week 2, saturday

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[ katara can already tell that this conversation is not going to be a pleasant one. she doesn't waste too much time in going back to the hut after the trial. she's also not surprised to see inuyasha there as well.

once inside, she shuts the door behind her and kind of just... hovers there?? ]

I didn't vote for you.

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You are definitely not going to do that!

[ asking them what you get for murdering is actually a good idea, but the rest of it is Not. ]

[boxedcrook]

Oh yeah? Try and stop me! If they get something good out of it, I am! I'm not sitting around rotting on this stupid island while everyone dies!

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[ what the fuck? what the fuck.

she stares in disbelief at him for a moment, her expression quickly changing from shock to anger to confusion and back. what the fuck. in all honesty, he could overpower her. katara knows this. without her bending, she's at a major disadvantage. ]

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SIT!

[boxedcrook]

[Oh, hell. He foRGOT ABOUT THE SITTING!!! HE FORGOT ALREADY BECAUSE KAGOME ISN'T HERE AND NO ONE--

fuck

All at once, his face impacts with the ground, straight down, no stop, head-first. When he manages to lift his head, his face is red.] You little--

DIDN'T I SAY NOT TO DO THAT EVER AGAIN!

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THAT WAS BEFORE YOU STARTED PLANNING ON GOING ON MURDER SPREES!

[ honestly their poor neighbors. ]

[boxedcrook]

[W3 execution vote: Katara and Inuyasha]

WHAT ELSE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO, HUH?! SIT AROUND AND DIE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?! Maybe they get a free pass for killing! And I wouldn't mind sticking it to some of these people! That Vriska has got to be a demon, so she can go first!

What happens if we get to go home if we do it?!

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No one in this room is killing anyone! Not me, not you, no one.

[ she's just sort of... pacing in front of the door now, gesturing wildly as she talks. ]

If you don't think I'd rat you out, you're wrong, even if it kills me too.

[boxedcrook]

What?! [The hands on the floor ball into fists, but he at least doesn't pound anything with them--yet.] That's just stupid! You've already helped kill two people by voting for them!

Don't tell me you wouldn't kill one of the killers either if you had the chance!

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Yes, I did help kill them.

[ she won't deny it. one of her major issues with the voting for the remaining partner fallback plan is that she felt as if people wouldn't see it as them condemning the person to death, just because they would have died anyway. but they still are. ]

And it's something I won't ever forgive myself for. But at least it's something that I chose to do openly! It's not... sneaking around, killing people in the middle of the night! You said before that if you killed someone, that you would admit to it. But don't you think there will probably be some rule against that? It won't be a good trial for the hosts if you confess right away.

[ she stops pacing, at least, to look at him properly. ]

I don't think that voting for her was the right thing. But everyone else would have still voted for her even if I didn't, and after all that arguing I did against her... it wouldn't have been right, for me to pick someone else, just so I would feel better. [ like... katara yelled at her A Lot. ] It would have been a cheap move.

[boxedcrook]

[This time, he does bang one of his fists against the ground, promptly looking away and glaring.]

Whatever! Do what you want then. The whole point of the game is for people to die and killers to get away with it, so I know the ones who kill probably get the best rewards!

We can just sit around and die because there's no way we're going to find anyone with a role willing to tell us!

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Then we'll figure out the killers on our own! Look, they're going to have to slip up. No one's perfect. The reason we're not getting anywhere now is because there are way too many angles to look at, so we're just guessing what issues to tackle without knowing if it's right or not.

[ i mean, there are other reasons too, but katara knows that this is a major one. ]

I know that people say that things like alibis and the searches don't matter, but they do. They just might not matter every single time. We need to like... find any inconsistency, anyone's story that seems off compared to what someone else says! We can do it, but only if we don't give up just because it's hard.

[boxedcrook]

You really think they're gonna slip up when those two bastards'll do whatever for them? [He isn't even taking into account that they will forget to ask. LISTEN.] Yeah right.

Good luck wasting time asking everyone what they were doing when they can just lie to you anyway. We might as well just kill everyone else and get it over with.

[He props his head up on his palm while he's just... on the floor and all.] You heard anythin' out of that "friend" of yours? I'm gonna laugh if he ends up being one of the killers.

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Look. Think about it. Even for them, a game where it's impossible for us to figure anything out can't be fun. And they said the group before us won their game. If they can win, so can we. But we won't if you keep acting like this!

[ she just... throws her hands up in the air. ]

Just because we're not doing everything perfectly right away doesn't mean we won't solve this. If anything, it's most likely done so we won't figure it out immediately. It won't be a game if we end it right away.

[boxedcrook]

Fine. Since you think you're so smart, we'll do it your way. [It sounds like he's just itching to see her fail.

But hilariously??? He's gonna go along with it for some reason???] Maybe this time we'll actually vote for a killer.

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Have you been talking to anyone?

[ HAVE YOU!!! INUYASHA!!!! >:(!!!!! ]

[boxedcrook]

Not in private! I'll do that later, give me a break!

Some idiots all came by and tried to take my coconut things I was getting out of the tree! They're all suspicious! If they'd just take my stuff, who says they wouldn't just take someone's life?!

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[ KATARA IS FUCKIN SCREAMING INTERNALLY HERE HOLY FUCK ]

Stealing and murder are two completely different things!

[boxedcrook]

I haven't ever met anyone who stole who also probably wouldn't take someone's life! [Except him, of course. Well, aside from demons or whatever. He definitely tried to steal the Jewel (AFTER BEING TRICKED) and never, uh, killed anyone innocent...] Anyway-

Any of them could've been a killer.

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[ katara is offended because she has definitely stolen shit??? rude???? ]

Even the people who haven't stolen anything can. So we shouldn't only just focus on your coconut thieves, but if they're the ones you want to talk to, go ahead.

[boxedcrook]

Fine, whatever. [It's not like Inuyasha talking to anyone is going to not be an absolute disaster anyway. So there's that.] It's probably gonna be a waste. They'll just lie to us because no one trusts us.

[With an exaggerated exhale, he drops it. They're just talking in circles. He points to the corner of the hut. If she hadn't noticed yet, there's definitely a pile of about five coconuts there.] Those are ours. Don't give 'em to anyone else, got it?

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[ she glances over at the coconuts... and actually smiles a bit. ]

I won't give them to anyone, don't worry.

[boxedcrook]

[ummm??? STOP SMILING. He's just gonna pretend like he doesn't see her smiling. He's not even looking! HIS EYES ARE CLOSED.]

People already tried to steal them, so don't hand them out! Unless it's, like, to that one girl who lost her eye or whatever. She's too skinny and can probably use a coconut or two anyway.

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[ no fuck you, she's gonna smile. inuyasha is oddly sweet in the most tsun way possible. ]

Nino? Yeah... I think Jaffar's looking out for her.

[boxedcrook]

Yeah, well, he could do a better job. He said he told her not to, but she did anyway. What an idiot.

What's he gonna do when she gets in trouble and ends up dead?