Let's end this spiral down, pick ourselves off the ground [W5, Sunday]

[hydrokinetics]

[It's early evening when the Bounty group gathers again. There's more to discuss now that they've had time to cope and pick themselves up again, ready to get back to work. Time is still marching on and it's nothing that they can waste.

Together again, they settle. The room is quiet for a time as they all gather their thoughts. With everything that came up this weekend? They need a new plan of action.]

Comments

[impulsiveness]

[Oh. Guess who didn't know about the failsafe??? GIVING THEM THE MOST ALARMED LOOK. WHAT THE FUCK.]

[elemancy]

[HI JASON

:):):):):)]

[thatsthespirit]

[OH YEAH UH]

[SORRY]

. . . ah.

I didn't mention it up until now because I didn't want to worry anyone.

I apologize for that oversight.

[insincerely]

... Well, this is an awkward thing to have not told Jason.

[o o p s

he's assuming it's jason anyway]

[thatsthespirit]

[the silence probably gives it away]

Just a little bit.

[but she didn't bring it up purposefully so uh YOU KNOW. this is partially her fault]

[insincerely]

... Surprise, Jason, we're the ones who get to kill you if you refuse the job?

[ :') ]

[thatsthespirit]

[stands up]

[walks over to him]

[whacks him on the head (lightly)]

Don't put it so casually. It's actually a very serious thing.

[insincerely]

[rude]

Yes, yes, Mother.

[thatsthespirit]

[pinches his nose]

[because she can]

[insincerely]

[slapping her hand away!!]

[impulsiveness]

[yeah


shinnosuke's joining noctis in the smacked by a notebook club.

asshole!!!]

[insincerely]

[wow???]

Hey, I didn't even know that you hadn't been told.

[impulsiveness]

And when would I have been told? You're all assholes.

[HE'S


UPSET.]

[robitussin]

Yikes.

[guess?? who also didn't know this??]

[thatsthespirit]

[oh damn it]

[this is what you get for deciding to remain purposefully silent until now, Milla]

. . . that's the other half of our role. To dispose of non-cooperative Bandits. I haven't yet been called on for that duty. And since it doesn't seem like any of our previous victims were Bandits, I don't think the others have been asked to kill either.

[THANK GOD]

[robitussin]

That's...

[Ugh.]

That sucks.

[thatsthespirit]

It does.

[but nevertheless, she seems determined]

But since it hasn't come up yet, I'd rather focus on finding the Deputy and ending the game.

[a beat]

Though I apologize for not being forthcoming about this until now.

[elemancy]

...My hands are clean. Killing innocent people is really, really not my thing.

[thatsthespirit]

[nods at him, trusting his words without question]

It isn't mine, either. I don't think anyone here enjoys senseless murder.

[insincerely]

Pretty much. The week before you guys found me, I asked Mr. Sheriff if the Bounties have ever had to do their work before, and he answered in the negative.

[So they're all good!]

And for reference, since I was under the impression that Jason and Natalie knew already: if we refuse, the Bandits still die one way or another, and we get to join them in death through means that Mr. Sheriff didn't specify. Unless he's feeling merciful, anyway.

[thatsthespirit]

[-- ah]

That part I wasn't aware of.

[why didn't she ask??? Milla. . .]

[insincerely]

... Seriously? That was the first thing I asked him about.

[Those were his priorities, at least.]

But yeah, he just told me that the Bandits would still die, and from there... something, if I recall correctly, about how my clock would be ticking and it'd be a week or two before I was gone. Also said that he couldn't tell me how.

I brought it up again the next week, and then he told me that he might give me another chance if he felt like it, if that ever happened.

[thatsthespirit]

[the first question she asked the Sheriff was whether he had a fire-starting device or not since SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT LIGHTERS WERE BACK THEN. . .]

I see. . . I suppose in hindsight, I should have made the same inquiry. It just didn't occur to me. I was far more focused on utilizing my role to end the game as quickly as possible.

[but now she's curious]

It's interesting that he wouldn't just send a Coal Miner after us immediately. And even more interesting is the fact that he'd be willing to give you a second chance.

[impulsiveness]

Seriously?
If we're talking about TRUST, I think that's one of the first things you should bring up. Fucking HELL.

[thatsthespirit]

[OKAY. . . OKAY YEAH SHE DESERVED THAT]

That's valid. But at any rate, it's out there now.