AKIRA

[voidbreaker]

awww shit here they go again

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[survivaltricks]

Uh, yeah? It's Japanese. I guess for some reason though our speech is translated our written word isn't.

[beyond that? he's got nothing]

[voidbreaker]

Wonder if it’s trickier to translate writing than speech? For whatever reason.

[survivaltricks]

Beats me. That's a question for our directors.

[voidbreaker]

[ line face ]

Wonder where they get this tech in the middle of nowhere.

[survivaltricks]

You keep asking me questions that I don't have the answers for, Ash.

[just saying!!]

[voidbreaker]

I'm airing them out.

[ so he doesn't have to go ask the directors. ]

[survivaltricks]

[a snort]

I'm sorry I can't be more useful to you.

[voidbreaker]

I thought you'd have charmed the purple one into sharing all their secrets with you by now.

[survivaltricks]

Believe me, I've been trying. They're a tough nut to crack.

[voidbreaker]

Wow. I'm almost disappointed.

[ akira.... everyone expected more ]

But they are stubborn about what they will and won't talk about.

[survivaltricks]

[EXCUSE YOU HE'S NOT A MAGIC NPC WHISPERER. . .]

Well, yeah. They can only talk about so much before they get stabbed in the hand.

We have to be patient.

[voidbreaker]

[ drily: ]

Sure, we'll all just sit back and get murdered so they can avoid physical injury.

[survivaltricks]

[pointed look]

Ash. . .

[that's not fair and you know it]

[voidbreaker]

[ he just stares at him.

no, actually. he doesn't think it is, really. ]

I know you're really into making friends with the locals, and sure, you do you. But people here are gonna be suspicious of them and see the parts that don't add up. Whether that's malicious or not.

[survivaltricks]

That's not what I'm talking about.

[he doesn't mind if people aren't suspicious, it's just. . .]

We're not getting murdered just so they can avoid physical injury. You think something worse won't happen to them-- or one of us-- if they open up too quickly?

You don't have to trust them, but it's unfair to say they're refusing to talk just to avoid getting their hands stabbed.

[when they have already seen that it's way more than that]

[voidbreaker]

[ flash forward to them writing something along those lines on the board later that day. ]

No, you're right. I don't have to trust them.

[ so he doesn't think he will. ]

[survivaltricks]

Then don't.

[reaching into his pocket to pull out ??? a piece of paper??]

But at least trust me.

[voidbreaker]

[ squints. ]

You've got a whole other game behind you, you're fine.

[survivaltricks]

I don't care about that. I care about you.

[doofus!! anyway, he hands him the paper]

You don't know anyone passing around anonymous notes, do you?

[voidbreaker]

... [ he doesn't really know what to say to that, other than deflect. ] Probably a poor decision.

[ he takes the paper! ]

No.

Do you mean as a special job like your girl and the detective did?

[survivaltricks]

[snorts]

It's my poor decision, thanks.

[SO TAKE THAT. anyway the paper is a note! on it is written: You're heading in the right direction. there are also some little blob bunny doodles hopping in a row beneath the words]

And I don't know. It could be? I just don't know what it's referring to.

[voidbreaker]

[ huh.

bnuny. ]

When did you get this?

[survivaltricks]

Earlier this morning.

. . . I wish people passing around notes could just do so without being vague.

[voidbreaker]

Nah, I'm pretty sure that's how they gain their power.

[ .... ]

Have you been kinda... not openly, but looking into what you mentioned to me the other day?

[survivaltricks]

Ah-- you mean the thing about Lili?

[forward-dated PCs actually kill that theory, but unfortunately this is Tuesday, so. . .]

Mmm. I've talked to a few other people about it, but. . . I've heard a counter-theory that makes way more sense. And I don't think anyone I've talked to about it would send me a note if I was right.