I was actually in two different groups-- this is my third time being brought into something like this.
The first time was the... bear thing. It was in a village, and people would get possessed. They would kill every week unless we caught and purified them. The second time was a summer camp, and there was a specific threshold for deaths that had to occur. [ he sighs. ] We actually didn't learn about that until later, so the task was given to a few specific people each week to make sure people were dying.
You're not the first person who's mentioned that to me... That this isn't even your second time. It sounds really awful, to have gone through it twice and then to get here...
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Okay, the first one I understand, but for the second... If you didn't know until the end that there was a threshold, then how did they get the people that they chose for a task to do it? Or, did the people with that task know about the threshold, but the rest of you didn't learn until later?
I believe they knew about it, but the rest of us didn't. There were a few groups of two, and as far as they were aware, they were the only two given that task until they later on discovered each other. I think they were only meant to be a backup in case no one else killed, but since everyone else didn't know about the requirement for so long...
It was a small number at first, but then later on it grew each week... probably because they realized the quota wasn't being hit and we were running out of time.
... if it helps, the remaining living organized it so that they would just take each other out instead of following the usual formula of waiting to kill Thursday night. And then everyone got to choose who they wanted the final person left to be.
That person would be given the power to grant wishes, so we needed it to be someone we could all trust.
Well, the situation there was a bit different. The dead received information every week by doing tasks, and we'd give it to the living through letters. We found out only one could survive towards the end, so we told them and that's what they decided to do.
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[ huh. that's good to know. ]
Did she say any of those people are currently with us?
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No. She specifically mentioned that they aren't, actually, so - that's a relief, at least.
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[ imagine if mahito was here ]
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[he frowns for a moment.]
I know you mentioned the... bear thing, but - can I ask why people in your group were acting?
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The first time was the... bear thing. It was in a village, and people would get possessed. They would kill every week unless we caught and purified them. The second time was a summer camp, and there was a specific threshold for deaths that had to occur. [ he sighs. ] We actually didn't learn about that until later, so the task was given to a few specific people each week to make sure people were dying.
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[he takes in those details, though, and after a moment:]
Okay, the first one I understand, but for the second... If you didn't know until the end that there was a threshold, then how did they get the people that they chose for a task to do it? Or, did the people with that task know about the threshold, but the rest of you didn't learn until later?
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[ no one else really killed......., ]
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A few groups... Then, how many people got killed every week?
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How big was the quota, exactly?
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this is the face of someone who clearly does not know the number. ]
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However, in the village I was at before the camp, everyone except one person had to die.
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[he frowns.]
I'm really sorry. That must have been horrible.
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[ death doesn't count if you're brought back later, right? that's how it works. ]
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[but it seems like so much to go through, even knowing that.]
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That person would be given the power to grant wishes, so we needed it to be someone we could all trust.
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[it still shouldn't have happened, he thinks.]
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[oh.]
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