[ sits on the edge of his bed, with the Vane card he got from Ryuki for behaving today. and for what? they would've turned to Kogi eventually, even without Hanako asking about his power.
[ the other adults think he's cute and let him get away with so much, only Danny and Rita are like /: sit down you brat ]
It's been going on, but now that we're nearing the end... Next week will have to be a Fox, wouldn't it? Will people even take this seriously, when they know the reason why?
[ today just felt... halfhearted, to him. ryuki was out there running around investigating but ryuki actually cares. ]
[ which... he's not sure who on that team would actually do it. will probably could, but he doesn't think nico would want him to. ]
It feels weird going after anyone too hard when you know they're doing what they have to. Like, we still wanna know the truth, but sometimes the truth just doesn't feel great.
[ yeah he probably does tbh, datz's view may just be colored a little by the fact that he had to carry him on his shoulders like a child for part of their cyoa. ]
...You had some people who were gonna be willing to sacrifice themselves even before we learned about that, so now that they've got that piece of info, there's just less to keep 'em from doing it.
[ and like, he gets that. he probably would have been one of those people himself if he didn't have his team here to think about. ]
But yeah, it's still gonna be hard on everyone who cares about 'em in the meantime. And I don't love seeing people acting more reckless just 'cause the risk doesn't seem as bad anymore.
[ he brings his fist down on the mattress, but it's soft and not as satisfying as if he could bang a table or something. ]
There's no guarantee they'll return. Living people always take their lives for granted... They're so stupid. What could be more important than your own life?
[ who would be willing to sacrifice themselves? stupid stupid stupid ]
I mean— other people's lives is the answer, in most cases. Yeah, it hurts everyone who's left behind when someone sacrifices themselves, and it isn't always fair. But look at it from the other side — maybe the way they see it, people they care about are gonna die if they don't do something. And then if they don't, they end up in a similar position, where they're left behind and hurting and blaming themselves.
They're still so stupid. You can't do anything if you're dead. If you want to save someone, you have to keep on living... find a way for everybody to live. Deciding that you're going to die so somebody else doesn't have to is the same as giving up.
[ Other people can be stupid, what does he care. But Datz had better not: if he had to choose between Datz and everybody on all the other teams, he'd choose to save Datz every time ]
Hey, I'm not planning to, OK? I mean, if a bomb went off, I can't say I wouldn't just shield somebody I cared about on instinct, but short of that, I've got no intention of leaving you and Ruty. I'm not volunteering to be anyone's victim and I'm not gonna ask people to vote for me.
[ only if i needed to to keep them from voting for you. ]
Yeah. We're gonna treat every day until that Halloween store closes like it's potentially his birthday, so anything that'd hurt him's strictly off limits.
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w5, saturday
SIGHS......... ]
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You OK, bud?
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Mmhm. I'm just thinking. People I like keep getting voted for... Why couldn't it have been Danny, or Rita?
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he puts an arm around his shoulders, though. ]
'Cause their teams don't need to do it anymore, according to that darn note.
It stinks, 'cause I think at this point most of the people doing it are probably doing it to help the group as a whole.
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It's been going on, but now that we're nearing the end... Next week will have to be a Fox, wouldn't it? Will people even take this seriously, when they know the reason why?
[ today just felt... halfhearted, to him. ryuki was out there running around investigating but ryuki actually cares. ]
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[ which... he's not sure who on that team would actually do it. will probably could, but he doesn't think nico would want him to. ]
It feels weird going after anyone too hard when you know they're doing what they have to. Like, we still wanna know the truth, but sometimes the truth just doesn't feel great.
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That aside, there's that mention of the dead returning. People are going to think it's okay if they die, but it's not.
[ looks at Nimona from across the abyss ]
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...You had some people who were gonna be willing to sacrifice themselves even before we learned about that, so now that they've got that piece of info, there's just less to keep 'em from doing it.
[ and like, he gets that. he probably would have been one of those people himself if he didn't have his team here to think about. ]
But yeah, it's still gonna be hard on everyone who cares about 'em in the meantime. And I don't love seeing people acting more reckless just 'cause the risk doesn't seem as bad anymore.
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[ he brings his fist down on the mattress, but it's soft and not as satisfying as if he could bang a table or something. ]
There's no guarantee they'll return. Living people always take their lives for granted... They're so stupid. What could be more important than your own life?
[ who would be willing to sacrifice themselves? stupid stupid stupid ]
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[ softly, pulling him in a little closer. ]
I mean— other people's lives is the answer, in most cases. Yeah, it hurts everyone who's left behind when someone sacrifices themselves, and it isn't always fair. But look at it from the other side — maybe the way they see it, people they care about are gonna die if they don't do something. And then if they don't, they end up in a similar position, where they're left behind and hurting and blaming themselves.
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They're still so stupid. You can't do anything if you're dead. If you want to save someone, you have to keep on living... find a way for everybody to live. Deciding that you're going to die so somebody else doesn't have to is the same as giving up.
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[ the thought here is a quote from somebody else: no, because I wouldn't be much use to my clients dead. ]
But the circumstances don't always allow for that. Sometimes you gotta act fast and there's just no time to find a way to save everybody and yourself.
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[ Other people can be stupid, what does he care. But Datz had better not: if he had to choose between Datz and everybody on all the other teams, he'd choose to save Datz every time ]
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[ only if i needed to to keep them from voting for you. ]
So you've got nothing to worry about.
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[ he leans over and gives Datz a side hug ]
If anything happened to you, Ryuki would be so sad. You can't do that to him on his birthday.
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Yeah. We're gonna treat every day until that Halloween store closes like it's potentially his birthday, so anything that'd hurt him's strictly off limits.