[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

[londonstar]

While we're speaking about convincing the Villains and Civilians to complete their objectives, I wonder if it might be a good idea to...pose an anonymous letter directed towards the entirety of the castle.

[ he pauses in thought, arms crossed. ]

Although anonymous won't be good enough. We need to use a title that will show the rest of the Narrators that we hold some sort of...authority in the matter. In other words, we can either speak behind the titles of Beauty and Beast, or we can hide together under the singular title of 'The Historians'.

However, I do believe that it is necessary to bring the whole castle into attention of the situation. This mindless slaughter will get us nowhere but to a bad ending and we need the villains to accept their role. If we can convince them, then we may still have hope.

[randori]

...It might be more convincing if we pretend to be Beauty and Beast. But if we do write as them, the letters have to look real. Messed up with a bunch of ink and everything like how they come from the other side. It'll be really bad if people find out we lied to them.

[ But "Historian" is a title he's wary of hiding behind too, despite Akechi's assurance that at least one person in the castle doesn't immediately distrust them as a group. ]

[disclosures]

... Sanji already knows my title, gift and that I'm a Historian. I told him what I was, but I didn't reveal any of you. He didn't hate me for it.

So there's that too.

He doesn't seem like the type to be angry if we lied. We're just trying to save ourselves here, in the end.

[londonstar]

Two of the three people that know I am a Historian are dead. [ take a guess who they were. ] The other one wants me dead because of yesterday's events.

There are risks posed with whichever option we take, of course. If they find out it came from us, then it'll paint us as liars. But if we use the title of Historians, then we may cause some sort of backlash from those that are unwilling to trust us.

[disclosures]

There's only one person who knows what I am. ... I might tell Cardia tonight though.

If we go with "The Historians" then can we offer one of us forward a spokesperson? Or is that against the rules?

[doublecrows]

Against the rules. That's why I had Varian-san share my letter.

We cannot share our titles in public.

[disclosures]

Ugh. Fine. Okay.

What do we say to make them believe we all want a happy ending?

[randori]

It's a "happy ending." Of course people are going to want that?

[disclosures]

They might want it, but they're suspicious of us.

We're the enforcers and we've been working in secret from the beginning.

[randori]

We weren't forcing anybody to do anything, and... ugh... Is it too late to pretend we all worked alone and didn't know about each other? Until recently?

[ he hates lying and sucks at it, but this is just sort of stretching the truth? lessening the blow ]

[disclosures]

We could lie, but I don't know if anybody would believe it.

[doublecrows]

Why don't we utilize both?

[ah?]

We admit we are Historians, but we also claim we're passing on a message from Beauty and the Beast. Others have already received letters from them, yes? They could even write to Beauty and the Beast to confirm what we've posed in public.

[disclosures]

That might be the best option we've got right now.

[londonstar]

It would certainly pack a bigger punch. They'll believe what the Beauty and the Beast with much more ease.

[ he nods ]

I agree with this. Do you wish to write the letter, Akechi?

[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]

[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.

[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]

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.