applechemist | Not Again | Catch All for Magnus

[ she appreciates that we are ignoring that part. ]

... Yeah. It sounds like it was kind of... Unique compared to everyone else's? [ The afore-not-mentioned sex demons. But also that they got a kind of crap ending. Haha... ]

Yeah. Though everyone's situation was a little different. I mean, in mine, we were all dead from the start and got undead later.

Is that unusual for you? Taako mentioned that he's died a bunch of times...

Yeah. I've died even more times than Taako. But I skipped the afterlife most of those times and just woke up alive again? It was a whole thing. The only time I ever almost went to the afterlife, Taako managed a spell to get me back.

[ She doesn't really understand all this stuff because dying multiple times is wild, even for a murder game. But! ]

He really works hard, doesn't he?

[ never forget ]

[lmao]

He wouldn't admit it if you asked, but he does! He's a good guy to have in a pinch.

... It must be strange having memories of a different "game" that he was in with you, and not having him remember. I don't know what I would do if the people I know here didn't remember what we'd gone through together.

[Nodding.]

Yeah. It's pretty weird? Especially because he won't tell me much about what happened in your game? [Quickly] Not that I'm asking for details. He'll tell me if he wants to later.

But I've known Taako for a crazy long time, and we've been through a lot of shit. So in some ways I guess it just feels like a weird blip.

[ Escha nods. ]

Mm. You just kind of deal with it and keep moving, huh? In my game, my partner was there with me, but he was from... A couple of years before when I had been taken from.

And even though it was strange, it was also just something I got used to. So it's a little different, but I guess I understand.

Yeah. Probably the same thing! Even if your memories are kind of different, you still know where you stand with him.

If you both get sent home safe and sound, I wonder if you'll both remember this at the same time. Or remember it at different times...?

[ Or just never both remember it? Hrm. She's getting too caught up in details. ]

Oof. Don't even want to think about that! For now, just wanna concentrate on us all getting home safe.

Right. That's our number one priority.

[ ... ]

Do you believe them? That things will be different here, and that no one will have to kill?

Not even a little!

[Whoops.]

Their explanations don't make any sense! The rules they gave us sound so shady! Man, this is definitely a mess.

They seemed shady to you?

[ She thought they seemed nice and forthcoming. Even if she didn't believe that this would be safe. Still! ]

If the rules aren't shady, then how come we don't just tell each other our teams! If it's just so the bonding activities are more fun, no big, right?

[Though quickly after saying that - ]

Don't really tell me yours, though, because I can't tell you mine. I promised Taako I wouldn't start telling people yet.

I won't.

[ But she does stop to consider something... ]

... If it was for bonding, wouldn't it make more sense for us to know who are teammates are?

Exactly. Sure, we might have teams, but they'd want us to team up, yeah?

[It doesn't sound like it adds up.]

When I tried talking to the hosts about the stuff that doesn't add up, they just got defensive.

[ Escha nods at that first part. That doesn't add up... ]

I can understand if they're frustrated at everyone getting mad if they really don't have any control over this or any bad intentions... But they should understand that it's frustrating for us, too.

There really shouldn't be any need for secrets at all.

Yeah.

[Sighing!]

Well, nothing we can do yet. Except get to know each other, I think. Feels like the biggest danger right now is the wrong person flying off the handle. Everybody's loyal to their own crew.

It's - it's true that we may have bonded with the people we've gotten to know... But I still want to look out for everyone...!

We have a shared experience, even if we weren't all together!

Yeah, I agree. I don't want stuff to get ugly. And maybe this is all premature - but everybody here deserves to get home safe.

Or back to wherever they should be.

[ . . . ]

But you guys can't go back where you 'should be' right? You got trapped there.

That's right.

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