westedge | PC: Shu

Yeah well eventually the most direct way is going to be the way that gets them killed, so. [ a little grumbly. but it's fine. ]

...you think it's always going to be at McDonald's? The reapers said we'd be getting access to new places the longer we're here.

I think we’d intervene a bit more forcefully if they were going “I think we should stab ourself through the heart to see if it leaves different wounds on a living body”. Probably.

[ yes. always mcdonalds. ]

… Maybe it’ll be a KFC next time.

Probably. [ he does not have entire confidence some fuckos wouldn't go "ah yes easy erasure." but he makes a face. ]

Can we maybe dream big and think of a place that's not fast food?

[ i mean. yeah, he’s not wrong. but shu’s also pretty sure they’d be jumped immediately ]

Luxury spa?

See? Sounds way more appealing. [ if only. ]

As if we’d be that lucky.

[ (mod voices) you will sit in this greasy mcdonalds eating cold nuggies and solving murders and you will like it ]

Hey you never know. Things could actually turn out better than we thought and we're just being impatient.

[ lmao as if. ]

We could at least figure out how to arrange the McDonald's so we're not totally cramped.

I'll get back to you on this topic once we get past the barrier, how's that sound?

[ lmao. ]

Tables are bolted down. Nahida had to boost my psychs to get one loose.

Fine, okay. [ conceding to that! but also frowning. ]

...guess they really want us to be as uncomfortable as possible.

Probably because people would steal them. Not us necessarily, but… people.

[ OG people. ]

...no, that's fair. I could see that actually being a problem. [ he says, as someone who probably comes from a place where this happens and people have stopped caring about bolting furniture down. ]

I'm pretty sure it happened for real back home, which is why they all got bolted to the floor in the first place. You see weird shit in a 24/7 McDonalds.

I don't think our town had one that was open 24/7 but that didn't stop people anyway. Half the time the lights weren't working, and there was always at least one shady van parked in the corner at all hours.

What is it about fast food places that make them magnets for shady business?

Probably something in the fumes from the oil. That's about all I can guess. [ no. ]

Smell of grease driving everyone to violence?

To be fair, I'm pretty sure some of us were almost driven to violence after those nine hours.

That’s probably not the best thing, given we’re trying to futilely dial back the death and distractions.

I'd say maybe that's a case we can make against it to the reapers, but I'm getting the feeling that probably wouldn't work? [ weird. ]

I doubt they'll let us out for a stroll, even if we ask nicely. Not if it's not related to the case.

Man, don't real juries get breaks, too? Like a recess. Where's our recess?

[ at 10pm BST, keep up. ]

Probably whenever we stare at the ceiling and disassociate.

Maybe that's the first thing we should start with instead.

Get it out of the way, got it.

[ he's going to disassociate immediately on saturday ]

It's a start. [ but since this is from saturday: ] Let's just focus on whatever's happening tomorrow first. Then we can figure out the rest.

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