PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS - AKIRA

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[survivaltricks]

Mmm. . . [his gaze grows distant. pensive] I don't really know what to think about it, honestly. They've all been telling me the same thing, so I'm not surprised they eventually made an FAQ about it. I just. . .

[. . . he shrugs]

I wish there was-- or feel like there should be-- more to it.

[as for the second part?]

And Magnus said the wishing start thing didn't turn up any results. My theory doesn't have to do with the stars, but with the footprints themselves. Assuming they were real evidence.

[menially]

Yeah. I get that feeling, too. Maybe it's paranoia at this point, but I think we're all just sick of surprises, even if we expect them now.

Did anyone clarify if a power was used to affect the evidence?

[survivaltricks]

[I literally do not remember I was afk]

Not that I recall. Or if they tried, the directors couldn't answer.

[menially]

[I am glad neither of us know anything]

Mm. Maybe it would be something to poke around about, now that the trial is over. Unless you think there could be clues elsewhere.

I wish we had more of a motive on why he was targetted, if any.

[survivaltricks]

[WE ARE ALL SO CLUELESS]

. . . I think I might have an idea. Nothing concrete, but it's. . . something.

You saw what the directors wrote about what happens if no one dies, right?

[menially]

...Yeah. If no one dies, then the game is forfeit. We all lose. [They all die.]

[survivaltricks]

[his expression falls]

I wonder if whoever killed Yu knew that?

[menially]

...You mean that maybe they learned it had to happen and just didn't share with the rest of us?

Why Yu, then?

[survivaltricks]

A crime of opportunity? There might not have been any rhyme or reason for it at all.

[menially]

[His expression darkens.]

Yeah. Guess that happens sometimes.

Hopefully people won't start trying to weed out more from Heart's team. They've lost two now, right?

[survivaltricks]

It does.

[he feels that expression, bro. he really does]

. . . Winter lost one, but the numbers being what they are mean that Heart and Winter have the same amount of people.

Shadows is the team that's ahead of everyone else. [a pause] . . . and I think they've got a few go-getters on their team, because I'm pretty sure they've won two weeks in a row.

[menially]

What makes you say that? They're not exactly announcing it anywhere.

[survivaltricks]

Just a hunch.

[a beat]

Kidding. I've asked around, and that's the conclusion I've come to. A few people have shared their teams with me, so. . .

[a shrug]

[menially]

Lucky guy.

I hope you're careful with that information.

[survivaltricks]

Including you, I've only talked to three people about it.

But I doubt I'm the only one who knows.

. . . if I am right.

[he is confident he is, but. . . well. he won't discount him getting some bad information somewhere]

[menially]

Yeah. Honestly, it just takes knowing one person from each team you aren't on, and seeing what the differences are, if any.

The more the teams get whittled down, the more it stacks for the winning team to keep on winning, too. Less players on the competition's side means that it's easier for your team to conquer by sheer numbers. I'm sure that was done on purpose.

[His fingers tighten against his arms for a moment, before he shrugs it off.]

We need to find a way around this. So long as we don't repeat what happened on Saturday.

[survivaltricks]

. . . yeah. I agree.

[breathes out sharply]

I'm worried about what'll happen this weekend, though. Not for any specific reason, I just. . . [mmm] It's only our third week here.

I don't think we're anywhere near solving things yet.

[menially]

Then we just need to try harder.

[It's surprisingly cold.]

[survivaltricks]

. . . [Guy]

[. . .]

[reaches out to touch his arm. . .?]

[menially]

[Though it doesn't look it, his skin is oddly smooth and cold to the touch. Weird.

He blinks at the touch, the moment gone.]

...Ah, sorry. Between being shoved in the lake and people moving around what I worked on last night, I'm probably not a good person to talk to about this right now.

[survivaltricks]

[a pause]

Who shoved you in the lake? And what did you work on last night. . .?

[menially]

[Holds up a finger.]

Asch.

[Holds up another finger.]

Moving some rocks around.

[survivaltricks]

. . .

You're not the one who put the bloody rocks in front of Evan and Tsuru's statues, are you?

Or put that rock with a line through Heart's symbol in the forest. . .?

[menially]

Yeah. That was me.

[survivaltricks]

. . . whhhhhhhy?

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[he's trying not to judge]

[he just. wants to know??]