week three | dates

[showhost]

You worked up your courage and asked someone out on a date! Good job!





Now you have to hope the producers are kind re: where they send you.

Comments

[warhawks]

Listen to me, girl. If you want someone dead, you should do it with a real weapon. A sword, a gun, a spear. Poison is a coward's tool.

[ Too subtle. Not destructive enough. The idea might strike fear into people, but not in the same way a tank or a bomb would. An assassin's choice rather than a soldier's; not something that truly falls under the purview of war. ]

[makeine]

[ damn her period makes her so cool ]

Yeah, but I don't know how to use any of those and Akechi-kun does. I think. He said he knows how to use a sword, anyway, though I guess I'm the last person he'd accept food from anyway.

[ can you guys not talk about killing fellow contestants on tv actually... regardless, anna's taking poison lane and she is

naturally

taking asa's (yoru's) hand like they do this all the time. ]

I'm looking for more of something that causes discomfort anyway.





[ she's for real? ]

[warhawks]

Then learn, girl. Surprise can compensate for a difference in skill between two warriors, but only to a point. The smaller the gap you must overcome, the easier your victory will be.

[ Speaking of surprise — she blinks when Anna takes her hand. She hadn't searched deep enough in Asa's memories to learn much about Anna, only focusing on Sanji('s weapon potential), so this is all new to her. It's clearly not an attack, so what possible purpose could it serve? ]

Girl, you— [ wait a moment ] I see... you prefer psychological warfare to open conflict. Break the spirit first, and the body will soon follow. It seems I may have underestimated your cunning.

[makeine]

[ real ? hours ]

Oh, thanks? I do know a thing or two about social dynamics and how they effect the relationships and interactions of others -- basic stuff, really, which is why I've been killing it at this game. Well, except last weekend, but that's all that bastard's fault anyway.

[ asa's being oddly... honest about her feelings. well, about some kind of feelings. and thoughts. ]

What's up with the "girl" thing though, Mii-chan? Trying something new? It makes you sound like the baddie you are, so I don't mind... just curious.

[warhawks]

The inner workings of human society are far more irritating than they have any right to be. But in the end, power is all that truly matters.

[ What the hell is a baddie........... does she mean a devil? Is she on to her somehow? She can't let her act fall apart this quickly, but she literally does not know this girl's name. ]

Is... there something you'd prefer to be called? [ Nailed it. ]

[makeine]

[ can you all please update to 202X lingo. and stop philosophizing around her. she isn't for that life. her braincells work so hard already. ]

Uh, Anna? Just the same as usual.

[warhawks]

Gi— Anna. [ Another human name she has to remember. Annoying. ] I'll help you with your goal today. In return, you shall owe me a favour. Are we in agreement?

[makeine]

[ maybe she watched a movie and got influenced by it... she's heard of people whose writing became influenced by the things they read, so maybe it's the same. ]

Deal. Okay, Operation "Give Akechi-kun A Stomachache To Remember" is a go!

[warhawks]

A fine name, if a little straightforward. No matter.

[ Okay, hypocrite. She has no idea who this Akechi-kun is, but that's not her problem. War doesn't discriminate. ]

Do you have a plan for acquiring a sample? We are being watched, you know.

[makeine]

Well, first we've gotta find it... so let's look at the different plant labels and check out our options.

[ annoyingly, she is swinging their hands... cassie please look up some fun plants or wait until i get home okay ]

[warhawks]

[ Why is

What is going on with their hands? What the fuck is this?? She'll have to wait until it looks less suspicious for her to pull away... ugh.

Distracting herself by reading the first label: ]

Arum maculatum. Also known as Adam and Eve, cuckoo pint, jack in the pulpit... [ ........... ] Whoever came up with these ridiculous names shall receive no mercy.

[makeine]

I wonder why it's called that... It doesn't look like a bird.

[ ... peering closer. ]

The berries, though pretty and seemingly edible, are poisonous to animals save birds. Their acrid taste and tingling sensation when eaten keeps most cases from being fatal. But it does say that it's pretty painful and causes an upset stomach.

[ but it seems like it'd be pretty hard to cook with... he'd know immediately something was off. ]

I don't think I could use this one. Oh, this is pretty! Mii-chan, check it out!

[ the oleander.......... look at it flowering, yoru....... ]

[warhawks]

[ Of course Akechi wouldn't want to eat the pussy flower.

Yoru looks over at the oleander with vague interest. Her twisted perception of beauty makes it impossible to appreciate the flowers as a human would, but she glances at Anna's face to gauge what a "normal" reaction would be. Strange... ]

You claim to see beauty in something with the power to destroy you. Is your survival instinct weak?

[makeine]

Don't people think natural disaster are beautiful in that like, "there's nothing we can do" kinda way? It's like that. Also, the flowers are adorable and I like the color.

[ so there. every part of it is toxic... but it's extremely bitter and is super fatal...

...

no, she doesn't wanna kill the guy... just upset his stomach... ]