It's hard to say, especially since it sounds like the killers didn't like, get extra help once they were out there? They had to figure it out on their own.
All things considered... I suppose it could have all gone much worse. [THINKING ABOUT HOW BRADLEY ACCIDENTALLY GOT TRAMPLED and quickly mentally looking away from that.]
--That is, I believe they made a good choice in talking to those they went after before the, ah... assimilation began to take place. It likely helped save us from- [yakkety sax] -many messier Fridays.
It's natural for most people to fight for their lives, after all... Especially near the beginning, when we only had vague word of mouth and our best guesses to understand why they were killing, and no clear idea that the daycare really existed.
[He's sure he would have been a lot more of a handful if he wasn't literally the last in the maf kill congaline.]
[THAT WAS LITERALLY HIS EXECUTION WITH RUPERT. SO FUNNY.]
Yes, it was a relatively easy pattern to pick up on even from the outside. [Sakyou Sakyouson pointing out that everyone chosen up to Leo had been adult men with weapons like, week 3.] I suppose it allows one to avoid feeling like little more than an executioner...
[The hilarity of that, the maf really was just constantly vibing on the edge of death...
Sakyou looks briefly contemplative at that, though. He'd certainly spent time trying to figure out what he could do to stop himself if he was compelled or if Muramasa somehow got ahold of him, but since he had no idea there was an invitation system in place for the killers, he never really thought about how he'd confront that particular dilemma.]
It does. ...To be honest, as far as the situation goes, I believe they did the best they could have done. But unfortunately, with death - even with the possibility of it being an impermanent thing - there would be no way to make it through this without doing harm...
[He still feels guilty about his perceived part in perpetuating that harm for his cheeseburger sasuke reasons, but fortunately will not bog Annie down with them.]
--In any case, it's easy to say one might have made different decisions, but we can never truly know how we would have shouldered such a dreadful responsibility. I can only hope they will heal and find the ability to forgive themselves with time and distance.
Sakyou is very glad it wasn't Dimitri though holy shit he would have died too!! As it is, he already feels exceedingly guilty for the fact that Kainé felt like stabbing was a thing she needed to do, and he just kind of averts his gaze for a second.]
...A little time should hopefully help with that, as well. I would not wish for any of them to face any additional burdens, with how heavy their guilt must surely be.
[He'll try to talk to Kainé later, since he distracted himself by trying to run fastly from everyone last week.]
No... Those who seemed to handle it the best are likely struggling in their own ways, too.
[Repression. He's talking about the absolute insane amount of people in this house who just conceal don't feel all the bad things away. DIMITRI HAS THE REPRESS USERNAME AND YET LIKE 90% OF THIS GAME COULD ALSO FEASIBLY USE IT.]
...It would be good to know in the future that everyone has managed to move on from this place, though.
[He's not sure he'll see it himself, but he can still hope for it.]
[this fills me with fear and curiosity but i ran so long ago i can never return]
Normally I would say that stubbornness isn't necessarily a terrible trait to have, but if it was part of the selection criteria, I might have to reconsider... Temporarily, at least.
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Surely the story wouldn't have allowed such a thing to happen... [Unless...?]
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--That is, I believe they made a good choice in talking to those they went after before the, ah... assimilation began to take place. It likely helped save us from- [yakkety sax] -many messier Fridays.
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I do get why everyone would want to fight back though.
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[He's sure he would have been a lot more of a handful if he wasn't literally the last in the maf kill congaline.]
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[ the maf would probably have been like
upset if someone just went "lol ok" imagine dimitri trying to convince someone to stab him ]
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Yes, it was a relatively easy pattern to pick up on even from the outside. [Sakyou Sakyouson pointing out that everyone chosen up to Leo had been adult men with weapons like, week 3.] I suppose it allows one to avoid feeling like little more than an executioner...
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but she sighs. ]
It does make you wonder how you might have handled the same job.
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Sakyou looks briefly contemplative at that, though. He'd certainly spent time trying to figure out what he could do to stop himself if he was compelled or if Muramasa somehow got ahold of him, but since he had no idea there was an invitation system in place for the killers, he never really thought about how he'd confront that particular dilemma.]
It does. ...To be honest, as far as the situation goes, I believe they did the best they could have done. But unfortunately, with death - even with the possibility of it being an impermanent thing - there would be no way to make it through this without doing harm...
[He still feels guilty about his perceived part in perpetuating that harm for his cheeseburger sasuke reasons, but fortunately will not bog Annie down with them.]
--In any case, it's easy to say one might have made different decisions, but we can never truly know how we would have shouldered such a dreadful responsibility. I can only hope they will heal and find the ability to forgive themselves with time and distance.
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[ a pause. ]
If you ignore some things.
[ kainé just mcstabbing dimitri
it's a good thing ara decided to make it not fatal because we would have had zero way of reviving dimitri at that point and he would have bad ended. ]
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Sakyou is very glad it wasn't Dimitri though holy shit he would have died too!! As it is, he already feels exceedingly guilty for the fact that Kainé felt like stabbing was a thing she needed to do, and he just kind of averts his gaze for a second.]
...A little time should hopefully help with that, as well. I would not wish for any of them to face any additional burdens, with how heavy their guilt must surely be.
[He'll try to talk to Kainé later, since he distracted himself by trying to run fastly from everyone last week.]
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People don't usually recover that quickly...
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[Repression. He's talking about the absolute insane amount of people in this house who just conceal don't feel all the bad things away. DIMITRI HAS THE REPRESS USERNAME AND YET LIKE 90% OF THIS GAME COULD ALSO FEASIBLY USE IT.]
...It would be good to know in the future that everyone has managed to move on from this place, though.
[He's not sure he'll see it himself, but he can still hope for it.]
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but she nods, sighing. ]
It might take a while. But... hopefully. I wouldn't want this to have burdened everyone forever.
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Neither would I. We have weight enough to carry on our own, without the additional burdens placed upon us by such a wretched thing as this story...
[If only he could stab it one more time, damn.]
--Still, resilience and sheer stubbornness do seem to be strong shared factors among most here.
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but she nods! ]
Oh, yes. Maybe that's why we were picked-- everyone is annoyingly persistent.
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Normally I would say that stubbornness isn't necessarily a terrible trait to have, but if it was part of the selection criteria, I might have to reconsider... Temporarily, at least.
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[ THROW WHO ]
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I don't know that we did any "throwing off" of any trails, to be honest...
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[ was it ]
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...Perhaps, but I don't know if that's because we're stubborn or because we're a bit unpredictable.
[This is the nicest way he can say "fucking horrible and weird and impulsive".]
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Not that I'm as intelligent as a sentient piece of fiction, but.
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I don't think anyone could have predicted some of the things that occurred during our time here. [...] And I would certainly say you are.
[More intelligent than a sentient piece of fiction, because he will not give the story even One Thing.]
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[ hm. how to word this in a not self-deprecating way. ]
Well! Yes, I'll say I am too then.