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[voidbreaker]

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[voidbreaker]

[ stop




ash just takes a sip of his own drink. ]

You're sat here lookin' like someone kicked your cat.

[vigilantics]

Pennyworth belongs to Damian, actually.

[ ... ]

Sorry.

[ she most likely apologized a thousand times after they woke up in the cabin but like. sorry. ]

[voidbreaker]

Yeah, you said. A few times.

[ he's ignoring that the cupboard goblin is a cat lover but also filing that away for future reference. ]

Pretty sure we've all said we don't blame you.

[vigilantics]

[ it is extremely important information to have, yeah.

she takes a sip of the drink. ]

It still sucks.

[voidbreaker]

Yeah, it does.

[ he's not arguing that. ]

But if it hadn't been you it'd be one of us instead and maybe our roles'd be reversed right now. [ you see his point? ]

[vigilantics]

[ she moves to gently lean her forehead against the table


and then immediately sits back up because, nope, that fucking hurts actually. her neck.... ]

Objectively, I totally understand what you are saying and agree with you.

[voidbreaker]

[ don't hurt your neckie more stephy ]

You just gotta let the rest of your brain catch up to that idea?

[vigilantics]

Prrrreeetty much.

[ another sip of the cocoa. this is good, actually. ]

I know that it was a... hallucination, and that those people weren't really there. But I've never actually, um, killed anyone before until then.

[ and even if those people weren't really there, everything about it was still so very real. ]

[voidbreaker]

[ it's warm and sweet and they'll have something sugary for the start of tomorrow as well. nice. ]

Mm. Even if you know it's not real that stuff can mess with you. Do you remember everything that happened? Like... the parts we were forced to keep our eyes closed for?

[vigilantics]

[ she just nods her head. ]

Yeah. I was normal at first, but then when they made us close our eyes for the second time is when I suddenly... wasn't. It was like, still me, but I was on autopilot?

[voidbreaker]

So you knew what was happening, but had no control.

[ wow! terrible! ] ... Yikes.

[vigilantics]

[ she just nods. ]

... I would have preferred if we went in and something just attacked us.

[ sure, they could have gotten even more injured that way, but it still would have been better. ]

[voidbreaker]

[ he rubs the bridge of his nose ]

...

Yeah. Honestly? Me too.

[vigilantics]

[ ... ]

I know I apologized but also... thanks.

[voidbreaker]

... What, for stabbing you in the shoulder?

[ ... ] How's that looking, by the way? Did you get it seen to?

[vigilantics]

Shinobu chased me down.

[ and then they find out she's dead later wow ]

[voidbreaker]

[ haha wow. what a weekend. ]

Good. It's kinda useful having a couple of medics around.

[vigilantics]

I feel like we can't say that out loud or else we're going to get jinxed.

[voidbreaker]

... Hm. Yeah, you're not wrong. [ urk. ] This place probably has ears and is listening for tips.

[vigilantics]

It's like the worst case of irony since it's actually weaponized.

[voidbreaker]

Still don't really know how people are picking targets. Are we seriously assuming we gotta murder for the greater good, or is something else going on?

[vigilantics]

I don't even get picking targets unless you actually know what team your target is on. Because if you want to play the game like the rules say, you'll have a chance of screwing yourself over by picking randomly.

[voidbreaker]

... Yeah, there's a point. As far as we know, no one's targetted someone on their team. [ ... ] I mean we know so damn little that ain't saying much.

[vigilantics]

Right. So, that could just be luck, but...

[ she sighs ]

We don't know anything about how targets are being chosen, like if the killers are learning something we're not.

[voidbreaker]

And if there's someone out there who can see people's teams then... that's a huge advantage straight out.