newlydead r2 - day 6 - ene

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[ Santa's dressing room used to be pitch perfect but now it's incredibly messy with clothing all over and posters half hanging off the walls like someone got pissed in there. The only immaculate place is the mirror, where drawings June made as a kid can be found. A giant teddy bear is stuffed behind the mirror setup too. ]

So, uh, yeah. Here we are.

[ He looks embarrassed and starts picking things up as soon as they get there. ]

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[digiteyesed]

[ZEROING IN ON TEDDY BEAR] Wow! Nice place you got here, very cute~

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[[ He cleans up very quickly and shoves everything in a corner. ]

Yeah? I bet yours is cuter.

[digiteyesed]

Oh, maybe next time I'll invite you over.

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I'd like that.

[ He finishes and leans against the wall. ]

So, talking.

[digiteyesed]

[Pulling out the bear and hugging it to her chest] Ah, right down to business. Hey, Santa, you care about more than five people in this place, don't you?

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Do I? [ He extends his hands and starts counting on his fingers with a frown. ]

[digiteyesed]

Come on, there's at least more than that you don't want to see die. There's you, Junpei, your sister, Kyrie, Corrin, and all those friends of yours from home...

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[ Santa starts laughing awkwardly. ]

You think those shitheads give a crap about me? Those 'friends from home'?

[digiteyesed]

I think you've been working hard enough with them that you don't want them to lose.

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...dammit.

[ Santa hadn't realized he came to care for them and it Shows. ]

[digiteyesed]

Ha, did you not realise? Santa, you're so silly~

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[ He facepalms. ]

I'm not good at caring, okay? Anyway, is there a point to this?

[digiteyesed]

My point is that, if the votes keep going the way they are, and all these gentle people keep trying to spread the votes so thin that nobody goes to the hotel, then the last five people are going to end up being the only survivors. The math isn't in our favour.

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So we have to start getting volunteers, or start getting rough.

[digiteyesed]

Do you think we'll get enough volunteers?

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Who knows. If we make it clear people are going to die if they don't, we might start getting them.

[digiteyesed]

[He isn't getting it, is he] . . . I'm going to.

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[ Oh, he's getting it. ]

if you literally dragged me off to ask me to hotel, by the way, that's both shitty on your part and something that's not happening.

[digiteyesed]

...No you idiot, pay attention.

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...what.

[ Apparently he's not getting it. ]

[digiteyesed]

Jeez, you're really going to make me say it, aren't you?

If we don't send someone to the hotel this round, two people die, and nobody is safe. If we do send someone to the hotel, three people die and one person is safe. If we keep going without sending anyone to the hotel, the bodies add up and people we care about start dying because there aren't enough votes to go around.

Do you get it? I'm not saying people need to volunteer to go to the hotel. I'm saying, if we want people out of here alive, we need to leave more to die.

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If Zelda could hear you talking, she'd make you the first murder.

You're going to have to get around her if you want to leave people to die.

[digiteyesed]

Are you listening at all!?

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I'm fucking listening! I'm just tired of double talk and veiled commentary! I'd like to hear a plan plainly laid out for once!

[digiteyesed]

Oh! My god! I'm going to. I said, just now, I don't need to be made the first target, I'm the volunteer!