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[ Hmm, she doesn't quite know what to do with that answer. ]

I'll pass... I think it's more fun to drink in celebration than...

[ Anyway. ]

But please help yourself.

[FAIR MOOD ESCHA he doesn't know what to do with that answer either and he's the one who gave it. He thinks for a second, but just ends up. Tucking the jar back into his shirt.]

We can find something else, then. A snack, if you can stomach something right now?

I can always eat...! It's important to keep your strength up, after all.

Hah - you're right about that! Can't help anyone else if you're busy starving, I guess. Shall we?

[A little flourish of a gesture over toward the kitchen!]

[ Escha bounces along to walk beside him! ]

I can't stop thinking about what's going to happen next week.

[Once they're in, he'll start rummaging for STUFF right away. Hm...]

--Well, compiling a list of effects we've all had to go through should be a good start, since we're probably going to be dealing with more of those.

[He's very concerned about the kill though...]

If we aren't dealing with possessions and presumably the accident this week was a fluke, I wonder what that means for the future murders, though.

[ She nods... Unfortunately, she's not feeling very proactive about obtaining the food, even if she's always in the mood to eat. ]

That's what I mean. If no one was possessed and this was just an accident... [ Then? Who will kill, and why? ]

[He'll be the one doing the cooking for them here and now, then! Fortunately he has a lot of easy go-to recipes on hand. ...He'll even knock back the spice level so he doesn't kill Escha.]

I've heard some of the other places had weekly incentives... We might be seeing that starting next week, I think. I don't see how they'd motivate any among us to play along with this game of theirs otherwise.

Incentives? Like what?

[ She has a hard time imagining something that would be worth it... ]

[AND THEN THERE'S WEI WUXIAN.]

Mm... The more common ones are probably out. Things like "you can go home early" or "we'll save this person for you". No one should fall for those, at this point. But what if they do something like cut off access to water throughout the camp, and refuse to let anyone have anything to drink until someone kills?

[They're going fullass dangan ronpa.]

I see... With something like that last one, then it would be a matter of sacrificing one person for the better of everyone else.

[ She probably wouldn't be as empathetic to the concept, except. Escha gets water shortages. They mean a lot to a community. ]

[There's a little hum.]

If whatever's at play here really knows us, then they'll know where to target us. It's just a matter of being able to withstand what they throw our way - or make difficult decisions.

It really feels like there's no end to this.

What if - what if this game ends... And then we wake up in another one?

[ Hm. Bleak. ]

[Hm. Thank you for bringing that possibility to the table, Escha. He... looks a little tired at the thought, before shaking his head.]

Even a continuous loop can be broken. And there are always more powerful beings out there than the ones we're currently dealing with. They can't all be vile.

More powerful beings? What do you mean?

Ah, I just mean that there's no upward limit to how powerful things can get. After all, those demons tried to send us- [Dick and himself, that is...] home and tried to keep the three of you there, but something else overrode them, see?

I guess that makes sense...

It's hard to plan for things that are so... Out of the scope of anything we know.

Oh, yes - the unknown factors are beyond irritating. Not a fan in the least, haha.

[HE HATES IT. He normally does decently with Things Outside Of What He Knows but also, they aren't usually universal godbeings.]

Well... I wish some of those more powerful beings would come play hero for a little bit, for us.

[HE LAUGHS... It's a little stilted.]

Maybe we'll have a spot of good luck yet, hm?

[Anyway he's probably done whipping up SNACKS now, which is just some good ol' curry-fried veggies. He even cut down on the spice a considerable amount!]

Mind getting some plates?

[ how nice of him... Escha goes to retrieve some plates! And brings them over. ]

It smells really good.

[Plating up for them both!]

I hope it tastes as good as it smells, hah. It feels like it's been ages since I've cooked for anyone else, but it really hasn't been long at all...

[THEIR BOAT TRAUMA.]

I'm sure it will.

[ haha... boat trauma... ]

Time definitely feels like it's moving strangely...

[wwx and escha looking at trauma-induced time dilation like "woah, shit's wild".]

Mm... It does, doesn't it? The days and hours and weeks are the same, but they feel different anyway.

Back home I always felt like the years were just flying by.

But these past couple weeks, I don't know... Each day feels like it drags, but by the end of the week I look back and think it happened so fast.

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