week 4; saturday

[selfimmolates]

[hi, newt. ray has his gun out as he approaches?? nothing personal.]

I'm not going to kill you—but safety precautions. I'm sure you understand why.

So, why'd you do it?

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[selfimmolates]

I'm sorry that you're apparently brainwashed or whatever? Not enough to try and save you or not kill you if you tried anything funny, though.

I think Oda would probably be first.

[arockstar]

[His expression tightens.]

I'm not brainwashed. Don't be stupid. Oda's gonna be a bit slower after all the trouble you guys went through stopping him, though. I suppose I should thank you for that, but it's not like you've done anything but delay the inevitable.

[selfimmolates]

Then it's a good thing I didn't do it for your sake, hmm?

So, if you didn't get caught, what was your next plan of action?

[arockstar]

Of course not. If he would've killed me, I bet the rest of you would've still needed to vote.

[Cunning and Ambition likely wouldn't have gone soft and called a mistrial.]

Come to think of it, maybe I'm the good samaritan after all. What would've happened had you all been forced to start from zero again? I imagine everyone left alive afterward would've developed some serious trust issues. I gave you the gift of a common enemy.

[look it's newt during this conversation.]

I would've recruited more followers for the alliance Cunning, Ambition, and Disorder have going. Eventually I would've moved to Ambition myself, assuming her numbers continued to hold.

[And now, to address the elephant in the room:]

I wasn't planning to kill anyone else unless they tried to kill me first.

[selfimmolates]

[he raises an eyebrow.]

You know, I could believe that, but it would be a lot more meaningful of a statement if you hadn't just killed three people already.

What if Luna were still alive?

[arockstar]

You know what, that's fair. It's true, but I don't blame you for not believing me.

[He shrugs.]

If Luna were still alive... Eh. Just because we teamed up for one night doesn't mean we'd be permanent allies. Since she was playing for Ambition, I would've been inclined to help her out during trials, but if she wanted to keep killing? She could get her own hands dirty.

[selfimmolates]

Makes sense. I would've been kind of surprised if you told me that you two were secretly best friends.

[arockstar]

Hardly. Don't get me wrong, I liked her well enough, but the alliance was just a happy accident. Mutually beneficial at the time, and maybe even in the future, but I'm here for myself and so is she.