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Vanilla ([personal profile] chinhotta) wrote in [community profile] randangonpa2018-03-25 10:09 am

Trash Squad Day 11 - SECRETS

Are you ready for it?! It's the long awaited final event! This is your last chance to get close before your final dates and the final bonus event!

And, back by popular demand, it's the motive vi—wait, no, not that. Well, I guess you're motivated to build your relationships? That's better anyway.

...Anyway! Check your tablets! You will find you have a few interesting video files! They should be familiar to you! The catch is... if you don't share each one with a different person by nighttime today, they will all be shown to everyone here! We'll have a fun midnight viewing party!

This may seem a bit cruel, but... love is cruel sometimes. Take it as an opportunity to get a bit closer to the people you care about, or everyone will learn a bit more about you! It's win-win when you think about it that way!

[ On your tablets are a minimum of 3 video files! There is no maximum; it's however many you OOCly want to deal with. Each video contains some sort of secret your character has—'secret' loosely defined as anything they would be uncomfortable being thrown up on a big screen in the auditorium in front of everyone. The presentation can be as simple as lines of text with embarrassing facts (Alice wet the bed until she was in junior high!) or as involved as a dramatically edited montage of the murders they committed through their whole life. Your choice!

Each file should be shown to a different person to count as 'shared'. If there is anything they do not manage to, or choose not to, share with someone in particular, comment with a brief description of it over here. These will all be shared publicly in a post which goes up on Thursday before the date announcement post. ]



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SUBMIT YOUR UNSHARED SECRETS ALSO by 6PM PST THURSDAY.
truthstranger: (s34)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-03-27 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...Yeah, basically. So, there are really only so many secrets I could possibly have.
pecker: (ehehe)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-03-27 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
F-Four months isn't a long time, no... although life can move very fast.

[How far along in her training had she been in four months...? Enough to stop counting bodies? But if the Niwa clan had given her false memories, she wouldn't have even needed mental training to get to where she was.]

...
truthstranger: (g03)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-03-28 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
...Yeah. And the first month or so of that was two killing games... so. It's actually nice that the last few have been relatively calm.
pecker: (blank smile)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-03-28 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, so it's like I guessed... You were given those memories so you'd be better at the killing game, most likely.

[Niwatori considers this for a moment. She could give him some platitudes about that, but it seems like a waste, when she's got this video burning a hole in her potential reputation.]

... Shuichi-san ... I'm sorry I didn't tell you on our date, but, um. How to put it? I suddenly think we have more in common than I realized.
truthstranger: (s27)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-03-28 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, really? ...It sounds strange to say "I'm sorry to hear that," but really I'd prefer people didn't have similar experiences...
pecker: (con-ven-i-ence store)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-03-28 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... umm, it's stuff in common, but... We're not that similar. I mean, I just plain don't remember anything that happened to me before I was 15. But on that blank slate was written with everything needed to be part of the Niwa clan, and fight in the Juuni Taisen.

To be honest, I thought the games you were in sounded more winnable than mine. You weren't even killing down to one... the skills you need to survive are totally different. You could even say that making friends was one of them, right? But to win the Taisen.... Making allies is basically asking to be stabbed in the back.

[She turns her tablet over, to a thumbnail showing Niwatori hanging around a man with a dog-like appearance.]

It may change your opinion of me... since here it's been better for me to play nice.
truthstranger: (g09)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-03-28 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
...It's fine. I promise... I've seen a lot of terrible things, and I won't judge you solely on what happened in the past.
pecker: (flushed)

cw violence? drugs? scary birds?

[personal profile] pecker 2018-03-28 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
That's nice... Although, um, what I mostly care about is that you just don't exercise a judgment to tell others. But you probably figured that since I'm showing you at all... pretending to be a regular sweet girl got me this far.

[She presses play, and even stands next to Shuichi to show him the tablet clearly.

The video doesn't start at the scene in the thumbnail. Instead, it opens in a garage... the man in the photo is hiding out in there, until he suddenly hears a noise. Looking up, though, there's nothing but a pigeon staring at him from the rafter... he stays still, sniffing the air slightly and twitching his ears, but thinking that no one will find him - until Niwatori pops out from behind a car, trilling "I found you!" He jumps back several feet and claws the ground, as she very nervously tries to explain that she means him no harm, even putting down her weapon and raising her hands. She explains that she wants to team up against the warrior of the Rabbit, whose necromancy gives him an advantage, using her power to see through the eyes of birds. Despite the Dog warrior's obvious disdain for her, she desperately pleads her case until he begrudgingly agrees. She's so pleased she jumps around, practically dancing.

Later on, though, her birds have lost sight of the Rabbit, all except for one of his zombies that stalks around in plain sight, and she apologizes to Dog. He silently assesses the situation, while Niwa merely smiles at him... Eventually, he heads back to her and she hurries to meet him halfway, when he smirks and tells her to let him see her arm. Seemingly confused, she holds it out, and he suddenly pulls her in to bite with sharp teeth, deep enough to draw blood. Though she cries out softly, she stays still when told, until he lets go. "How's that feel?" he asks.

She doesn't respond, instead looking herself over and questioning him. "Why would you do that? Wait, what did you do to me?"

"I drugged you, and you're welcome. I call it the One Man Army. It unlocks the full potential of your combat abilities," and he goes on about that for a while. Meanwhile, the doping is taking effect - first her face flushes a deep red, each breath a gasp as it spreads through her body. As she doubles over in pain, veins bulge in her legs, her pupils dilate temporarily as her eyes become bloodshot. She holds herself, wheezing, and the Dog tells her to relax, control her power, and get a grip.

"Okay... okay," she mutters, stumbling closer. "Get a grip... like... this?"

As she speaks, her hand raises meekly, until she suddenly reaches up, puts her hand on his face, and crushes his head. Once he slumps to the ground, she kneels down, digging around in the corpse. The meekness is gone from her personality, although the cheerfulness is not.

"Boy, that took forever... but I'm so happy! I got him to give me the drug." She pulls out a dark purple gem from his body, shoving his body all the way over as she stands back up with it.

"Dotsuku-san, I told you I didn't know about anyone, but I did know about you. I knew you were a poisoner, and I knew about your secret drug, One Man Army. You can't hide anything from my Eye of the Cormorant."

Pleased, she walks over to a nearby metal railing, and promptly crushes it in her hand, letting out a happy sound. "Aah! It's like maxing out your stats in a video game!"

Immediately she turns, bowing thankfully to the crumpled body. "Thank you very much, Dotsuku-san. Thanks to you, I just might win this thing! When I do, I promise to have them build a statue of you!"

As she walks away, she pauses. "Wait... what did his face look like again? Oh well, they say the looks don't make the man. As long as it has fangs, it's good enough."]


Oh, I said that and all, so I guess that's one way it's nice that I have a video now.

[She nervously babbles in the middle of the viewing. There's a brief text interlude:

"Other people are just components of a situation. Good people can fall into darkness. Villains can reform. I've tricked so many people, betrayed so many people, I can't actually tell anymore who's my enemy and who's my friend."

A crow lands on the shoulder of the Niwatori in the video as she walks through the streets, after the walking dead. "Take it away, birds!" She says with a sweep of her giant pitchfork. Ominous chirping fills the distant air, as an enormous number of birds come flying down to assail the zombie as a flock. It unloads a literally infinite amount of bullets at them, but there's too many for it to win.

"Killing by pecking. Sky burial!"]


R-Really, I think they just included this part for shock value... they'll only eat something for me if it's already dead, you know?

[This goes on until the birds are carrying her bones away, and Niwatori is relieved she didn't try to test the ability on the zombie like a dummy. Noting they've eaten her fill, she waves at them as they fly away, telling them to work up an appetite and help her again. The video ends there.]

Whew. That was so much longer than yours...! I'm sorry.

[There are probably other things she should be sorry about, but she'll deal with that if and when they come...]
Edited 2018-03-28 07:47 (UTC)
truthstranger: (s34)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-03-29 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ In a way it does feel a little familiar—like watching an execution. At least this time the victim isn't one of his friends. Still, that's a terrible thing to get used to, and it has actually been a while since he saw that level of violence committed by someone he knows, and his stomach drops a little as he takes it all in. ]

...That was a game too, then? Just a free-for-all of killing each other?
pecker: (cluck cluck motherfucker)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-03-29 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Niwatori pulls the tablet back in to fidget with it... but her expression goes a bit serious.]

Yes... until one is left. It's a little different each time, but the basic rules for this one require the winner to obtain all of the gems, like the one I pulled from Dotsuku. They're a slowly dissolving poison. Of course, I had taken it too. You saw that I want to win....

[She trails off a bit. Want is present tense. As long as she still has this crystal, the war is still happening as far as she's concerned.]
truthstranger: (s09-2)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-02 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Poison?!

[ Immediately concerned. ]

Are you... okay? Is there something...
pecker: (all righty then)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-04-02 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[It feels a bit odd to have someone concerned for her, so she holds up her hands a little defensively.]

T-There's nothing to worry about at the moment. They seem to have stopped it from dissolving when they brought me here. After that, what happens happens...

[Though realistically, it would have passed through her body by now, like people who smuggle diamonds by eating them.]
truthstranger: (lb01)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-02 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Not "what happens happens"! If it's still a danger, there has to be some way to get it out safely... especially if you can go anywhere in any world. Een here, Tsumiki-san might be able to figure out something...
pecker: (tense smile)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-04-02 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
S-Shuichi... [That expression he's making is throwing her off, and she forgets to use the honorific.]

I'm not going to die from poison. No one's that stupid... it's just a time limit, okay? I promise I'll take care of it. Actually, getting it out early is a significant advantage, so I definitely would...
truthstranger: (s19)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-02 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
...Are you still... planning to go back to the game?
pecker: (ummmm)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-04-03 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It can't end without me... I'm really not sure what would happen if I tried to run away. I don't think it would be good, though.
truthstranger: (s35)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-03 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
What would happen... to everyone else?
pecker: (cluck cluck motherfucker)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-04-03 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
They'd be looking for me, so I assume they'll die from their poison... I don't think me being in another world will cut it as an excuse, as you can't forfeit and the Juuni Taisen doesn't have any borders. The fighting can extend to anyplace in the world. So even if they knew I was in another world, I think they'd be expected to find the way there. Or maybe Duodecuple would do it for them. He is capable of granting any wish, so it should be possible... then I'd be hunted down... I guess it's an option. If I had a guide, it would be like a home field advantage. But I doubt anyone would want to deal with it.
truthstranger: (g21)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-03 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... they'd really chase you across worlds?
pecker: (glancing behind uncertainly)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-04-03 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure... I mean, I don't think a warrior's ever gone to another world before... but it's theoretically possible, and I'm not sure if the game runners would think if everyone else dies, then it's their fault they couldn't get to me, or if they would think the playing field needs to be leveled because I'm somehow cheating. All I know is the rules of this year's Taisen say the winner has to collect all 12 gems.
truthstranger: (g09)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-03 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
If that's the rule, specifically, what if we got your gem out and sent it back without you?
pecker: (mmmm?)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-04-03 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Maybe... that would work... He really did just say that we have to get the gems. It's definitely a loophole.

[She doesn't sound excited about finding a loophole, though. More like mystified. She hadn't thought about it - hadn't been looking for ways out. Niwatori had always been in the mindset of surviving the dating game to gain advantages, win in the killing game, and stay a warrior for the rest of her life. The one person who told her she could do anything else... she'd stopped taking him seriously as soon as his presence was gone. And in the back of her mind, there are other reasons why she'd want to return, but they're as conflicting to her as the idea of starting over is. Confusion and her lack of confidence stir up more excuses to use.]

Then what if I did run away to another world? It would save my neck, but what good would that do... I'd have to depend on whoever brought me with them. I don't know how you do it, even if you are in love.

[Remember the part where she couldn't tell enemies from friends?]
truthstranger: (g04)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-03 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, well, it helps that Akechi-kun's world is pretty close to... what I remember my world being like, at least. I did need his help to get settled... and Kurusu-kun's contacts to get official paperwork for an identity... but we're living more or less a normal life together, now.

[ At least, normal mildly controlling boyfriend levels of dependent, rather than totally dependent. ]

Not to say it wouldn't be hard, to go someplace completely new and have to figure things out from scratch, but... it seems like it would be better than that killing game.
pecker: (jiiiiiii)

[personal profile] pecker 2018-04-03 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe, but... I don't know if I could do it. Figure it out. I... have never made a decision for myself and I've never thought about what I want... but even so, I don't think I want to quit. I don't know...

[She presses a palm to her forehead, trying to think.]

For some reason, I really don't want to, umm... what could it be? It's not that I actually like killing or anything...

[Though she may be on to something with that. She trails off, thinking.]
truthstranger: (ca001)

[personal profile] truthstranger 2018-04-03 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... if we really are similar, I understand some of that... That is, not... not wanting to quit, but... not quite knowing what decisions I made myself. I do wonder sometimes if it was really best to leave that all unresolved, but...

[ He also trails off, not sure where he's going with that, and waiting for her to respond. ]

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