caiman

[katzepaw]

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[katzepaw]

No kidding.

[That's sort of an understatement, my guy.]

Poor Miss Manwol.

[headsplitter]

[ There's a bit of a stewing silence, and then --

Caiman just starts kicking and just yelling and holding his head. Like a BABY TANTRUM. ]

Fuck, stupid, stupid, stupid! All this shit is so dumb! My world's got no justice system but isn't a trial supposed to be fair or find the real bad guy or something?! [ AAAAH. ]

[katzepaw]

Depends. Sometimes, but sometimes it's just to find blame.

[headsplitter]

Do we even know for sure he got murdered by one of us?! There's lots of other students! And the administration who keeps giving out shitty assignments!

[katzepaw]

Shitty assignments. . . ?

[headsplitter]

[ Hrk. ]

... Yeah, like the extra credit stuff.

[katzepaw]

Have any of yours been particularly, uhm, difficult or problematic to do? I had to feed someone, uhm, spoiled food.

[headsplitter]

Seriously?! Gross!

But, uh. Yeah. [ He stares at Caleb for a little while, then, um. ]

... I had one to get someone to vote for someone I knew I was innocent.

[katzepaw]

Scheisse. Caiman. . . I hadn't heard of ones quite so nasty as that.

Did you try to do it?

[headsplitter]

Yeah... [ He puts a hand on his head. Looking real uncomfortable. Manwol... what a shit trial. ]

Mostly on Tsuyukusa, though I mean -- I don't know if he did it, I guess he could've and we don't know, but a lot of people weren't sure. It counted, though. [ Really stiffly. ]

And I got a new one and it ain't any better at all.

[katzepaw]

Well. . . you probably did the least damage you could have done with that. I doubt anyone you convinced to vote him would have turned the tide when we were grasping at straws.

[Just trying to reassure him a little.]

What's this new one?

[headsplitter]

[ Caiman grumbles a little bit. He still feels unsettled by the last trial and his extra credit for a multitude of reasons, but... he just digs out his phone and taps on it. And just straight up shows Caleb the screen, he doesn't care if he gets mauled by a bear for this or something, the rules said he shouldn't share but HE'S SHARING. Because he's mad!

It reads: Frame somebody for murder. ]

I'm not doing it.

[ Straight up. ]

[katzepaw]

. . . You are doing a good thing, sharing this. We need to know about these sorts of motives.

[Frowning at it, though. Bad.

Have you made any attempt to broach this with Luke, to have it changed?

[headsplitter]

[ He pockets his phone again, grumpy. This is pre-Manwol pizza party, so: ]

Not yet, 'cause I just got it, but I'm gonna tell him the next time I see him. 'Cause this sucks and I gotta know who the hell is the one who's giving us these assignments.

...Can't be them, right? [ The dormheads...? ]

[katzepaw]

I don't think so. But maybe they can get you another one.

[He isn't so sure, though?]

What is it you are trying to buy?

[headsplitter]

...Guess so, that'd be nice. Wouldn't have cared a few weeks ago, but...

[ Well, Manwol getting voted for made him realize he cares. ]

I dunno, yet! Just kinda getting them done 'cause I wanna graduate and get my head back. I wanted to spend the downtime trying to get stuff maybe from my past so I can try to remember who I was, but they said I can't really ask for anything I don't remember.

Think I might ask for something else this week. Something from a dream.

[ He looks at one of his (crinkled, because of course it's crinkled) vouchers, though. ]

You got magic back, right? A lot of people have a solid idea of what they want to get out of this system.

[katzepaw]

Ja. I have a lot of spells. I could do extra credit all day and still have things to buy. Uhm. . .

[Pausing for a minute.]

I don't like that they are playing these type of games, so if you can't get your extra credit changed and there's something you need, let's discuss. Maybe I can help, maybe others in the dorm can help. I have things I've committed to buy, but you should not be punished for not wanting to play these disgusting games.

[headsplitter]

Magic being bought... [ Peh. He sounds a little bit jealous, maybe. But he frowns and looks at Caleb. ]

Really? I mean. Would be pretty rough if it ends up getting someone else who didn't do anything killed, right? Uhh... [ Man, he doesn't like this. ] I really didn't think I'd care so much. Something about this is bugging me way worse than usual.

[ But he perks up a little bit nonetheless. ] I'll let you know what Luke says.

[katzepaw]

Ja. And it seems like the kind of thing they are going to start to pull to get us turning on one another.

[headsplitter]

Dumb... [ Just writes it off as dumb. ]

How come mine sucks so much? It really made a jump, too, 'cause it was something like, 'give someone fashion advice' before this.

[katzepaw]

Unlucky, friend. Though - maybe my luck runs out soon.

[headsplitter]

[ He looks away. He's just stuffing snacks and stuff into his bag for that pizza party later. ]

You should be hopin' that it stays lucky.