hypertoxic | [week four

[ Vriska will find them all early. As early as she thinks they'll be awake. They have shit to do, and they need to get started as soon as possible.

She tells Raven first, and asks her to help alert Fie and Serph. And then, once everyone (and it's jarring, realizing one of their number is missing, that they won't get to hear his thoughts or deal with his complaining) is ready, Vriska will have them gather at the oasis. They will have to scatter at the slightest sign of anyone coming, but hopefully this early they will go undisturbed.

Vriska is all business. As soon as everyone's ready she launches into the reason why she brought them here. ]

Alright, people. It's Monday, and we only have four days to think of a plan of attack that isn't just continuing to murder people. I don't feel all that confident this group will survive another trial without more accidental mass slaughter, so we need to come up with something! To that end, I have some information and a warning.

[ which ... will be below, in top levels, because what is organization. ]

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[ First off, Vriska will draw a folded slip of paper out of her pocket, flicking it open and holding it out for the group to see. She'll let them take it, pass it around, inspect it. ]

This is a sample of Pal's handwriting. Think of all the rules that have been written as the same person writing with different hands. Pal is the left hand, Hal is the right.

We should to compare this to the Siren rulebooks and see who wrote what. We might have a real shot at figuring out which rules are lies, and which rules are the truth.

[ The Sirens will find that the messy handwriting will match Pal's signature. Meaning that the neat handwriting is presumably Hal's. So now, perhaps they can learn something... ]

... Well so far, the part about our role being revealed if we're caught is true.

Yup. And Hal was the one that announced the results, right? So that's a start, though it's no surefire guarantee he's the one that tells the truth.

It's a little complicated. They both say the murders have to be bloody and violent...

Let's consider what the situation looks like, for each of them being the one who tells the truth.

If Hal is the truth-teller, most of the situation as we already understand it doesn't seem to change, especially the rules. Our survival, however, may no longer be a kill-switch, and while the exact details of the volcano spirit become more suspect, there is still some grain of truth there, at least in that something is going to kill us all if we don't comply.

If Pal is the truth-teller, the volcano story is confirmed. The rules of the game, on the other hand, become less strongly defined. Some kind of carnage is still called for, but the rules about us having to kill once per week didn't come from him. Maybe, in that event, it doesn't have to be a result of our actions at all.

... [ geez. ]

I think it's about time to start asking them questions again.

[ Maybe they can figure out more by listening. ]

[ Vriska will sigh before launching into ... this whole mess. She lowers her chin, pulling her hair back over her shoulders as she stares thoughtfully at the ground. ]

I'm pretty sure my time is running out. I have been lying to a lot of people, and I think my web of falsehoods is finally going to catch up to me! Someone is going to figure out that I have not been telling the truth, and when they do, I'll be going down hard. I'm not going to kid myself about what will happen if and when the villagers discover that I am not in fact the item role, but the Siren who killed Lelouch. If they come for me, the three of you need to let them. If they want a target for their anger, fine. But if all the Sirens die, we lose, and everyone stays dead. You three need to stay alive, even if I don't.

To that end, Fie, Serph, I told Bellamy your identities. He is going to help protect you should anything happen to me.

Anyway. I am telling you all of this because I have a plan. It's not much of a plan, but it's something. If I can't convince the Chiefs to give us a third option to end the game, I am going to try to find the volcano spirit and kill it. If I die before that happens, you three will have to finish the work for me.

... [ where does she begin]

Can you even kill a spirit?

I've killed bigger and badder things! I will certainly give it a shot. [ just ... grins in that vaguely unsettling way of hers. ]

Same, but I kind of don't have a lot of stuff at my disposal here.

[ ...welp. There's something else, that follows from letting the group take down Vriska if things move in that direction - ]

I don't want to place a vote on anyone within this group if the results are unclear, but if it's obvious one of us is going to be the one to go anyway, we should also keep in mind that failing to vote that way may be taken as a sign of guilt by the others.

[ Especially if a couple of them go, and someone thinks to look at who didn't vote for who. ]

Don't worry about it, Serph. If we come under suspicion and there's a risk that some or all of us could be revealed, I'll confess to Lelouch's murder. That should give them a satisfying target to vote for and get the heat off the rest of you! Not that I want to die or anything, but we need to try and minimize our losses somehow.

[ A grim nod. Just so they all understand the possibility of having to throw each other under the bus to keep staying under the radar. ]

[week four - monday]

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