Audience: Will

[becomemod]

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[stunwhistle]

[looking around the dorm with interest...

anyway, as they're putting away groceries, he'll explain.]

Nico and Hung showed me the notes they found while they were... away, last week. And Fox mentioned that you guys found a page out of a book before we got here? ...I saw that one, and it looked like it matched what they got, so.

[he offers goat his phone so they can see pictures of the cyoa notes from last week which you guys already know about because you're the mods so i'm not copying them]

...figured it'd be best to make sure you all were aware.

[becomemod]

It looks like the same kinda page as we saw before you guys got here... but why are they being found out there...? How are they getting there, I mean?

[ Is this why they couldn't find things in the city?? ]

Thanks for showing this to me. Did you already talk to Amethyst about it?

[stunwhistle]

No idea. It feels weird to me that this stuff is being found, too, instead of just being explained upfront if it's actually supposed to be legit.

[he nods]

I did, yeah.

[becomemod]

I hope it isn't legit. This is so... over the top, even for a scripted villain.

[stunwhistle]

Yeah, you can practically see them twirling their mustaches and cackling evilly about it.

[becomemod]

You'd think they'd be a little more subtle than... this.

[ This is so much. ]

[stunwhistle]

[he shrugs]

In my experience most really evil people don't have a subtle bone in their body.

[becomemod]

[ There's a pause here like they're going through their mental Rolodex of evil. ]

I dunno, some people are good at hiding it.

[stunwhistle]

Yeah, until they get the chance to do their evil monologue. And then it's like, "Muahaha! Cower before me! I am literally the architect behind every terrible thing that's gone wrong in the past year and a half!"

[...]

Actually, I'm never sure why people don't just cut them down while they're monologuing.

[becomemod]

[ Sometimes it's more along the lines of "I'm so bitter about my breakup with your father and so I'm going to take it out on you specifically." ]

In terms of storytelling? It's for the drama, but in real life? Dunno. It seems like it'd be a good time to punch the guy out.

[stunwhistle]

[ ._.

parents and their romantic drama... don't remind will... why must his father be such a slut............]

Seriously. Just - wham, bam, they're down. [...] It's not always gonna be that simple but it's at least a start.

[becomemod]

[ Sorry about your dad, man. ]

Feels like they'd get up and monologue even harder for spite's sake or something.

[stunwhistle]

Yeah, probably. What a pain.

[becomemod]

Yeah...

[ Sighs. ]

Did you want some snacks while you're here? We have fruit gummies and those peanut butter filled pretzel bites.

[stunwhistle]

[he grins]

I would not say no to some gummies.

[becomemod]

[ They'll reach up to open up a cabinet and hand him a few pouches of fruit gummies. Yum. ]

Here.

[stunwhistle]

[he opens one pouch and slides the others into one of his cargo short pockets for later]

Thanks.

[becomemod]

No problem.

I really appreciate that you're sharing stuff with us. I know it can be kinda hard to trust us... and think we're hiding stuff.

[stunwhistle]

...I'd rather trust you guys than not trust you guys. I still have to keep my guard up, but -

[he shrugs.]

I do think we're more or less in the same boat. If you were trying to pull the wool over our eyes, one of you would have let something slip by now. [...] So I'd like to be able to help all of you get home, too.

[becomemod]

If we're lucky... No, I think it's more like... if we can all work together and find a way forward, we can find a way back home.

[stunwhistle]

Yeah. I'd like it a lot if that's how all of this worked out.

[becomemod]

I know it's optimistic, but... I think it's better than thinking there's only one option.

[stunwhistle]

Yeah, I agree.

[(looks at the "every team has to kill at least once" note that will doesn't yet know exists and laughs]