That's if you get caught. You can think about it another way -- now that we know what to expect, and know how it's going to go, people might play wiser.
I'm not on either team that lost a person this week.
[ Looking at Haru like, come on. ]
It's just the grim reality. Two teams have three people. You need a minimum of two to keep a team together.
For people who are opportunists, it means easy targets, and if anyone on those teams are aware of that, then they know they'd have to even the odds to save themselves.
[ It's fine, at least he takes teen emotions into stride. ]
That's real good for you, but do you think everyone in this place will be able to feel the same?
[ He does mean that, it's not said derogatorily. It's great that Haru is feeling more peaceful than not in regards to this whole murder business but... Wolfwood is ever with the harsher realities. ]
[ he's sports protag levels of delusional, not quite shounen protag levels. but wolfwood is still unusually pessimistic for his genre.
but he also wouldn't be this chafed if wolfwood were wrong; it's all uncomfortably true. the words settle heavy like stones in his heart, pushing determination up like it's water. for now, anyway. ]
Who said that? I just want to prove you wrong.
[ ANNOYING COCKY SPORTS TEEN LINEFACE VOICE, ]
Maybe I'll take you seriously when you learn how to swim.
[ All the shonen energy went to Vash except they upgraded to seinen really fast so like, it's just all depression the way down.
He snorts. ]
And I'll take you seriously when you can walk through fifty miles of desert.
[ That's a lie, he already takes Haru seriously. Somewhat. He is taking Haru more seriously than their first meeting -- the fact that Haru understands the gravity of the situation and is speaking very seriously regarding it already got some more of his respect. ]
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besides, he has to focus on frowning. ]
Killing right away and getting caught just leaves your team shorthanded for the rest of the game. It's stupid.
[ MURDERERS ARE STUPID!!!!! ]
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That's if you get caught. You can think about it another way -- now that we know what to expect, and know how it's going to go, people might play wiser.
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We don't even know who's in the lead!
[ he raises his voice, not so much that it's loud, but it's still sharper than his usual soft tone. ]
Even if—even for people who want points, it's reckless.
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It's the Reapers' job to tell us who's at where. If they don't, pretty sure we have the rights to knock on their door and make 'em tell us.
[ So, it's one avenue to throw some frustration at if they feel like it. Even if they're not the people who run it, it's still in their duties. ]
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Won't knowing that put some teams in danger?
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Danger tends to be a real good motivator though, so why not let everyone know in that case... right?
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[ it'd be cool if they could just ignore the whole 'needing first place' angle of this entirely, actually ]
...It's too much like we're enemies, and not just competition.
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This is a murdering game. You're not supposed to have friends in one, probably.
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[ it's obviously. HEAVILY suggested. but. technically nothing is forcing their hands (or is it) ]
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If we don't, we might just have to sit around here and do nothing. We're not exactly content to live here, I think.
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[ though it's harder for him to say that now that the murdering has actually started ]
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Peace talks won't work 'cause it means we'll just be consigning those two teams to erasure. Nobody's gonna just take that lying down.
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[ he says so firmly. ]
—What are you even saying anyway? Are you ready to kill someone?
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[ Looking at Haru like, come on. ]
It's just the grim reality. Two teams have three people. You need a minimum of two to keep a team together.
For people who are opportunists, it means easy targets, and if anyone on those teams are aware of that, then they know they'd have to even the odds to save themselves.
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That's how this game wants us to feel. It wants to corner us.
[ he's just being contrarian to that. he's okay with being illogical and wrong on paper. ]
I don't want to listen to that.
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That's real good for you, but do you think everyone in this place will be able to feel the same?
[ He does mean that, it's not said derogatorily. It's great that Haru is feeling more peaceful than not in regards to this whole murder business but... Wolfwood is ever with the harsher realities. ]
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No.
But we just have to be better than them.
[ he has a lot of faith in his team... froggystyle... ]
I know you won't think that's enough. I'll have to improve until it is.
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Sounds like I haven't made a good reputation in your eyes.
[ The only thing he can offer. Haru is trying, and he understands that, but it's true he lives more in cynicism. ]
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but he also wouldn't be this chafed if wolfwood were wrong; it's all uncomfortably true. the words settle heavy like stones in his heart, pushing determination up like it's water. for now, anyway. ]
Who said that? I just want to prove you wrong.
[ ANNOYING COCKY SPORTS TEEN LINEFACE VOICE, ]
Maybe I'll take you seriously when you learn how to swim.
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He snorts. ]
And I'll take you seriously when you can walk through fifty miles of desert.
[ That's a lie, he already takes Haru seriously. Somewhat. He is taking Haru more seriously than their first meeting -- the fact that Haru understands the gravity of the situation and is speaking very seriously regarding it already got some more of his respect. ]