SATURDAY: POST-TRIAL, WHEREVER THE HELL

[evidentiary]

[ hi small child who is probably escaping the trial -

hopefully he is down to being dragged off near the jungle or something, since kyouko will be quietly insistent about that. ]

Hamada-kun, I need to speak with you. [ ... ] Now we know that partners do not have to be on the same side, as I hypothesized. Are you willing to keep secrets from yours?

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[evidentiary]

"Punyai, Maduvu, Qama, and Pugia" was week one. [ ... ] They're all knives, I believe. I didn't recognize all of the words, so I picked one of the two words I didn't immediately identify as a weapon.

[ SHE...........TRIED, but when every option on the list is a knife you are kinda screwed.

spoiler alert kyouko is still really mad about week one and determined to never pick anything like that ever again :| ]

..."Water nymph".

[ she has some objections but whatever. ]

My "rules" are that I get the list of four items per week...and if I don't choose, one is randomly picked for me.

[ being a responsible-ass motherfucker, she's made her choice promptly every sunday to avoid this, because it sounds like an excellent way to get screwed over by robots. ]

[zerotohiro]

I never would have guessed either, but I don't fight with knives. I work with tech all day.

[...he can't help but chuckle.] That's. Almost cute, Kyouko. [I'm glad he calls her by her first name and he's still Hamada-kun. It doesn't matter. He's comfortable enough with her.] And those are some pretty basic rules.

In that case, if I do this for you and tell you everything I learn as long as I'm alive, will you give me a heads up of what's happening each week?

[evidentiary]

[ ugh deets sharing - but it's a fair trade and she honestly needs the help.

also, she needs to be able to back up her information with someone, just in case. ]

...I can. I'll speak to you on Sunday evening or Monday morning, depending when I finish up...usually my meetings are a little late.

[ her meetings. ALL BYYYYYYYYYYYY HERSELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLF! well hal and pal are there but do they count. ]

I may try to ask more about one of the other non-aligned roles this week...but, they're not always forthcoming. Still, I will try.

[zerotohiro]

That's fine. You know where my hut is and how to find me by now. I'll be waiting. [Save Kyouko what the fuck.]

If you're going to ask a role, maybe ask about the partner-assigning one. That's the one that's an outlier that we don't know much about.

[evidentiary]

I'll see what I can manage to get. Knowing what other two roles exist could be of us, but...I hope at least that role can manage to do something for one of the partners.

[zerotohiro]

You worried about what's going to happen to Zuko?

[evidentiary]

I am. I don't think that felt like a "usual" kill - after all, Ruby disappeared before Thursday evening. So...perhaps something can be done for him if it was outside the rules...?

[zerotohiro]

The Chief seemed to imply they were trying to figure it out. If we're waiting for a role to fix it that could explain why they don't have an answer for what'll happen to him.

[evidentiary]

Maybe they need to pair him with someone else...?

[zerotohiro]

But wouldn't that mean that someone else has to die to do that?

[evidentiary]

At least one person will die every week.

[zerotohiro]

It would have to be an odd number in order to partner Zuko with someone else. I don't think Hal and Pal believe in threesomes.

[evidentiary]

That was still an odd kill...perhaps that person will strike again?

[zerotohiro]

It's possible. Mera and I were thinking it's a second killing role running around outside of the Sirens. You think that's possible?

[evidentiary]

I don't see why not. There are four non-aligned roles, but there isn't any rule that any of them aren't meant to be killers...

[zerotohiro]

In that case, what're the chances Hal and Pal will make you have to kill someone? Are there chances of that?

[evidentiary]

...I would be obligated to take a third option if they asked.

[zerotohiro]

What would be a third option though? That's the thing. We don't know what other rules they have for people with roles.

[evidentiary]

We don't. But there is always an option other than the one given you...and unfortunately, I think the people I care about would likely be disappointed if I didn't find or make one of those.

[zerotohiro]

...whatever it takes? Let me help. I don't know what else I can do, but I can try.

[evidentiary]

I will. I intend to complete this game without taking a life. "Good intentions" mean nothing if you don't give everything to follow through on them...I learned that lesson already.

[zerotohiro]

I...me too. [But he won't explain.] We'll get out of this just fine and without taking people's lives. There's no other option.

[evidentiary]

Mm. Inaction is the same as action, isn't it? Well, I don't intend to do either. For the time being, we should get a move on.

[zerotohiro]

Yeah. I'll let you know what Jacopo says.