week 2, tuesday

[seaclipsed]

[ katara is seated in front of the bonfire, cooking... well, fish. fish is probably like 90% of everyone's diet at this point honestly.

anyway, this is a good opportunity for anyone to come by. it's almost midnight don't expect me to write anything more eloquent than this dammit. ]

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[vipmix]

Obviously. That's how you play the game.

[seaclipsed]

I know. I am well aware of that fact. I'm just saying, in that case, everyone is just going to seem suspicious anyway.

[vipmix]

So you pay attention. [:/] How people talk, how they act, who they hang around with...

[honestly Joshua needs to stop giving how to game lessons to the avatar kids if they were maf he'd be fucked?]

You have to be suspicious of everyone, yes, but blind suspicion won't work either.

[seaclipsed]

No, if you start blaming just anyone because they do something that slightly sticks out, then you're going to get a lot of innocent people killed.

[vipmix]

Right. Especially since partners are dragged down with them.

["so don't conspiracy theory a tree mark"]

[seaclipsed]

Exactly! I know that... it might easy to get desperate near the end of the trial, but you should still think as rationally as you did during the start.

[ implying any of them are ever rational ]

[vipmix]

That's true in theory, though it's hard to predict how rational people will be in practice, especially as the weeks go on. We are talking about human lives being lost, here.

[he could not sound more eh about human lives being lost]

[seaclipsed]

... I know. A lot of people tend to act more emotionally than rationally.

[ she is speaking as someone who tends to act more emotionally. ]

[vipmix]

Even if you're talking about people who are more rational, this isn't exactly a situation that naturally encourages it. [hmm] Even if a victim is particularly disliked, because the partner is slotted to die--there's always at least one person who is going to be genuinely distraught. It's a recipe for disaster.

[seaclipsed]

That's true... I'd be upset if you died.

[ lmao ]

[vipmix]

[irony. but also hey katara congrats you totally threw josh for a loop there]

... Excuse me?

[seaclipsed]

I mean, you can be pretty rude, but I've liked talking to you.

[vipmix]

[????????? sounds fake??????

after a bit of blank he just laughs]

I've enjoyed talking to you too... But "upset" is a bit strong, isn't it?

[seaclipsed]

Not if you mean it.

[ joshua sometimes you get cr with characters who CARE TOO MUCH ]

[vipmix]

[SOUNDS!!! FAKE!!!!]

... It's a bit early for that kind of talk. [a beat before he looks at the sky] Metaphorically.

[it's probably like. Late.]

[seaclipsed]

[ i honestly forgot that she was cooking fish at the start of this thread what the fuck happened to the fish ]

Hm. Do you really think so?

[ her tone implies that she does not. ]

[vipmix]

[the seagull ate it.]

We're practically strangers.

[his tone implies he's is Still Confused]

[seaclipsed]

You don't have to be best friends with someone to feel sad about them, Joshua.

[vipmix]

I'm aware of that. [it's the part where this somehow applies to him that he doesn't get let him live] Though I did enjoy how I mentioned an unlikable victim and your mind immediately went to me.

[wow what a smooth subject change]

[seaclipsed]

I wouldn't call you unlikable, just that...

[ she frowns. ]

I can see how people might think that way if they don't actually talk to you for long?

[ meanwhile, these two have been talking for several weeks ]

[vipmix]

Wow. Was that you trying to spare my feelings? [laughs] It just made it more obvious that's exactly where your mind went at first.

[he doesn't. look offended tho]

[seaclipsed]

[ she shrugs ]

I mean, it wouldn't just be you. There are other people who'd fall under that category, but I'm talking to you right now.

[vipmix]

I'm almost curious who else falls under "my" category. [quick list all the future victims]

[seaclipsed]

It's less your category and more... I think it depends on personality type? Like Lelouch and Mello.

Laura. But she's different.

[vipmix]

She does strike me as a lot more... volatile.

[she said she was gonna set him on fire? to be fair, hilarious, but]