AUDIENCE: LUP

[retellers]

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[retellers]

I update you when I see you.

[ that's not an answer. ]

[evocationary]

That's not an answer! And don't tell me that or I will visit you every day! That is not a promise, it is a threat.

[retellers]

[ they sigh and send in another perfect dart :/ ]

We keep telling you guys we work on things when we're not in town. It's what we've got from there. It's not like I've been hiding it.

[evocationary]

So visit you every day, got it.

Okay, so big... being is eating nova. Wow, talk about being uncomfortably close to my backstory. [ sniff. ] Do you know anything else about it? Does it like murder? Is it possessing you guys once a week to tell you to assign a hit to us?

I have a lot of questions this week so get ready, my dude.

[retellers]

Don't.

[ but they'll still answer questions. maybe. ]

If a Leader is asking someone to kill, they're doing it of their own volition. [ they say that ... so casually ] Don't think the thing has noticed us yet. We're kind of on its trail.

[evocationary]

Neato. That's what I wanted to hear. I bet it's Goat. They nearly peed themselves when I accused them of being a traitor.

[ don't sound so proud of yourself ] You're on its trail, like - you know where it is? Does it have any influence other than like, just... eating memories?

[retellers]

Gross.

[ just gross, lup. but: ]

More like the Realm itself is on that trail. It's been bringing us to memories that have been disrupted. [ they shake their head ] We don't know much about what it's like outside of consuming nova, but that's more than we had to go on even a few days ago.

[evocationary]

Bringing you to... what does that mean? Like physically, or.

[retellers]

We're not visiting space and pirates for a fun tour, Lup.

[evocationary]

Okay, I will throw a dart at you for attitude, first of all.

Second, I guess that makes sense. These are the disrupted memories that we're in. Okay. [ she hums. ] Okay, topic switch, I'll come back to this - what happens to the people who got removed?

[retellers]

[ there's a beat ]

You can't call me out for attitude and then ask me what happens when people are killed in public.

[evocationary]

I can, and I will. [ :D ] Do as I say not as I do.

Why is it called removed if they're killed, then? Just say killed. Executed.

[retellers]

I don't make up the terms.

[ :/ ]

[evocationary]

So that's what it is, then. They die. And that's it?

[retellers]

They're not going to show up as zombies.

[evocationary]

I was thinking more, uh - like liches. But.

If we win, our wishes are definitely going to work, right? Like there's no uncertainty about that, we win and we get a wish that isn't a Monkey's Paw thing.

[retellers]

Leeches?

[ no. but they move on when she does, shaking their head ]

Yeah. There's no consequences or hidden clause involved.

[evocationary]

[ wow rude she's not a leech. ]

Mm. [ she looks over at the dart board. ] Is the team in first place the only team getting gifts?

[retellers]

[ wolf looks ... tired, and goes to fetch their darts ] The stickers and stuff? Yeah. That second notification you got, it's possible another team or two got that one as well.

[evocationary]

[ wolf always looks tired ]

I mean, a girl's not going to say no to a bunch of stickers, but. Kind of a weird gift to give, given the circumstances.

[ ... ] What's the difference between "particular success" and "overall success" - I assume like, the first is because got first place, but the second is just because Wolf team's been doing good at collecting nova... somehow.

Either by murdering or being murdered.

[retellers]

Particular success is for being in first. Overall is about the amount you've accumulated so far. Must've hit some kind of congratulatory threshold.

[ they do not say anything about the murdering or murdered part, ]

[evocationary]

[ she glances at them. ]

Just gonna skip over my theory there, huh.

[retellers]

The theory you and half the people here have that I'm telling my team to go wild and murder? I've heard it already.

[ they don't even sound offended about it? just kind of??? exhausted??? ]

[evocationary]

[ she snorts. ]

Well - I'll tell you what. Goat was in like, second to last place this week, if I remember right. And someone on Goat team murdered, and they skyrocketed up in the rankings.

I don't actually care if you are or not, though. Just don't ask me to do it, if you are? If anything - I think you get more points by being murdered.

[retellers]

That's... a new one. How would that work?