WEEK 7

[petoskeymods]

WEEK 7

A new counselor, and a brutal execution. Camp just continues to surprise, doesn't it?

The rain is back, though this time it is in sprinkles and light showers. It helps bring the temperature down, but in the breaks between those mists the humidity is brutal.

The WiiU is still here, but for some reason none of the games will play. Instead all you can do is watch the faceless Mii on the Mii menu while the remaining Miis (minus Floe, Gonta, and Shirou) cower off to the sides.

Eleven of you are left. You have made it past the 'keep ten alive to the start of week 7' warning that Red gave, but what will happen now? Is this it? Is this who will survive? Or will more death happen? And what's going to happen to the dead?

A lot of questions still need answering.

11 CAMPERS REMAIN.

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[le_mat]

Lockpicks, items that can lower the danger level in Palaces- woulda been useful in Sol's- items that cast elemental spells without using any energy. Stuff like that.

[he pats the laptop]

Practical things too. I put this back together and got it working.

[killtheanimals]

[Spells, huh...]

So all of us would essentially have access to magic, then.

[le_mat]

That's the idea. The items are weak- probably couldn't kill someone. And I only have so many supplies. But it better than nothing.

I already made sets for Eddie and Richie.

[killtheanimals]

[There's a pause before he nods.]

...That does sound for the best.

[They're the most defenseless here, right now.]

[le_mat]

[Ren sighs]

I don't like it, but they were so excited about them I guess I can't be too disapproving.

[killtheanimals]

As long as they know it's for defense.

[As opposed to going on the offensive.]

-How many of them can you make?

[le_mat]

If I don't make anything else? Maybe a dozen sets? There's a few other things I could make that might be more useful for pure damage though. But they take more supplies.

[killtheanimals]

--Save pure damage for next week.

[It might be the paranoia speaking, but he doesn't trust anyone right now with too much firepower.]

[le_mat]

[He nods- he doesn't need to read minds to understand that]

Next week. Mitsuru-senpai suggested combining a few together in case we need to cause a lot of damage at once. A bomb, basically.

...also.

[He reaches over and plucks a few things off the table, holding them out. They look like three palm-sized capsules, clearly hand made]

These are for you. I don't blame you if you decide not to use them but- toss one and it'll put anyone it hits to sleep for a few minutes. But... you can just crush it in hand, too.

[killtheanimals]

[Purge route confirmed.

He looks surprised when offered the capsules, but after that short pause he reaches out to accept them, looking at them as they rest in his palm.]

...In case I'm the one who needs sleep, you mean.

[Very clever.]

[le_mat]

Yeah. I'm keeping a few for myself for the same reason.

[killtheanimals]

[He closes his hand over them, gently.]

The next time I see something... maybe.

[Or hear. Blood dripping on his mattress isn't an uncommon hallucination and hasn't been since they started.]

Thank you.

[le_mat]

No problem. At least it's something I can do.

[killtheanimals]

Can any of this be taught?

[le_mat]

I was taught to do it, but I don't know if our magic is compatible. I can try?

[killtheanimals]

I learned some from Marisa. It's worth trying.

If I can't make it, then that's that.

[He can accept that there's things that are beyond him. If anything, staying here for so long has just hammered that in all the more.]

[le_mat]

Take a seat then.

[He pulls over the supplies. Oddly, it seems to be random junk for the most part. Nothing that looks magical.

Yet picking any of them up, each nick and nack seems to have a wavering quality. Like they aren't quite real if looked at for too long.]

How Metaverse magic works- you have to have full belief in what you're doing. When you make the item or cast a spell, your confidence that it'll work how you think it will has to be unwavering. AND you have to convince your enemy of the same thing. It's all about bluffing.

[killtheanimals]

[Mitsuru will go ahead and take a seat, setting aside staff and capsules.]

Because it's a reflection of the heart, so it's influenced by your beliefs.

[He's still making Vision comparisons to better understand it for lack of knowledge otherwise.]

[le_mat]

Exactly. Thankfully, once you see it work once, your cognition of it will change. So it'll always work afterward. You've seen me cast spells, so your cognition should already be leaning that way.

[killtheanimals]

Because I've already seen them work - I understand that to be possible.

[Sounds simple enough. Though he frowns a bit at the materials, now that he's really looking at them.]

...Why are they so... wavery?

[le_mat]

Because they're from the Metaverse. So they have some of the quality of that place. That's why stuff that makes no sense to make what they do still work. If I used real-world versions of the same junk it'd just be that- a pile of junk. I can replace some of it with real-world items as long as they are pretty much identical, but that's because of my cognition of them being the same. But that takes some practice to pull off. Knowing they are from another world makes it easier to get into the right mindset.

...it's kinda circular non-logic, honestly.

[killtheanimals]

It operates on belief.

[That's honestly good enough for him, and he'll reach out to take one of the odds and ends, looking it over curiously.]

So what should we start with?

[le_mat]

[Ren smiles slightly and pulls over some of the supplies, and starts putting a simple Agi item together.]

How about a simple attack spell. They all follow the same basic idea, just take more items and time for the more powerful stuff.

[ Let's just say it takes some Dexterity to do since it raises Proficiency, but who even knows how it actually works. Magic. He goes slow enough for Mitsuru to mimic, but not so slow to seem condescending.]

Once you get it down it's... a nice thing to do and let your mind zone out.

[killtheanimals]

[Good idea, Ren. Mitsuru watches intently, imitating his movements with precision immediately after. He's a quick and eager study even when he's feeling poorly, it seems.]

...I think I prefer being focused. How's this?

[All the components are as they should be.]