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GROUP CHAT @slayer @waterdeep @🦋

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Got something important to tell you lot. But you need to swear on your life it won’t leave this circle, and that you won’t tell Buffy.

@waterdeep

[corporeity]

[ !! ]

Of course, Spike. You’ve my confidence, as ever.

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Good. I trust you.

I know you and Astarion tell each other everything, but it’s gotta be just you three on this.

[corporeity]

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All right. I understand the nature of the games renders our existing bonds…fallible.

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You can give him the backstage pass after we make it through this shit, dead or alive.

These games only lasted a month last time, yeah?

[corporeity]

One month. Three rounds of votes and deaths.

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Then let’s hope they haven’t changed the rules on us there.

@slayer

[stake]

[ Faith isn't the girl that gets invited to the inner circle. She's always on the outside of these things. For a moment, she stares blankly, unsure how to respond. ]

yeah, you got it
cross my heart and all

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Thanks, Slayer.

Wait for Ani to weigh in and then I’ll give you the scoop.

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i won't rat you out, you got my word
gotta ask, tho. you still good with keeping it on the DL if eyes point your way?

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Good point.

Things start looking bad for me, you can start by saying you know I’m not a Wolf. Keep the other cards close to the chest unless we’ve got a break-glass emergency.

I talked to the Shepherd. Anything happens to Buffy, I swap in for her.

She gets voted out, I go to the cage instead. A Wolf targets her, they’ll kill me.

Reckless Romeo & Juliet shtick with that dumbass August aside, Buffy’s a leader. Even without Rupert, she knows how to rally people in situations like this. She’s smart, she’s competent. She can lead us through.

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ok
i'm not gonna go running to her, don't take this the wrong way
but walk me thru why we're not telling buffy?
seems like this could've stopped her playing starcrossed killers with august if she was only gonna get you locked up

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I agree with Faith.

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Wouldn’t have stopped their playtime, since I just got the seal of approval.

We tell Buffy, she’s gonna waste time and energy trying to convince the Shepherd and everyone else to undo the swap and make sure she gets got. I’m not convinced she’s a Wolf. We need her energy focused on solving this, not being pissed at me for taking a hit for her.

[corporeity]

All right. You know her best.

I’m working on August. It’s
There’s a chance he’s guilty.
Although he would rather like to be a martyr, regardless.

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Yeah, I got that sense on the martyr front. Reminds me of another of Buffy’s boyfriends.

Thanks, mate. Wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t important.

Rules of the game shift and it seems better to tell her, I’ll let you know.

She doesn’t trust that I’m not a Wolf right now. Don’t think that’d change if I tried to tell her, anyway.

[stake]

hold up
this means we know it wasn't you that did giles, doesn't it?
B's gonna be burning the midnight oil making sure you don't sneak out to play wolf at night
any ideas how we get her to focus?