week 7; thursday ( a lot of people )

[axilium]

[they're somewhere. don't ask me where.

anyhow, belph's called them all here, because it's time to be on the same page before murder night, basically. some threads with the crafters are ongoing for us probably but!!]

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CARDIA'S INFO

[axilium]

According to Cardia, Dragon said that there was "still more to learn for the sake of our friends". I asked her about it, and while she couldn't answer—actually, she couldn't even tell me under which circumstances she could answer that. I asked about using the Viziers' remaining reward, and she was really vague on whether I could do that?

I think that it's something she can tell only Cardia, for that matter. Again... ambiguous wording.

Anyway, whatever it is, it's relevant only if Tiger wins. Essentially, her concern is that Tiger won't revive the dead; in fact, according to Dragon, there won't be enough ink to bring us all back, should Tiger win.

Souji—you still have the potion, right? Think that confirming whether or not Tiger will hold up her end of the bargain, should she win, is a good idea?

[concasse]

[piping up from the back, arms folded]

... I can verify there won't be enough ink to bring us all back if we chose Tiger-sama's ending.

She admitted as much to me. She'd use the ink to sever the story of the Tiger and the Dragon and then we get what's leftover... but the shit she wants requires a lot of ink, so...

[vigilantics]

So, either way we would have had to do a lot of objectives even if we went for Tiger's ending to gather enough ink then?

[ there doesn't seem to be much of a point, in that case. ]

[concasse]

Yeah, exactly. If we'd just shot straight for Tiger-sama's ending, we would've been screwed.

Since it looks like Dragon-sama's ending is more likely to come to pass, we do have more ink to work with... but some people would get left behind.

And we sure as shit wouldn't have enough ink to change the fates of people who either can't go home or are dead.

[vigilantics]

Mm. So we should just go with the option that's less risky.

[ you can practically see the air quotes around "risky," since

you know. this is still bad. ]

[axilium]

The ink the three of us got [from their fun adventure of doom] seems to count towards the collection, but I doubt it's enough.

[concasse]

It'd help, but... yeah, basically that.

Tiger-sama was vague about how much ink would be necessary, though. Both of them are too goddamn stubborn to just give us a hard number.

... Except Dragon-sama, I guess, but last I talked to her, she wasn't keen on trying to... I dunno, combine their endings, somehow.

[doublecrows]

[oh, piping in here]

Dragon-san has told me that it is the past Tiger-san wishes to change. She emphasized that should Tiger-san rewrite her history, there would certainly not be enough ink for us.

[. . .]

However. . .

[another pause, and he recites something, like he's recalling from memory exactly what Dragon said]

"If you would want to write a new story - as long as the Dragon and Tiger both exist in it - you may try to grant her some freedom from this."

Which I believe means that there may be a way for us to rewrite a future for both of them. Perhaps one where neither of them are bound or constrained by their current titles.

[discardia]

That's odd... she said it was something the Viziers could learn from her.

[axilium]

Yeah, that threw me off. But her exacts words were, "I cannot tell you the circumstances in which I may tell her, nor can I give you the answer on your own."

[vigilantics]

... okay, technically she didn't say she couldn't give it to you at all. Just "not on your own," or whatever.

[axilium]

The issue is that I have no idea what are the conditions, because she wouldn't tell me? Though she implied that I'd have to do it with Cardia...

[doublecrows]

[KIND OF. . . LISTENING TO THIS QUIETLY. . . b/c that awkward moment when you're in a room with a bunch of people you think might hate you, probably?? anyway]

. . .

[but he also gives a deep frown, something of an annoyed scowl on his features]

. . . are we being given different information?

[axilium]

... What'd you hear?

[doublecrows]

I specifically asked Tiger-san and Dragon-san both if we were missing anything. If there was anything left for us to learn about his game.

They both said no.

[:/. . .]

From Dragon-san: "No, there is nothing vital regarding the possible endings that remains a secret to you.."

From Tiger-san: "I don't believe you're missing anything. Do you feel as if you are?"

[:/!!!]

Or perhaps my questioning was too limited?

[sanguinairy]

I do, yes. I'm not sure if that would be the best use of it now, though.

[With all this information coming to light, and with people more or less kind of going "WHAT IF WE CHANGE EVERYTHING ANYWAY!!!"]

But it's a possibility. I should also note that the potion can be used for "anything within reason", so if anyone has a better idea of what to use it for...

[axilium]

Well, the problem is that I have no idea what counts as "within reason".

[sanguinairy]

Ah, well, I just asked if my idea was... [OF COURSE HE DID.]

We could probably do the same with any other ideas we have

LORE

[axilium]

Not sure how relevant this will be to our ending... but it doesn't hurt to double-check that we've all been given the same info. Who knows? Maybe there's a clue in there somewhere.

[...]

According to Dragon, life used to be peaceful and the ink was a piece of magic hidden away, before Tiger found it and decided to start a war over it. Maybe over her son? Dragon didn't actually know about him, so she can't say one way or another.

In any case, Dragon's father fought against her—which Dragon called his mistake—and then things... escalated from there, I guess.

[also i'm not digging through a million pcs to piece together the rest of this especially when YOU'RE ALL THE ONES I GOT MOST OF THE REST FROM so pls add to this.]

[doublecrows]

[. . . ah. . .]

Dragon-san's name was Aya. Tiger-san. . . doesn't remember.

[aha]

And Tiger-san inherited her role from her mother, just as Dragon-san inherited hers from her father.

[vigilantics]

Tiger doesn't seem to remember most of it. She knows she had a family, and about Dragon's dad, but she kind of implied she was the first Tiger to me.

[ it's said with a shrug since, again, she kept saying she didn't remember much. ]

[doublecrows]

I don't think that's true. I do believe she's been fighting far longer than Dragon-san, but it sounds as though there was one before her.

[concasse]

Yeah, she lost her son. She wasn't clear if it was before the war or after it, but she was devastated, and wanted freedom for herself and her loved ones, and that's why she went after the ink.

... She admits if she knew how the hell things were gonna turn out, she might've made different choices, but she's too stubborn and prideful to go back on this shit now.

[axilium]

Stubbornness and pride—because that isn't a disastrous combination or anything.

[concasse]

Oh it's shit, and she knows it. But I bet you anything she thinks this is all she's got now.

... So if we think up an alternative, we're gonna have a hard time selling it to her.