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

[thatsthespirit]

[YES IT WOULD BE :(]

That's right. And he seems particularly fond of murders motivated by vengeance or emotion.

[ugh]

[hydrokinetics]

Do you think that's because robots don't have emotions? [Look. It's a real question.]

[thatsthespirit]

It could be.

Although I'm completely certain that he at least feels amusement.

[so he's probably just amused by vengeance killings idk man]

[hydrokinetics]

Either that or he's good at faking it, but considering Wednesday...[You know. Laughing at the deer stampede? Fuck him.] But you're right. He seems to like vengeance or emotion. If we focus on that, we might be okay.

[thatsthespirit]

If we focus on that for our choice in Bandit kills, you mean?

[she's just. clarifying]

[hydrokinetics]

Yeah. Or trying to, at least. I really hope it doesn't come down to something like that, but it's a goal.

[thatsthespirit]

[she thinks back to a conversation she had with Ash at the trial, about how people have chosen to kill those who have committed some kind of wrongdoing in order to give them some sense of ease about their actions]

[. . .]

[she doesn't bring that up, though]

Perhaps. At the very least, doing so would give us some answers about the multiple unsolved murders that have already occurred.

[hydrokinetics]

It's entirely possible? Let's just hope that Hal doesn't decide to screw with us and actually pick one of you guys any time soon.

[thatsthespirit]

Yes, let's hope so. Though I'm almost surprised he'd choose Bounties at Bandits in the first place. There's a bit of the same overlap as the Coal Miner and Deputy, in a manner of speaking.

[hydrokinetics]

You think so? [Well, wait.] ...that's a good point, especially if the Bounty job is to kill a Bandit that doesn't do their job. The Coal Miner kills people that aren't playing and the Deputy doesn't actually really kill people at all. So you're right, that doesn't make sense.

[impulsiveness]

Unless there's something important that we're missing here. then it would make sense.

[thatsthespirit]

[a nod at Jason]

Or perhaps he just knows that he's running out of people without roles to assign the Bandit status to? And he doesn't wish to limit his options any further.

[hydrokinetics]

Knowing Hal, it's probably both. [Asshole.] Why are we always missing something important?

[impulsiveness]

Both sounds likely. But maybe someone should ask him to elaborate on what he means by "overlap."

[hydrokinetics]

[He makes a face.]

I can try to ask. I want to see if I can ask him more about something he wouldn't elaborate at the trial anyway.

[impulsiveness]

You don't need our permission. Go for it, Nancy Drew.