[pcs] babo kim

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Maybe we'd be able to get a list out of them?

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Hopefully... to be honest, a lot of their answers are through charades.

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Oh, I did that with young master Ayabe, during our task this week... there was a man in the house we couldn't speak with. It wasn't as hard as I expected.

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Really? Well, I guess you're the creative type, so it might be easier for you...

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Not to discount his efforts, but-- I do at least know I'm better at it than he was.

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... What did he do?

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Well, he was trying to ask if the man broke in, and did this to make his point-

[pounding a closed fist into his open palm, there. ayabe was... so much.]

He was terrified, thought he was being threatened.

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... Ah. Yeah, that would do it. How'd you defuse the situation?

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Just indicated not to listen to him, and tried a different way to ask the same question.

...he thought I was asking him to break the door, but we were locked in, so I had him do it. He knew how to disable the ward, as well.

[by which he means alarm system.]

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... Wow, it sounds like you guys dealt with a lot. We just had to deal with pigeons and chests full of eggs.

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We really should have traded-! I'd much rather have dealt with birds...

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Well, a floorboard also smacked Toi in the face.

But yeah, no charades involved.

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Mm... well, ours worked out all right in the end, so I really can't complain too much. I'm sure some of the others had it worse.

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Well, in the long run, it was pretty harmless for everyone, right? No one mentioned getting hurt.

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Thank goodness for that. I think we had more than enough of it, between... all of us.

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This week was a seriously bad one...

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If it was worse than last time-- I'm a bit worried about next week.

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... Maybe it acts on a curve and we peaked this week? Hopefully?

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We can hope. Perhaps we won't have additional deaths to deal with, either...

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To be honest, less people died this week than I was expecting...

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Perhaps there's less trust in the promise of doing something additional for us than there was in the promise of relief from something this place was already doing to us. We know the latter happens, but...

[a brief pause.]

Well, killing someone else here is a large risk to take, if you're not positive you'll actually get what you wanted.

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You and I would know, huh?

[non-monster killer solidarity...]

... Well, whatever the reason, I'm glad no one took the risk. Whatever the reward would've been, I'm pretty sure it would be a twisted version of the promised "freedom".

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Too well.

[he doesn't want to repeat the experience, thank you!!]

I'm sure you're right, though. If we've been given these curses and told to kill to have them removed-- I doubt there's anything benevolent behind any kind of offer.

[but, hm. nie huaisang's brow furrows.]

...this one didn't work. I have to wonder if that means we'll just go back to what did seem to, or if... the promise will be more appealing.

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... I really hope they don't escalate, but that might be wishful thinking. Guess we'll see in a few days.

Though it'd help if we knew why we were being encouraged to kill in the first place. And the tools given to us to help save lives—are they from the same entity, or do we have multiple parties at work here?

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Multiple parties, unless whatever's encouraging us to kill just enjoys playing with us more when there's a little hope to keep us going.

[big shrug, there, just lightly fanning himself.]

But I think... well, it was mentioned from the start that things were off, wasn't it? By the girls. And then what was brought up about some of those notes possibly being planted... I do think it sounds like something or someone else has a hand in it all.

We just don't have any idea what, or why. There has to be something to gain from trying to make us kill, even if it's just-- sick enjoyment.