retellers | AUDIENCE: RABBITS.......2!

I'm not sure how we do that. I don't think we have to offer ourselves up to the slaughter, just because. [ ... there are still other teams who must have a decent number of people, right? ]

But... the risk is high as well.

[ ... ]

The numbers are bad, Alex.

I know. I just... would like it if there was some other way around this. [ selfish, really. ]

But it's more than likely we will be targets, I know that.

... If we want to make sure every team has two kills... And that they don't lose so many people that they can't bring anyone back...

[ ... ]

I can volunteer if no one else will. The goal is to get everyone back anyway, right? So...

You have done so much for us already, I would selfishly prefer if it were not you.

Yeah, and I know people who don't want it to be you, either.

[ but look, if they're not skirting around this: ]

... But honestly... It would be safest if one of us was killed and the other was framed.

[... Glancing at Alex, briefly, his gaze sad.

But no, he's not going to falter]

Just for a moment, let us assume the teams have reached their kill requirements.

Would it then be easiest for one of us to kill the other with their permission?

You mean plan it with one of the teams directly?

That, or simply keep the kills inside our own team.

[As in

One of them murders another bunny]

No, we're done. We don't need any more kills.

[ she says this firmly. ]

Doesn't it have to be that the other team kills, though? We've already done two kills.

Or do we just have to lose two people?

They haven't. [ so she doesn't even want to play along with that scenario. ]

There are two teams left that need a kill. Only one of them can take the hit if they get caught for it. And that's assuming no one on those teams gets killed, either.

... We can take the hit if two of us go down. Fuck, we'll be fine if three of us go down.

... Then let us consider volunteers.

So far, you and I.

We need a potential third.

If... if that's what we have to do... I'll go. We can find whoever needs to do it, and plan it together so they don't get caught. It might be easiest that way.

[ she just doesn't want anyone else to get hurt. ]

[... He looks so displeased with this, but ultimately doesn't say anything]

We don't need at third. At most there are two teams that still need to go, and they only need one each.

All of you stop jumping to your deaths. If we can't afford to let a killer get caught, then you can convince people to vote for you during trial.

[ extra bodies is not helpful at this point. ]

[ they are helpful if they take away from the bodies on another team. ]

What if one of our volunteers dies? I don't think it's bad to have a back up plan.

[ but please know that she hates this. ]

I can't stop you guys, but I'm not agreeing to it.

[ she's pragmatic, but even so, they all hate this because it's awful. ]

Like, let's say that both Fox and Swan kill members of our team. And then... two more people die from splintering. [ it could be more, who knows, but let's go with two, on random teams. ] In that case, you'd want to vote for a Fox, or a Swan so we get the nova for it. It's just... not a simple thing to plan for.

Isn't it just as likely that someone from Fox or Swan splinters and gets killed? Then if we vote for them after that, they're fucked.

[ ... but she does concede a nod and a sigh. she knows hilda isn't arguing to be difficult. the situation is just bad. ]

You're right. It's hard to plan when there are variables we can't control.

[ likewise, she knows they're right. they earned two kills so they could revive their dead. death isn't permanent, sacrifice is necessary.

still, reviving anyone in her world is impossible, not in a way that matters. and sometimes, the dregs of that fear pull at her. ]

I know... I just don't want you guys to be so ready to die. ...You already did so much for us, Clem.

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I just meant that - if it's like Clementine-san said - then no matter who volunteers for it, there's one team that can't lose someone. So if we work with them to hide as much as we can, then maybe they'll get out of the trial unscathed.

But it needs to be planned really carefully if it's going to work. And it doesn't account for if someone splinters.

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You guys can make a hierarchy of death if you want, but it's not going to be any more fair that way.

[ she doesn't feel any better about killing elsa just because she volunteered. in the end, she still fought back. she wanted to live. ]

It's a complicated thing to plan for! And I don't... want to see any of you die. Jeanne was so ready and—I hate it.

[ in her heart, she knows this is a good idea. but she's been practical this entire competition, and it sucks. ]

That's not -

[ no. she stops, shakes her head, and just. takes a step back from hilda, holding onto her daemon a little tighter. ]

None of us wants anyone else to die, no matter who they are or what team they're on.

I know, I know...

[ jeanne had accepted, even if she didn't want to. ]

Let's just be careful, okay? I don't want anyone to be too eager, that's all.

[ they were ready to fight tooth and nail to save her and clem this weekend—it's not an easy thing, to let them go now. ]

[ sometimes you just listen to your team discuss things like this and you just are screaming in the inside. if rabbit does not take her mask off you won't get to see how miserable she looks. ]