WEEK ONE: SATURDAY, POST-TRIAL

[parodeity]

[ so sometime after the trial, clementine gets a dave. he waves, hurries over, and asks: ]

So. Any roles on the list that looked good to you? Because if not, or if you don't, like, have your heart set on one...I think I have one you should snag, and I think I may have a plan, for like. The four of us. Uh, you me Clem and Vi. To make a team and actually figure shit the hell out? If you are into that still.

[ like. someone just got condemned to death wrongly because they did not know enough. so dave's voice is firm, even though this is an offer, not a demand. ]

I want to meet up tomorrow with all of us if you're into the idea still, but I also wanted to talk to you about it first.

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[parodeity]

All right. Oh, while we're talkin', though, I'm gonna refrain from directly tellin' him my role.

[ ... ]

Not because I'm not gonna, but because the thing he can do, which I'll let him reveal - I want to test it to see if can tell what the fuck I am if I don't tell him directly? Just. Like. I mean, I will say as much when we're together, but also...that's why I'm gonna be doin'. That.

[ that sounds stupid and confused but presumably he actually really does need to crosscheck something and it will make sense when dirk explains Whatever He Is. ]

We'll come by in the afternoon, then.

[willremember]

Okay. I'll keep from telling him too, then.

[ hrm. she's not a fan of lying. especially in her own group, but. she'll go with Dave's judgment. ]

So... He doesn't know how you really got hurt, either? Should I still be acting like I only know your cover story with the bookshelf?

[parodeity]

When people know what I am - I mean when I tell them, you can actually say it if you want to him tomorrow - they can see the key. What I need is for him to...not be able to see the key, so we can see if his skill can help us find item roles, and weapon roles. But he doesn't reset until Monday.

[ he's explaining better to kind of, like, try to make sense of it. ]

So once he resets, we can test it, but only if I haven't personally told him my role yet, y'see? So until Monday I can't or we lose a shot to test it for sure. [ ...THIS SOUNDS DUMB, HE REALIZES, AND DAVE MAKES A FACE. ] Roles are absurd. But anyway, he...doesn't know exactly what happened, but he knows I did it playin' Russian Roulette.

[ however: ]

I'll tell everyone at the meetin' the specifics, while...not explaining personally how I got into wherever I did, which will be a little weird logistically but. He'll get why I'm talkin' around it since he wanted to test the same thing I wanna test, i.e. can he find secret items or not.

[willremember]

Okay. That makes sense. [ Clementine agrees that roles are absurd. ]

... Kind of.

[ well, despite the kind of, she's still feeling pretty confident in this plan. it's nice to have a course to follow, and her shoulders relax a bit. ]

... Do you think what we find in those rooms will help to overcome the rules? Or just get through them? [ because. their group is already 4-5 people. and only 3 people can survive, according to the rules. ]

[parodeity]

I don't know. I hope so. [ but he shrugs. ] If it comes to that, you and Ems and Vi take priority if you want and that's chill with me, but I think...from what I do know, I think there's somethin' weird about this. Like, beyond the obvious. Ems can share what she knows, and I'll share what I know, and...I think gatherin' information might actually help us overcome the rules more than just tryin' to catch killers will do.

[ it's something he wants to focus on. ]

I don't want to just accept the rules and sit back and let it happen. Not sayin' we outright break them stupidly, but right now? Gatherin' info is well within the rules and we can maybe figure shit out with it.

[willremember]

That's not... [ the whole 'you take priority' thing doesn't sit well with her. she's not big on dying either, but.

ugh. she'll deal with that later. ]

I just don't think they would give you a role that helps you get out of the game they made. You know? I still want to try, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[parodeity]

[ SORRY EMILY HE WAS RAISED TO HAVE absolutely no sense of self-esteem. time players are used to throwing their lives away, and dave...does that. for other people. all the time.

dirk and violet will probably back her up on this being stupid as hell. ]

Yeah, I know. I want to try to, rather than just... [ ... ] Sit around waitin' for the other shoe to drop, I guess. I'd rather go out doin' something useful than nothin' at all. As long as there's a chance [ and even if there weren't one ] I'll keep goin'.