retellers | AUDIENCE: TAAKO

We can’t be open about this, right? Or it’ll— [Bzzt!] noise you, right?

I’m just starting to think, uh, if we’ve only got two weeks, well. That’s a lot of murder left.

We've had a lot of deaths, so... maybe some teams are already done.

[ she shakes her head ]

Taako, we've done all this before. I didn't think the loop thing was true, and I still don't understand how or why it happened... but the last time, we chose to try again, to make sure everyone got out. I think-- I'll be fine if you share the time limit, so long as you don't share how you know.

I know Wolf is.

[He huffs at that second bit though.]

Did I say Groundhog Day or did I say Groundhog Day! Seriously. Anyway, trust me— I’ve done this one before. Everything here is a fuckin’ sequel. It’ll be fine.

Can I tell people about the two murders per team? I think people are starting to hear that one.

Sure. I heard it from someone else anyway. Kind of glad it was real.

[ sometimes your decisions are closing your eyes and hoping for the best because you have no convenient npc memories to fall back on until after you've decided to try it out ]

[He nods!]

So, it’ll be fine! It’ll be, uh. Fine.

[Patting her on the head. Wow?]

[ looks? surprised? wow. this is the highest level of affection from taako? ]

We'll handle it. [ there's a pause ] Would you... Would you mind if I took my mask off? I don't want to make it weird.

[It truly is. You’ve reached Child Detective levels of fondness.]

Oh. Yeah? Honestly I figured you guys kept them on at this point because you liked them.

No, it's because we're supposed to. I've taken them off for a few people, but they asked first. [ she tilts her head ] I don't know. It's like... It's weird to be that personal with someone if they don't care? Even though it's just my face.

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Uh, yeah, I mean — I get that. I guess I’m not exactly down to be open with just anyone either.

But you can take it off. Fuck the rules.

[ in a truly shocking move, swan takes their hood and mask off and grin at taako. sparkly. ]

Fuck the rules!

[ she can say that, because noelle stevenson said glimmer would say fuck ]

Fuck the rules!

[PINK. AND GLITTERY. This is

About what he expected.]

I have no idea who you are! I mean. Obviously you’re Swan, and I know you. But still, sometimes you sorta expect to know, in your heart or something? Like a callback.

Right? I don't think I know anyone here, and it's a little disappointing. So many of you came with someone you knew. But I knew a lot didn't, too.

To be fair, I guess it means your friends are just like. Chilling somewhere. And you can’t forget them and then everyone just yells at you for a week, but you cannot mentally comprehend what they are yelling, and it’s very upsetting?

[ winces ]

Sorry. Even if you didn't remember, I didn't want you to think you were alone, but that didn't work at all.

[Aw. Don’t be sad.]

It’s—- You tried. I’m just very mean and also sensitive, which is a bad combination.

[At least he knows it.]

[ swan is borderline like that, but it's fine, she doesn't remember ]

You're not that mean.

[ I’ve seen you, Glimmer She-ra. She and Taako are much more alike than she’d probably enjoy.]

Should I be meaner . . . Should I say something about your eyebrows . . . ?

What? My eyebrows are fine! [ she will beat you up after school taako ]

Are they?

[It’s one of those insults that grows over time.]

So, you got any idea which team might have taken out Hikaru?

Yes, they are. [ bully!!! but oh right questions ]

None, sorry. I just know it wasn't us, and it's not like anyone else is rushing to take credit for it.

Soo-won’s been tracking all the blinking light things, and he says the only one that blinked is ours. It’d be— It’d be fucked up, if one of us did it and was lying about it so we had to do more murder than, y’know, necessary, but I don’t think anyone would do that.

I think the net is wide enough that, uh, I don’t think anyone would lie about it at this point, unless they’re actively trying to pull something over on us. [Sighing out.] She was glitching and stuff, according to the people around her, right?

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I'd know, if it was any of you. Not how or why, but... I'd get the feeling you were awake.

[ committing a crime. ]

That's what people said. That some items... messed up around her. I hadn't heard that one before.

I believe you. Just gotta—- Convince other people.

[Huff.]

So that’s not like, a nova thing? It doesn’t seem to match the splintering we’ve seen, but I don’t know what the heck it was then. Did she do something wrong? Break a rule?

I haven't felt splintering before now with Alyssa, so I don't know for sure, but... the glitching... isn't that more like what was happening to the Realm last week?

[i dunno i was in cyoa and not paying a lick of attention]

Ummmm, with the disappearing and glitching stuff? Yeah, I guess so. Did she catch something? Like the splintering is catching?

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