I never said that I want this, this burden came to me [Mon. of Week 7, prior to motive announcement]

[chiseler]

[If he was honest, he didn't sleep at all the night before. Between all of the events of the trial, making sure Adam was okay and also letting his own thoughts run around in circles it hadn't been good for anyone. And to think he thought he could finally get a decent night's rest after the trial.

Of course, the news about their new monster-alien friends living on the ship was mildly alarming. And by alarming we mean actually terrifying. It's something he's toyed with for weeks. It's why he started camping in vents, why he started trying to make a map himself, why he wondered what else was out there. It's only after a little thinking that he realizes that, perhaps, he should talk to Dave as well. Dave had been with him when they'd found Todd. It'd be good to hear his thoughts, too.

(And if he's honest, he wants to check on the kid, too.)

And so hunting down a Strider he goes and for once he manages to catch him without Roxy.]

Hey, Strider. [He gestures with his head for the boy to come closer. Backbiter's strapped to his back but sparring isn't on his mind today.] You got a few minutes?

Comments

[parodeity]

From what Liz was saying, it sounds more like he didn't know how his role worked, right? I think it's more likely he was assigned it after getting here.

[ for...whatever reason. ]

The third party roles are built into the game, yeah? But whatever the fuck these alien demons are, they don't seem to be the third party roles the rules were referrin' to. So the Weirdling or what the fuck ever must be one of the third party roles Alice made up.

[ that makes sense, right? ]

There are way too many of us with vulnerabilities to make me like that angle. Shit.

[chiseler]

That only leads us to asking "why Hancock" and "who else." We don't know if Alice herself chose these roles or if this Harlan guy had all of the information selected already and she's just following his orders. How sentient can AIs really be?

[He slumps down in his seat a bit.] I'd say "let's make sure nobody's vulnerable" but doesn't help that two or three of us get pegged a week with that title. Maybe if Hancock was one third party giving us items to solve the case, there's somebody among us who has a third party role to give out the items used to kill vulnerable players. It all becomes a game of cross-examining everybody and I don't know if we have time for that. [A pause.] Our other option is to chase the thing in the vents though.