AUDIENCE: SWANS

[retellers]

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[retellers]

You're not stupid. [ immediate? but anyway ] ... You're sure about volunteering?

[uhhhmagic]

Uh, well, no? I mean. I wouldn't be doing it out of a self of self-righteous justice or whatever. Don't get me wrong on that. And I can't-- leave Lup. I promised that.

But I have all my friggin' limbs and I'm not 12 years old, so I don't see another path that makes any sense. So I guess we're doing this thing.

[reconnective]

[a pillow comes sailing from swan's bed to bean taako in the head. rude.]

[uhhhmagic]

[HE YELPS

HE HAS 2HP]

[reconnective]

Speak for yourself! [they can help!!!]

[uhhhmagic]

Look, I--

[He huffs.]

I am speaking for myself. I'm a piece of shit in many regards and I'm not gonna claim otherwise, but I'm not gonna be a guy who sits on his hands while a child goes out and has to kill someone for me! I'm not! I won't be that guy.

[reconnective]

Yeah, and if something happens to you Lup's gonna lose her mind. You're not doing this by yourself.

[uhhhmagic]

And if anything happens to you, Lup's gonna lose her shit, especially if it's my fucking fault! She'll have to--

[He buries his face in his hands, then pushes them into his hair.]

Look, I've died before. I'm not afraid of it.

[horologia]

... Excuse me?

Were our previous discussions on the matter just for show?

[ 12??? ]

[uhhhmagic]

Froooom what I remember, this has been my position on this the whole time, compadre.

[horologia]

As far as I can recall, you said you'd help- not that you'd make the decision for us before we even starting making any plans.

[uhhhmagic]

It's called respecting your elders.

[NOT AGAIN.]

[horologia]

I don't believe that was a trait I possessed particularly strongly before this, so I'm hardly about to start doing so now.

[ no. ]

[supremity]

[ Raising his solo hand - don't fucking throw things at him he's one-armed - to pipe up from his seat. ]

Despite the fact I'm down a limb, I'm still more than capable of doing this. Again, I'll just need help, if you'd rather be an accomplice than the one doing the actual dirty work.

[uhhhmagic]

We can go in 2's, right?

[He doesn't object to this.]

[retellers]

[ watching this back and forth by looking between all of them like it's a tennis match, but: ] ... Yeah. It's probably better if two of you work together.

[supremity]

[ Sora and Homura: actively protesting
Taako and Hua Cheng: the pact is sealed ]

Then I'm fine with that arrangement.

[uhhhmagic]

We . . . probably have to get caught, right?

For the nova.

[supremity]

... maybe. It depends on the kills.

Fox, for sure, I know is going to be in the running with us. But I don't know who's going to do it this week, because they don't talk to each other, apparently.

[uhhhmagic]

It's why they're last in the rankings . . .

[horologia]

I repeat, for those of you who are hard of hearing on account of their age, that multiple people are going to be hurt should certain people here be executed.

Allow me to be involved. I'll take the fall.

[reconnective]

...I can probably find out who they're sending, or at least who they're going after. We can go from there.

[retellers]

[ the choice doesn't seem like something she should weigh in on but: ] Uh, maybe someone who's not at four team members take the fall? [ OTHER PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF ]

[supremity]

[ side points at Swan, because he's more than happy to throw someone else under the bus ]

[uhhhmagic]

Or you lose your powers, right?

[LOOK,]

But for real, do we need to get it right for the nova? It's this close to the end. Seems like it'd be fucked to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory because I was a weenus about getting, I dunno, the electric chair.