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who else did you want to choose?

[He's trying very hard not to be selfish and ask for Kashuu]

Emet-Selch advised one of us or Vax'ildan because of the Dreamer's marking. Given that I'm blindly guessing, I'm open to any suggestions.

well
you know who id choose if it was up to me
but if I think about it more, then
hmm

[They can probably exclude HP, Kazu, and Percy, which would leave Aymeric, Bubblegum, Crow, Damien, Danny, Estinien, Itsuki, Kashuu, Kumon, Marcy, Prompto, Ruby, and Vin, along with their group. Hmmmmm. If he's already done Itsuki, Aymeric, and Marceline, then...]

do you think the colors have anything to do with who's refracting?
should we be considering how last week was metallic and sunrise

A pattern? Let's look at what we've had so far.

Scarlet + Verdant (if we're to believe Kazuma that Ryunosuke was also refracting, but I think he was telling the truth since he repeated that even when he could acknowledge what he'd done)
Heliotrope
Crystalline + Metallic
Verdant + Amber
Metallic + Sunrise

...everything except Marine, thus far.

[oh suddenly he doesn't like this line of consideration actually]

if this is a pattern and not completely random, i'd have expected to see someone from marine refract before we had any repeats...

we just do need to be sure that, if we do end up picking someone to preemptively cure of refraction, that we are prepared to pursue a separate culprit rather than them if there is one, since it likely would not take effect in time to prevent them from killing.

so we have to make sure we find both people
or else we'll end up voting for someone innocent
or lose the person we've chosen in an execution and waste the chance to save them

[He hates it here thanks]

yes, that seems to be the case.

[she hates everything.]

if there is only one culprit, and it does turn out to be who we've chosen, of course we shouldn't let suspicion fall on someone innocent.
but if there are two, we must be prepared to attempt to help them escape the vote if we wish to save them.

yeah
okay

[...all yams really wants to say to this is to beg them all to save kashuu even if he does refract and kill someone so he's just going to be quiet now]

Kashuu is an option too.

[There's a long delay before he replies.]

its up to you
...i was hoping maybe thered be a pattern
so wed know metallic would be safe from refraction this week

[But all they've really proven is that there's no pattern at all, as far as he can tell.]

your ability is limited
so i wont ask it of you unless you want to
but
if it looks like it might be him
please help me protect him from getting voted out

If it did turn out to be him, I certainly would not wish to see him go, either.

[so, you know, he'll try to help. depending.

if it came to kashuu and vax or something there would be no promises but]

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aitou - 2022-03-29 23:22 (UTC) - Expand

[i hate you all because i, jan, still must oocly pick whose life will be in my hands*

*watch neither of them be refracting this week]

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aitou - 2022-03-29 23:32 (UTC) - Expand

Between all of us, we ought to be able to redirect discussions pointing to the person Clarte chooses. If it comes to it-- then between us, we also have the capability to use our abilities carefully.

For example, if Nogiku asked them 'are you refracted right now', the true answer ought to be no by Saturday even if they did kill Thursday night. I can claim my sight shows them to be balanced, with or without actually using it, because I will know them to be safe.

yeah
i can try

[But, again--right now, Yasusada's just trying very hard not to beg them all to use their resources on protecting Kashuu, so he will be quiet now]

eh
why were kazu and marie both refracting at the same time??

[HELIOTROPE UR STRUGGLES.]

but we havent had two ambers, crystallines, sunrises, or scarlets
unless garou was somehow refracting i guess
and it looks like weve never had a marine refract
i dont know if metallic and sunrise are safer this week or in more danger

[This probably doesn't mean anything at all, ugh.]

but just looking at this id say
marine or scarlet

Do we know for sure that Marie was? It sounded like it could've just been Wicked taking over, but admittedly she and I didn't talk much about what exactly happened.
So Nogiku, Damien, Vax'ildan, Estinien, or you.

do you think only one person refracted that week then?
or did we miss someone

whether she refracted or not, we didn't miss anyone - kazunari was refracting that week, and he was cured. that accounts for both of the people who it could have been.

unless they refracted but didn't kill, but so much time has passed that i would have expected to see them turn into a goat by now if that was the case.

yeah
its strange though... i really dont understand why its spread out like this
is there more of a pattern in the targets instead?

verdant the first week, verdant and marine the second, metallic and scarlet the third, amber and crystalline the fourth, and then scarlet and

[hm.]

it was intended to be scarlet and heliotrope, but you were able to interfere.

I don't know. Of course, it is also possible that it was a combination of Marie refracting and Wicked carrying out the act, in which case it was simply a double Heliotrope case.

Has anyone asked Kazunari if 9S was acting strangely, that night? I should think either Marie refracted or 9S did but was killed, as having only one would be a deviation from the pattern overall.

Kazunari didn't mention anything about 9S refracting to me.

[but, like, clarte was too busy trying to comfort a sad man to ask for deets.]

kiyomitsu said kazu told him 9s was trying to protect him
so he was probably okay