purities | catch-all: basilio.

[in the (throws dart) mansion kitchen. mizu is examining the dented kitchen knives, like. >:( mumbling.]

They can still be repaired, but...

[why!! would you do this!!! the poor knives.]

[ honestly, also staring at them like why!! would you do this!! ]

I mean, they’ll still be fine for cookin’ with. Bit of a pain in the arse to work around if they’re too dented but—

[ staring at one that looks like it’s suffered deeply for its dreams. ] We only just got the bloody kitchen an’ all. What’s the point of messin’ with it?

There's no point. They're like fucking brats left unattended.

[THE POOR KNIFE... sighs and sets it down, looking at it woefully.]

I could repair the damage with the right tools. But I doubt they won't simply be broken again.

Confiscate 'em?

Sounds like you're pissed about them gettin' damaged in the first place, so I'm pretty sure you'd wouldn't be bustin' them again.

Hmm... Perhaps we should.

[no knife rights for anyone, tbh.]

A blade ought to be respected. Even one as simple as a kitchen knife.

[ raises a hand. ] Long as I can use one.

I mean, m'not gonna argue with you? Can't cook shite if the knives are all busted.

Then take one now before they're all gone or damaged later.

[ looking at them like … honestly maybe he should. ]

Probably should, before someone snaps the blade clean off or some shite like that.

I wouldn't put it past them.

[zero trust in these chucklefucks.]

…

[ alright well. note to self, pocket a knife before they all get stolen for murder. ]

Yeah, can’t say I’ve got much faith either.

They may eventually grow bored of their own antics. But not yet.

[ well if you've ever wanted to see a cat/dog man's entire tail and ears puff up like he just got struck by lightning, now's your chance.

because bas just hit some button at the sound stage and now the sound system is blasting music really loudly, out of nowhere. ]

[HELLO?????

i guess they're both reacting like cats because mizu immediately whips out the sword first, analyzes the situation later. spots bas near the buttons and ages ten fucking years.]

I thought we agreed you would stop touching things.

[ screeeeeeee. ]

… But there was a huge button, right there?

[ like, c’mon mizu. ]

You're not a child. Exercise some self control.

[POINTS THE SWORD AT HIM and then sheathes it.]

Curiosity’s a good trait…

[ his ears flatten. sadge.

he’s less fussed about having a sword pointed at him though. you go mizu coco. threaten this idiot. ]

For you? No.

‘Least I didn’t destroy half the mansion.

[CLOSES EYES]

Yes. Perhaps the next button you press will destroy the other half.

[ raises hand ]

That'd be the first thing I destroyed here.

Huh.

[ yeah. ]

Stuff’s hard enough t’come by most of the time. I ain’t gonna break all this on purpose.

... Hm. Yes, you were upset enough about the kitchen knives.

I take it you're not used to having all this... excess, either.

… It’s a lot, ain’t it?

[ there’s so much stuff!! everywhere!!! aaaa. ]

I’ve been around people who have it, but access to it like this? That’s all kinda new to me.

[nods, like... yeah. that's a mood, actually.]

And money is no issue here, either. It's strange.

Yeah— that part? Bonkers.

Money’s everythin’ for a ton of people, and this place just don’t want or need it? [ what ]

I suppose a god has no need for it.

[still fucking wild, though.]

Still feels kinda wrong jus’ orderin’ stuff and it showin’ up without any issue. All the food we got for nothin’. I’m not complainin’, it just… weird.

[ so weird ]

[did they even leave the beach? mystery.]

Seems that it's possible for a dead man to die, after all.

[much to think about...]

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[ emotionally they will never leave. ]

Think I would've liked never findin' out.

On that, we happen to agree.

[their beach episode... ruined.]

I was told she was trapped in the mansion last night. She traveled a long way to die.

[ there weren't even watermelons. ]

Yeah, I heard that too. In the bathroom with a buncha others? [ why ] So, somehow she got outta the locked room, travelled all the way to the beach an' just... died there.

Yes. [WHY THE BATHROOM...] The barriers keeping us caged like rats must have disappeared overnight. Or maybe even as soon as the rest of us were forced into that unnatural sleep.

It was definitely there, weren't it? We both felt that wall thing.

[nods.]

It wasn't a trick of our imagination. We all felt it.

[well. they all just witnessed something deeply personal and also incredibly fucked up, so that's fun.]

For a place where we're meant to "redeem" ourselves, they really do believe an awful lot in an eye for an eye.

[ i hope they get to do laundry and taxes in their next life ]

It were downright cruel, when you look past all the confusion.

Yes.

[rip fantasy chinese furry yaois]

Saber's suggestion of just killing him would've been kinder. For both of them.

...

Yeah, it probably would've. That went way too far.

Something to keep in mind, should history repeat itself.

... There is the whole thin' about havin' to vote for someone though.

[hmm.]

If it could be done after the vote, maybe...

[just poison a man in jail? (no)]

[ no you poison a man over a tea and a tragic gay starchess game. ]

As long as they don't haveta have the whole... post murder murder stuff either way.

Like the so-called expulsion being a necessity, you mean.

Yeah… that.

[ … ]

What woulda happened if we hadn’t figured out it was Jing Yuan?

Considering what we've seen so far? If I had to guess, someone innocent would have died in his place.

[ NO!! WHAT HE DIDN’T WANT TO HEAR. ]

… Shite.

[YEAH... YEAH........]

I would be glad to be proven wrong. Though we shouldn't risk putting it to the test.

[pours one out for when we inevitably scapegoat]

[ god i hope it's me ]

No kiddin'. It's been bad enough gettin' it right.

[STAPLES YOU TO ENDGAME]

It was an experience I don't care to repeat.

[ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ]

Hopefully what happened's enough to put people off tryin' it again...?

[ never mind no chao for you

just bas being like help??? did they get healed?? ]

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[imagine if mizu just bled out and died from sheer stubbornness

anyway, bas can find mizu on the library cushions, bandaged up, left eye carefully covered, and wearing a nice clean set of clothes. unfortunately, our resident doctors insisted on providing medical attention...]

[ honestly a power move.

yeah, that doesn't surprise me. he doesn't sit down in case he jostles their wounds, just. hovers. as quietly as a giant ass furry can do. ]

[help

just turns to stare at him, frowning. stop hovering.]

What?

[ WHY DOES HE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE HE’S BEING SCOLDED. ]

You get bandaged up okay? Jiaoqiu check on you?

[he's everyone's little brother... "he's older than mizu" it's the Energy]

Yes. He insisted, along with at least ten more of you.

[ listen. ]

… You were really beat up. Can’t blame people for worryin’

It wasn't even the worst I've been injured.

[you lost an eye????]

[ YOU DID IN FACT LOSE AN EYE ]

Blimey. I’d hate to see some of the other injuries you’ve had in the past.

Mhmm... So did you have other questions? Or are you simply here to fuss?

[ fusses ]

Well. What happened, for a start.

[... sighs.]

Our memories were altered. We woke up in a place that felt like an entirely different world, and believed ourselves to have lived there our entire lives.

… Shite, what, the whole thing messed with your memories too?

[nods]

We had no recollection of our lives, much less our afterlives.

[ well ok it's the tea party

but bas is just here staring at these moving chairs like what the hell is going on here. but also his tail might be swishing to the music. just a little. ]

[making such a fucking face at just. the entire vibe of this place. i have no idea if this is pre or post our jabberwocky adventures, but i guess it doesn't matter because mizu looks to be .5 seconds away from murdering the record player either way.]

Incredible. It's starting to make the last area look appealing.

[ would pay to see them do that, actually. ]

Aw, I kinda liked the last area. Long as you didn’t eat the chocolate, the changin’ settin’ was pretty neat. [ until a man died there. ]

[thinks about coming out of a box of chocolates in the last area and bleeding everywhere. makes a face.]

Can't say I feel the same.

...

Okay, that's fair.

Yes. Quite fair.

[LOOKING FOR HIM...... where is he and did he get medical attention? mizu will immediately look him up and down to make sure he's not actively bleeding. hi.]

[ imagine if i was like no he ran from all doctors AND del.

anyway he is pretty bandaged. he's not actively jammed, no! ]

[no jam? THROWS PHONE

anyway, checking if he knows who the heck he is right now first--]

Basilio?

[ none for you. ]

Yeah, for now.

Good enough. [sighs.] What happened to you?

Memories messed with. Got blown up. A bit tortured. Saved a person, I think?

Hm. Sounds almost familiar.

[why are thursdays this way... nobody in this thread knows they're in a murdergame.]

The problems with my memory resolved themselves by Saturday. Perhaps it will be the same for you.

[ gazes. ]

I really hope so. It's kinda exhausting.

I understand. [it is a pain in the ass...] While you were gone, did you see anyone you recognized? From here. Or from home.

Yeah. A few people.

Did the same thing happen to you?

Yes. Marcoh was there. A man I recognized from my own world, too.

[ sweet marcoh. ]

It's like they're messin' with us on purpose.

They are. There's no other reason for all this manipulation.

[imagine being powerful enough to write a proper starter on memshare week... anyway, regardless of wherever the heck they actually intended to go, they're now back in the funhouse. behold, a memory.]

[ i am already in the dirt.

but wow. mizu. be still my beating heart. she'd hate me so much but i love her. ]

...

Slimy little git, weren't he?

[snorts.]

Slimy, yes. And slippery like an eel. I should've saved myself some trouble by killing him when I had the chance.

You did pretty good takin' out his arm though. That's a handicap and a half.

[ hmm. ]

He came back like a bad smell then?

Something like that. He was part of a plot to take over my country. It got... messy.

[ immediately looks tired. like… semi joking but he really does just get a look like aw shit here we go again. ]

…

Bloody lot of people here dealin’ with opportunistic future tyrants, I’m noticin’.

Hm. Yes. It seems to be a far more common problem than you'd think, doesn't it?

Reckon half the people here have got some kind of issue with people like that. Funny how it keeps comin' up, like we're all bloomin' predictable.

Predictable. Or maybe there are more delusional bastards out there than you'd think.

Delusional… desperate… I dunno.

[ … ]

Who was he workin’ with? People lookin’ to overtake somethin’ can’t do it alone, even if they’d prefer to.

With one of the men I am sworn to kill. A white man. He armed their soldiers with guns.

[ hmm.

the way i had sit here because metaphor has an archetype called the gunner but it uses CROSSBOWS ]

… Like. Bows?

Edited 2025-03-12 09:40 (UTC)

Hm... More like Koharu's gun. But much less compact.

[ HUH. ]

… That sounds bloody dangerous.

It is. They decimated the shogun's men and breached the castle defenses in less than an hour.

[ he has no idea what a shogun is but that sounds bad!! ]

... Yeah, that sounds a lot. Castles are meant to withstand that kinda shite.

They expected to be attacked with blades and arrows. An army filled with men who can reload in half the time as your average archer and hit their target from quadruple the distance was... inconceivable.

Edited 2025-03-17 03:11 (UTC)

[ well.

fuck, amirite? ]

[fuck indeed....... looking him over for injuries, just in case.]

Did you see Zhongli last night?

[ well he's still kinda injured from last week and siffrin slashed up his hand... ]

Nah, I didn't. Didn't see Elysia either.

Well, I already knew you didn't see Elysia. Akihiko and I were in the fairgrounds with her last night.

Edited 2025-03-07 23:31 (UTC)

[ huh. ]

She was in the fairgrounds? Ain't that where they're sayin' they found her?

[ ... ]

Whole bunch of us ended up over at the flower gardens. The people who came back yesterday didn't wanna be too far from each other.

Yes. Unless she left and came back, she didn't make it very far before she died.

[unfortunate! who did this to our elysia...]

Huh. Aside from the group who came back yesterday, who else was with you?

[ gazes. ]

Uhh.... so ignoring Sif, Yves, Marcoh and Jiaoqiu...

Me, Del, Eupha, Taair, Chrono, Koharu, Laurence, Lucas, Uruha, Claude an' MaoMao.

[ there were..... so many of us............ ]

Quite the group. With Zhongli and Elysia gone, that's half of our number.

It sure is.

[ dislike ]

Did you notice anything off when you woke up?

[ rolls up his sleeve and points to a bruise on his arm. ]

I'm not the only person who's got one. Reckon we need to see if somethin' happened in the gardens too.

... Huh. You, too. [FROWNS.] Your group isn't the only one that woke up to new bruises this morning.

[ oh! his tail swishes. ]

Who else had 'em?

I woke up with one. And I heard that someone who spent the night in the funhouse has one, too.

[ mizu!!!!

come to the tavern!!! he's learning how to make japanese food now!! ]

[OUR TAVERN that we only had for one day before ruining.]

... Huh. [looking around! curious.] Not bad.

[ everyone hates them and their tavern… it’s ok… he knows the truth now….. ]

It’s a bit of alright, yeah?

["everyone hates them and their tavern…" smash cut to the whole game ending up in the tavern

this tavern has seen some shit]

Quite. How did you and your brother request the space?

[ HELP. it’s a ukelele apology video for the tavern. ]

Think it came up with Gabe and Del. Next thing I know, Del’s tellin’ me Gabe’s happy for us to use half the space to run a diner out of. [ … ] After what happened with Zhongli though we kinda went off the name, so… tavern it is.

I see. [just a little touch of sadness, when zhongli comes up. mournful.] It's a nice space. Must feel like something of a dream come true for the two of you.

[ our dragon grandpa... dragonpa. ]

It's nice. Keeps me busy too. You got any food you miss from back home?

[... thinks.]

Yes. Though it's something that usually takes several days worth of preparation.

[welcome to the ball pit car!

there is a foot sticking out of the ball pit.]

[ I SEE ]

Uhh.

[ can he like. drag the foot? without being stabbed? ]

[he may!

he is now holding mizu upside down, by the ankle.

stares at bas.]

You can let go of me. On solid ground.

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[ mizu just out here weighing nothing apparently.

he stares at them. and then takes them over to a beam or something so they can stand on it. ]

Better?

[i believe in bas's str 20 stat]

Yes. [A CURT BOW... more of a nod than anything, honestly.] Thank you.

[ he has decent agility too. what ARE you basilio. ]

No problem. How’d you end up in this mess anyway?

Got caught out by the giant slide right at the entrance?

[a perfect boy who can do no wrong

mizu sighs, nodding.]

And then I could only dig myself deeper the more I struggled to get out. [GRUMBLING...] This does not bode well for our weekend.

[ he can do some things wrong as a treat. ]

… I mean, it’d be a hell of a place to stop your killer, if you could get outta here yourself.

[ someone’s going to be found dead in the ballpit, aren’t they? ]

Or you both suffocate to death in the pit, where your bodies will be found in the morning.

[imagine if you were yakety saxing someone and you both ended up drowning in balls.]

[ ok but consider

funny. ]

… That’d make it real awkward if this place wanted to go ahead with that stupid eviction thing after trial even if both people involved were dead.

It would. You know it would, no matter how pointless it would be.

But that's assuming there will only be one murder this week.

[ rubs his face. ]

Yeah, it were two last time. Nothin' sayin' it won't be two again.

Unfortunately. All we can do is brace ourselves for the worst, and hope it won't involve digging a body out of this ridiculous pit.

[ IT GOT WORSE ]

... I'm hopin' it won't? We're good at missin' things, and if we miss a whole body it's gonna be ... too much honestly.

["if we miss a whole body" WELL,]

You can hope. But I would rather spare myself the disappointment later.

[ they had the head, it’s fine. ]

…

You think it’s gonna get that bad?

Call me a pessimist, but there's always room for things to get worse.

[ I SIMPLY THINK MIZU SHOULD PET SOME CATS

so they can be in the cat cafe. there's a cat just sprawled across bas's shoulders like 'fuck yeah this is the life' ]

[CATS... the concept of a cat cafe is so foreign for a ye olde. mizu is looking around in mild confusion, pausing at the outfits and accessories in particular, before noticing bas.]

... Huh. I see you've made a friend.

[ the cat lifts a head and flicks an ear at mizu. hello sir. ]

Guess so. They just decided this is where they wanted to be, and there’s no sign of ‘em movin’.

Huh. [hello, cat... there's another one coming up to wind itself around mizu's ankles.] ... I suppose this is the counterpart to the dog car, then.

[ watches them get swarmed ]

You like this one or the dogs more?

[NOT THE CAT SWARM... mizu just standing here while more cats appear like 🧍‍♂️]

Hm... They're too different to make a solid judgement. [but thoughtshare is a snitch, and bas can hear mizu think— I can't pick one.] I would still kill anyone who desecrates this place, though. The animals should be left alone.

[ THEY’RE A SOFTIE WHO LOVES ANIMALS AAAAAA. hehehe. ]

Nah, I agree on that one. I think even if I were possessed and goin’ murder mad, I’d feel shite if I accidentally stepped on their tails or somethin’.

[ he can empathiiissseeee. ]

Indeed. You can be an insane murderer and still retain a shred of integrity.

They'd do that, like... real sad yelp. And look at you. It'd all be over when they did that.

[immediately imagining this... no...]

If only a pair of sad eyes were enough to make them turn away from murder.

[ heartbreaking…. ]

… Honestly? Yeah. Imagine how effective that’d be. ‘Course if it put these little guys in danger then, no way.

[slowly nods...]

It's for the best not to put it to the test.

[ and then somehow they were all okay apart from vanishing briefly at the start of week 7. ]

Funny how we’re pretty sure we can bring ourselves to avoid these guys even when under the influence, but not each other.

[ … ] Although, come to think of it, there sure are a lotta times more of us could’ve been injured. So maybe people were tryna limit the damage.

[ except lucas. ]

[the same cannot be said for the poor corgis.......]

Or maybe the majority just weren't assholes. Unlike some people.

[TIREDLY THINKING OF CLAUDE AND FIREFLY.]

[ MY CORGIS. ]

…

Well. That mighta been a— [ it wasn’t a mistake. ] Strategic choice.

Yes. A strategy called being an asshole.

[ well.

WELL. ]

I don't know Firefly well enough to comment.

Then you are a far more charitable person than I am.

[:man_standing: in last swordsman...

looking at ramiel's message, frowning. on one hand, this sucks. but on the other, well.]

... I suppose we'll be reuniting with him soon, if all goes well.

[i hope jan gets IMMEDIATELY cucked on sunday.]

[ this is what i hope too. she takes one step in and gets immediately booted. ]

...

Yeah, but we've still got the whole circus of trial and execution to get through, don't we?

[may jan get booted .5 seconds into entering the gy. :amen:]

Yes. [sighs.] And there is the added pressure of finding the last afflicted before the healing center rejoins us.

[imagine scapegoating right at the finish line... man.]

... What's gonna happen if we don't? The others have been healin' for weeks, too.

[ A SINGLE DAY? TIS NOT ENOUGH. ]

Nothing good, I imagine. But we can ask the angels about it tomorrow.

[ urgh. ]

Probably better we know. There's a first time for everythin', and it could be the last trial we're ever gonna have to do.

[MAKES A FACE.]

It will be the last trial. I don't intend to send someone who had nothing to do with it to their death now, of all times.

[if they scapegoat maybe they deserve tpk...]

[ scape ME ]

Yeah? Then we've gotta pull it off, don't we.

[STOP BASILIO MUST LIVE...]

Yes. And at least it's only one this time, unlike last week.

[ NOOOOO ]

...

[ HIS THOUGHTS ARE JUST IMMEDIATELY TIRED AT THE THOUGHT OF LAST WEEK. ]

[YEAH... YEAH................

unfortunately, immediately imagining jacopo's missing corpse being carted off by tiny wizards into the corgi car.

anyway,]

Don't despair just yet. Save that for when we're down to ten minutes left on the clock.

[ HELP not jacopo’s headless body. maybe he’s just been a head in the gy this whole time. hei would do that. ]

…

Thanks for the pep talk, I think?

[dryly]

You're welcome.

[ yippee. ]

We've had a couple of weeks where, like... we haven't been rushin' it at the last minute?

We have. With any luck, this will be another of those weeks.

However, I suspect the entity would have made its last attempt at disrupting the program more troublesome than the rest.

[ WELL.

well.

it was but it was just plain emotional damage instead. ]

[WE DID IT but at what cost...........]

[ I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT IN LIKE 70 MINUTES. ]

[ i cannot decide a location so for the moment, voided. ]

Well, they weren't kiddin' 'bout them all bein' back soon.

[slowly nods in the void.]

I forgot how... loud it was. When we were all together.

[though judging from the vibes, this is not a bad thing.]

[ risks getting stabbed to nudge them lightly with his elbow. ]

Nice, ain’t it? Didn’t realise how quiet it was until they all came back.

[making a face right after getting nudged. really missing the days when everyone was too afraid... tch.]

It is nice. Knowing that the entity went through so much trouble to keep both sides separates, only for it to be all undone in the end.

[ it's RESPECTFUL. ]

Yeah, and now the most it can do is throw tantrums where they've got it all locked up.

One hell of a tantrum, though. We're practically limited to the neighborhood again, and the gardens.

I mean... nothin' stoppin' us from goin' out there. I just don't think it's worth it.

That's why I said practically.

…

Maybe I should keep goin’ out there just to spite it.

You could. I'm not sure they will see it from their cage.

Okay but like-- I'd feel good 'bout it.

Hm. Well who I am to stop you from seeking your own satisfaction?

[sets us up for friday morning

basilio can find mizu somewhere in the mansion, blearily drinking coffee, looking very much like someone who might have accidentally overslept, and squinting at chipper. but overall, there's some relief here, since—]

... No announcements. Good.

[no die day... wahoo... (our livers are the only victims this week.)]

[ are they hungover.

looks at chipper as well. ]

Wow. They really weren't kiddin' 'bout last week being ... well. The last week.

Edited (tch) 2025-04-04 21:34 (UTC)

[perhaps... a bit........ mizu "i don't drink" mizuson probably should have stopped drinking after never have i ever.

slowly nods.]

Admittedly, I expected something to go wrong. But I'm glad to have been proven wrong.

[ but if he didn’t drink he wouldn’t have had that make out with his beloved exhusband. ]

… Careful there, Mizu. Still got a few days for the entity to fuck everythin’ up.

[we don't talk about late night pocky game mistakes.]

I was talking about today. If our loose ends decide to resolve themselves in the next few days, that's up to them.

[ no i think we should. i'm living vicariously through you sluts. ]

-- Yeah, but we'll have to deal with it. If it does kick off.

And we will. There are only so many paths available to us, anyway, now that this program is coming to its end.

catch-all: basilio.

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