PEACE WEEKEND

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[It's your first week here, and you've been offered a fantastic prize for killing someone: an all-expense paid vacation! It's a pretty standard prize as far as reality game shows go.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), this isn't exactly a game show.

It seems that no one has died this weekend, and the deadline for the prize is now expired. There's no announcement from the Overseers to that effect; in fact, none of you have seen either of them since Tuesday. Maybe they'll make a reappearance soon, but for now, it seems that you've got a moment of peace.

Hopefully nothing happens to it.]

Comments

[challengesfate]

[???????????]

Why would anyone think that? There's always strength in numbers...and if we work together, overcoming our shared enemy should be inevitable.

[immaculacies]

A lack of time, trust, or care. There are any number of reasons someone might think they're better off playing within the system to escape.

[in4apounding]

Miss Lucina's right. Huntsmen and Huntresses usually work in teams for exactly that reason. I'd hope no one would miss the chance for ALL of us to escape because they didn't trust us.

[immaculacies]

How many Huntsmen are usually in one group? What happens if one of them is a liability and not an asset? "Strength in numbers" works in theory, but the reality is that a group is only as strong as its members. I'm surprised no one felt like more of us were liabilities than assets, that's all.

[in4apounding]

Like if one teammate is injured? The others come together to support them to minimize the liability.

[immaculacies]

No. I mean what happens if one of them just isn't very good at their job.

[in4apounding]

Oh, then they wouldn't qualify to be a Huntsmen or Huntress in the first place. The training process is VERY rigorous.

[Get rekt, Jaune]

[immaculacies]

I see.

You'll notice that whatever qualified us to be here is a mystery, though. There's no guarantee of competence, like there would be for your Huntsmen.

[andjerry]

...you're right. Lone vigilantes don't get very far. It takes a whole team to bring someone to justice.

[challengesfate]

But are we not all agreed that the rules of this "system" are wrong?

[hellahighwater]

...Sorry, but I agree with Manaka. It's sick and fucked up, but desperation makes people do a lot of crazy things.

[challengesfate]

Even so...! That's - we can't lay down and accept that!

[Come on guys you can all seriously think we'll devolve to murder do you it's not like we're doomed]

[hellahighwater]

Oh, I didn't say anything about doing that.

[challengesfate]

I - I know, I'm just...

[Just give her a second.]

I don't want to...doubt people here. Not unless I've been given reason too. And I haven't.

[hellahighwater]

It's not doubting. [ Okay, maybe it is a little. ] It's acknowledging that shit is fucked, and not just here.

[challengesfate]

I believe I can acknowledge how dire the situation is without being suspicious of everyone here.

[hellahighwater]

...Have it your way. I'm gonna prepare for the worst.

[immaculacies]

I don't know. Are we?

I only know my own thoughts. I can't speak to anyone else's.

[challengesfate]

Any reasonable person can agree that this place is wrong!

[immaculacies]

That assumes every person here is what you would call reasonable.

[challengesfate]

What reason would I have to believe we aren't?

[immaculacies]

What reason do you have to believe that they are?

[challengesfate]

No one killed each other this week. That's enough proof for me.

[immaculacies]

If that's how you feel.

[She is not actually invested in this discussion at...all.]

[challengesfate]

[Lucina is very invested in this conversation how dare

But if you're gonna end it like that then there's no use in dragging it out, is there.]

It is.