👑fairest-queen: My injuries were aggravated from moving around too much. 👑fairest-queen: So it may take a bit but I can be there in ten minutes. 👑fairest-queen: Or we can speak in the courtyard if it's easier.
[That's fair, though. She pauses to recall it all because it was a Lot.]
Let's see... Ushiromiya-san wanted "Marry" for Finch because he and his wife would agree that it was the best option for each other even if it wasn't the lowest point card. From there... Ruby-chan and Nightray-kun put aside their feelings to put Minnow first because Korone-chan has a brother on that team. After that came Rabbit due to our relationship with your team, and then Salamander.
...Well, I say that, but it was much more dramatic in the room. Ruby-chan and Nightray-kun were tortured by a member of Minnow after all, and it hurt them to put it above their own loved ones on Rabbit and Salamander, but it isn't like they wanted to hurt Korone-chan by killing her brother because of that. Baskerville-san got into a fight with Nightray-kun over it, too...
[She sighs just remembering it.]
...I think they were banking on being able to mitigate the damage by using the "nice" card, but I'm the one who put my foot down on that plan. I was the only one who argued against it, so if I hadn't been in there, that's probably what would have happened.
[She's not going to apologize for that though.]
We barely got our votes in on time and even then people were still arguing and crying. ...Well, I guess that doesn't really matter seeing as the end result was the same whether there was a big debate about it or not.
[ He frowns, listening attentively to it all. He did come out here to listen, though, and he already had it in mind that if there's anyone who he did care to hear from, it's the team Ember seems to want to try to keep a connection with and who Ruby is a part of.
When she's done, he looks thoughtful. ]
I see... I had a feeling something like that had happened. Rabbit wasn't expecting to lose that terribly, though we gave ourselves no illusions about winning.
We weren't expecting to be ranked that low by Sparrow, however, and from what I hear from Jamil, neither was Salamander- even if they won. But I suppose it clears up our question of what happened.
[ So it's about as expected, but he wanted to clarify. ]
I'm glad you didn't use the nice card, though. I told Ruby before the game to prioritize her own team. We ended up prioritizing Sparrow at my request, but I wanted to know if this is the kind of priority you all intend in future games too. Because Rabbit does not have good relations with Finch and Minnow for certain.
Hah. Well, I wasn't going to apologize for that anyway. I don't prefer any team over another, but I refuse to let Sparrow sacrifice themselves while I'm playing.
If I'm being honest, I don't really know what our priorities are. We have ties to Finch, Rabbit, Minnow, Chipmunk, Salamander... Robin's Egg too, I think? So when it comes time to decide, it kind of depends on who's in the room and whether or not we know certain individuals are playing. Plus...
[SIGHS!!]
They're just good kids. They don't want to hurt anyone, and they want to be conscientious of each other's loved ones even if that means hurting their own loved ones instead.
I can let the others know about your relationship to Finch and Minnow. Overall I think the team wants to mitigate damage as much as possible, so if it comes up again that could impact people's decisions. But I can't truthfully say "oh, we're going to prioritize Minnow" or "oh, Chipmunk is actually our number one" or anything like that. There's too many factors.
I suppose that answers that. But for the sake of consistency, I want to suggest that Rabbit not be prioritized by Sparrow until and unless it's a clear enough option that it won't hurt either side. And we'll do the same for Sparrow.
[ And he's going to elaborate- ]
Unlike you all, Rabbit doesn't have many ties like that with teams at this time, and it may take a while to improve things for us. The last thing you all need is conflict over this. And we plan to approach similar conflicts with an approach like yours- of figuring it out after we see who is involved.
It'll be easier for us to do that if we know we won't be adding to that conflict and prioritizing a team that may already get the support they need from others. Not that we can predict that, but again- it's something worth looking at while in that situation.
I'd appreciate that. If they have anything to add to it, they can reach me.
But as the one responsible for heading our decisions in the last game, I want to approach future games in a way that don't cause us a loss as bad as the last game. Our team is already targeted for things none of the current members are responsible for, and many of them are feeling demoralized. The last thing they need is to feel like they're making things worse for one of the few teams that has been kind to them.
Of course. I just wanted to hear what happened without our emotions clouding the experience. As you can imagine, some of us are very bitter about it, and don't even want visitors at this time unless someone truly wants to be there. What happened to all the teams but especially the executed ones was incredibly horrifying and no one wants that experience again.
[ Being physically crushed and maimed and burned and in such pain that results in having to get shot and killed by your traumatized schoolmates is not something he wants anyone to experience on either side. ]
I'll let you go, then. Thank you for taking the time to see me.
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« Day 99, evening »
Date: 2023-06-20 08:34 pm (UTC)👑fairest-queen: Is now a good time?
Re: « Day 99, evening »
Date: 2023-06-20 08:36 pm (UTC)Sorawo: That's fine
Sorawo: Can you come to Sparrow?
Re: « Day 99, evening »
Date: 2023-06-20 08:42 pm (UTC)👑fairest-queen: So it may take a bit but I can be there in ten minutes.
👑fairest-queen: Or we can speak in the courtyard if it's easier.
Re: « Day 99, evening »
Date: 2023-06-20 08:57 pm (UTC)Sorawo is typing...
Sorawo: Ok sorry
Sorawo: There was a cat on my lap but it left
Sorawo: I can meet you in the courtyard
Action »
Date: 2023-06-20 09:02 pm (UTC)[ And he'll show up after, still dressed quite well with his hair tied in a bun, but he has a shawl over his top and is dressed in light clothing.
He still has bandaging showing from under his sleeves, but professional as ever, no discomfort on his expression or posture. ]
Re: Action »
Date: 2023-06-20 09:05 pm (UTC)So what did you want to talk about?
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Date: 2023-06-20 09:11 pm (UTC)What made Sparrow vote as they did?
[ Straight and to the point. ]
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Date: 2023-06-20 09:18 pm (UTC)[That's fair, though. She pauses to recall it all because it was a Lot.]
Let's see... Ushiromiya-san wanted "Marry" for Finch because he and his wife would agree that it was the best option for each other even if it wasn't the lowest point card. From there... Ruby-chan and Nightray-kun put aside their feelings to put Minnow first because Korone-chan has a brother on that team. After that came Rabbit due to our relationship with your team, and then Salamander.
...Well, I say that, but it was much more dramatic in the room. Ruby-chan and Nightray-kun were tortured by a member of Minnow after all, and it hurt them to put it above their own loved ones on Rabbit and Salamander, but it isn't like they wanted to hurt Korone-chan by killing her brother because of that. Baskerville-san got into a fight with Nightray-kun over it, too...
[She sighs just remembering it.]
...I think they were banking on being able to mitigate the damage by using the "nice" card, but I'm the one who put my foot down on that plan. I was the only one who argued against it, so if I hadn't been in there, that's probably what would have happened.
[She's not going to apologize for that though.]
We barely got our votes in on time and even then people were still arguing and crying. ...Well, I guess that doesn't really matter seeing as the end result was the same whether there was a big debate about it or not.
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Date: 2023-06-20 09:41 pm (UTC)When she's done, he looks thoughtful. ]
I see... I had a feeling something like that had happened. Rabbit wasn't expecting to lose that terribly, though we gave ourselves no illusions about winning.
We weren't expecting to be ranked that low by Sparrow, however, and from what I hear from Jamil, neither was Salamander- even if they won. But I suppose it clears up our question of what happened.
[ So it's about as expected, but he wanted to clarify. ]
I'm glad you didn't use the nice card, though. I told Ruby before the game to prioritize her own team. We ended up prioritizing Sparrow at my request, but I wanted to know if this is the kind of priority you all intend in future games too. Because Rabbit does not have good relations with Finch and Minnow for certain.
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Date: 2023-06-20 09:53 pm (UTC)If I'm being honest, I don't really know what our priorities are. We have ties to Finch, Rabbit, Minnow, Chipmunk, Salamander... Robin's Egg too, I think? So when it comes time to decide, it kind of depends on who's in the room and whether or not we know certain individuals are playing. Plus...
[SIGHS!!]
They're just good kids. They don't want to hurt anyone, and they want to be conscientious of each other's loved ones even if that means hurting their own loved ones instead.
I can let the others know about your relationship to Finch and Minnow. Overall I think the team wants to mitigate damage as much as possible, so if it comes up again that could impact people's decisions. But I can't truthfully say "oh, we're going to prioritize Minnow" or "oh, Chipmunk is actually our number one" or anything like that. There's too many factors.
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Date: 2023-06-20 10:14 pm (UTC)[ And he's going to elaborate- ]
Unlike you all, Rabbit doesn't have many ties like that with teams at this time, and it may take a while to improve things for us. The last thing you all need is conflict over this. And we plan to approach similar conflicts with an approach like yours- of figuring it out after we see who is involved.
It'll be easier for us to do that if we know we won't be adding to that conflict and prioritizing a team that may already get the support they need from others. Not that we can predict that, but again- it's something worth looking at while in that situation.
Is that something you all can do?
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Date: 2023-06-20 10:16 pm (UTC)...I can't answer that. Actually, we have a leader? So I mean, I can tell the rest of the team what you said but...
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Date: 2023-06-20 10:23 pm (UTC)But as the one responsible for heading our decisions in the last game, I want to approach future games in a way that don't cause us a loss as bad as the last game. Our team is already targeted for things none of the current members are responsible for, and many of them are feeling demoralized. The last thing they need is to feel like they're making things worse for one of the few teams that has been kind to them.
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Date: 2023-06-20 10:36 pm (UTC)I'll let Uriel-san know and if she needs to she can talk to you about it some more. Diplomacy... isn't really my thing, sorry.
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Date: 2023-06-20 10:46 pm (UTC)[ Being physically crushed and maimed and burned and in such pain that results in having to get shot and killed by your traumatized schoolmates is not something he wants anyone to experience on either side. ]
I'll let you go, then. Thank you for taking the time to see me.
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Date: 2023-06-21 12:29 am (UTC)[Haaah... well, understandable.]
I'll let the others know. Thanks for the info.