When I'm god, everyone dies

[trustmods]

Wednesday morning is off to a strange start. Anyone awake shortly after the morning chimes go off will be greeted with the mildly bizarre sight of candles set up in rows along the hallways; they seem to be forming a path leading somewhere upstairs. It seems your friends are still looking out for you. It also seems like they're probably doing it for a good reason, because... ...Is that something burning? It smells like something may have been burning in the ballroom at one point during the night. You might want to. Look into that. >Explore?

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[blazeit]

I've seen how the shadow monster handles swords, yeah. But like I said, I always assumed the shadow was attached to something else.

[ ... He actually didn't even realize that he was holding a huge preconceived notion there until Cabanela mentioned it during their last resistance meeting so..... whoops. ]

Can you not just give a yes or a no for once? Seriously. I expect dead bodies of people I know at this point, but this is really fucking weird, okay, If you can't keep this stupid exercise under control then I feel like we have a right to know. Blah blah blah something about responsibility, as you'd probably say.

[antitrust]

...No, I assume full responsibility for that person's death. And everything is still under control well enough, it's...

[He kind of...laughs a little at that, though it's the strange, vague sound that happens when someone is so far past their Done threshold that they're not sure what else to do with themselves.]

All of you have been doing so well.

[blazeit]

That's gross.

[ Because that sounds like something a teacher would say to their students.

... Or a parent to their kids, actually. Right before tripping a death flag. ]

And still not an answer to the question. And also I have no idea what that means? Does that mean we're still giving you whatever results it is you wanted or something else entirely?

[antitrust]

...You've exceeded, actually.

[blazeit]

I sure hope that was a general you.

.... So, are you gonna tell us now what kind of results you were hoping for? Seeing as we already went above and fucking beyond.

[antitrust]

You'll know soon.

[He kind of laughs again, quietly.]

You still want to hold me accountable, isn't that right?

[blazeit]

Well, yeah. I'm pretty sure all of us do. What's that got to do with this?

[antitrust]

Give me a few days to regroup, and you'll have your chance.

[blazeit]

... So what's the catch? I mean, it's not going to be as easy as you giving yourself and us beating the shit outta you, is it.

[antitrust]

There isn't a catch, per se, but I'm not going to change my principles for you. I believe in people earning what they get. And Rule Five will still be in place.

...We'll discuss it more when the time comes.

[blazeit]

[ Rule 5, huh... "Violence is not permitted against the Conductor". ]

Fine.

... I have an unrelated question, by the way. Youko... how did she die?

[antitrust]

My partner dealt with her.