...thanks. [That's weirdly nice and he wonders if it might be poisoned, but he says nothing. It's a nice thought and he'll take the soup. He's also, like, immediately opening it because he's starving but that's fine.]
Depends on what you'd call "good." [He sounds a little annoyed.] What've you heard so far?
[i mean like, it's definitely probably too spicy for someone who's recovering BUT IT'S NOT POISONED and it's actually surprisingly good. He knows how to make one (1) whole soup well thanks to Taako and he really leans into it.
He's also just flopping onto the floor in front of Junpei's loveseat, crossing his legs and pulling them toward himself in a gremlin pose.]
Outside of the fact that the three of you ended up in quite a state? Not much.
[Spicy is fine because it'll wake him up. Still he just. Frowns. At the question.]
Pretty sure we were passed out enough that nobody really got to ask. [He makes another face.] You guys saw another locked door when you were in the arcade, or no? We found a workshop or something like that. Completely empty except for a bunch of soldering tools and stuff, and the a few games. Turns out we had to play them, too.
I did hear that you gave our rescuers quite a scare.
[Everyone thinking they were FUCKIN DEAD AND ALL. But he shakes his head!]
Mm, we didn't, but we were also looking for other things at the time. [And dealing with skinamajigs so they probably just missed it, rip. He'll nod along as Junpei explains, though.]
Were you able to get any sort of snippets of recording like we were, then?
Yeah. After we were hooked up to the machines, Nikkari and Edelgard has to act it out. Take a look.
[He hands over his notebook. The writing is a little sloppy because effort, but:
?: Holy shit, what are you doing?!"
H: Trying to shove this lance up your fucking asshole! What does it look like I'm doing?
?: It looks like you've lost your goddamn mind. Calm down, H, and we can talk about this.
H: Are you seriously asking me to calm down? You must think I'm a moron. I bet... I bet you always think you're the smartest guy in the room, don't you?
?: I don't know what you mean. (Paraphrased)
H: Hah-- Of course you don't. You think everyone on this fucking ship loves you, right? You don't think anyone talks about you behind your back. I'm such an idiot for thinking we were friends, when it's your fault that my brother is dead. I've been talking to M. You know what she told me? That she and the other two Cockblockers planned to (protect? save?) my brother, and you said no. And you know what else she dropped along the way? That you specifically told them to keep any information they found away from me.
?: It's not what it sounds like.
H: Don't waste your breath. It's midnight and we're both awake. So either you're possessed, and here to kill me... Or they've given me their blessing to put you in your place.
?: So we're really going to fight over this?
H: Yes. But look at the bright side, (?), you won't have to send pictures of your ugly dick to talk to A anymore.]
That's more or less right. [Being a detective for a year and being where he isn't supposed to be means he has gotten good at remembering things.]
[Hmmmmmm....... bad. His expression visibly - if only by slight degrees - shifts from Curious to Concern as he reads it over. When he's done, he holds the notebook back out toward Junpei.]
Things like that are bound to happen with these sort of circumstances in play, I guess. Still...
Yeah. [He closes the notebook and takes a sip of the spicy soup. ] You know, Dick said something interesting to me. He pointed out that we really don't know who or what determines who's awake at night. The first week here put all of us to sleep even before Polly summoned the demons. What if it is something else? And who are "they" in this case?
Mm, that's true... Something else besides our ghost friends? The ship itself is still a contender in my opinion, but if it's multiples of something...
[HM, HM... Well. HE AIN'T GOT NO CLUE ABOUT THAT, but:]
—By the way. [Hang on as he rummages in his robes and produces a disc inside a disc sleeve to hold out Junpei's way! Written on it in black sharpie is:
[A GIANT EYEBALL????? He's giving Junpei a look at that but ?????? HE'LL. He'll just ask about that... later.]
Yes and yes! It plays in the movie theater like our home movies. [Fortunately it did not require a computer because nope, he sure hasn't tried working one of those yet... But he's seen enough people deal with movies that he reasonably thought to try it first.]
Not really sure what the video means, though... It was a song? About how things go together like jelly and peanut butter?
What home movies? [NOW what the hell is he talking about. But. Okay?]
...Izuminokami received three notes before he died. One was a note only he could see that said "some fucker doxxed me." One was a fill in the blank puzzle to give us all of the role titles. And the last was a haiku. "Play a part on stage and you won't be alone, there are more of your own." They're all about the roles, I think, and that's why I don't really get what yours does.
"Sharing is caring and caring means escape." So...we share the roles and they all find each other, and that's our key to getting out of here? Or we're sharing things we found. Items, maybe. [He blinks slowly like his brain's trying to catch up.] What was on the screen when you watched the video?
Oh— you didn't get one? [HE FISHES OUT ANOTHER DISC but this one is unlabeled. Good work, team.
But he just makes a little humming sound at that, tapping one foot against the ground.]
Makes sense we wouldn't be getting much more that's role-specific if we already know most of it... I'm wondering about that, though. Might also be a reference to things people have learned through break-ins? Though I think most of that has been shared already, right?
[As for the screen, BOY:] Singing bears? And a girl! They were singing about how sharing and caring always goes together like, I don't know. Mustard? Spaghetti? There were a lot of foods for some reason. [To the tune of some cursed damn song:] "There's no better pairing than sharing and caring, caring and sharing with you!"
I think I would've told you if I did. [But he's leaning against the arm of the couch to think, taking a larger sip of soup and promptly choking a little because of the flavor.]
...there are items people have received from break-ins. When I spoke to the Booty Caller, they mentioned that the ghost they spoke to indicated there are items we need to use before the 50th day here in some kind of ritual. They drew pictures so we can recognize some of them, but we only know where a few things are. I don't know if that's what we have to share, but if it's about escaping...it's a thought.
But if the last group didn't trust each other enough to share what was happening and that's why they failed...[A shrug.]
I figured it was a gift from that game, but maybe it was from one of the gifting roles again? I woke up with it yesterday morning. [A little shrug!] It was just something personal, anyway.
[He also reaches out to pat Junpei's knee when he starts choking DON'T LOSE THAT LAST 20% BECAUSE OF HIS SOUP DAMMIT.]
--I'd say that's a pretty important thing to share, though. Especially so we don't risk losing or using any of the items we might need later! Haha, that would be bad. [IT'S COOKIEGATE ALL OVER AGAIN.]
Maybe the gift role then. Those seem to be personal enough. [He won't ask even if he wonders. He clears his throat.]
I'm thinking the same. I'd rather not lose anything we don't know how to use yet since it might be important later. Right now for sure it's...a pair of shoes, a knife, and a dildo. Some of the other items don't make sense. A jar of water, an artificial heart, and maybe a necklace? Hard to say.
[A little hum and a nod... The mysterious contents of this disc will remain a mystery for now.]
The pair of shoes with wheels? [HE HOPES SO.] The knife is probably the one Tamamo received, isn't it? The rest, though... Haven't heard of anyone getting any of them. In any case, that's probably something we're going to want to get the word out about as soon as possible - cut back our chances of losing anything.
Different pair of shoes, but I know where they are. Same with the knife and the dildo.
How do we spread the word without alerting our demon friends though? That's another place I get stuck. [He's 100% coming back to the other disc later don't think you're getting out of this.]
Well... That would be hard, just because there's no way of predicting who will be possessed next. Even someone who's clear one week can become a liability later... Maybe instead, we could convince our item-holders to give theirs up to one person in particular? Maybe one of our hosts could hold onto them for us.
Worth a thought. I want to talk to Polly later anyway so...I could ask her and see what she thinks. Hold them on the other side and bring them back when we're ready. I don't know if one person here could be considered safe when any of us could be next.
Mm, exactly. If we do have to hold them all on this side, we'll have to come up with some sort of lock or guard system that would give away who could possibly remove anything... Like we take turns holding the metaphoric key so the last person with it would be the obvious one to do any tampering, you know? We'd just also have to make sure it's difficult or impossible to frame the key holder.
I used to have keys to a cell in the security office, but they're gone now. [Hilariously, he finds out where they are later.] Why use a metaphoric key if we could find a real key to use? Keep it on your person and it'll be a lot harder for someone to take it from you and use it to steal stuff.
You mean like the one that was sprung on Beck? [Just. Dryly.] If we could figure out how to set it up without being obvious we can try it. I'm worried about those people being possessed and disabling the traps but that's going to be a problem no matter what we do, so we should just do it.
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Depends on what you'd call "good." [He sounds a little annoyed.] What've you heard so far?
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He's also just flopping onto the floor in front of Junpei's loveseat, crossing his legs and pulling them toward himself in a gremlin pose.]
Outside of the fact that the three of you ended up in quite a state? Not much.
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Pretty sure we were passed out enough that nobody really got to ask. [He makes another face.] You guys saw another locked door when you were in the arcade, or no? We found a workshop or something like that. Completely empty except for a bunch of soldering tools and stuff, and the a few games. Turns out we had to play them, too.
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[Everyone thinking they were FUCKIN DEAD AND ALL. But he shakes his head!]
Mm, we didn't, but we were also looking for other things at the time. [And dealing with skinamajigs so they probably just missed it, rip. He'll nod along as Junpei explains, though.]
Were you able to get any sort of snippets of recording like we were, then?
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[He hands over his notebook. The writing is a little sloppy because effort, but:
?: Holy shit, what are you doing?!"
H: Trying to shove this lance up your fucking asshole! What does it look like I'm doing?
?: It looks like you've lost your goddamn mind. Calm down, H, and we can talk about this.
H: Are you seriously asking me to calm down? You must think I'm a moron. I bet... I bet you always think you're the smartest guy in the room, don't you?
?: I don't know what you mean. (Paraphrased)
H: Hah-- Of course you don't. You think everyone on this fucking ship loves you, right? You don't think anyone talks about you behind your back. I'm such an idiot for thinking we were friends, when it's your fault that my brother is dead. I've been talking to M. You know what she told me? That she and the other two Cockblockers planned to (protect? save?) my brother, and you said no. And you know what else she dropped along the way? That you specifically told them to keep any information they found away from me.
?: It's not what it sounds like.
H: Don't waste your breath. It's midnight and we're both awake. So either you're possessed, and here to kill me... Or they've given me their blessing to put you in your place.
?: So we're really going to fight over this?
H: Yes. But look at the bright side, (?), you won't have to send pictures of your ugly dick to talk to A anymore.]
That's more or less right. [Being a detective for a year and being where he isn't supposed to be means he has gotten good at remembering things.]
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Things like that are bound to happen with these sort of circumstances in play, I guess. Still...
[It's not exactly a comfort!]
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[HM, HM... Well. HE AIN'T GOT NO CLUE ABOUT THAT, but:]
—By the way. [Hang on as he rummages in his robes and produces a disc inside a disc sleeve to hold out Junpei's way! Written on it in black sharpie is:
sharing is caring & caring leads to escape.]
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Your Catfish item for the week? Or something else? Have you tried to open it? [...] Actually wait do you know how to use a computer?
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Yes and yes! It plays in the movie theater like our home movies. [Fortunately it did not require a computer because nope, he sure hasn't tried working one of those yet... But he's seen enough people deal with movies that he reasonably thought to try it first.]
Not really sure what the video means, though... It was a song? About how things go together like jelly and peanut butter?
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...Izuminokami received three notes before he died. One was a note only he could see that said "some fucker doxxed me." One was a fill in the blank puzzle to give us all of the role titles. And the last was a haiku. "Play a part on stage and you won't be alone, there are more of your own." They're all about the roles, I think, and that's why I don't really get what yours does.
"Sharing is caring and caring means escape." So...we share the roles and they all find each other, and that's our key to getting out of here? Or we're sharing things we found. Items, maybe. [He blinks slowly like his brain's trying to catch up.] What was on the screen when you watched the video?
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But he just makes a little humming sound at that, tapping one foot against the ground.]
Makes sense we wouldn't be getting much more that's role-specific if we already know most of it... I'm wondering about that, though. Might also be a reference to things people have learned through break-ins? Though I think most of that has been shared already, right?
[As for the screen, BOY:] Singing bears? And a girl! They were singing about how sharing and caring always goes together like, I don't know. Mustard? Spaghetti? There were a lot of foods for some reason. [To the tune of some cursed damn song:] "There's no better pairing than sharing and caring, caring and sharing with you!"
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...there are items people have received from break-ins. When I spoke to the Booty Caller, they mentioned that the ghost they spoke to indicated there are items we need to use before the 50th day here in some kind of ritual. They drew pictures so we can recognize some of them, but we only know where a few things are. I don't know if that's what we have to share, but if it's about escaping...it's a thought.
But if the last group didn't trust each other enough to share what was happening and that's why they failed...[A shrug.]
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I figured it was a gift from that game, but maybe it was from one of the gifting roles again? I woke up with it yesterday morning. [A little shrug!] It was just something personal, anyway.
[He also reaches out to pat Junpei's knee when he starts choking DON'T LOSE THAT LAST 20% BECAUSE OF HIS SOUP DAMMIT.]
--I'd say that's a pretty important thing to share, though. Especially so we don't risk losing or using any of the items we might need later! Haha, that would be bad. [IT'S COOKIEGATE ALL OVER AGAIN.]
What are the items you already know of, then?
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I'm thinking the same. I'd rather not lose anything we don't know how to use yet since it might be important later. Right now for sure it's...a pair of shoes, a knife, and a dildo. Some of the other items don't make sense. A jar of water, an artificial heart, and maybe a necklace? Hard to say.
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The pair of shoes with wheels? [HE HOPES SO.] The knife is probably the one Tamamo received, isn't it? The rest, though... Haven't heard of anyone getting any of them. In any case, that's probably something we're going to want to get the word out about as soon as possible - cut back our chances of losing anything.
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How do we spread the word without alerting our demon friends though? That's another place I get stuck. [He's 100% coming back to the other disc later don't think you're getting out of this.]
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Well... That would be hard, just because there's no way of predicting who will be possessed next. Even someone who's clear one week can become a liability later... Maybe instead, we could convince our item-holders to give theirs up to one person in particular? Maybe one of our hosts could hold onto them for us.
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[All this shit is so complex and he is tired.]
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Ah - the demons have more strength, but it still shouldn't be enough to bend metal bars, right...?
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...I actually have no idea, and I'm afraid to find out. But we can assume if they can break an aquarium, they can probably try?
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—Traps, then! Just in case they can break in, we could have a few people set different ones, so no singular person knows how to get past all of them.
[He just really wants to maim a demon with traps...]
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