shortforever | Not Again! With Akira

shortforever

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From:

survivaltricks

If it's possible to change teams, then-- [hm]

But what about our team leaders? Do they need to be eliminated for one team to win?

From:

shortforever

I dunno about that part. Maybe they could become regular team members too, like the rest of us. Then they can switch.

From:

survivaltricks

[. . . hm!]

[looking thoughtful as he takes a bite of pancake]

You know, I think it's an idea worth bringing up to the directors.

From:

shortforever

Yeah, I thought so too. If we can do it, then it's a way to get around the rules without killing more than half the people here.

From:

survivaltricks

Yeah.

[and it actually gives him another thought]

Even if we can't swap teams, the rulebook says "there can only be one team standing at the end of the competition," right?

Before the pink voice-- [WHY IS THE VOICE PINK] -- took over everything, we were already competing through completing Shadows', Heart's and Winter's tasks.

I wonder if there's a workaround by looking at the competition through that lens, instead of one that involves murder?

From:

shortforever

That begs the question of 'what is the end of the competition' though. Is there a time limit? Is it like 'survive six weeks, and the team with the most points at the end wins'? Because if it's that then we can all avoid killing, I think.

From:

survivaltricks

. . . [haha]

[akira hopes for the best, but. . . he isn't naive]

I think it's a little too late to hope that nobody else here will die.

From:

shortforever

You think it's gonna happen again?

From:

survivaltricks

I think, now that 45 has outed what we're supposedly playing for. . . someone is going to panic.

From:

shortforever

Maybe we're better off trying to identify the risky people and heading them off first.

...and don't say a damn thing, I'm not a risk this time.

From:

survivaltricks

[oh my god]

[just. . . gives Chuuya a Look]

First off: no, we're not doing that, because it's impossible to tell who is risky and who isn't and I am not killing anyone.

Second: you promised me you wouldn't and I'm taking you at face value. Of course you're not a risk.

From:

shortforever

I didn't literally mean 'heading them off', I meant talking to them.

[Murder is the third step, not the first!]

And...good, yeah. Because I won't kill, so long as it's not needed.

From:

survivaltricks

[well at least it's only the third step??]

It won't be needed.

[he says that so firmly]

I refuse to believe that it will be.

From:

shortforever

Yeah, you keep doing that. In the meantime, I'll keep preparing for when someone backstabs you, so we're ready to counteract that.

From:

survivaltricks

. . . [oh my god??]

When someone backstabs me?

From:

shortforever

It's gonna happen at some point. Someone already used their power on you. And I know you like running headfirst at problems but I'd like to see you alive on the other side of that.

[He's not telling Akira to stop, just that he's ready to punch a ho if they try anything.]

From:

survivaltricks

. . . I plan on being alive on the other side of it, don't worry.

And we don't know why someone used their power on me. They could've just been testing it out, or maybe they were irritated at me trying to be optimistic. That doesn't mean they want me dead.

[he doesn't want to be naturally paranoid, please spare him Chuuya]

From:

shortforever

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From:

shortforever

...okay, yeah, that's fair. We can't know their intentions, since they didn't speak up yet.

[Let Chuuya hold all of the paranoia.]

From:

survivaltricks

[wags his fork at Chuuya. it has some pancake stuck on the end]

So let's not worry about it for now.

Sit down and eat some pancakes with me.

From:

shortforever

[He's already sitting!!1]

You have to try them first.

[Partially because he made them for Akira, and partially because he's pretty sure it won't taste right.]