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

[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?

[seaclipsed]

I'm guessing they wouldn't just send us all home, huh?

[ if only. ]

[vipmix]

Hee hee... now that'd be a twist. Rewarded for failing to meet expectations.

[it's not funny.]

[seaclipsed]

I'm not sure if I want to even meet whatever expectations they have for us here.

[vipmix]

I'm not too fond of playing along to other people's whims in general myself. [only he? can?] Unfortunately, I think we'd both enjoy the failure to comply even less. Open defiance is obviously not appreciated.

[seaclipsed]

I mean, we saw what happened when people tried to mess with the votes after they were told not to do it.

[ nino lost an eye, and lief's votes got tampered with. ]

[vipmix]

That's what I was referring to, yes. If there's any kind of workaround, it'd have to be sneakier than that... Or done in a way they'd consider amusing enough to let it go.

[hey josh stop projecting on robots]

[seaclipsed]

It might not even be something we can really do in public either, since a whole thing about this is secrecy, right?

[vipmix]

Not being public about it would be easier, too. If you say too much, you might make yourself a target.

[i love irony]

[seaclipsed]

You mean like... taking out potential threats first?