Day three; before trial

[siggey]

[ I wait until we're in to close the door.

After a deep breath. I shove the (folded) note I found on the floor in front of my door this morning to K, probably frowning like an old man trice my age. ]

I stopped after the second line, but what the hell, K?!

Comments

[jingler]

I would like to think so. I mentioned this before, but you and I were never partnered in an AB game and so we didn't search the warehouse together. However I found you to be likable and well natured.

[siggey]

[ ...Well, this is still awkward. Of course I appreciate hearing that, but it's still pretty embarrassing. ]

...Thanks for the vote of confidence, K. I'll admit, I've been wondering a bit more about the Nonary game. Like if you've found more similarities between it and what's happening to us now, that sorta thing? This has been pretty exhausting... I'm still having a hard time coming to terms with so many things. But if the two are really that alike, I really donno if I'd do well in the other one...

[ I hold no delusions over the facts. I'm pretty bad at what we're 'playing' now... I'm not even sure if I can vote for Edea, even now. ]

[jingler]

No, I'm afraid the similarities have diminished over time. If anything, this game has become far more gruesome and dangerous. In the Nonary Game, there was at least parameters set for an escape where no one would have to die.

Here...I wonder if we would truly be allowed to leave even if we get rid of all the VIPs.

[siggey]

That's... good to hear.

[ I'm having some trouble myself in believing what I just said, but it is. Then again, I don't suppose it'd take much, to be not AS bad as what we're forced to "play" through now... ]

Right. It's like... what Mahiru told me last night.

[ After Levi's trial. ...And she's dead, now... ]

There has to be an overarching mystery or something, and we may have to deal with it one way or another before anyone can leave.

[jingler]

Hm...there is one thing that has stuck out to me in the rulebook. The last rule stated that the game could end in three ways.

The first way: for the VIPs to all be dead
The second way: for the VIPs to outnumber the guests.

And then there's the last way. The "sudden death round" that lacks any description. Finding a way to trigger that could end this game without abiding to the "kill or be killed" mechanics. Perhaps that is how we can end things with no one else dying.

[siggey]

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You think something called "sudden death round" wouldn't involve death, K?

[jingler]

Perhaps not. "Sudden death" is usually a phrase that could mean "all or nothing." So we either win it all or lose it all. Better than dragging things out.