randangonpa | Day 2: The Motives

[Your first "chillaxin day" comes and goes. No exits are found, no help has come, no real explanations are given. But all of a sudden, the tablets reboot and start showing... a spreadsheet. Well, that's something, at least.]

[Tycoon is out in full force today, dashing up to everyone he meets and handing each of them a cute envelope with their name written on the front in crayon. If they should look inside, they'll find their murder carrot written there, as well as, "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY." If your character is one of the ones who has no bribe for which they would kill an innocent person, they will instead find a picture of dickbutt, but with their own face crudely drawn on it, and helpful "DIS U" with an arrow, just in case the point was missed.]

((🔪 Setting
🔪 If you haven't filled out the character list and IC profiles yet, please do that. Until those are done, we have the aforementioned spreadsheet the raccoons are still fixing their tablet software, okay).
🔪 Trust sheets are due Sunday, 6pm PST
🔪If you decide to drop but would like to play out a death scene, you can comment here to volunteer to die.
🔪 We had two last-minute drops: Hiyoko, who did not intro, and Kaito, who would like to retcon having intro'd. The original sign still said 32... well, lbr, raccoons aren't that good at counting.

SOME THREAD LINKS:
McGonagall gives a speech
Oops the library is on fire))

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Right. But I don't think we're going to be leaving tonight, not that we won't try.

You're unfortunately right. But it stands to reason that there is at least a way to leave...right?

Beyond the means we've been presented with?

Yes. Maybe including it.

I would be careful about admitting that you're open to murder in public. Not that you aren't smart enough to make that choice on your own, but.

[he grimaces]

Even if we play along with the rules we've been given, there's no proof it will get us out of here safely rather than just be some form of entrapment. That is what I meant to say.

Ah, that's right, there is going to need to be a sacrificial "winner" along with a sacrificial victim . . .

[kind of sinking into quiet when he stops narrating his thoughts]

[speaks up when it seems pretty obvious will isn't going to]

...So you think wandering around at night you'll find something about who put us here?

[eyebrows knitting as if interrupted]

It helps give us a better picture of them. They picked us, if not individually, just as types of some characteristic, and this setting for a reason.

Yeah... Though nothing logical comes to mind. Ages, genders, races, none of those are present in such numbers as to be statistically significant. We were put in a school, though there are no classes. We were given titles, but they are not only meaningless, but ridiculous. Maybe the reason was just to drive us crazy.

It's not that superficial— The thread the runs through us all. You're not wrong about them wanting madness with their blood.

...You're saying you believe they've brought us all here because we all share some sort of mental trigger brought on by murder.

[low and slow:]

We have previously shown a tendency to crack and fracture in ways that are interesting but, above all, amusing.

...That can't be true for everyone here.

[unsurprisingly he sounds doubtful; perhaps less unsurprisingly he does not specifically exclude himself]

How would they even know these things?

You are underestimating how interesting "normal" people can be to someone with an "abnormal" mind.

And I wouldn't know, but the books detailing parts of our lives are a good clue. Aggregate data on a computer doesn't form those kinds of conclusions and connections, only a human who cares to know.

...

[he folds his arms tight across his chest, frown going deeper...apparently he hadn't thought about those points--or at least he hadn't wanted to. he takes a deep breath before continuing]

So...so it's likely a human is behind this, not some demented AI.

It could be, it could not. It's hard to tell what's within the bounds of possibility under these circumstances.

If you're trying to be reassuring, you're doing a spectacularly bad job.

I'm not. Try Fuyato if you want good news.

I'm not interested in empty platitudes. ...It's fine, it's...important to have a clear view of our situation. That's the only way to be able to create any meaningful countermeasures.

Mm, that's how I'm looking at it. So, do you want to explore with me? It could uncover nothing, but our best lead right now.

...May as well. It is our best lead, and that isn't saying much. Is there any particular equipment you're thinking necessary for this little excursion?

No, nothing. We could bring a bag along for whatever we find, but I don't think you'd want to be encumbered by anything.

[nods]

Better for stealth. Alright. ...I'll find you.

I'll be waiting.

One last thing, though.

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