Would you mind waiting until next week? I'm going to check up on Haze as soon as I can, and when I do, I can ask if it's alright for me to bring a friend.
I fought a minotaur, then got thrown out a window after someone aimed a javelin at my face. Oh, that was just Tuesday. Wednesday was when I had to deal with getting attacked by snakes that could fly and spit venom.
This is the second time we're hearing that things aren't what they appear to be. Ambition said that during the trial last week as well, right? That we were missing something obvious.
Everything isn't the way it seems... it's been a running theme for the whole game, feels like. [ He dips his head a little, his brow furrowed in deep thought. ] So what are we missing? We must need to look at things another way. If we figure that out, we might have a better understanding of what it means to "look at members of our own teams."
There’s a few ways I can think of. I know the alignments of everyone who went with me, even if I shouldn’t say them... And I’ve been on Love and Cunning. That feels a little obvious, though. Team could also mean people we trust regardless of faction.
Right. Team could have a few different meanings, depending on how you look at it. It could even be all of us, as a team versus the gods. Thinking that broadly won't help us progress, though...
Let's start from the teams we can reasonably define, then. Our factions, and our circles of trust. Is there anything about either of those teams that might not be what it seems?
[ thoughtfully ] "Members of our own teams" ... maybe we need to look at the teams the victims themselves belonged to.
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which.
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[Yu, please.]
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... I don't mind telling you, but I'll have to ask you don't try to enter Fortune's room yourself without letting me know. Is that alright?
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I promise.
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I don't know if I could call Haze a pet. It can talk.
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what? ]
But that's what I found. A small creature that calls itself Haze.
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Can it talk? Can I see it?
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[ he says this softly. ]
Would you mind waiting until next week? I'm going to check up on Haze as soon as I can, and when I do, I can ask if it's alright for me to bring a friend.
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I'll wait until you think it's a good time. [But...] You missed a lot.
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[ what he really said was: you okay? ]
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[ZOE]
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[ zOE ]
... you've had it rough. [ understatement of the week. ]
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[Or something like that, at least.]
...I think it was probably worth it.
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[ mostly to himself. this is an actual question, prompting: ]
Yeah?
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Medical supplies. Magic healing food. Other assorted magical items... And clues about the next trial.
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Well done. Aside from the window.
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[Or that's how she's going to interpret this, at least.]
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[ distantly, like he's still taking this in. he is so tired. ]
Can you tell me about the clues you found?
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The other parts we heard were - we'd have to look at members of our own teams, and everything might not be the way it appears at first.
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[ oh.
that's unsettling. ]
This is the second time we're hearing that things aren't what they appear to be. Ambition said that during the trial last week as well, right? That we were missing something obvious.
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[She nods.]
Love told me the same thing before the first trial.
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Let's start from the teams we can reasonably define, then. Our factions, and our circles of trust. Is there anything about either of those teams that might not be what it seems?
[ thoughtfully ] "Members of our own teams" ... maybe we need to look at the teams the victims themselves belonged to.