week 2, monday

[reapertoire]

#REAPER MEETING

When it hits 07:00, the Reapers are probably expecting to be teleported into a shady corner to meet up with the Host again. It does not go quite like that though. Between one blink and the next, they will suddenly find themselves teleported from wherever they just were and to what seems to be a greenhouse. Strangely enough, if they peek through its various windows, none of the outside landscape looks familiar. What seems to be sunlight can sort of be made out in the distance, but there is a peculiar haze that makes figuring out how far away they are from it difficult. Despite this fog, the actual interior of the greenhouse is fairly brightly sunlit. They'll also notice a song playing from invisible speakers. At the table, there seems to be ingredients for making what seems to be... spaghetti? Anthy is seated at the kotatsu this time. How cozy! "Good morning, everyone. Shall we get started?" game info ☠ setting ☠ statuses ☠ ic profiles private conversations ☠ murder proposals ☠ money full nav

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[rosemance]

[ like the post says, anthy is at the kotatsu. what the post doesn't say is that the dog noise is seated next to her. before she says anything else, anthy will say something directly @ alex ]

I'm afraid Max couldn't make it this time. I brought Nanami as a substitute for him.

[ anthy no one here will understand the joke please let nanami live

everything else will be directed to the group as a whole: ]

I'm afraid that from now on, you may only check only Player instead of two. I was able to let you do two last week, but that was admittedly a little bit of cheating on my part. But I shouldn't bend the rules of this Game too much. I apologize.

[ in other words, catching two maf in week 1 has the mods sweating ]

[voyeur]

[Before everything else!]

Thanks for the spaghetti ingredients, Miss Composer!

[rosemance]

It's not a problem.

[ she made the hotpot but she'll let jacopo do?? the spaghetti?? he was very determined about it. ]

[bladeisme]

[Mmmm okay, now he's got some questions for Anthy since all of that trial went down, but first -]

Thanks for feeding us every time.

[And now with that out of the way, time to get to business.]

Terra said that the reapers were getting their assignments from the Composer - I'm guessing he's lying, or...is it possible the Conductor is calling themselves the Composer to the reapers?

[rosemance]

[ she nods her head at the feeding comment, but at his question she frowns slightly. ]

In a normal situation, the Conductor would be the one who would be dealing with the Reapers. You all probably would have never even met me if things went like they were supposed to. So, it is possible that the Conductor is simply pretending like their orders are mine. Or, like you said, maybe the Conductor is flat out pretending to be me. Those Reapers may not even be aware that they are in the midst of a coup.

[ ... ]

Or he could be lying. Who knows!

[withsadness]

Her name is Nanami? Nanami! Na-na-miiii!

[Mary immediately tries to bait the noise dog's favor with a couple of the treats she lifted from Wildkat.]

[rosemance]

Please take good care of her, okay? I don't think Max walks her as much as he should.

[ ....... do noise need to be walked. anyway.

nanami(?) sniffs the treats..... ]

[voyeur]

[BTW IZAYA IS STAYING HILARIOUSLY FAR AWAY FROM "NANAMI" BECAUSE HE DOESN'T! LIKE! DOGS!]

[allsetfree]

Oh, that's okay.

[ it wasn't a huge deal to have Max come or anything, Alex just wants to be friendly with her superiors, here!! (nailing it so far, obviously.) ]

Wonder what he's busy with.

[ Alex idly tries to pet 'Nanami'....... ]

[voyeur]

Hey, Miss Composer, can you tell us how many Reapers there are other than ourselves as of now, or is that something you don't know or don't want to say yet?

[second part because: composers]

CHECK

[reapertoire]

[ Please reply with one Player you want to check in the subject header. It must be an unanimous agreement. ]

EDOGAWA RANPO

[grano]

RESULTS

[rosemance]

[ just like last week, anthy will pull out a pin with the reaper decal on it when they've made their choice.

there's a moment of silence before she pockets the pin again. ]

Edogawa Ranpo [ and not conan like i originally typed ] is a Reaper. Congratulations again. Just like before, you cannot make any move to personally Erase him this week.

Raw Deets Report

[voyeur]

Alright, everyone. Some of this information is redundant, since Jacopo got it too. The exact phrasing was as follows, as reported to me by Monika:

All Games are played differently. The rules and length of each Game are decided by its Composer.

That being said, this version is majorly fucked up. Thanks to you, really, but I’ll keep the complaining short. Neutral party and all that.

“Reaper Sport 2: hide and seek” was never meant to be played like this.

Obviously on the side of the Players this is a bit more psychological messing around than usual, what with planting Reapers among them and even forcing some of them into a pact with said Reapers. Players working together as a pair or in groups is normally encouraged, since growth can only come from “other people” or some bullshit… and it still is now, just with a fucking caveat that trusting the wrong person can lead to your Erasure.

Just like in the RG, actually, so maybe it’s not that fucked up.

Even putting Players’ paranoia aside, it’s a pretty interesting way to mess with Reapers, too. Not that Reapers faking being Players should be too difficult for them if they don’t suck, since these guys aren't too old for Reapers, so their own time as Players shouldn’t be too difficult to recall and emulate. No, I think the hard part will be for them to not get attached to their partners or even other Players as they pretend to be one of them. Living, working, fighting alongside one another? Reapers have gotten attached to Players for less. The more ruthless Reapers will find it difficult too, but in the sense of “having to deal with this shit for two months”.

I’m with them. The length of this game is unbearable.

Caren also reported this note to me. From what I could tell, her report matched with Monika's. Where she gave me exact wording, it was the same.

Monika herself has become pretty devoted to me, so even if you lose either me or Jacopo, we won't lose that piece. She has cleared Eleanor as having a pin that seems to be a rotating tool for Players to help them in the game. That was the source of her hint this week. Eleanor had this pin prior and use it to check Chuuya's role; according to her report to Monika, he is clear. One among Magnus and Taako has the pin this week and approached Monika over it. She says they got it together, but I'm dubious about the rules being stretched in such a way. Either way, we can assume at least one of those two at least is a Player.

[bladeisme]

[That's...a lot of information to go over, but it does clear up some things.]

I thought this might be a modified Hide and Seek, but...nice to see it's been verified.

[...]

So Eleanor's a Player, and either Magnus or Taako are fine...And Chuuya as well?

[Hmm...]

Well, that at least narrows the list down some.

SUSPECTS?

[voyeur]

My list of those who have remained or become suspicious is as follows:

Miki Kuronama seems less suspicious this week. Her attempts at trial had a strong appearance of sincerity. While we should remain mindful of her, I would mark her as less of a priority.

Akira Kuruso pulled the same manoeuvre of suggesting we ask if we can get Reaper information as I did. He likewise made some suggestions at trial that raised my attention. However, I don't think any of the evidence in this case is strong; rather, he's simply someone I'd like to watch for further incongruities.

Magnus suggested a tool to find Reapers rather than a question about them in the first week. That may be an attempt to divert away from solid evidence. His actions at trial are frequently distracting. But frankly, it is equally possible he is an idiot.

Ranpo Edogawa attempted aggressively to avoid a hint as a reward. He also refused to participate in the trial by throwing a fit over the evidence.

Caren Hortensia is, frankly, a suspicious kind of person. However, the evidence she presented to me from the note matched up with what Monika said. Of course, there wasn't really much that could give a Reaper away in it, so it isn't like that proves her innocence.

Madara Mikejima argued against getting a hint in favour of a pin that would save people. Well, I wouldn't think it likely, but still, I'm aiming to be thorough in presenting these things.

If there are other parties to bring forward or any other evidence, that will be important for making our decision also.

[bladeisme]

[Did you just fucking suggest his partner's a fucking Reaper Izaya????

There's a harsh scowl at that.]

I'll watch Akira, but I don't think he's a Reaper - but I admit I might be biased about that.

Actually...I'm a little worried about one of his friends - Niijima Makoto. I was talking to her last night, and when I mentioned the next reaper kill, she quickly said that she didn't think the next kill would be a Reaper one. Her logic about why is pretty sound, but...it might be worth keeping an eye on her, too.

I do agree that Edogawa seems kind of weird - isn't he supposed to be a detective or something?

[grano]

Edogawa is the most suspicious of the bunch. He deflects any accusations towards Junko, a known Reaper, through some childish tantrum each and every time. Frankly, even if the man isn't a Reaper, I'd like to see him Erased for being such an absolute pain.

[withsadness]

I think Yang is suspicious.

[Honestly, she's just a real bitter betty that Yang seemed to be pushing so hard to suspect her at trial.]

[allsetfree]

On one hand I almost feel like it would be best to check Akira, just so that we know, and have Ichigo keeping an eye on him, but...

[ ... but that's a lot of responsibility to put on the one of them that sucks at lying the most. ]

RESULT DISCUSSION

[voyeur]

[This is super funny.]

Hah, they're not great at this, are they? Although I don't think we should count on them slipping up again in the future.

At this point, I think we need to consider how we're going to do this. Obviously, we could kill one and frame another, or simply kill both and rely on the confused evidence to help disguise. Alternatively, we can wait for them to kill and start pushing for them at trials so we can pick off their numbers. And of course, we could simply walk up to them and kill them if we like.

However, there are benefits to keeping them alive. In trials, their words and actions can help us determine what may be a blind alley to go looking down. Further, they'll have been spending time with their fellow Reapers for two weeks now. If we're mindful of who their attachments may be, we might gain clues as to the identities of the remaining enemy Reapers.

What do you think, everyone?

[withsadness]

I think I want to have some fun!

[She's getting bored playing the waiting game. The benefit of being a child is that almost everyone seems to trust her and want to protect her, but not many people have been exactly confiding. She wants to plaaaay, she wants to play!!!]

So we can keep them alive for a little longer...buuuut we should be careful, too. How do we know that they're not gonna catch on and start looking for us, too? You snooze you lose!

[allsetfree]

If we start picking them off, Max will be able to tell people that their death was a Reaper kill. I think pushing for them during trials is safer, since it won't let them know we're here. They'll just - think the Players are really good. Or something.

[bladeisme]

[Jesus christ. How in the hell do they keep doing this? Though now they're talking about how to handle this, and he's got his own ideas on it.]

...I'm going to say this point blank - out of the two of them, I think Junko is the bigger threat here.

[He'll explain, too -]

I mean, we've all seen how she acts. Leaving her alive just to gain information from her is a big risk - especially since she's so unhinged, but she's also pretty damn smart. I think it won't take someone like her much longer to figure out the identity of one of us - and with the way she practically enjoys seeing people die, I don't doubt she'll make it as painful as possible.

[...]

I'd normally want to hold off on this too, but...I don't think we can.

[grano]

[ he thinks it's pretty funny too, frankly. ]

Hah! These brainless rats have made themselves far too obvious. This game is meant to be a challenge, is it not? [ wine sip. ] Junko is, unfortunately, an efficient distraction during trial. The woman is also absolutely unhinged, therefore establishing her as more of a threat. It's been reported that our Players have begun to suspect her — meaning taking her out during trial won't pose too much trouble.

Ranpo, however, appears to have friends. I'd rather not be barred by another Player's feelings and attachment, so he'll simply have to be done away with next week — we can't allow the Players to grow too attached to him, after all.