I always put myself in destructive situations [W5, Friday]

[hydrokinetics]

[It took time. Everything took time as it always did. It took time for them to all calm down, it took time to heal physical wounds, it took time to properly remove the evidence of obscene crimes...but in the evening they were able to gather in one place away from everyone else. It hadn't been easy coordinating everything, but it was necessary.

And so here they were. All seven of them.]

...I don't really know where to start. [His voice is tight, but determined.] But we need everybody on the same page. Who wants to go first?

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[thatsthespirit]

[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM]

Is this the Bandit Leader she brought up before? I thought she was confusing it for the Bounty Leader. . .

[AND SHE. KNOWS ABOUT DAMIAN? SO UUUUUUM]

Do you think it's possible the Deputy has been told that killing the Bounty Leader will end the game?

[elemancy]

Don't see why they wouldn't. They're basically at odds with the Bounty Leader.

[thatsthespirit]

[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM UM UM UM?????]

. . .

But how would she know that, unless she was-- [UUUUUUM]

[Xion please don't be the Deputy please don't hurt Milla's heart like this]

[elemancy]

If she's the Deputy, or the Deputy told her.

[he'll say it, much as it sure sucks to admit.]

[thatsthespirit]

[please let her have gotten this knowledge from a third party please please please please]

Who does she speak with often? Other than Shinnosuke, Percy, Natalie and myself. I want to cover all of our bases.

I don't want to jump to conclusions. This is all still conjecture. We need to be certain.

[elemancy]

[defers to the room, because noct can only shake his head. he doesn't talk to xion that much.]

[hydrokinetics]

...Dr. Lecter. [He knows that much, at least.] Dr. Lecter, and by proxy, Will.

[thatsthespirit]

. . .

[and now she's thinking back to--]

Annabeth's letters.

The references to couples. The references to food. To whom you have adopted.

[insincerely]

She mentioned Dr. Lecter before, when she was telling me a secret and how about not even he or Natalie knew.

[apparently he's also giving her love advice re: shinnosuke??]

[thatsthespirit]

[thanks Dr. Hannibal]

Percy said the same. And do you think. . . the letters.

Annabeth's letters. Is there a chance she'd know about the Deputy?

[impulsiveness]

The Deputy.

[ummmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM]

[thatsthespirit]

[UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMM]

There's a chance we're working ourselves up over nothing. We need to stay calm.

[impulsiveness]

Yeah well
Better accept the worst case scenario now than get fucked up over it later

[thatsthespirit]

We need to try and prevent the worst case scenario.

If Xion knows about Damian, but she isn't the actual Deputy, then perhaps we can get to her before she tells this person.

[insincerely]

Yeah. I was misleading her by talking about how the Deputy might be the Bandit leader she brought up before, given how we got on the subject... She then said that there is no Bandit leader, but she knows there's a leader.

... I wouldn't be surprised.

[thatsthespirit]

[fucking uuuuuuuuum]

[her expression hardens]

That would explain why she's using the stocks, and not the jail cell. Xion isn't inherently cruel, but if she is attempting to smoke out the leader. . .

[or. was. since she FUCKING KNOWS NOW FUCKING DAMIAN WAYNE]

[insincerely]

... Mm. She told me that she's still not sure if she's capable of killing anyone in this game, but...

[...]

Her wording was a little weird. She talked about how it shouldn't be her, and that if she tried and failed, it'd be a disaster, but how she'd probably help someone else do it.

[and depending on how the rest of this thread goes Shinnosuke might actually know what she means by that but maybe not BUT ANYWAY I DON'T KNOW YET]

[thatsthespirit]

. . .

That makes it sound a little more like she knows who the Deputy is, and is willing to help them kill the Bounty Leader.

[which is. still terrifying. but. less so]

[insincerely]

... Then she'd likely be close to the Deputy. [...] According to the list of people that we know Xion talks to [god they're stalkers], that's Dr. Lecter.

[robitussin]

There could be someone she's close to we don't know about. Wouldn't she be more likely to keep being close to whoever it is a secret?

[impulsiveness]

[....................... ah.]

I wouldn't put it past this game. If it's funny and causes us grief, it's likely.

[thatsthespirit]

[YEAH. YEAH. . .]

I once asked the Sheriff if the Bounty Leader killing the Deputy is the only way to end the game. He said yes. I automatically assumed that the same wasn't true for the Deputy killing the Bounty Leader.

. . . I may not have tailored my question very well.

[impulsiveness]

It makes sense. It's a race to see who catches who first.

[internal. screaming.]

And if we're right and Xion IS the Deputy or has HEARD from the Deputy we're fucked

[thatsthespirit]

[YEAH]

[FUCKING YEAH]

Even if Natalie used her ability to revive him, his role would already be revealed. It would just keep the game going.

[you know despite this very frightening revelations she is remaining COMPLETELY CALM on the outside]

[impulsiveness]

So what?
If he dies we bring him back and put the Deputy down before they can even move a muscle
Game over

[TOO BAD JASON IS NOT GOOD AT KEEPING CALM WHEN IT'S PEOPLE HE CARES ABOUT??? His hand writing is shit right now and so is his grammar. Sorry.]