AUDIENCE: EMET-SELCH

[retellers]

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[arkitect]

I expected so. Though speaking of thresholds, I had wished to ask your opinion about something else.

[pulling out his phs and going into notes, to show them a transcription of this note.]

A contact of mine received this from one of the dead-- my attention has been on the fact it appears to say each team must kill twice.

[retellers]

[ huh... they read it. ]

I heard about this, but it's not something I know myself. It might have come from another Leader whose team killed a previous week?

[arkitect]

It is possible. But you are unaware, then, if it is truly necessary... I suppose you cannot say if more of us than myself have ever done so, either.

In the event that it is needed, I would discuss this with the others; within our group we know we have at least the one. In most circumstances I would say it requires discussion to avoid too many killing for it, but in this situation I suspect we will have the opposite problem.

[is he going to have to get one of them to kill if they haven't already.]

[retellers]

[ i wish i could say tiger would talk emet out of killing ideas but, as we have previously established, they would not. ]

... Zuko said that if I ever needed him to, he'd do it so someone else wouldn't have to.

[arkitect]

-ah, that takes care of that problem, then.

[i was about to say zuko is his favorite tiger and i forgot hansa is here too. sorry, zuko. second favorite.]

I will still bring it up with the others so they are aware not to be reckless, anyway... and if they are aware it is a necessity, then if it appears one of us killed, they hopefully will be less willing to throw their own teammate into death and potentially put you at risk.

[and hey, maybe one will just fess up.]

[retellers]

[ YOU JUST ERASE YOUR BOYFRIEND ]

Yeah, uh, admittedly that is another reason why I really wanted you guys to find each other.

[ to avoid any uh. awkward team killing. ]

[arkitect]

Well, hopefully we will all meet soon. I intend to apprise Zuko of the others who were gathered, as they missed him.

[they are so close. watch one be fucking dead now.]

...unrelatedly, I mentioned Hansa's curiosity about this before, but no less than three people have now asked me if I have seen you properly. I remain unbothered by your manner of dress, but I am beginning to feel as if I am somewhat out of the loop, so to speak.

[the more people ask the more he wonders if he should know.]

[retellers]

[ oh

they actually laugh, amused. ]

Is this an official request then?

[arkitect]

I suppose it is, yes, though it remains your decision.

[don't laugh at him he just doesn't like not knowing shit!!]

1/2

[retellers]

I don't care too much. I just refuse to do it unprompted.

[ as in, tiger refuses to unmask for anyone without them asking first because they are giving no one a freebie. ]

[retellers]

[ but she'll take off the mask. hello. ] Anyway.

[arkitect]

[is she telling him he just had to ask this whole time i am DYING.

but he only looks slightly surprised, thanks to zuko and hansa consistently just using pronouns, and gives her a slight bow.]

-well. Perhaps I should have asked sooner, then, but 'tis a pleasure to meet face to face, as it were.

[retellers]

And now when everyone asks about it, you can tell them to shut up. [ ... ] Hansa still hasn't seen shit, for the record.

[arkitect]

-then I certainly shan't tell him.

[he sounds faintly amused. TERRIBLE.]

[retellers]

Ah, I knew there was a reason you were my favorite. [ well the reason is that he has done a shit ton of work but still. ]

[arkitect]

Am I, now? I do hope you don't simply say so to every person you've been forcibly tied to.

[he wouldn't care, honestly? it's fine.]

[retellers]

Eh, you pull your weight. [ tiger has given the impression that she is lazy while in public and she is very much the opposite. ]

[arkitect]

I do try, much as this place does its best to hinder such efforts. At least I have been able to remain in my position.

[though, hm.]

...if I had died, would it have been eliminated with me?

[retellers]

I think it could pass on to someone else. Won't know for sure til it happens because you never know when life might try to screw with you, but I'm pretty sure about that.