[ next time will enters the storybook cafe, one of the baristas gasps and waves excitedly at him when they spot him - a young lady with curly blond hair. ]
Sunshine! Hi, hi~! [ they appear in front of him suddenly, grinning. ] Come for a snack? We've got new stuff! It's all Halloweeny! I was wondering if I should bring some back to the dorm for everyone, actually.
Yeah. That, and looking for you, actually - some stuff was shared with me that I think you'd be interested in seeing. [he grins] We should definitely bring some Halloween snacks back to the dorm.
[ some of the other baristas are watching them with baffled expressions. what just happened? ]
Ohhhhh, okay. We can talk upstairs, if you want? I have a cool top floor office and everything.
[ they wink. ]
And yeah, def! We can make a little care package for you two, if you don't mind waiting for them to put it together. Does he like tea, or coffee? Or pumpkin? Or you're welcome to pick some out yourself later - whatever you prefer!
[ as they shift back to the normal hero look, the cafe patrons and staff all seem to realize who was on shift and watch them lead the way upstairs in awe. ]
Sounds good to me. I feel like he'd like both - maybe I'll go over it on my way out? There are a lot of options.
[onward and upwards they go! will waves cheerfully to the cafe patrons and staff as they head upstairs.]
...okay, so. Nico and Hung found some notes while they were... in Vegas last week. [he wrinkles his nose a little at that. stop sending nico to vegas.] I've got pictures of them on my phone, if you'd like to see them? It... has to do with the competition.
[please dont question why he didnt share these on friday my threads hadnt gotten to a point where he got the go-ahead to share by then]
[he will hand over his phone to fox! the first picture reads:
The stakes so far have been too boring. It’s no fun when all they do at the end of the day is go home, so for the next round, we’ll spice it up a bit. If they want a chance for anyone to return at all, they’ll have to take that chance from someone else.
One death each week is enough to keep the door open. Kill, or lose everything any of them have cared about. Let’s see how heroic they can be in those conditions.
and the second reads:
These heroes are unable to return to the worlds they call home while they have yet to win their competition. If a team loses, all those within the team, present and future, those worlds they hail from will come under the light of the moon. Those worlds will be forever changed with the loss of the heroes hailing from them. There is nothing better than a hero under distress.
By winning they will be putting their companions here at risk. By losing, their homes will be rewritten to be completely different, erasing their place within it. A dire situation indeed. A benefit no matter the outcome.]
...so. Yeah. There's that. [a beat.] Amethyst Snake let me look at the page you guys found before, and it's a match for these ones in terms of like, paper and handwriting...
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I'm not sure exactly how far this information has spread. Nico and Hung told the rest of us who helped break into the jail about it, but I dunno if the others who were with them also told people.
...I should probably share this with Citrus, Vane, and Hana, huh? ...but I don't wanna freak them out either.
Alright. I'll keep an eye out. If we find anything new this week, I'll call a dorm meeting and share it all at once. If I don't hear about anything from anyone by Thursday night, then I'll call a dorm meeting before we get locked in so we can talk about it.
[since. gazes at the fact that i'm on cyoa and will maybe have new stuff to share? more efficient to do it that way.]
...not sure who else has heard about it on your side - but I'm planning to try and talk with everyone again this week, so I'll bring it up with them if I can. I feel like their team members who are in the know will probably have told them, but better safe than sorry?
I can talk to the other leaders, too, and make sure we're all keeping each other updated if something comes through. I think it's really just a matter of when we can see each other? We wouldn't deliberately keep each other in the dark.
I guess next week I'll just... make a point of trying to be around if it seems like people are coming back from another one of those trips. [...] And if I learn something, I'll let you know about it.
[that way even if i end up dying thursday night, you can share with the others. he doesn't say that, but he's thinking it.]
It sucks that we don't really have a way to know if someone's gone... Even if you're looking for them, it's a big city.
Thanks, though. I can't really force you guys to come and talk to me, but I'll do my best to make sure we have chances to work as a team. Then we can start putting everything together.
And if we need somewhere to do it that's out of the way of everyone coming and going, we can use our private room.
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Week 2, Monday
Sunshine! Hi, hi~! [ they appear in front of him suddenly, grinning. ] Come for a snack? We've got new stuff! It's all Halloweeny! I was wondering if I should bring some back to the dorm for everyone, actually.
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Yeah. That, and looking for you, actually - some stuff was shared with me that I think you'd be interested in seeing. [he grins] We should definitely bring some Halloween snacks back to the dorm.
...also, can I grab some for Nico?
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Ohhhhh, okay. We can talk upstairs, if you want? I have a cool top floor office and everything.
[ they wink. ]
And yeah, def! We can make a little care package for you two, if you don't mind waiting for them to put it together. Does he like tea, or coffee? Or pumpkin? Or you're welcome to pick some out yourself later - whatever you prefer!
[ as they shift back to the normal hero look, the cafe patrons and staff all seem to realize who was on shift and watch them lead the way upstairs in awe. ]
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Sounds good to me. I feel like he'd like both - maybe I'll go over it on my way out? There are a lot of options.
[onward and upwards they go! will waves cheerfully to the cafe patrons and staff as they head upstairs.]
...okay, so. Nico and Hung found some notes while they were... in Vegas last week. [he wrinkles his nose a little at that. stop sending nico to vegas.] I've got pictures of them on my phone, if you'd like to see them? It... has to do with the competition.
[please dont question why he didnt share these on friday my threads hadnt gotten to a point where he got the go-ahead to share by then]
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[ once they reach the third floor, fox flops on the guest couch in their office. ]
Whoa, Vegas? [ surprised, but their expression turns solemn as will continues. ] What kind of notes? Do you mind if I look...?
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[he will hand over his phone to fox! the first picture reads:
The stakes so far have been too boring. It’s no fun when all they do at the end of the day is go home, so for the next round, we’ll spice it up a bit. If they want a chance for anyone to return at all, they’ll have to take that chance from someone else.
One death each week is enough to keep the door open. Kill, or lose everything any of them have cared about. Let’s see how heroic they can be in those conditions.
and the second reads:
These heroes are unable to return to the worlds they call home while they have yet to win their competition. If a team loses, all those within the team, present and future, those worlds they hail from will come under the light of the moon. Those worlds will be forever changed with the loss of the heroes hailing from them. There is nothing better than a hero under distress.
By winning they will be putting their companions here at risk. By losing, their homes will be rewritten to be completely different, erasing their place within it. A dire situation indeed. A benefit no matter the outcome.]
...so. Yeah. There's that. [a beat.] Amethyst Snake let me look at the page you guys found before, and it's a match for these ones in terms of like, paper and handwriting...
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[ handing back the phone with a frown. ]
It wasn't supposed to get worse.
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I'm not sure exactly how far this information has spread. Nico and Hung told the rest of us who helped break into the jail about it, but I dunno if the others who were with them also told people.
...I should probably share this with Citrus, Vane, and Hana, huh? ...but I don't wanna freak them out either.
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And there's probably more stuff like this around that we haven't found yet. So keep your eyes open, and I will, too.
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[since. gazes at the fact that i'm on cyoa and will maybe have new stuff to share? more efficient to do it that way.]
...not sure who else has heard about it on your side - but I'm planning to try and talk with everyone again this week, so I'll bring it up with them if I can. I feel like their team members who are in the know will probably have told them, but better safe than sorry?
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I can talk to the other leaders, too, and make sure we're all keeping each other updated if something comes through. I think it's really just a matter of when we can see each other? We wouldn't deliberately keep each other in the dark.
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[he grins.]
It's just sometimes hard to find the time, I think. But between all of us we'll get everyone on the same page.
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That's true... but I guess for things like this, you just have to make time somehow. I can try to help, too, if you tell me what you need.
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I guess next week I'll just... make a point of trying to be around if it seems like people are coming back from another one of those trips. [...] And if I learn something, I'll let you know about it.
[that way even if i end up dying thursday night, you can share with the others. he doesn't say that, but he's thinking it.]
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Thanks, though. I can't really force you guys to come and talk to me, but I'll do my best to make sure we have chances to work as a team. Then we can start putting everything together.
And if we need somewhere to do it that's out of the way of everyone coming and going, we can use our private room.
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[...]
Once I get what I can next week - I'll compile everything I've heard and send it in a groupchat to you and the other team leaders, okay?
[which ig will have to be post trial because i didn't get the last bit of cyoa note until after next week's role thread]
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[WHY DID I SAY NEXT WEEK i meant this week]
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