and it takes, and it takes, and it takes

[acherontiastyx]

[It... definitely takes a while for the weekly after-execution note to arrive, but it does --- kind of scrawly and on ripped paper rather than nice stationery.]

EY. YO. WE GOT EFFIGIES IN THE DINING ROOM AND WE'RE GONNA BURN EM.

FOOD TOO. THE USUAL AND HOT COCOA. GOOD FOR THE SOUL. GET SOME. MAYBE TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR ROOM IF YOU HAVE TO. JUST GET SOME.

[Anyway, in the dining room, there's plenty of mugs set out, with a janky looking arrow sign pointing into the kitchen to where you can get your hot cocoa. On the table, there's Vichyssoise, a pot of green tea, and some booze. There's also a cookie tray on the floor away from the table on which to burn the Wordsmith and Kimbley effigies, which are handily placed near the food on the table.

...also if you go in the kitchen without shoes on just. Watch the northern corner. There's no kidneys, but there's a lot of broken plates there for some reason...]

Comments

[iaspis]

If there's no trial, can you truly be considered a "winner"?

I am still not convinced that this isn't the Wordsmith's way of finding a successor.

[matchbreaker]

... Seriously? Why bother with all that rigamaroll?

[iaspis]

Perhaps we are not the first group.

I tried to ask him if he was working with someone, and he refused to answer. I'm beginning to wonder if he was a previous winner. This seems too organized to be the work of one person, no matter how you look at it.

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . What. ]

... Wait, really?! [ Shit that-- that actually makes a lot of sense. ] ... Damnation, that would explain a thing or two.

[ Elda's eyes went back to normal, but she's biting on her nail now ]

[iaspis]

Yes.

Even for Gems, something like this would be impossible for one person.

[matchbreaker]

[ Shit, shit shit... ] If you gave a vampire enough time and bats, they could do this, but I haven't sensed a single bat, you're right!

[ UGH ]

He didn't even know about the memory problems.

[iaspis]

Maybe he was given us.

[matchbreaker]

What, like some big boss assigned him a group of people to kill off?

[iaspis]

Something like that, yes.

[matchbreaker]

But why bother? What's the point of that...?

[ She came here to try and do Jasper a solid she shouldn't be doing this. But now she's crouched and sort of rocking on her heels as she thinks ]

[iaspis]

I don't know.

It's only speculation on my part now. It's not like the Wordsmith would confirm it.

[matchbreaker]

No. ... No, he wouldn't, not directly.

[ And so she... Mmm. ]

[iaspis]

Maybe it's possible to find the truth, but he wouldn't come out and explain it.

[matchbreaker]

It's something we'd need to work with, anyway.

[ . . . ]

Well, anyway, those are the gifts I got you.

[ Totally a legit comfort for Kimbley being dead, right? ]

[iaspis]

[You know, it actually is, in a weird way? She's not used to getting belongings of the dead. It's something to remember him by.]

It's... appreciated.

[matchbreaker]

[ She doesn't know how to exit this situation uh...

... Pats Jasper on the arm ]

... Well, good! Then I did my duty!

[ . . .

So let's leave. There. That... works? ]