[Week 5, Sunday: Waver, Rebecca, Natsuo]

[doublecrows]

[he knows that Waver is. . . probably not in the best state of mind at the moment. but what Akechi has to share is Important with a capital I. and so, soon after the execution, he gathers up the remaining Historians and ushers them to the library for an information sharing session]

I apologize for the short notice, and the. . . [waves. a hand] Timing of this meeting.

But I've discovered how to reach a "happy ending" for this game. I've also learned about the other extra titles, much like our own, that exist in this war game.

I'd rather not wait until Monday to tell you all.

Comments

[doublecrows]

[he taps his cheek thoughtfully. . . then nods]

I'll do my best. Please give me a moment to draft something from their perspective, properly edited and all.

[doublecrows]

It worked.

[lEAVE HIM ALONE]

[doublecrows]

That would explain it.

So long as Natsuo is safe, I think his wish is a smart idea. Depending on the identities of the Editors, we may be able to glean more information from them.

[doublecrows]

We are.

Let's be cautious from here on out, and encourage others to be the same.

[doublecrows]

[and after a while. . .! Akechi stands up with a piece of parchment in hand, words scrawled all over it]

How is this?

To the Narrators:

We are the group known as the Historians. We understand the Dragon made you all suspicious of us when she announced our existence. Despite that, we're asking you to trust us. We're here to help you reach your happy ending.

One of us has been in contact with Beauty and the Beast. We want to share part of the letter they wrote to them with all of you, to stress the importance of completing objectives. Here is what they said:

"To achieve a █████ ██████ and ████ ██ from the █████ ████, each faction ████ complete ██ █████ seven objectives."

As Historians, we're aware that the Hero faction has completed a lot more than seven objectives. Civilians and Villains, you guys need to step it up! We know your objectives might suck, but we need you to work with us. Our objective is to get you your happy ending.

No matter what your suspicions towards us might be, please at least trust our intentions. Thank you for your time.

Good luck, everyone.

[disclosures]

I'd also like to mention, there are ten people left that none of us know the title of. Original Ion, Kyouka, Magnus, Nico, Sanji, Shirasu, Souji, Stephanie, Veronica and Zelos.

Do we want to try and find those out? Of the ones listed... I might have an in with Nico, Veronica and Sanji.

It seems like most of Veronica's objectives are things she needs to complete alone.

... Because of what Sanji's objective is right now, I think he's a villain, but I'd like to confirm it.

[londonstar]

"We know your objectives might suck?"

[ waver chuckles, despite himself. ]

I feel we need to add the word 'happy' in the 'letter' from Beauty and the Beast just to emphasize which ending we're going towards. It's not that I doubt the intelligence of this group, but as the weeks pass and paranoia rises, it becomes easier to misunderstand even the simplest things.

[ a pause. ]

Other than that, I think it's quite good.

[doublecrows]

A far more colloquial way to put it than I would.

[hiding one's usual writing style ftw! he edits the sentence]

"To achieve a happy ██████ and ████ ██ from the █████ ████, each faction ████ complete ██ █████ seven objectives."

[and seems pleased with himself]

Then this will do.

[londonstar]

I don't know if I can get to many of these.

[ nico hates him? magnus is ?? and original ion gives him the creeps but he can deal with that. and he won't even begin to talk about zelos. ]

However, I think that if I...am able to contact Reyna through mail, she might be able to give me an in with Nico, Magnus, and maybe Zelos. I also want her to see if she can figure out the factions of the dead and whether or not they completed they objectives...but that's only if you all agree.

[doublecrows]

I agree with this.

[he definitely agrees with this]

Right now, we know of only one villain objective completed. That's an extremely low number. If our aim is seven, it would be nice to know how much further we have to go.

. . . unfortunately, though, I don't believe I have an in with any of those individuals. Di Angelo and Veronica-san, perhaps. . .

[disclosures]

I could help Sanji with his, but there's no way he'd do it. [Coward.]

Veronica said she's done one of her objectives. The next one seems to involve self harm.

I can... try with the others, but I haven't really talked to them that much. On the other hand, that also means they don't have any reason to hate me.

Of the four of us left, Natsuo has the easiest time talking to people. They tend to let their guard down around him.

[randori]

[ Thanks, and he doubts anybody would suspect he's a Historian, as intelligent a title as that is. ]

The rest are... Ion, Kyouka, Shirasu, Souji, and Stephanie? I don't really know Kyouka that well yet, but I'm friends with the rest of them.

[ with his loose definition of friends ]

I'll try.

[londonstar]

Perfect.

[ despite everything that happened to him, waver feels a little bit of relief. there's still some hope for this stupid game. ]

Who shall we send this to, then? Varian seems quite good as a spokesperson so far.

[doublecrows]

He does, although if we choose to do this, then I might as well deliver it to him myself. He'll know the part about Beauty and the Beast is a lie, but I'm certain it's a lie he'll be willing to tell.

[disclosures]

Right. Kyouka... could really use a friend right now.

Anyway, good luck, Natsuo. I believe in you.

[randori]

Mmhm! Even if I can't learn anything, I want to be her friend too, so I'll try my best!

[disclosures]

... Please also try to learn something.

[londonstar]

That's quite a big task on your shoulders. But I believe you can do it.

[randori]

I said I'll try!

[ friendship comes first..... ]

[randori]

Yeah. I'll make myself useful this week.

7/16

[randori]

[ reuses this post bc I don't want to make a new one just for updates, but this is Monday night ]

Ion is Aladdin, Steph is the Bear, and Souji is the Goose Girl. Those are all Heroes. Shirasu couldn't tell me what his is, 'cause he said it'll give away what his power is, and I didn't want to press him. But he says he's a Civilian, and he did three of his tasks already. Give me a little more time for Kyouka's.

[ Lots of Heroes!!! But at least they can do some process of elimination if they can't figure out everybody's titles? ]

[disclosures]

Great job, Natsuo!

There's only two more Civilian titles that we don't know. It's just Puss in Boots and Wendy.

There's... well there's a little bit of a rush, but do your best. I think she might have trouble making friends after what happened last weekend.

[randori]

[ He beams at the praise, bc heck yeah, he lives off that ]

Yep! We're getting along and... I really do want to become her friend, and then it'll be easier to ask like I did with everybody else.

[ The pc is only 8 comments long but it's Pure, at least they're getting along ]

[disclosures]

[Good, everybody love Natsuo, he's a very good boy.]

That leaves us with one unknown Civilian and four unknown Villains. Magnus, Zelos, Nico and Veronica are the ones who are left.

7/19

[randori]

[ IT'S THURSDAY ]

Kyouka and Zelos are both Villains. Belph told me.