week 4, sunday

[reapertoire]

[ After the execution, in which exactly two people died and nothing else weird happened, Kaiba will suddenly find himself in an alleyway behind the McDonald's!

Please don't question whether the McDonald's even had an alley behind it. Anyway, waiting for him like this is some kind of shitty drug deal is Max, holding a small case with eight pins in it.

... Just go with it? ]

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[concertmaster]

People have already mentioned this shit publicly to ruin my fucking life, but hey. Seto Kaiba, the Composer has chosen you to pick a boon for the Players. None of them are bad, I can't tell you what they do until you pick one, and before you start your usual arguing bullshit, I'm gonna tell you their names.

[That said, he starts to gesture at each pin as he names them! The first has a simple design on it with two beams crossing each other to form an X.]

You've got Muramasa. Then there's Olly Olly Oxen Free Barrier. [this one has a cartoon design of a cute little Ox! Aww.] Moving on to Demon's Look. [This pin has a dark background broken by three yellow scratch marks, exposing something red underneath.] Over here is Delightful Beam. [the pin is a pale yellow with cute, pink hearts forming a beam] This one's Lolita Gifts [that pin depicts a gift box with definite gothic tones in the wrapping] and that one's One Chance, One Hope. [it's... a bunch of multicolored swirls with a bright question mark in the middle. okay.] Here's Kleptomania Rulez [six multicolored stars with dark jail bars in front of them] and finally we've got King's Treat. [It has a frozen crown on it!]

Okay, now you can argue. Or pick one. I'd really rather you pick one.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[ Sure is a good time to think about getting drugs pins in a dark alley, not any other thing that may or may not have happened during the execution today. Possibly due to the things that did not happen, Kaiba is not quite up to his usual irritable self ]

Do people usually argue at you when you confront them in a dark alley and start throwing skill names out at them?

[ Still not the most unexpected thing to happen today ]

...I have a question. I'll assume Players have been doing this every week. Have any of these been picked before?

[concertmaster]

Honestly? Yeah.

[or just ask a lot of questions but. y'know.]

Exactly two of these have been picked so far. I can't tell you which two, obviously.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

I feel like I should argue that point, but we can probably just skip to the point where we're annoyed at each other and move on.

[ he folds his arms, thinking ]

After a pin is chosen, I will get to choose when it's used, and on who? Or are do some have more broad usages?

[concertmaster]

I'm sure we're both already there.

[shrugs]

You have the one week to use it. Some of these are more constricting than others when it comes to when you can use, though.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Last question. We didn't erase a Reaper this week, but someone certainly did. How many Reapers remain active in the game?

[concertmaster]

Five.

[hey, wait. 7 - 1 isn't five.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...Hm.

[ He doesn't sound surprised. He DOES take another couple beats to think...before just going back to the very first thing he'd considered. He flings out an arm in a dramatic gesture, as is only appropriate for all alleyway decisions ]

Fine, I'm ready to make my choice. Of the listed pins you've presented me with, several are tempting, but only one can be my final selection. And what I've chosen by my right as Player in this Reapers' Game is...King's Treat!

[concertmaster]

[wow, what a dramatic choice! surely, it will be linked to an equally dramatic pin!]

...

Yeah, uh. Congrats. You fixed the McFlurry machine.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...What.

[concertmaster]

[he doesn't know how to handle this]

King's Treat. It fixes the McFlurry machine.

[...yeah]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

But-- If this were DQ, maybe, but-- McDonalds doesn't even have royalty! They're owned by a clown, they've even deposed the mayor!

[concertmaster]

I didn't pick the names. I really don't care for this kind of subterfuge bullshit. But. I can get you some DQ if you want?

[he honestly did not think anyone would pick it and feels one percent bad]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

. . .

[concertmaster]

[......

awkwardly pats his shoulder]

KFC?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[ ...Okay. He is not going to be comforted by a child who isn't even a ranked duelist, that's just pathetic. Picking up the shreds of his dignity, he stands up straight, brushing dust off his coat. ]

...Bojangles.

[concertmaster]

You drive a hard bargain. We're in Shibuya. [shrugs] But sure. I can give it to you now or later.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

You're a ghost with illogical magical powers, you should be able to get your hands on some sweet tea. ...Later. After today, I can't imagine anyone having any appetite.

[concertmaster]

I don't know what you're talking about nothing weird happened.

[just. legitimately. refusing to acknowledge that.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[ super fair ]

...You've been doing this for some time, haven't you? Do no weird things happen often?

[concertmaster]

If something weird had happened, which it fucking didn't, I can tell you that it would be a fucking bizarre and insane occurrence even in the most fucked up Games I've been in.

But luckily nothing weird happened.

[whos gonna pay our therapy bills]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[ does cure drink work on brains? ]

"Lucky," sure. When strange things don't happen in the games I've run, it's usually just irritating friendship speeches and people's souls being trapped in playing cards. You might want to consider a change of careers.

[concertmaster]

If any change in my career path didn't involve permanent erasure, I'd have done it before I was ever stationed here. But fucking noted.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...Hm.

When people here go on about impressing the Composer enough to save "everyone," does that include you?

[concertmaster]

[he tilts his head a bit]

Ultimately, the Composer is the one with the power revive people.

[... but that's not a no.]