[Later in the afternoon, Junpei will branch off to seek out Wei Wuxian. There are a lot of concerning things right now, but he'll quietly approach with his arms folded over his chest. His hair's still wet from a shower, and his face and hands are stained even though the goo itself has washed off but he doesn't seem to mind.]
...do you think Higekiri's possessed? [He'll just. Come out and say it.]
[Likewise, he's fresh from the shower and also goo-stained - but seems to be doing well, considering he just had a zombie arm in his gut for like an entire night. That wild stamina and pain tolerance comes in handy sometimes!
The question is expected though, but he still sighs a little. Higekiri honestly sucks more life out of him than all of his injuries combined.]
I don't know. [REASSURING.] Something is definitely amiss, but I can't tell whether it's possession or if it's more like an infection. Something was obviously transmitted through that bite, though. [...] I think he might be craving human flesh?
...I don't know how your zombie lore works, but for us whenever someone is bit by one, they turn into one themselves. It means they're harder to kill, stronger, and also have a taste for flesh, yeah. But why do you say that?
[Hello? But he's going to gesture for Wei Wuxian to follow him. They're surprisingly not getting alcohol this time. It's to the kitchen for some coffee. Who the fuck needs to sleep, not them.] Whatever we injected him with slowed down the process but it's not stopping whatever infected him.
That's not how it works where I come from, but I talked to Dick about it earlier.
[So he understands the lore of zombitis, even if he's not personally familiar with it. ANYWAY following along to the kitchen!! YEAH COFFEE they're never sleeping AGAIN.]
Mm, "detains the effects", right? Nothing about reversing the process... [As for Junpei's other question:] He doesn't have a taste for his favorite foods anymore. He was hungry and couldn't figure out what for, but seemed to be seriously considering it when I suggested flesh.
[BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DID HE WAS CONCERNED zombies in his world still eat people, after all.]
Yeah, he'd know. We're from really similar versions of the same place. [Thank god for Dick, and there's a brief flash of something in his face before he moves on. Coffee!!]
Nope. Looks like we're stuck with whatever's happening until we find another solution. And also? That's bad. That's like. Really bad. [...hm.] No wonder he wanted to get away from all of us.
Maybe if we're lucky it'll wear off in a few days, but what do we do?
[Yeah he's. HE DOESN'T LIKE THIS. He sure doesn't like any of this! Haha!! Bad luck for everyone!
All the same, hm. Well - they both know the answer to the question Junpei is asking.]
We look for an alternative solution. We can try another dose of that green stuff, but I don't think it'll do any good... We keep an eye on him in the meantime. Hopefully it will fade, but if it doesn't and he becomes a risk, then- [Well.] -he wouldn't want to hurt anyone else, and we can't let him.
...then what, we just take matters into our own hands? [It's not something he wants to entertain the idea of, but at the same time...] We don't know what this is or if it'll spread. We could just make him wear a ball gag again so he doesn't bite anybody.
[tfw he suggested the same fuckin thing in a different thread]
Is there any other option? We do what we need to do to keep the others safe, and I'm not about to let him make any mistake he'll have to carry with him either, you know? It's not just a matter of whether or not it spreads. Higekiri himself is dangerous if he's not in full possession of his reflexes or battle hunger.
[Or like, literal flesh hunger apparently?? Swords sure are just............ so much. Goddamn.]
...there are holding cells on this ship in the security offices. I used to have the keys, but after Izuminokami's trial and Illumi's execution they disappeared. Tamamo told me Grune has them now. Probably because they were a part of the break-in he was on.
What if we did something like that? Can a sword break out of a cell like that?
Ah, so far? A doll that can control someone's actions once and a one-use music box that can put anyone to sleep.
[THESE DANGEROUS FUCKIN TOOLS IN HIS GREMLINASS HANDS at least he's not holding on to both... Though he's going to add one (1) more wild fuckin item to his list once bingo prizes appear in the evening too, which he'll definitely want to share with Junpei, god.]
Have you gotten anything like that? To be honest, I've only seen the things people obviously don't mind sharing, like those wheeled shoes.
No offense but who in the fuck gave you a voodoo doll? [LIKE. HOLY FUCK.] Wonder if those things could be used on our dear friends.
[Just put the demon to sleep it's fine. But he's pondering that.]
I got an electric scooter for going on a date with Beck last week? And a bandage that I can use to heal up any injury enough to make it look like it's a few days old, but I'm not gonna need it. [He also digs into his pockets and pulls out three dice, the diamond ring I think he's already shown WWX, a hair pin shaped like a bell, and also a fucking Hit Clip. He'll sort out the items in his palm so that one hand holds the dice and bell and the other has the Hit Clip and ring.]
Plus these things just randomly showed up. Mystery gifts or whatever.
[Yeah that's honestly a fair reaction and he's grinning.]
Fitting, don't you think? [HIS BLOOD MAGIC WITCHCRAFT VOODOO NONSENSE!!] Haha, I'd like it if they did, though. Hopefully it would at least work on a host, if we needed them!
[He winces a little at the mention of the scooter, though...]
Ah, right - Beck gave me a ride on hers. [IT ENDED BADLY.] That bandage could be useful, though. Good thing to have on hand, you know?
[He also peers on down at this little assortment of goodies here, mhm. IS THAT TAMAMO'S HAIRPIN Junpei you fuckin het.]
Oh - you got one of those things, too? What's on yours?
A little too on the nose, man. [But it's funny all the same...kinda.] It's worth keeping around just in case. You never know when we'll actually need stuff like that.
[He raises an eyebrow in amusement because he can guess how the scooter ride went.] Scooters aren't really for the faint of heart, but the bandage is definitely more useful.
[Leave him the fuck alone he's doing his best. But he nods and just...hands it over so Wei Wuxian can hit play. As such, he'll hear a message from a girl that sounds equal parts sweet and equal parts exasperated and encouraging. A reminder to keep living, and escape. I'm only linking the video because Akane's voice sounds normal here.]
Maybe, maybe - but I will! Kagachi is looking after our cute doll but I have the music box. I think Kagachi takes the doll with him to trial - maybe I'll start doing the same, just in case.
[Just in case they need to knock a demon out mid-attack... Or like. HIGEKIRI.]
I liked the scooter! But I keep crashing on wheeled things from the future, for some reason. [FOR SOME REASON. Anyway he'll take the clip and listen to it, glancing upward as the recording plays through.]
—Someone from your home, I take it? Mine was something like that, too.
[Me: I hope WWX is the actual demon this week Also me: no because that means Aki could die and be free.]
Oh. I've been wondering about that. I never bothered to ask him why he had it. It couldn't hurt to keep it with us if we need to calm somebody down really fast. I think we have a lot of people on this ship who'd love to murder somebody in the middle of a trial if they got the chance to.
[He just rolls his eyes almost fondly because wow, for some reason, wheels are hard! But anyway he's waiting and...he nods again.]
She's...very important to me. Probably the person I care about most in the world. [Useless het.] Was yours the same kind of message or just someone from home?
[he can't be the demon when he's busy being killed by the demon]
Haha, true, that's true! [He absolutely would be one of those willing to murder mid-trial if the circumstances aligned just so.] Always good to have some backup anyway, and Kagachi's hands are a safe place for it to be. Doubt the demon would use it even if it did possess him, since both Higekiri and myself know what it does and who has it.
[Unless they BOTH DIE. Also yeah wheels are fuckin hard and he's tired, modern living is rough. But oh, soft useless het...]
That one? [He's nodding toward the hand holding the ring. As for the question:] Mm, both. Same sort of message, also someone from my home.
All the more reason for all of us to share what our items are with a few people. It'll make tracking stuff down and seeing who might've used stuff a lot faster. Our demons aren't stupid, unfortunately. They know how to get around things like that.
[A look at the ring.] Same girl, maybe a different timeline. [Hm.] ...I've got a theory that one of our gift people gives us stuff from home while the other gives us stuff that happens on this ship. But they might not even know it themselves.
Mm, exactly so! Though things would certainly be much easier if they were as stupid as some seem to think.
[A little sigh of a laugh... He's not a fan of smart malicious entities but also, like, most of them are smart.
He taps his chin at that, though, considering.]
That would make sense. I was told that they don't have any say over who gets what, anyway - they just pick something? Make some sort of decision? And based on that, things are sent out to whoever. Beck didn't seem to have any idea that I'd gotten anything at all, or what it was.
[Also, it has nothing to do with Tuesday banging and he had to find that out the hard way.]
It's gonna be the element of surprise that gets us a win, but we're still at a disadvantage when we're the ones being taken by surprise.
[He blinks a little...but he nods.] That's what I heard, yeah. It hasn't changed since the first week and all three options look the same to them. It sort of makes you wonder what the purpose of that role is. I haven't figured it out yet.
[Please tell Junpei or he will die with that theory.]
Mm, so we'll have to find a way to get the upper hand in more ways than one, haha.
[EASIER SAID THAN DONE but it's fine, they're fine, they're all doing... fine.
He's also making a face at the explanation because ??? that's even more random and weird than he'd been led to believe.]
Mm... I still think the items from home might be a sort of sentimental motivator of sorts? Something comforting? Haven't met anyone yet who's gotten an item from home that hasn't been at least a little bit of a comfort, anyway.
...even if it's not comfort, I assume people will find it motivating in some way or another, yeah. If the higher-ups in charge of this game are feeling particularly malicious it could also be to see what'll break us.
[Sometimes, you might Despair being away from home and people you love.]
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...do you think Higekiri's possessed? [He'll just. Come out and say it.]
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The question is expected though, but he still sighs a little. Higekiri honestly sucks more life out of him than all of his injuries combined.]
I don't know. [REASSURING.] Something is definitely amiss, but I can't tell whether it's possession or if it's more like an infection. Something was obviously transmitted through that bite, though. [...] I think he might be craving human flesh?
[Bad.]
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[Hello? But he's going to gesture for Wei Wuxian to follow him. They're surprisingly not getting alcohol this time. It's to the kitchen for some coffee. Who the fuck needs to sleep, not them.] Whatever we injected him with slowed down the process but it's not stopping whatever infected him.
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[So he understands the lore of zombitis, even if he's not personally familiar with it. ANYWAY following along to the kitchen!! YEAH COFFEE they're never sleeping AGAIN.]
Mm, "detains the effects", right? Nothing about reversing the process... [As for Junpei's other question:] He doesn't have a taste for his favorite foods anymore. He was hungry and couldn't figure out what for, but seemed to be seriously considering it when I suggested flesh.
[BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DID HE WAS CONCERNED zombies in his world still eat people, after all.]
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Nope. Looks like we're stuck with whatever's happening until we find another solution. And also? That's bad. That's like. Really bad. [...hm.] No wonder he wanted to get away from all of us.
Maybe if we're lucky it'll wear off in a few days, but what do we do?
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All the same, hm. Well - they both know the answer to the question Junpei is asking.]
We look for an alternative solution. We can try another dose of that green stuff, but I don't think it'll do any good... We keep an eye on him in the meantime. Hopefully it will fade, but if it doesn't and he becomes a risk, then- [Well.] -he wouldn't want to hurt anyone else, and we can't let him.
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[Bad jokes but faster.]
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Is there any other option? We do what we need to do to keep the others safe, and I'm not about to let him make any mistake he'll have to carry with him either, you know? It's not just a matter of whether or not it spreads. Higekiri himself is dangerous if he's not in full possession of his reflexes or battle hunger.
[Or like, literal flesh hunger apparently?? Swords sure are just............ so much. Goddamn.]
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...there are holding cells on this ship in the security offices. I used to have the keys, but after Izuminokami's trial and Illumi's execution they disappeared. Tamamo told me Grune has them now. Probably because they were a part of the break-in he was on.
What if we did something like that? Can a sword break out of a cell like that?
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Mm... Probably not? I don't think so - not unless he actually does become possessed and has the extra strength needed to bend the bars.
[Like surely he couldn't just slash through metal?? SURELY NOT. Though after a second, he adds:]
--Or if he has some sort of item that might let him escape.
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[THESE DANGEROUS FUCKIN TOOLS IN HIS GREMLINASS HANDS at least he's not holding on to both... Though he's going to add one (1) more wild fuckin item to his list once bingo prizes appear in the evening too, which he'll definitely want to share with Junpei, god.]
Have you gotten anything like that? To be honest, I've only seen the things people obviously don't mind sharing, like those wheeled shoes.
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No offense but who in the fuck gave you a voodoo doll? [LIKE. HOLY FUCK.] Wonder if those things could be used on our dear friends.
[Just put the demon to sleep it's fine. But he's pondering that.]
I got an electric scooter for going on a date with Beck last week? And a bandage that I can use to heal up any injury enough to make it look like it's a few days old, but I'm not gonna need it. [He also digs into his pockets and pulls out three dice, the diamond ring I think he's already shown WWX, a hair pin shaped like a bell, and also a fucking Hit Clip. He'll sort out the items in his palm so that one hand holds the dice and bell and the other has the Hit Clip and ring.]
Plus these things just randomly showed up. Mystery gifts or whatever.
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Fitting, don't you think? [HIS BLOOD MAGIC WITCHCRAFT VOODOO NONSENSE!!] Haha, I'd like it if they did, though. Hopefully it would at least work on a host, if we needed them!
[He winces a little at the mention of the scooter, though...]
Ah, right - Beck gave me a ride on hers. [IT ENDED BADLY.] That bandage could be useful, though. Good thing to have on hand, you know?
[He also peers on down at this little assortment of goodies here, mhm. IS THAT TAMAMO'S HAIRPIN Junpei you fuckin het.]
Oh - you got one of those things, too? What's on yours?
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[He raises an eyebrow in amusement because he can guess how the scooter ride went.] Scooters aren't really for the faint of heart, but the bandage is definitely more useful.
[Leave him the fuck alone he's doing his best. But he nods and just...hands it over so Wei Wuxian can hit play. As such, he'll hear a message from a girl that sounds equal parts sweet and equal parts exasperated and encouraging. A reminder to keep living, and escape. I'm only linking the video because Akane's voice sounds normal here.]
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Maybe, maybe - but I will! Kagachi is looking after our cute doll but I have the music box. I think Kagachi takes the doll with him to trial - maybe I'll start doing the same, just in case.
[Just in case they need to knock a demon out mid-attack... Or like. HIGEKIRI.]
I liked the scooter! But I keep crashing on wheeled things from the future, for some reason. [FOR SOME REASON. Anyway he'll take the clip and listen to it, glancing upward as the recording plays through.]
—Someone from your home, I take it? Mine was something like that, too.
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Also me: no because that means Aki could die and be free.]
Oh. I've been wondering about that. I never bothered to ask him why he had it. It couldn't hurt to keep it with us if we need to calm somebody down really fast. I think we have a lot of people on this ship who'd love to murder somebody in the middle of a trial if they got the chance to.
[He just rolls his eyes almost fondly because wow, for some reason, wheels are hard! But anyway he's waiting and...he nods again.]
She's...very important to me. Probably the person I care about most in the world. [Useless het.] Was yours the same kind of message or just someone from home?
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Haha, true, that's true! [He absolutely would be one of those willing to murder mid-trial if the circumstances aligned just so.] Always good to have some backup anyway, and Kagachi's hands are a safe place for it to be. Doubt the demon would use it even if it did possess him, since both Higekiri and myself know what it does and who has it.
[Unless they BOTH DIE. Also yeah wheels are fuckin hard and he's tired, modern living is rough. But oh, soft useless het...]
That one? [He's nodding toward the hand holding the ring. As for the question:] Mm, both. Same sort of message, also someone from my home.
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[A look at the ring.] Same girl, maybe a different timeline. [Hm.] ...I've got a theory that one of our gift people gives us stuff from home while the other gives us stuff that happens on this ship. But they might not even know it themselves.
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[A little sigh of a laugh... He's not a fan of smart malicious entities but also, like, most of them are smart.
He taps his chin at that, though, considering.]
That would make sense. I was told that they don't have any say over who gets what, anyway - they just pick something? Make some sort of decision? And based on that, things are sent out to whoever. Beck didn't seem to have any idea that I'd gotten anything at all, or what it was.
[Also, it has nothing to do with Tuesday banging and he had to find that out the hard way.]
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[He blinks a little...but he nods.] That's what I heard, yeah. It hasn't changed since the first week and all three options look the same to them. It sort of makes you wonder what the purpose of that role is. I haven't figured it out yet.
[Please tell Junpei or he will die with that theory.]
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[EASIER SAID THAN DONE but it's fine, they're fine, they're all doing... fine.
He's also making a face at the explanation because ??? that's even more random and weird than he'd been led to believe.]
Mm... I still think the items from home might be a sort of sentimental motivator of sorts? Something comforting? Haven't met anyone yet who's gotten an item from home that hasn't been at least a little bit of a comfort, anyway.
[Junpei can keep that theory forever.]
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...even if it's not comfort, I assume people will find it motivating in some way or another, yeah. If the higher-ups in charge of this game are feeling particularly malicious it could also be to see what'll break us.
[Sometimes, you might Despair being away from home and people you love.]
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