[ch. 5] post-investigation, w/ the three stooges

[asswipe]

[...

Veronica isn't going to say much of anything once they're all back together in Dazai and Evan's room. Instead, she's going to take a piece of parchment out of her pocket and show it to them.

It's written in her own handwriting, and it reads:]

3 3 3 <- survivors per faction
7 7 7 <- objectives per faction

Comments

[asswipe]

I hope it's a minimum. If it isn't, the villains are already screwed over because I've finished three of mine.

[SO. That's a thing. At Souji's question, though, she nods.]

Yes. I trust them with my life. [Which are big words!! But after a moment, she frowns.] ... If you don't mind me asking, where did you see them? Someone else showed them to me, but their information was secondhand.

[thesettingsun]

[Dazai... doesn't have any useful info to add here, so he just nods along while he clings to Evan's back.]

Considering how much we're encouraged to fulfill our objectives, I don't think it would be a maximum...

[selfinserting]

...I know the heroes have, have finished more than, than seven.

[So. Let's pray it's a minimum. But, the bigger question...]

What are we... What are we going to, to do?

[With this information, but also in general. Save them!!]

[sanguinairy]

Is it how many our factions finish in total, though? Or the total number of objectives completed by our last three...?

[That could make things even more complicated, which he assumes means it's probably true. THANKS CASTLE HE HATES IT!!

To Veronica, though - first, he nods in acceptance of her answer. Trusting people with your life in murdercastle does mean a lot! As for the question:]

It was a wish from the well for a clue that could help to end the game... A puzzle which revealed those numbers once it was assembled, but that was all.

[Obviously just 777333 with no further information was met with a lot of "WHY THE FCK" and general Well Irritation.]

[asswipe]

If it's the total number completed by the Narrators who are still with us, we're screwed. So... Let's hope it's the former. I'm worried about the other factions having to match however many objectives the heroes complete, though.

[Because, well. Balance is the key in this war, for whatever shitty reason. It's good that the heroes have done more than seven, but it's not going to be good if the villains are going to have to play catch up with them.

God.]

Oh. [Just, oh.] My source must have gotten the numbers from you, then? Or... from someone else you showed it to. Some people don't know how to stop gossiping around here.

[thesettingsun]

Normally, sharing info about how to escape the murder game would be a good thing...

I can safely say I'm a hero who hasn't completed an objective and probably never will, if that helps?

[god he hates his objective]