pc: magnus

[chaoticlootral]

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[chaoticlootral]

I-- [Taako pauses for a second, before he goes back to juicing a lemon with more force than necessary.] Think it's bad luck, mostly.

[ruffboi]

Do you? Is it bad luck if somebody in Black Shadows killed somebody in Purple Heart every single week?

[chaoticlootral]

And if it's not? What the fuck am I supposed to do about, Magnus?

[Tossing the lemon aside, getting a new one.]

[ruffboi]

At what point do we start killing them first?

[Uh.]

I'm not saying that's where we are now.

[chaoticlootral]

[Taking his lemon juice and bringing it over in a pan to the stove, methodically adding sugar to the mix.

He does crack a bit of a smile at Magnus' willingness to jump to murder, however.]

Just as likely to accidentally kill someone on my team right now as I am to get it right, though. And getting caught certainly won't help numbers.

[ruffboi]

Any idea who could be on Black Shadows? I think it's time to at least start confronting them. I'm not on Purple.

[chaoticlootral]

[He pauses, setting the spoon on the edge of the pan for a second. Wiping his hands off on the front of his apron.]

. . . If Black Shadows wins, and I can finish arranging something, it wouldn't be the worst outcome.

[ruffboi]

Arranging what.

[Flatly.]

You got somebody who you're sure is going to pick you?

[chaoticlootral]

Can't tell you that, my man, because I don't think you'll like it much, but it's Taako rules in Taako town.

[Tilting his head at the second part though.]

Nothing is a guarantee, but I've had worse odds?

[ruffboi]

If you mean me, Black Shadows already said they'd pick me at the end. Seemed pretty insistent on it. Like - it wouldn't be fair to them otherwise, or something.

[He's - kind of un-okay with that? And didn't intend to tell Taako. But. If it'll make Taako feel better.]

[chaoticlootral]

[Too bad Magnus someone else already spilled those beans!!!!!!!!!!!]

Yeah, well, I'm insistent on it too.

[ruffboi]

Okay. [Yeah, okay. He's not fighting it. He just feels unsure if he really deserves to be singled out like that, in this game full of sad children.]

Well, I'm insistent that you don't get murdered. Hey, I absolutely guarantee, if you get murdered, Black Shadows is gonna be rethinking that promise when they see how bad I fuck up their team.

[chaoticlootral]

[He huffs a bit, going back to stirring butter into his curd, but he does seems a bit more relaxed actually at Magnus' extreme overprotectiveness.]

Actually-- your team might be the biggest threat to my continued existence.

[ruffboi]

. . . Why's that?

[Darkly, because overprotective.]

[chaoticlootral]

. . . I know you can be a dumbshit sometimes, but reason it out, my man.

[ruffboi]

'cause the demon boat guys on my team don't like you?

[chaoticlootral]

Or . . .

[But he's not confirming or denying anything. Removing his pan from the heat, going over to start cracking eggs into the mixer.]

[ruffboi]

Or there's no demon boat guys on my team?

[chaoticlootral]

Just a possibility to consider. I don't know for sure-- I'm still waiting on some information.

Listen, based on trial stuff-- and I don't think this will get anyone in shit because it's all just guesses, but I think Beau, Giyuu and maybe Damian are Black Shadows. And Flayn, possibly.

[ruffboi]

Okay. What's your reasoning, there?

[chaoticlootral]

Beau mentioned having the item that allows her hearing to be improved, which was mentioned as being one of the items that Black Shadow's team won for the points challenge - the Week 1 challenge in particular, which I think is important. Giyuu was able to identify the second item, which allows for footprints to be erased, as a pink sticker sheet. I think having seen the item in that detail is a hand tip that he must own it. Or is very close to someone that does. Damian also volunteered information about it in detail, though that's less of a concrete, uh, tell for me. He's just smart.

Flayn is only playing favorites.

[ruffboi]

I think Flayn's playing favorites because Black Shadows is cute as shit. I wanna be nice to them, too.

. . . So, you heard from your demon boat grapevine about some of the items Black Shadows got? You think you can confirm exactly what they are? If it's all the same item, that could help.

[chaoticlootral]

Get the tart shells out of the freezer, would ya?

[Still shuffling about, deep in his lemon tart fantasy world.]

I can ask. Mostly because I want some of those footprint erasing stickers.

[ruffboi]

[Grabbing them for him!]

Yeah. Pretty nice, eh? I'm sure glad I know the duplication power exists and you have it.

[chaoticlootral]

Put them in the oven, smart ass.