detanimetion | week 5; wednesday afternoon; locked to break and gilbert

You sure? Keeping up your skill with the sword is one thing, but you're still going to have to build up your strength and muscle mass again if you stop working out for over a month. [Wow, Undyne actually sounds Professional instead of Shounen Crazy here??? Taking a break for five weeks offends her guard captain status, okay.]

Ugh. As far as I see it, it's not actually revenge if you have to rely on this stupid town's power to get it instead of your own two hands, it's just cowardice! [She's not optimistic so much as she is...grimly hanging on to the power of JUSTICE, but yeah, she knows their chances aren't good.]

[ He catches the more serious tone, but if it's strength and muscle mass... That part gets him to laugh slightly, and he shrugs. ]

Well, that won't be a problem.

[ It's brief, and Gilbert's the only one likely to catch where that kind of soft humor is coming from. Break doesn't exactly feel that he'll need it much longer anyways, even outside of the odd circumstances they're going through here. However, that is a difficult topic, so he moves more fully into the latter one, and he resumes his knitting again. He can knit and talk about murder at the same time, apparently. ]

I'd be inclined to agree with that myself, actually! But I would say there are those who won't quite hold such ideals for themselves. Perhaps indirect revenge is a better avenue for those that can't quite take it so easily. Or in most cases, I would say that it perhaps sits better upon their conscience, but considering it requires a murder to start, I doubt it.

[Gilbert does catch it, but it's soft humor over a Really Depressing Topic, so he just briefly averts his gaze and lets that line of conversation drop, too. But as Break picks his knitting up again, Gilbert will return to the chair! And gesture Undyne in, since she's joining the murder chat party now.]

Mm, I don't think it's a matter of conscience either. Just a difference in the method of reaching that end goal... Whoever takes a motive like this must be in a situation where it's impossible to avenge themselves without help, though, if they would be willing to turn to murder and take that risk at trial.

[Undyne does not catch it and just shrugs, because Break is Old and maybe his Old Man Bones will shatter if he swings a sword too hard.] If you say so. We should train together some time though! I promise I won't beat you too hard.

[But okay, on to murder chat party! She'll just lean against the wall with her arms crossed in that typical shounen pose.] If you have to kill two innocent people just to murder one more, you probably don't have much of a conscience to begin with. Even if they were in some kind of situation where...I dunno, the person they got was someone who'd destroy the whole world if they weren't stopped, I wouldn't trust this town to take care of it anyway. Better to risk dying at home fighting with your own power than risk dying here and not being able to do anything at all.

[ He just shrugs noncommittally to training, since other than the fact that Gilbert would Greatly Disapprove, he's not sure if he'd want to anyways. But! Let's move onto happier subjects. Of murder, apparently?? Good job team. ]

I agree. I wouldn't trust anything that this place could offer. But~. I'm also not a very trusting person, I'd admit!

[ Break closes his eye at this point, since it's not exactly like he needs to have it open anyways. That's just more for the comfort of other people at this point. ]

Understanding the motives isn't too important though, I guess. So long as there's temptation, then that's it. You can't eliminate temptation. Technically speaking, we should be eliminating the methods, but that's not something I feel that everyone would be excited for.

That wouldn't work, anyway. Lithuania and I went through when the guns showed up and dismantled them all, and then Dhaos came to break them into pieces later. [Because 1) no one needs firearms and 2) Gilbert doesn't want to be framed or something stupid OKAY, HE SEES THE WRITING ON THE WALL.]

But the next day they were there again, good as new.

Understanding the motive can be important though! Half the reason I figured you probably weren't the killer last week was because Gilbert was super sure you'd never go for the motive. [The other half was team Pride, but that didn't work out too well in the end.]

It's not like most of us even need anything from this town to kill someone. Short of tying everyone up all week in the same room... [She shrugs.] Maybe we should just dump different colored glitter over every person so they'll shed it if they try killing anyone. [Is she joking? It's kind of hard to tell.]

Ah, I should clarify. I mean that it's not important in the scheme of prevention. I'd assume that every week is meant to motivate at least one person even if we may not know it. I doubt our captors would create them this way if they didn't think at least one person would take the chance.

[ Though the fact that everything does regenerate that quickly is news to Break, though it gets him to laugh. It's bitter, though, since it's what should be expected. ]

Tying everyone up all week is a bit too far, most likely~. But at least getting rid of things when our murderers seem to strike could probably help? Who knows, really. [ He shrugs ] It's very frustrating to not be able to be more proactive, that much I'm certain of.

[Aw, was his friendship defense really that effective? Gilbert looks a little surprised, but hey, if it saves Break he's 100% a-okay with it. He'll stan for Break until the bitter end okay...]

Even that "buddy system" isn't flawless, but I do think it's a good place to start. By this point, I'm sure everyone knows to be extra careful starting Thursday afternoons. Spending the night with as many other people as possible may end up saving a life.

[This is also why he's dragging Break into Thursday sleepovers from now on.]

[Undyne is weak to overdramatic declarations of friendship, so yes it was Super Effective on her. Good job Gilbert!!]

It'll at least stop people from leaving their rooms past sundown on Murder Night! If we have to go through another trial wondering how the killer lured out the victim at way-too-late o'clock, I'm gonna start blocking everyone's doors shut with the biggest boulders I can find on Thursday myself. [Looking thoughtful.] Actually, you think that'll work...?

Anyway, if someone really wants to kill, they'll probably find a way to do it. As much as I'd like to protect everyone innocent here... [Well, she has her priorities.]

Well, other than the "finding a boulder" part and the part where you and everyone in your room would probably be suspects, sure, it could~.

[ So, no. No, Undyne, don't put rocks in front of people's doors. Though speaking of, Break does glances Gilbert's way, since it'd be nice to have a third party to witness this, he figures. Just in case. ]

Ah, though...! Since we're talking about it, I think I'll invite Rhys as well, by the way. He probably doesn't have anyone else, right~?

[Yeah please don't do that, Undyne... Gilbert is just giving her a look that says "why", though it's briefly shifting to confusing since he can't keep up with Break's weird logic.]

Uh— Well, probably not. [Isn't it sad, Rhys?] But that's fine. The two of you can take the beds.

[Oh wow, is Break...actually taking his friend's advice? Can she trade her mysterious smiley bullshitting friend for Gilbert's?]

Yeah, if you two don't take pity on him, we'll probably wind up finding his body in a puddle of puke one of these weeks. [Just saying that super matter-of-factly because Rhys is clearly victim-type.] You could just share beds though, y'know! Sleeping on the floor can't be good for you, Gilbert. [BECAUSE HE'S A FRAIL WEENIE...]

Speaking of which...Break, did you have a dream about a weird girl Sunday night?

Probably so~. He probably hasn't be picked off yet because it would be rather sad to do so, wouldn't it...? So, really, it's quite charitable of us.

[ He turns to Gilbert, then waves a hand in his direction. ]

You and Rhys could share, right?

[ Because Break isn't sharing. Or more accurately, you wouldn't even want to share with Break because he would probably be the guy to just straight up deck you in his sleep. Because as it would happen, that's more or less what had occurred with dreams of Pride Mom. ]

...Ahh, so you did as well. [ Break sighs, then nods ] Yes, I did. As did Miss Alisha, actually, since I happened to ask her about it.

[ But he won't say any more than that without prompting. He's still not sure how to take it, for one, but his immediate reflex of trying to fuck her up was probably a bad one to admit to. ]

[No he's keeping his headache, he's slightly less of a headache than Undyne's headache...]

I don't mind sleeping on the chair. [He's not sharing a bed with Rhys... They're both beanpoles and Rhys has a robot arm, his jaw would probably somehow get broken during the night.

THAT SAID, he'll just lapse into silence at this part of the conversation, since Break's already shared but he's obviously not gonna deetspill. Instead he just waits to see what else Undyne will say. Was it the same lady? He's assuming "probably", based on what both Break and Alisha have said. rip team pride...]

It's definitely the right thing to do! Rhys is way too entertaining to lose now! [Also innocent lives and all that...but nah it's mainly because he's hilarious to bully.] And why not, you could both fit on the bed easily! [BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS A SKINNY TWIG]

Sounds like she visited everyone on our team, huh? [She leans forward eagerly.] And? Tell me you tried to punch her too!! [Undyne has no idea why this would be a bad thing to admit to when it's clearly the most logical step???]

[ Break laughs, and he'll just clarify this clear point of confusion here... ]

It's not the logistics that are the problem, you know. None of us want to share a bed. Being in the same room is enough, but anything more than that is pushing someone's luck.

[ I mean of the three shady stooges here, none of them are exactly cuddle material... ]

...Oh? Well, something like that, yes. [ punching is very similar to decapitation duh ] Though it didn't turn out to be a good idea! I assume that feeling of whatever it was meant she wasn't pleased with the attempt.

What he said. [#ditto... The shady stooges may ride and die together (or with Morrigan going first, whatever) but bed-sharing is just Too Far. And also possibly dangerous.

Shooting Break a mild look at that, though.... But he shifts his attention to Undyne instead.]

That makes three then, right? The woman who appeared at Morrigan's execution, the one I saw, and the one your team saw. Has anyone else spoken about anything like that this week...?

[Well...she has to admit that she's had the urge to hurl Sans and occasionally when he won't go the fuck to sleep even Papyrus out the window ever since sharing a room with them, so. She understands enough to drop this issue.]

From the way she was blabbing on and on about not letting our team down, not attacking her would have been an even worse idea! Does she want us to prove we have pride or not?! [She also turns to Gilbert and gestures her hand so sharply at Break that even he'll be able to get the gist of it just by daredeviling out her movements: see? attacking someone in your dream is a totally normal thing to do if you're not a weenie! (Undyne's gestures can convey a lot, okay.)]

I haven't heard of any, but that's...Wrath, Envy and Pride, right? It's not like we're the only teams who've lost people though - you'd think the others would have shown up already.

[ Break may understand this movement, but he somehow doubts that Gilbert is going to agree that taking any side with Break is the sane and rational one... At least when it comes to violence. ]

That wasn't exactly my concern at the moment, but I guess that's fair enough. Though I doubt Miss Alisha would agree...

[ She's the pure white sheep in the team of black sheep... ]

Ah, but we may not know, right? It could be worth asking. It's not as if keeping this to ourselves has any benefit, does it? That woman didn't say we had to keep this to ourselves.

[He definitely doesn't think attacking dream demons is a good idea guys?! STOP... Though he supposes this is why they're on a team together or something.]

Don't do anything that might get you in trouble. [Both in relation to asking and punching dream ghosts...]

...But I do think it's worth looking into, anyway. Yours is the first full team that anything's contacted, right? [Since Gilbert just got picked on randomly and Morrigan was reapered away to the afterlife.]

Don't underestimate Alisha - she's pretty badass, you know! I bet she'd join in striking down an enemy of justice! [Slowly they will corrupt her into becoming a true black sheep of Pride...]

I think so? Unless someone on your team's been keeping it under wraps. But unless they were threatened or something, keeping it a secret sounds dumb when these people probably had something to do with why we're here in the first place!

That's what I would guess... Since we never seem to accomplish much on the first day anyways, perhaps it would be worth bringing it up at our trial this week~?

[ I mean, discussing Plot (?) seems better that discussing why Break and Gilbert need to be sleeping together in his opinion. ]

Who knows! Maybe others have gotten these dreams, but they've only mentioned it amongst their own. I'm sure you'd be able to be quite convincing, at least, since you would threaten to fight them if they were withholding something, I'd guess!

[ Break laughs like this is a joke, but is it really... ]

[He seconds that idea if it'll keep people from talking about their fabricated love life. He's Tired™.]

We could bring it up early on... If this sort of thing continues to happen, it must have important tie-ins to whatever is going on behind the scenes here, right? I've heard some people have been running into ghosts too, around the schoolhouse and such. If we can't discuss it in trial- [Because let's be real, they need all the time they can get.] -then I think we should host a meeting on Monday morning, before the incentives go up and people start getting distracted again.

Hey, I wouldn't threaten to fight anyone! [UM WOW who do you think she is???] I'd just beat them up until they told us everything!

I'm with Gilbert on this one. We can't distract people during a trial and risk letting the killer get away - wasting time on the first day is necessary so we don't waste time on the second! [The first day is to get all the terrible theories she has out of the way okay!!]

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