week 3 tuesday morning

[perceptions]

[Come Tuesday morning, Mira is going to be looking around the motel for Jay. She has something to give him, and is pretty excited about it! So she'll just be walking about trying to locate him.]

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[ninjay]

[ she will find him entering the lobby area! he pauses when he sees her coming. ]

Good morning.

[perceptions]

Morning. I have something for you. Promise it won't kill you or anything.

[just... in case he thinks it might????]

[ninjay]

[ he raises an eyebrow. but also... fair. the night terrors this week are not a walk in the park. ]

... Have you? What is it?

[perceptions]

[So far she's been keeping one of her hands behind her back, as it holds the surprise. When he asks what it is, she'll slowly pull that hand to the front to reveal---

a pipe.]

Ta-da.

[ninjay]

[ he blinks



and then has to quickly cover his mouth to stop himself from laughing. ]

[perceptions]

[She remains still as he laughs, her head tilting with curiosity.]

What's so funny?

[ninjay]

I didn't think you'd actually get me one.

[ so. it's funny. ]

[perceptions]

I told you I would. [she's not certain why he doubted her, but it's fine since he seems happy.] Unfortunately I couldn't get you the rest of the outfit, but the pipe is the most iconic part anyway.

[ninjay]

I'll take your word for it.

[ i mean, he has to, as she has been his only source as to how sherlock holmes dress. ]

If I'm still alive for the trial I'll unironically carry it around with me.

[perceptions]

So morbid. Although, I guess after what happened last night... well, maybe it's right to have a healthy sense of paranoia.

[ninjay]

Is it odd to say that I expected him to live longer? Although... I guess that's the point of this whole game. You never know when someone might die.

[perceptions]

It is odd you thought that. None of us really have the luxury of comfort or safety here. Why did you think he would make it longer though, he's just a kid?

[ninjay]

He didn't seem stupid.

[ the implication here is that jay thinks the way dave died was stupid. ]

[perceptions]

Lot of stupid people here Jay. Like those three who fought giant killer bugs yesterday.

[It's only Tuesday.]

[ninjay]

No, you're right. I think it's more that... he might have lived if someone went with him. He was overpowered by himself. But this game makes you less likely to go to someone else for help.

[perceptions]

[She pauses to that, knowing it's true but not quite sure how to respond. It takes her a moment to make a decision.]

That's what this game is about Jay. Not about killing, or monsters. It's about trust.

[ninjay]

I know. It's what's frustrating, because you technically need to trust people enough to exchange information with them, because you won't get very far knowing nothing. But you can't really trust the info you're getting unless it's proven without a doubt to be true.

[perceptions]

In that situation... don't worry about trusting the info. Worry about trusting the person it comes from. If you think the person is worth believing in, then you need to just hope you're not wrong.

[ninjay]

There are a lot of people here who are probably very trustworthy during normal circumstances. The problem is... would they still retain that trait under these circumstances or not?

[perceptions]

No, they wouldn't. [She says quickly.] But even so, no one in real life is always a hundred percent trustworthy. If you live by those extremes, you don't get anywhere. Duplicity and manipulation occur every day, whether we are aware of it or not.

[ninjay]

Hm.

Do you think people are working together then? It's a popular theory amongst the people here.