looks like Justice is in second place, so we need to make sure that Livio and Amelia are safe
And you two of course, but... you know what I mean
Otherwise, it seems like they have some kind of plan
The erased all have lots of different names they go by, but it seems like they don't need to obscure their identities now? Or whatever it was they were trying to do
And I don't know how important it is, but the coded letters that Netzach and I got do seem to have more pieces to them
Shu and I were told to use our curse in addition to our team powers? But I've been talking to Ruby and she doesn't seem to have any idea what I meant, so I don't know what's going on there
I'll share the relevant messages, hold on
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:16 am (UTC)[from user tsarevich:]
:33 < maybe you're missing letters? must be censored.
:33 < talk to eiden or luo wenzhou. they might be able to help you figure that out. tell them a kittycat sent you. :3
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[from user KONKONKON:]
how many messages did u send exactly why are u writing numbers to us
nahida got here safely everyone will look after her besides valerie i guess
each of us have like twenty usernames btw so if ur trying to see who's who then u should just give up it'll be a headache
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[from user asoiaf:]
123456
But I don't really need to do that anymore. I just want you to know that I saw it.
I miss you too, Kaveh. I'm sorry to have left you.
You were right. I was not actually in love with Wolfwood.
I will keep Nahida safe. She is okay, so don't worry about her. Tell my team to look after you, or I will haunt them. You are not alone.
We are trying to figure things out here. We have a plan. Trust us.
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[from user carcinoGeneticist/karkatvantas:]
MISSION DETAILS:
FROGGYSTYLE AND JUSTICE HAVE TO STAY ALIVE
USE YOUR CURSE THIS WEEK
BE CAREFUL !!!!
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:23 am (UTC)but i told them if they are sending anything coded to send it to you.
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:28 am (UTC)And it looks like they both went through
So if you need to send more messages than replies to the ones you received, you should be able to do it
I'll talk to Eiden, though
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:29 am (UTC)also tell rang to shut up it isn't that hard
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:27 am (UTC)we dont want to solve a code message were so tired 😔
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-25 01:32 am (UTC)"hey its me rang lee heres all our secrets"
its punishment for killing him.........................
but whys he punishing you guys
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:35 am (UTC)[says local nerd and genius... disgusting]
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:31 am (UTC)But I'll try to track down the rest just in case
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:48 am (UTC)but i cut out some things that im PRETTY SURE werent secret codes
but i dont really want to talk about them
sorry if thats not ok ill share the whole thing if you want
[just an excerpt of these messages: ]
[and the whole thing of these ones.]
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:52 am (UTC)they're all really supportive though, huh?
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-25 02:12 am (UTC)it kind of is weird, considering, but. they're trying?
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:42 am (UTC)and someone keeps sending me teeth
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Date: 2023-07-25 01:52 am (UTC)[ double teeth ]
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Date: 2023-07-25 02:09 am (UTC)Week 6, Wednesday
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Date: 2023-07-26 08:02 pm (UTC)this all tracks for me
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Date: 2023-07-26 08:11 pm (UTC)I don't suppose you had a strange dream, did you?
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Date: 2023-07-26 08:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-26 09:01 pm (UTC)We were all decorating an ice cream shop--we had a big sign that said "Welcome Back" and everything
And then everyone who'd been Erased came in
And we were all together again... like it was in the beginning
It felt like it could really happen... but I thought it was, you know, just a dream
But after Rang's message I'm not so sure
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Date: 2023-07-26 09:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-27 04:12 am (UTC)"btw we were never dead in the first place i'd say more but im under a character limit oh noooooooooooo"
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Date: 2023-07-26 11:00 pm (UTC)um other than that, nahida sent me a message that's probably pretty good.
and the other thing i found out from kiichi is that its a good idea for someone to try to collect all of the characters from moon track because that might be worth points. i already have three so how many do you guys have because i might have the most i guess
[i cannot emphasize enough kiichi did NOT say this.]
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:13 am (UTC)Thank you, Ylfa
And thank you for sharing Nahida's message too
Is the game really worth that many points?
[Kaveh no]
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:26 am (UTC)he is nibbling on some shortbread before everyone shows up. ]
...When I asked Ruby, she said we might not have been dead before. So we shouldn't really have been brought here.
[ since reapers' games are for the dead trying to come back to life. this is more like, they were brought here while they were alive and are now being forced to try and go back. or so he understands. ]
But now that our souls have been brought to the underground, we're basically dead to the world. [ ... ] By the way. I don't think it's safe to talk to Fuwa and Kiichi about this.
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:31 am (UTC)…But Ruby also changes the subject whenever I ask her about anything about herself. I think Ruby thinks she’s pretty tough but maybe she’s overestimating herself and underestimating Kiichi and Aika.
[also they might not have died, but that’s less important than this.]
Also, their bosses are somebody new who they don’t usually work with. And Aika said they’ve only met them once.
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:36 am (UTC)[ if they trust aika and kiichi enough to show them some of the more recent messages. could be worth trying -- he likes them both, but doesn't want to get anybody in trouble, reapers or players. ]
They haven't been in touch with the Reapers much, have they? They made a bunch of changes for the worse. ...Could be why someone is trying to help us. [ by sending messages and stuff. ] Someone higher up than the Reapers.
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-27 04:54 am (UTC)[ why else would it suddenly be so much worse? ]
Should we try to talk to them? Fuwa and Kiichi. I asked Ruby—they aren't monitored all the time. If they just... hear us out. And don't report us. If we talk to all of them, maybe we can figure this out.
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:58 am (UTC)[she wasn't meaning to imply she didn't trust ruby, just that ruby is a particular type of person, a type she has a lot of too, who will try to carry things herself and work hard not to let others notice what she's carrying. and she might think she has to carry this for aika and kiichi but she might be wrong.]
I mean, if we're wrong, we could ruin everything.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:04 am (UTC)[ for better or worse. he's listened to her advice about keeping this in a close circle, and it's scary to expand past that, but. ]
But if things really aren't what they seem... they may all need to know. [ ... ] We could wait until Friday. And see if we get anything else from our other source. There should still be time to decide on what to say... before the game ends.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:07 am (UTC)Like maybe we could even just ask like... as a hypothetical. Hey, what would you do if you were assigned to a game and you found out some of it was based on a lie?
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:15 am (UTC)[ Because we're going to survive this week. thinking on hypotheticals. ]
...What would make you think that your bosses have gone too far...?
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:22 am (UTC)[...]
Aika told me she likes these games because it's good to give people chances to come back to life, but she doesn't like how cruel they are sometimes. So I feel like if she knew we wouldn't have needed to come back to life if they hadn't brought us...
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:27 am (UTC)[ the world destroying was nasty enough business, but the fact that they weren't even dead runs so contrary to the very idea of the game. ]
The Reapers aren't cruel. So... I hope they'll hear us out. I don't think they have the power to save us. But they'd deserve to know if something is wrong too.
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:36 am (UTC)[he's nomming a cookie.
man, why does all of this have to be so complicated?]
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:37 am (UTC)[ I could've taken Ruby at her word too much. ]
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:40 am (UTC)But I also don’t feel like she’s going to like being made to participate in something that’s against the rules. And Kiichi - he can stand up for himself if he has to.
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:47 am (UTC)[he shrugs a shoulder.]
I guess- I've been in a pretty similar line of work, so maybe I'm a little more sympathetic by default. But depending on the way their job is, I think saying they're not safe to talk to could mean she thinks there's some kind of risk to them if they hear stuff and they don't do something about it, and that we're not gonna outrank their job. I don't really get the vibe they'd necessarily want to cause problems for us.
[but he just likes them, so.]
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:00 am (UTC)And last week I kind of thought the same thing, but like...Ruby has been really upset by how unfair and wrong this game is. But she also says things like Aika and Kiichi would tell on us right away. I just don't know if it's right.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:04 am (UTC)[imagine tripping at the finish line because we were like NO sweet reaper who is trying to help we will NOT listen.]
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Date: 2023-07-27 04:59 am (UTC)I spoke to Ruby earlier this week to ask her about the message that told Shu and I to use our "curse." It seemed like she was doing her best to tell me something while still talking around the subject, so... you know this, of course, but I do believe she wants to help.
That must be what Rang meant, then. I wrote him back, but the only message I've received since then was somewhat nonsensical. I don't think it was him. [It wasn't unhinged enough]
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:05 am (UTC)Basically they're not supposed to know about those letters or what we're being told in them, but Ruby has like...told us it's okay and she won't get in trouble.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:10 am (UTC)Just that the only thing Shu and I have that no one else does is our team power. And... she suggested that there are reasons for earning points and using things like that beyond trying to get the top spot, so we shouldn't stop doing things just because we know we won't win.
A while ago, Aika seemed to think that the only point to the game was aiming to win, since we can't transfer points to other teams or anything. But now I'm wondering if there might be some other use for our points after all, since it sounds like the Erased are working on a plan of their own.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:13 am (UTC)I think there's a good enough possibility of that that I haven't wanted to discourage anybody from getting as many points as they can.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:27 am (UTC)Well, we'll see. [...] Has Ruby mentioned anything about... an ice cream shop, anywhere around here?
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:05 am (UTC)[i wish they'd just be direct about things more.]
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:11 am (UTC)I'm wondering if whoever wrote that might've meant our team power. I wrote to ask for clarification, but I haven't heard back yet.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:13 am (UTC)[oops.]
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:23 am (UTC)[He sighs.]
Well, I did tell them my plans for this week, so hopefully that's enough.
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:25 am (UTC)[so maybe it'll help?]
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Date: 2023-07-27 05:42 am (UTC)Anything else on the list? Me and Yuzu have pretty much been making sure we do what we want, since it was just the two of us. It's not bad.
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