SWANS...2 ✬

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w5 friday, post-investigation

[supremity]

[ Hua Cheng is still just vibing in this fancy dress. He's honestly completely unbothered by it, especially since there's far more pressing matters to attend to than the fact that his curfew location decided he needed a comfort dress. He's sitting this time because he is mcfucking tired still, and has the side of his head in his hand, eye closed, pensive.

But, he'll sit up once they've all gathered in their hangout spot of the day, huli jing companion on his lap press his PHS into his hand when he lowers it. He has no pockets in this getup, sue him. ]

I found Fiora. [ That's that. ] And I might know who killed her. I just have to confirm it, before I send you all on a witch hunt.

[ Said while he's pulling up something on his PHS. Hua Cheng isn't a note taker, so there's only three things: a now-empty note from when he was mute, and two that are much bigger. ]

We have a few things we have to talk about, on top of that. Swan didn't come to me about someone's nova splintering this week, so we're going to have to make a kill next Thursday, regardless of whether she tells us that someone's splintering or not. Because we're running out of time.

[ The first note is one that is familiar to Sora, at least, if not anyone else. The second one? Brand new, and far less censored. The redacted sections on both are dashes. ]

And I mean we're really running out of time.

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[well this has been a day. he's seated on the floor of wherever, half-lounging on the floor and half sitting up as he thinks through that.]

...well, we did have one of the bigger teams left. It was bound to happen. [he isn't sure how to feel about any of this, but he reads the second note.]

Do we still think these notes were written by a leader themselves?

[horologia]

Where did you retrieve these notes from?

Your respective excursions, or something else?

[supremity]

I still think it might be possible, but the way this new one is written leads me to question it, now. [ Because why write it like this? Unless the redacted section gives away who wrote it and someone came in after the leaders might have seen the reports... ]

It was bound to happen, though. Better us than a team at risk. We'll just have to not screw this up so that we don't fail the dead.

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We're not gonna screw up. We can't. [just...first and foremost.] I think it's weird though, the way the last one's written. It sounds like a report to the leaders instead of from.

[horologia]

[ ... ]

"Do you believe you can change destiny? Time has already been written. There's nothing you can do, is there? Except try, try again. But you'll never make it."

That's multiple things now that confirm we won't get another chance after this.

[supremity]

En, that's what I was thinking, as well. [ He's so tired of this. ] Perhaps that's even why the Realm's integrity seems to falter at times - this has all been done before. Perhaps multiple times.

[horologia]

If you can go back and do things again, why would anyone stop at simply one time? The only reason would be a pitiful lack of will.

No. We've certainly done this multiple times. The mockery I repeated as much as implies it.

[uhhhmagic]

That-- Guy who keeps showing up at the end of our Murder Dungeons. I bet they're the person who's writing these cryptic ass notes.

And I know. We've got until next week, so it's fine. That's like longer than I took to write my thesis. Don't worry about it.

[supremity]

It was a woman, in ours. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think... [ hm, ] Because these expeditions might be related to the leaders' memories, I think she might have been related to Swan in some way.

[ He has no idea what a thesis is, but he's used to not understanding half the things that come out of Taako and Lup's mouths. ]

I imagine we get to wait and see who dies on Sunday, and make a decision based on that to figure out who we kill.

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...one really important thing is we can't wait until Swan tells us somebody's splintering. Since Alyssa counted as a splinter kill, the next one has to be independent and our own choice.

That's the last I've heard. In order for the two to count, one has to be a splinter and one has to be without the leader asking us.

w5 sunday later

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[at some point after the meeting with swan, sora flags down everybody to regroup one more time.]

...word gets around fast. I've had a few people come to me volunteering to die to meet the numbers. And I've heard of others. Everything that I've been hear though, and knowing who else is likely going to be killing this week, I think our safest bet is to pick Ochako.

I've been told she's volunteered for it. So I think it'll be okay. [even if it sucks.]

[horologia]

... This competition has made martyrs out of a good number of us, hasn't it.

[ yuuri you're not allowed to talk. ]

I can't say I much care for it- but. If she's volunteering, then it's better than the alternative.

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Seems like it. [he gives her a look though because yuuri please.]

A volunteer is better than hurting someone who isn't expecting it, at least. I don't like it either but we don't have much of a choice.

[horologia]

[ she ignores the look because what? why is he looking at her like that. she has a perfectly good reason for wanting to die. ]

The report said as much, yes. Like it or not, we have to kill.

[ paraphrasing. ]

... It will not be so difficult, I think. It isn't the first time I'll have had to kill someone I've known for what was arguably the sake of the world. And now we aren't even simply talking about one world.

[ it's just the first time that it'll have happened... like this. ]

[supremity]

[ ... ah. It's obvious Hua Cheng isn't a fan of this particular choice, but he sighs and rubs his forehead. ]

I can't say I'm - surprised, really. That she would volunteer.

My only condition to this is that we treat her with some dignity when doing it. [ Don't decapitate her, don't pull a him and crush her in a mine, that sort of thing. They don't have to do what was done for Hikaru or Fiora, necessarily, but. ] A lot of people will already be upset.

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You're right. And I think we can respect that. Depending on what location we travel to tomorrow, we can scout out what's available and pick the best spot to do this and where we can put her and keep her body safe.

[the longer he talks, it's clear he's not a fan of this either.] ...I just hope she's really okay with this.

WEEK 6 - FRIDAY

[uhhhmagic]

Boy the fish pun thing is super annoying. I'm not-- I'm not gonna fake it for you guys, hope that's chill. Krill? Haha.

[Wow.]

Anyway, guess you should know what went down so we don't mix up evidence?

[supremity]

[ Sitting here trying to towel his hair dry the rest of the way after changing out of his wet clothes, giving a distracted nod to Taako not having to fake it.

... and then makes a gesture like, go on, because he says nothing since unlike somebody the surfer speak is legit. ]

[uhhhmagic]

She was pretty chill about the whole thing to be honest. So we just ran around making a huge ass mess to fuck with people - floating the ferris wheel, throwing around the shield, leaving my horrible little feet everywhere, um, Homura can tell you were all the guns around because! To be honest. I don't remember.

I left fingerprints on the gun we used and the shield though, so, you guys should push for those. Ochako should have some, um, Dorothy hair in her hand too. And the RVSP is hers, it's supposed to be a hint like! Hey! Dorothy did this to me!

[supremity]

Righteous. [ GOD HE HATES THIS put him out of his misery ] Mahalo for all the work you two did. I'm stoked she got to have a bomb time her last night out.

[horologia]

There should be several stray shots left around the general fairground area. Some in various games, some in the food stands.

That said, I imagine that with the rest of the mess caused by whatever it was that happened with Chiron, those likely were obscured, and don't particularly have a large importance in the scheme of things here.

[ they caused a mess for the sake of causing a mess. ]

Though, if people might believe that whoever was doing it couldn't aim well in the least, that would also be beneficial.

[supremity]

Far out. [ exasperated because he knows what's going to come out of his mouth ] We have to find where Won's stashed, since he's our missing dude, so we're gonna have eyes peepin' all over, I'll make sure I'm one of the lookers around there so we can have that spotted.

Make 'em believe whoever went after her just wiped out and then got lucky with a big one.

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[he also has the fish curse so he just. nods. explain plz. also he's probably still damp from his dodge roll but this is important.]

[uhhhmagic]

Really I think we can probably just force a majority vote with everyone who knows at this point, but . . . What a mess out there! Lots of crisscrossing.