but yay garden. he's in this with some light khaki pants, it's cute. ]
Okay. [ he sits down with a cup of tea and sighs tiredly. ] Thanks for coming out here, there's some old stuff I keep forgetting about and then a lot of new stuff that came up in the last few days, so.
[ takes out his phone and opens up his notes app checklist to keep himself from getting too far off track. ]
Uh, the big thing that you're probably getting lots of questions about — what exactly is our endgame plan here? There's been information going around saying that the cult only needs six of us alive, but then some kind of mixed messages about what that actually means we need to do. We're supposed to try to keep as many people from dying as we can until the week of the ritual, and then... kill however many we need to get the number below six so the cult doesn't have enough?? Is that right?
Like, I think I get the logic, but it still sounds kind of insane.
It's pretty insane, yes, but it's apparently what the others discovered while looking for their rocks.
[ their rock obsession. ]
We did mention before that they never needed as many people as they brought here. And the four of us were aware there was an ideal number for the ritual, but we were never told what it was in case you all somehow got the information out of us. So, it seems like the best number for it is six or higher, to make sure things goes perfectly for the rest of the cult.
But. Okay. So having less than their ideal number alive at the end really is the goal then? And something will keep the cult from realizing we've gotten that low if it happens in the final week specifically?
Yeah... we're sort of making up the last part of the plan as we go, especially considering there's likely going to be even more info that people get until then, but right now sticking to "just proceed as normal" shouldn't be... difficult.
And those creepy items we've been finding when we get pulled into those weird places through the fog, those are... pieces of something for a ritual we're doing? Is there anything we should be doing with them for now?
Mostly keeping them safe. I think it's best that those things stay on this side, so whoever is holding onto them need to be prepared to hand them over if anything happens to them.
Right. If we did something like write up an agreement saying that in the event of monster possession or death, those things become the communal property of the living people in the village... would that cover that? I know you don't exactly have a functioning legal system here, but is there still something binding in written agreements like that?
Okay, I'll have to talk to Alfyn and Geto-kun about that...
...Then, uh. The partner thing. [ a lot of mixed feelings with some noticeable self-loathing in the mix. ] Is it... do you think it's better to do it or not at this point? I don't even know how many others are in this same situation now.
[ presumably still camille unless something changed in the last 48 hours, which it definitely could have, but also like. he likes her but she's kind of a trainwreck and he doesn't know if he wants to mess with that. and the idea of linking her to daan's monster feels like... oof. ]
... honestly, after this week, it's probably better and easier for people to do so. You still get your wish and all.
If the numbers seem off, people can try to quickly repartner if theirs end up dead. But I know the whole reason people were avoiding it was because they didn't want to die.
[ cool... the feelings just kind of get worse at that. ]
Yeah... okay.
[ ugh. it was nice having an excuse not to so he could feel like he was smart and practical for being alone instead of pathetic. ]
Do you know how many other people with dead partners there are right now? It kind of feels like everyone already found theirs while I was still waffling on it.
There is a decent enough of an amount that at least most of you without one can find one. It's just still getting others to agree, I suppose. People might want to hold off.
The same limitations still apply, though? Like, even if you don't tell anyone what your monster is, can you only tell three people per week that your partner's gone?
[ he would actually probably already know the answer to this because in retrospect i think i might have fucked that up by confirming when yuffie asked in the house thread on monday so I GUESS MAYBE HIS BLOOD BOILED A LITTLE... ]
Mmhm. But anyone you previously told your stuff to, would no longer count for that number. So, if you tell three people you don't have a partner, if you decide you tell those same three people the following week what your monster is, you're not wasting your three new chances.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
but yay garden. he's in this with some light khaki pants, it's cute. ]
Okay. [ he sits down with a cup of tea and sighs tiredly. ] Thanks for coming out here, there's some old stuff I keep forgetting about and then a lot of new stuff that came up in the last few days, so.
[ takes out his phone and opens up his notes app checklist to keep himself from getting too far off track. ]
Uh, the big thing that you're probably getting lots of questions about — what exactly is our endgame plan here? There's been information going around saying that the cult only needs six of us alive, but then some kind of mixed messages about what that actually means we need to do. We're supposed to try to keep as many people from dying as we can until the week of the ritual, and then... kill however many we need to get the number below six so the cult doesn't have enough?? Is that right?
Like, I think I get the logic, but it still sounds kind of insane.
no subject
[ their rock obsession. ]
We did mention before that they never needed as many people as they brought here. And the four of us were aware there was an ideal number for the ritual, but we were never told what it was in case you all somehow got the information out of us. So, it seems like the best number for it is six or higher, to make sure things goes perfectly for the rest of the cult.
no subject
But. Okay. So having less than their ideal number alive at the end really is the goal then? And something will keep the cult from realizing we've gotten that low if it happens in the final week specifically?
no subject
no subject
And those creepy items we've been finding when we get pulled into those weird places through the fog, those are... pieces of something for a ritual we're doing? Is there anything we should be doing with them for now?
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
Okay, I'll have to talk to Alfyn and Geto-kun about that...
...Then, uh. The partner thing. [ a lot of mixed feelings with some noticeable self-loathing in the mix. ] Is it... do you think it's better to do it or not at this point? I don't even know how many others are in this same situation now.
[ presumably still camille unless something changed in the last 48 hours, which it definitely could have, but also like. he likes her but she's kind of a trainwreck and he doesn't know if he wants to mess with that. and the idea of linking her to daan's monster feels like... oof. ]
no subject
If the numbers seem off, people can try to quickly repartner if theirs end up dead. But I know the whole reason people were avoiding it was because they didn't want to die.
no subject
Yeah... okay.
[ ugh. it was nice having an excuse not to so he could feel like he was smart and practical for being alone instead of pathetic. ]
Do you know how many other people with dead partners there are right now? It kind of feels like everyone already found theirs while I was still waffling on it.
no subject
no subject
no subject
It's only as embarrassing as you make it out to be! Remember, there's loads of people in your exact same situation.
no subject
Right... I'll try.
no subject
And... at least everyone is supportive to each other, for the most part. So it's something you can discuss together.
no subject
The same limitations still apply, though? Like, even if you don't tell anyone what your monster is, can you only tell three people per week that your partner's gone?
[ he would actually probably already know the answer to this because in retrospect i think i might have fucked that up by confirming when yuffie asked in the house thread on monday so I GUESS MAYBE HIS BLOOD BOILED A LITTLE... ]
no subject
no subject