pc: sleep to frog communication..... 2

[squirt]

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[squirt]

...Yeah.

[ sips his water, looking a little uncomfortable. ]

Ruby said she'd ask if it applied to our game. She hadn't heard about it until we talked. Bosses aren't very communicative.

[frogzoned]

Aika seemed to think more than likely it applied to us.

But she also said that - clearly these messages aren't intended for us. There's no sender. So why would we get them at all? It sounds like pretty good motivation to go out and start ... erasing and all, so why wouldn't they tell us at the start if they wanted us to do that.

So they might have given it to us intentionally, for the drama. It doesn't mean that it's real.

[dendroculi]

When I asked they said it was probably some kind of technological glitch that was responsible for our receiving them. But if it's happened again, specifically just for people who had an experience like you and I did... I agree it feels very intentional.

[frogzoned]

Ours is ... much more ominous than the last weeks. So I have to admit I'm nervous about what this week's is going to be.

[dendroculi]

The way they're written... they're instructions for setup of the game. So, it's possible that something might have changed between when these messages were originally sent and when it actually began. But we won't know that for sure until we have the whole picture.

I'm nervous, too. ...hopefully whoever receives it will be willing to share. I did tell the others in your group that I had received something and that they may want to keep an eye out for it, but...

[sweats in in progress threads i don't know if any of them are going to reciprocate with the information once the threads get to that point]

[frogzoned]

Oh. I can tell you that they all got the same message. Though I will say none of them volunteered it without me saying it first which is a little rude.

[dendroculi]

We all did, too, so I thought that would be the case for your group as well. I didn't tell you, because... I'd already told Ylfa, and I figured she would have told you right away.

...I was hoping sharing it with the others would encourage them to share it with me in turn. But... that may not be something that works for everyone here.

[frogzoned]

Ylfa totally forgot.

[ WHICH WAS THE FUNNIEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN, FOR THE RECORD. ]

[ohthehumanities]

I asked Simon, but he told me he hadn't received anything. Though, I don't know if he was lying or if he simply hadn't checked.

[honkinbigteeth]

[she pulls her cloak over her face a little more.]

Nahida, it might sound mean, but... in the future, if they want to see our information they have to give us theirs.

This isn't a place where being kind just for the sake of it will get us anywhere. Not with everyone, at least.

[dendroculi]

...

[she nods slowly]

Yes, I can see that.

[squirt]

...Ruby was probably just trying to be nice. It sounds like it'd apply to us. They're trying something new, like that other game.

And even if it's not real, the risk is.

[frogzoned]

I think this is the problem, isn't it. You have to treat it like it's real, on the chance that it is.

[squirt]

...Yeah.

Monika wasn't sure how much to spread it, either. Because of how people might start acting. But that's at least six teams that know.

[ BDSM (RIP), froggystyle, mmm, sweet theory, justice, and now go to sleep ]

It's only TBD, A Peace Sign, Yuneyuze, and Hot Mess that might not. ...Should we tell them, too?

[honkinbigteeth]

I don't want to.

[so that's her vote.]

[squirt]

[ softly, as an aside to her, ]

Did you change your mind?

[frogzoned]

I think some caution is warranted.

[ this is an unsure vote ]

[ohthehumanities]

[Kaveh presses his fist to his mouth, looking extremely conflicted.]

I understand your logic. [Because he does. He's not naive.] But...

[It just feels... a little bit like betrayal, to keep it from certain people. He looks at Nahida, beseeching.]

[honkinbigteeth]

[listen they're just being kind of emo he's allowed to disagree.]

...It's okay, Kaveh. You guys get a say, too.

[squirt]

[ they told matsui and he got so extra depressed he got eaten by a bad vibes shark so ]

Who do you want to tell?

[dendroculi]

Speaking generally, I think... it's better for people to make informed decisions. But until we have more pieces of this puzzle, I am a little worried it might do more harm than good.

[but she looks conflicted.]

...but, I do want to at least tell A Peace Sign. Shenhe... she's from Teyvat, just like Kaveh and me.

[honkinbigteeth]

I don't know.

[she hunches a little.]

When I talked to Matsui on Saturday, he was - thinking this was true hurt him so, so much. It didn't make him decide to fight, it made him think he had to, and those are two different things.

[ohthehumanities]

[Aww, Ylfa. Kaveh's gaze softens.]

...Alex told me that those who are Erased--at least for now, they're still around in some capacity. Just on a different "frequency" from the rest of us. [...] I'd like to think that he and Buzen found each other again there. I promised him that I would keep looking for a better way, like Buzen wanted to. That's the best thing we can do for them now.

[honkinbigteeth]

They are? How does she know?

[squirt]

[ he doesn't have anything important to contribute here, he's just listening like ????? ]