AUDIENCE: SOO-WON

[retellers]

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[recrowns]

Do you care if you win or not?

[just

coming out with it]

[retellers]

I don't.

[ just as straightforward! ]

[recrowns]

Wow! Good to know. Would you give up the competition if it meant that one of the other Leaders who cares more got to win?

[retellers]

[ there's a pause, like they're wondering why soo-won is asking, but... ]

If my team wants to win, I'm not going to take that from them because I don't care. They're the ones doing the work.

[recrowns]

[gonna be real he's kind of asking just to ask

he nods along with that]

Mm, that makes sense. You're a considerate leader. I'm a little relieved to hear it.

[retellers]

[ ... uh ]

Why?

[ they could not sound Less baffled ]

[recrowns]

Well, whether you care or not, you are currently in the lead, so I'd hate to hear if you were oppressive about it...

[if someone's gotta win then soo-won hopes they aren't an asshole who's doing it for their own sake? or someone who doesn't care what their team wants?]

And you come off as a little stand-offish, so it's nice that doesn't translate to negligence.

[retellers]

There's no telling it'll last. Are you checking in with the others for that, too?

[ they don't sound offended, though, almost ... amused. ]

But only a little stand-offish, huh. I was trying for "a lot".

[ wolf, don't snark. ]

[recrowns]

I think I'd like to!

[meanwhile the snark just manages to get soo-won to laugh]

Fufu, maybe brood a bit more? Even if we can't see you furrowing your brow, it might come out in your voice.

[retellers]

Someone already called me broody. Don't know if I can go at it any harder.

[recrowns]

[he pauses like he's seriously trying to think of more broody people so he can offer better advice]

Hmm...

Require payment in exchange for your time? [are you trying to make everyone's lives harder, soo-won - though he at least realizes a moment later] No, that'd be inconvenient.

Lurk in the shadows and only respond in unfriendly grunts?

[stop]

[retellers]

Already tried that second one, and none of you can pay me here, so it wouldn't even work.

[ wolf. ]

[recrowns]

You tried to communicate only in dramatic and brutish noises and I missed it? Can you reenact it again?

[no!!]

[retellers]

No.

[ does that count ]

[recrowns]

[soo-won laughs, so apparently it does]

Close enough.

I'm afraid that I've dealt with some personalities like yours before, so you might need to reach the maximum level of stand-offish before I'm warded off.

Though if it helps, I did come to ask some questions that aren't related to your air of mystery and darkness.

[retellers]

It's passable. [ they pause, crossing their arms ] So what are they?

[recrowns]

[they can talk about their mystery and darkness later!

but soo-won tilts his head]

Do you know anything about Virid? Was he on your team, and could you tell me that now that he's been removed from the Realm?

[retellers]

Even after they've been removed, we can't confirm who is or isn't on our team. Sorry.

[recrowns]

You don't need to apologize if those are the rules you have to follow, but I appreciate the sentiment.

[figures he'd get an answer like that - at least he doesn't look put out by it]

The reason I asked being that I wanted to know if him killing two people generated points, or if it those are purely from the scavenger hunt.

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There was nova gained outside of the hunt. I mentioned you'd managed to gather some before we even set that up. There was some gathered after, as well. But for Virid... whatever team he was on, if they'd gotten nova from that, they'd never admit to it.

[recrowns]

It does look a bit bad, doesn't it?

I'd been told that things were a bit tense amongst the Leaders following the weekend. Did you get the same feeling?

[retellers]

Things are always tense there. [ blunt ] But yeah. They've gotten worse since.

[recrowns]

Does that put you in a difficult position? If you're in the lead, and others might have had the same theory I did.

[retellers]

[ wolf shrugs ] I'm not out to make friends, so I don't care what people think.

[recrowns]

[he nods! that lines up with what he expected to hear from wolf but,]

Disharmony can make doing the job you want to do harder though, doesn't it?

I'd heard that you're a skilled fighter, but I don't get the sense that you took great pains to advance your relationships with other people.