AUDIENCE: FOXES

[retellers]

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[papasha]

Not necessarily. There are a lot of things in play, and I wanted as few people as possible to be targets at the start. My apologies.

I also wanted to see what Fox would tell you as opposed to telling me without you knowing. As a vetting process.

[He sort of gives Fox an apologetic look? Sorry, bro.]

[retellers]

[ fox just smiles utterly serenely ]

[papasha]

[Please stop smiling, he's been gaslit enough!!]

[retellers]

[ has blanca considered

that fox has not actually been trying to gaslight him ]

[papasha]

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[sacredchants]

I guess that's fair.

So? Do you feel comfortable enough to tell us which piece you are?

[ OR APPARENTLY JUST THE TEENS. ]

[papasha]

I'm the Rook.

All of the pieces have been gathered, so you don't have to worry about finding any more. But... we still need everyone's help and cooperation.

Both in not spreading information so boldly around, and also in helping us find out how to put a stop to this game where all of us come out free and alive.

[sacredchants]

[ rook.... a powerful piece. ]

Do you know what role you play ending all of this?

I'm not thrilled about the process in what we all have to do to bring everyone back, but I certainly don't want this cycle to keep happening.

[papasha]

My role is simply a means to help us decide a guilty verdict during the trials. It helps generate nova, in general I suppose, but also for our team.

The other roles mostly have a similar function.

The end game will be decided by all of us, more than likely. This isn't the first time we have all done this here, and probably not even the second. But the last outcome, despite being beneficial, was unfavorable to us.

[He gestures to Claude's reports.]

We decided to try again apparently, to bring back everyone. Another leader supposedly has confirmed the death of a leader in the last cycle. We should keep that from happening again, as much as possible.

[sacredchants]

We're terrible at generating and collecting nova then.

[ JUST SAYIN' ]

Well, so far it seems like no one is actively considering eliminating any of the leaders from all of the conversations that I've been having. Most people that I've been talking to are more focused on which participant to remove.

If things go as "planned" for later on in this week—then we should all meet the requirements to bring everyone back. Which means...it's just figuring out how the rest of what is needed to be done.

[papasha]

We have been, haven't we?

[Sometimes, you are shit at generating nova.]

I think we should still continue... keeping an eye out, so to speak. About the leaders and what happened with Viridian. I wouldn't believe anything at face value, and I would try to pay attention how each leader gives you information. And how you ask questions.

Bringing everyone back is only a portion of the end if there is indeed a creature affecting the realm.

[sacredchants]

[ FOX IS RIGHT HERE BLANCA? YOU'RE SAYING THIS IN FRONT OF THEIR SALAD???? ]

True as that may be, it's not as though we can't verify what's been said. Aside from that, do you think that with only a week left, they'd really want to sabotage it all?

But you're right about that...monster thing. Have you heard more about it? I certainly haven't been able to follow up on it.

[retellers]

[ it's fine fox is used to this ]

I'm afraid I haven't noticed or learned of any changes 𝅘𝅥𝅮

[ whether that was meant for them or for blanca ]

[sacredchants]

[ it was a statement to the great void but also... ]

Well, that's peachy.

[papasha]

[He just looks at her.]

I'm sorry, but I'm not going to say they wouldn't. People do all manner of things when they are desperate regardless of the time. Like asking everyone if they can be killed without any regard for the logistics of it.

I haven't heard anything else about the creature. A little troublesome, if you ask me.

[sacredchants]

[ wow??? but...well, she really doesn't have much room to speak against that. time will tell of how poorly or well this will work for everyone involved. ]

I feel like those two things are unrelated, but you make a point. The lack of new information about the monster after all this time is kind of strange.

You'd think it would make itself kind of known again by now.

[papasha]

I am worried the implication is we may have to draw it out. But that means either generating immense nova, I think, or... stopping nova completely.

In the latter's case, we may destabilize the realm before we ever have the chance to meet it. In the former, it looks like someone made an attempt last time by killing a leader, but I don't know if it succeeded.

The dead seem to have all sent information about reviving everyone, as far as I can tell. But perhaps we should ask them if they know anything about it.

[sacredchants]

Killing a leader is what brought us to the exact place where we are right now, isn't it? The point is to avoid repeating the same mistakes of our previous times.

[ asking the dead, huh? hmmm. ]

Admittedly I haven't been asking them too many questions, but it might be worthwhile. At least, depending on how quickly our messages can be exchanged. I've been rather unlucky in hearing back from the people I've written to.

[papasha]

This is only from what I've heard, or seen. I haven't received any myself, except for... the one that was completely censored all the way through.

I also haven't sent very many myself. Others were doing the sending, or receiving, so...

[sacredchants]

Don't you have issues reading things now? Or did that get better?

[ SHE DOES NOT WANT TO THINK OF THE ONE THAT WAS COMPLETELY CENSORED. THAT WAS SO MUCH. ]

[papasha]

I can read and write again, yes.

[Sometimes things are censored and you don't know if it's because you can't read, or if it's censored. It's fine? It's fine.]

I plan to send them at least one to tell them to resend it, just in case.

[sacredchants]

I'll make an attempt to send something their way about the monster, too. Since we both have different ways of approaching it, hopefully one will do better to get through.