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. ]

Comments

[vipmix]

Hmm. I'd say even being that level of self-aware is impressive, but I doubt you want to hear it. [remember that whole argument about him being condescending. yea.] The only way to succeed in trials will be to focus and work together and argue... less, but I don't see that happening immediately. We might go a few murders before catching a single killer.

[seaclipsed]

[ look. she is only aware of it because the gaang constantly yell at her about it. she and toph even have a bonding episode over it.

at his words though, she looks annoyed for a second, but then her shoulders just droop. ]

That's... probably why they bring in such a large group at the start, right? It's harder to figure things out when there's so many possible suspects.

[vipmix]

Where's their fun if all we do is succeed? [shrugs] It's an extra challenge, but since the idea from the start is to cull numbers... It works better if all your killers aren't uncovered too fast. They'd either run out of designated killers or discourage potential ones... or both.

[seaclipsed]

Ugh... I really hate that you're right. I mean, I want to say that we'll catch them, but...

[ it's not that she thinks they won't, but they're definitely at the disadvantage here. ]

We can't even examine the body, or-- have evidence!

[vipmix]

Because the emphasis is on "knowing" one another. We'll just have to make sure we get the information we need from the body before we give it back to the Chiefs.

[and not kick it down a mountain without looking at shit, NEKU]

[seaclipsed]

Last time the body was all... [ chopped up. ]

Well, it was kind of like they purposely made it hard. The rest of them might be like that too, right?

[vipmix]

If the killer wants to get away with it, probably. The more gruesome a death, the less likely people are to want to look closely at the body.

[seaclipsed]

... especially depending on who finds the body.

[ katara can admit she'll have a harder time looking at a super gory death than someone like laura might. not that laura would actually hunt for bodies but ya know. ]

[vipmix]

... The amount of people who would be willing to look at a body and who would also know what they're doing is rather small. It'll definitely be a problem.

[everyone who hunts for bodies is nice]

[seaclipsed]

I'm not really sure how to teach people something like that. At least... not as quickly as we'd need everyone to know.

[ and if they don't even know how people are going to be killing, how are they gonna know what type of injury to look for. ]

[vipmix]

We lack proper resources to teach, and I'd wager maybe a handful of people have a real concept of anatomy in the first place. The best we can hope for is the big picture from whoever finds the body... assuming the killer doesn't just "find it" themselves to cover their tracks.

[seaclipsed]

[ the real reason neku dropkicked the body down the volcano: confirmed. ]

... all we can really do about that is try to make sure no one finds a body on their own.

[vipmix]

[smh @ andie :/]

A good idea in theory, but nearly impossible to make happen in reality. [he huffs a bit] Our Friday scavenger hunts aren't mandatory, and even trying to pair up the people who do volunteer for it isn't foolproof. I think our best bet is to accept the lack of evidence as an inherent flaw-- oops, I meant feature-- of this game and learn to work around it then try to force our way through.

[seaclipsed]

Ugh... I guess. It just feels like we have to work our way around most things.

[ more like all of them. this game is a mess. ]

[vipmix]

That'd be the lack of organization.

[unlike,,, his,,,, game]

[seaclipsed]

The game you were in before this one... what was it like, anyway?

[vipmix]

A lot less gory, for one.

[there's a lot of answers he can give, but he can't get into the true nature of the reaper's game, so.]

[seaclipsed]

... they sure do love that here.

[ WHAT WAS

THE POINT

IN CORPSE SCAVENGER HUNT!!! ]

[vipmix]

Nothing like cheap shock value to instill fear into your victims.

[josh dont pretend you are above theatrics]

[seaclipsed]

People are already scared! The threat of dying does that to a person!

[ GOD!! ]

[vipmix]

You'd think so, wouldn't you? But apparently the Chiefs think people need an extra push. Or that the reaction is funny.

[seaclipsed]

They probably think it's funny. They have a terrible sense of humor though.

[vipmix]

True.

[he hums, tapping his foot as he thinks aloud:] Entertainment's a big part of it for them, they've been open about that from the start. It might not be a terrible idea to try and figure out just what falls under that umbrella, to try and see if it can't point us in the right direction when it comes truly understanding this game.

[seaclipsed]

Hmm... right. We keep saying it's because it's entertaining, but that's kind of a broad term? Like people think watching us struggle is entertaining, but if we keep failing every week, wouldn't that get boring to watch?

[vipmix]

Exactly. Watching people do the same thing and react the same way, week after week... Anyone'd get bored of that. [sTOP PROJECTING ON THE ROBOTS??] I don't want to know what happens when we stop being entertaining, do you?