GAME OVER (S██'s Palace)

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[beathollow]

( are they talking about anything? looking at anything? )

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[They're mostly talking about how freaking weird this whole situation is, or looking traumatized. The girl with a bucket on her head in particular looks like she Saw Some Shit.

There is an opening to talk if anyone wants to.]

[beathollow]

Um... hello.

( this is the worst idea what is she doing aaaaaaaaaaaa )

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[Mafuyu has attracted the attention of the crowd! Some stare at her, but one puppy dog of a guy comes right up to cheerfully greet her.]

Oh hey, another person! That makes 11 of us so far. Did you make it through your first trial alright?

[beathollow]

( dog boys make her relax honestly. ... as much as one can in this sort of situation. there is a good chance she's still holding atem's hand? dragging a pharaoh around... )

I- I think so? I'm mostly just confused, I think.

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Yeah, we all are too. We're just trying to sort things out and figure out where to go from here. It's pretty obvious we're stuck, but to what end?

[beathollow]

( to die.

but she doesn't say that. )

Is it just people coming in right now...?

[pointzeropercent]

Maybe. But it might just be us too. I honestly thought it was just gonna be the 10 of us until you showed up.

[beathollow]

...

( the cards linger heavily in her mind. but... how do you act in a situation like this? )

I see.

Maybe we could look for others...?

[pointzeropercent]

That's what I was saying! There's bound to be others around here, right? Let's go look for them!

[A girl in a matching school uniform quickly stops him.]

Joe, we should regroup here first before searching for others.

[beathollow]

( that's... not someone from the cards, then. what...

...

ugh. she doesn't want to be thinking about this... )

Are you expecting anything more here?

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[Joe is the one who responds.]

Who knows! But I don't wanna leave anyone behind!

[beathollow]

... I understand. But, if someone needs help, I'm not comfortable just waiting, especially if we don't know how many people could be here. So...


( she's going off! to look for More. More What? Yes. )

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....Sara is right then! We should do introductions!

[The girl who had stopped Joe before- Sara- sighs.]

That's what I said from the beginning...

[beathollow]

... Mafuyu Asahina. But, I would rather find anyone who may need it, first.

( but, this is a little weird... )

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[For some reason, Mafuyu's name is not said there. Just the statement after.]

Let's get together as a group and do all the introductions then.

[And so Joe goes around dragging everyone in, and the group gets everyone's names. Sara Chidouin, Joe Tazuna, Kai Satou, Reko Yabusame,
Keiji Shinogi, Q-Taro Burgerberg, Kanna Kizuchi, Nao Egokoro, Gin Ibushi, and Kazumi Mishima.

All that's left is you.

...Those cards sit heavy in your mind. All you can think of is 'if I tell the truth, they'll find out I'm weak and take me out quickly'. Lying might be safer, but is it the right thing to do? Is there any name you can even remember to respond to? Do you tell the truth about your name, or do you lie?

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Results (CW: panic attack)

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[You vote for tell the truth.

As 'Sou' goes to say the name 'Shin Tsukimi', he feels a tightness in his chest that stops him from saying anything. It's like he can see the future ahead of him already: he says his name, those cards get found, and he's taken out as an easy target by someone else fighting for their life.

No. He has to hide his identity. He can't look weak. He can't act weak. He has to take on an entirely different persona to survive.

With 'Sou' refusing to speak, the options go back to what they were before: tell the truth or lie. Will you wear down his worries, or go with what he feels is right?]

[destage]

[Well, Mafuyu is breaking the ice here, so Sayaka will at least step out, looking every bit as nervous as she very much is.]

Oh--hello. You guys ended up here too...?

[Social interaction is still hard, but it's. At least easy to play the scared shitless role when you are, in fact, scared shitless of what's to possibly come--]

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[Sayaka is answered by A guy in an apron.]

It seems so. All of us have arrived under mysterious circumstances. Pardon my intrusion young man, but do you have a collar around your neck as well? I cannot tell with your scarf around your neck.

[It seems the others see everyone in the party as one iteration of 'Sou'.]

[destage]

Ah--yes, yes I do.

[Sayaka pauses for a moment. Young man? Considering what Mafuyu has said, maybe they all have the appearance of someone else. It'd make sense for it to be Sou that they look like, wouldn't it? Though Sayaka doesn't quite know every detail of how he acted, they should at least try not to rouse suspicion...right?

She doesn't know if she actually can peel off the...scarf...she's really hoping she doesn't have to like, dig into herself for this, but she at least tries to make it look like she's getting it off to show off her neck. This is significantly more difficult than she thought it'd be...]

It really is strange, but hopefully we can get out of here quickly. Are you and everyone else okay...?

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[It seems to work at least, and the man nods.]

I see. We all are stuck under the same circumstances then.

[He glances to the others before talking to Sayaka again.]

I wish we had time for everybody to be okay, but I have the feeling that first trial wasn't our only task.

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[She's so thankful that worked. Sayaka purses her lips, though, pausing at this information. She can't imagine that this is going to end well, and they're...

...They're going to have to watch it, aren't they. Oh, Sayaka is not looking forward to this.]

...It likely won't be. I doubt they'd let us all off so easily. But...if we can keep a united front, then maybe...

[Sayaka takes a small, shuddering breath. As much as she wants to hope, she can't waste her time on it. She'll elect to try and be resourceful, instead.]

Have any of you managed to find anything looking around, if you've had the chance? An exit, or anything we might be able to use to our advantage? If we're all stuck here, we may as well see if our captors were sloppy, maybe.

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Truthfully we haven't started looking yet. We have been trying to calm down the young miss over there. We haven't been able to get a single thing out of her.

[He means the green haired girl who looks like she's seen some shit.]