slobjection | [akira catchall]

Here, or in the mansion...? I know the answer to both.

[ though it's less remembering and more guessing from how he died in the memorial hall. ]

Are you missing yours?

[he shakes his head]

The mansion. And no, I'm not missing it. It's there, I just. . .

[he trails off]

[. . .]

. . . I also remember how we executed Chuuya that week because we couldn't find the person responsible for your death.

So. . .

[a helpless little shrug]

[ he puts his hand against akira's forehead to check for a fever, just instinctively. ]

That didn't happen. You caught the right person, and you saved him.

[ .... ]

Any other extra memories?

[mmmm. . . he seems to settle a bit at that. also no fever!!]

I remember scapegoating Michiru after a completely useless interrogation of the rat.

I remember that we executed Babo Kim even though he killed Meltryllis to help us, because we didn't know who had killed Mammon.

It's things like that, but they're overlaid with what really happened-- we found Nikki and Hunter, executing the former while saving the latter. So it's a bit. . . muddy.

I can confirm we didn't scapegoat Michiru, execute Babo Kim or vote for the wrong person.... except for Asch.

[ if that helps. ]

Is it just mansion memories, or more?

. . .

[more relief as his shoulders slump]

It's just the mansion. We were transported there when we entered the cabin, and it was. . . [a pause]

Covered in blood. All of the blood and gore from each and every murder that occurred there.

This place seems to really love the callbacks.

[ but otherwise, he is listening.... putting his hand on akira's shoulder if he needs steadying, physically and mentally. ]

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[it helps, to have that hand on his shoulder. it grounds him. helps him recall the truth instead of an elaborate lie meant to mess with them]

. . . I can't say I'm the biggest fan of their greatest hits list.

[ dadfection.... ]

Don't think anyone is.

[ now continue. ]

[he is!! though a bit reluctantly]

Every time we found a corpse of someone who died in the mansion, our memories were altered. And every time we touched those bodies, they faded away and left a pink-papered note behind.

Each note we found had one of the camp rules written on it, except for the last. All it had was "winner take all" written on it ad nauseam.

[ putting his hand on akira's shoulder :(, and going quiet for a bit ]

I really do wonder what the ultimate message here is.

. . . I don't know.

[he leans into the touch, because while he may not be able to admit to it so readily, he needs the support. he needs something to ground him]

[for. . . a lot of reasons]

[. . .]

Pink trying to get us to play along with their sick game, I'd bet.

[ he will put his arm around akira, then. just like that. ]

What do you think Pink is?

The directors keep telling me they're nothing more than a remnant.

That. . . I don't believe.

[leaning into that .-. dad is warmth and solid and grounding, and he doesn't have to think about all of the fuzzy memories he has trying to compete with the real ones]

But I don't know who they'd be otherwise.

[ dad is solid and real and here for akira!!!! so they can stay like this. ]

Hard to believe when they've taken such an active part of the competition, no? But maybe it's not a who so much as it a what.

[oh. at that, Akira gives Phoenix a curious look]

What do you mean?

Less of a person, more of a manifestation.... or something to that effect.

Ah. . . yeah. That's what I've been gathering these "remnants" and "residuals" are, anyway.

Curious if there's something in this environment that makes them manifest, no?

And how well-defined Pinkie's is, compared to everything else.

I've tried asking that question, too. Winter just told me it was "bad vibes."

[he wishes he knew what the hell "bad vibes" were]

Don't think it's a question they can answer.... at least not yet.

Have you been doing the pink tasks, or abstaining?

I've been doing them. Supposedly there's no consequences for doing them, and we get vouchers to boot. So. . .

[a tiny shrug]

Same here. They haven't been particularly nefarious... yet.

[WAIT UNTIL THE BETRAYAL PROMPT]

Yet.

The moment they ask me to do something I don't want to do, then I'm stopping.

[ irony...... ]

Think they'll probably keep escalating.

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