week 3; sunday; love group

[selfimmolates]

[a questionable child, a dragon doormat, a protag with a growing harem, a shitlord musician, and a team normal walk into a bar (game room) (on sunday morning)...

aka just tag/top-level/threadjack as you like, there are five of us so what is order]

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[selfimmolates]

[ray just. flops onto a couch, looking annoyed. for reasons.]

Yo.

[hi guys, have at it.]

[requiemed]

What's up with you...?

[Anyways, she's looking out at everyone and raising a hand in greeting.]

I think I know most of you, but... [A glance towards Sieg.] Hi. I'm Zoe.

[heartmunculus]

[This is an odd collection of people, isn't it?]

Hello. I'm Sieg.

It's nice to meet all of you.

[covenantal]

[ okay, okay. at some point he's going to lift his hands, trying to get everyone's attention. ]

There may be five of us right now, but we're still missing the sixth follower, and two of us are being forced to change alignment this week. Love will be down to at least four.

... we should consider if we want to try and find the sixth follower, and see if it's worthwhile to convince them to stay. And if we want to try and find new followers, as well. How do we want to continue playing the game, as followers aligned with Love?

[selfimmolates]

I honestly have no clue who the final Love follower is. [...] We could try pooling together who we know isn't with Love—without naming their actual alignment, if we've promised confidentiality—I guess?

[heartmunculus]

I know Cinque isn't with Love.

[covenantal]

... those I know are Jude, Madoka, and Ludger. I knew Senri's alignment, but I don't know if he changed alignments since then.

I can say with certainty that Jude will not switch gods.

[ he can't 100% speak to the others. ]

[selfimmolates]

[...]

Also, if we're going to be talking strategy:

[he takes out a tin.]

This was my reward from Justice and Merriment's scavenger hunt—five cookies. Anyone who eats one will be compelled to blurt out a secret of theirs.

... Not the most savoury way of doing things, obviously, but if you ever really need one for some reason, let me know.

[requiemed]

...Is it a random secret, or can you pick a topic or something?

[requiemed]

[After a while:]

...Oh, yeah. Since we're talking about strategy and everything, I have a pair of glasses that can tell whether a piece of evidence is real or if it was planted using Blame Game. I can only use them once, though.

[heartmunculus]

That's a lot more useful than what I got from that.

Merriment and Justice gave me a rock that will always hit its target.

week 4; monday (or tuesday?)

[selfimmolates]

[yo. they're... wherever, idk.

ray holds up a finger.]

First: the mystery—former—Love follower was Lightning. So, we don't need to go looking for them anymore.

[another finger.]

Two, it seems likely that Fortune's killer was from Ruin. Apparently, after the trial Ai received a carving in her stomach in the form of the words, "Missed me", which she suspects was done through Equivalent Exchange. If we assume Madoka's wound from a few weeks ago was also from the same ability, it was presumably the same person, as Hector offered to heal her. Therefore, it matches their pattern.

[and a third finger!]

Third, do any of you know someone with All Nighter? An individual with that power approached me, wanting to confirm the others' identities. They're concerned about running into them on Thursday night unaware... since you can imagine how that might go.

[heartmunculus]

[That explains how they went down to 3 so quickly. It's admirable to want to stay with Love, but also... somewhat foolish to go directly against a punishment that way. At least if she switched she could have switched back at the end of the week.]

Regarding two, if the killer was in Ruin, then with all of the switching around it'll be hard to pin them down now. ... It's pretty unlikely that their killer would go after their former god, right?

If they were using Equivalent Exchange then they don't need powers to kill.

[So maybe Ruin won't die this week? Hm. Lots of conflicted feelings on that one.]

I don't. Sorry there's not much I can bring to the discussion.

[symphonise]

No. [ Her voice is uncharacteristically quiet, but she's seething. ] They'll go after Ruin like they went after Fortune. Ambition wouldn't have been so vehement otherwise. It wouldn't make sense. They're taunting us. If I'm wrong, this will be the one time I'd be happy to be wrong.

[ Her hands are clenched into fists. ]

I don't know anyone with All Nighter right now, but I was already thinking of making a small challenge to people.

week 4; friday

[covenantal]

[ Despite having been missing for basically most of the week, Yu won't be explaining anything about that when he signals everyone to get together on Friday. Though, the sharp-eyed may notice he actually looks like he's lost weight.

Once they're all together: ]

How many of us have fulfilled the rule already to use our powers this week? Does anyone still need to do so?

[selfimmolates]

[this is COMPLETELY UNRELATED but.]

Luna was Fortune's killer and attempted to kill Ruin this week. Her killer will confess tomorrow, if they're able, so that we don't waste time.

They don't know who killed Ruin, however.

[covenantal]

[ --what the fu ]

She...

[ ...... good lord. Yu has to take a moment to process that. Though, he doesn't look floored or anything. ]

You've spoken to her killer, then?

[heartmunculus]

[Sieg has his leg bandaged up and has crutches. He looks guilty.]

... I already used mine. It's not good for use during trials.

[selfimmolates]

... Don't feel too bad. It's not your fault they're morons.

[requiemed]

...Wait, what happened?

[the worst combo breaker]

week 5; monday

[covenantal]

[ He'll find them all throughout the first day, and let them know to gather at the inn during the evening. They're able to get a private room, to talk and eat; not bad as far as accommodations go, right? ]

There are a few things we should all catch up on this week, I think.

[ .......... that's all he says. weird! maybe someone else wants to start? ]

[selfimmolates]

[FINE RAY WILL START]

... I didn't go back to Love this week. If I'm still around by the end, I intend on switching back then.

[covenantal]

[ GOD ALRIGHT. He will eventually just kind of. Gather himself, taking a calming breath or two. ]

If it wasn't obvious already, I just wanted to confirm for you all. Love and I know each other. She's...

[ ...

he shuts his eyes. ]

Someone very important to me.

[ he's quiet for a moment. yu will reopen his eyes, gaze trained on the floor, and the sheer force of his emotion hushes his words. ]

Thank you, all of you, for looking after her.

week five; tuesday

[covenantal]

[ At least by the time he gets everyone together again, he's much calmer. Just ... man. Whatever light was in him yesterday has been utterly snuffed out again. It's his own damn fault, really.

This time he's not coy. Tiredly: ]

Someone decided to take advantage of the situation. I got hit with Advancement Opportunity last night. ... I haven't decided who I'll switch to yet.

[ He's willing to talk it over, since hey, whoever he switches to could at least help them in the final trial, or whatever else they decide to do. ]

[requiemed]

...What?

[She looks incredibly concerned, blinking as soon as he gives that news.]

Do you know who - did it?