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@doublebluff 🔒

[temujackie]

hey
this might be totally crazy, but um, a while ago someone told me that last year everybody at the manor played a game that involved
like, people hunting each other?
i didn't say anything at the time but umm one of the oracles has been hanging up all those names from the game last year around the commune and idk
maybe i'm being paranoid but i think something fucked up might happen

i didn't want to say anything in person because i can't lie in front of jackie
and she doesn't know about the hunts so i think it will majorly freak her out if we talk about it [ SHE sure would rather not have to tell jackie about that! :) ]

[diarists]

[there's a loooong pause.]

you realize that sounds like
absolutely insane.
that all sounds crazy??

what are we supposed to do about a crazy murder game that a weird psychic told us about?????

[temujackie]

[ wow, she should have texted nat fr ]

yeah, i'm aware, shauna

i don't know! make a plan or something?

[diarists]

[if she wanted competency and a plan, yes. if she wanted snide commentary and antagonistic behavior, she came to the right place.]

can't we just like
say we're not gonna play?? they can go hunt each other or whatever.

[temujackie]

oh yeah totally. because the people who would make us do something like that would definitely be okay with us sitting out

[diarists]

[okay wow negative??]

so we fight them.
we already know how to hunt. most people here don't.
or we go hide in the woods or whatever.

[temujackie]

okay.
you're not worried or anything?

[diarists]

i'm never worried. i know how strong we are.

[translation: she's scared shitless.]

[temujackie]

[ option a: confront the idea that shauna is lying, like, all the time
option b: shrug and just believe her because that's less work ]

yeah, haha, you're right. and i think we outnumber any other group
besides, it does sound really fucking crazy, so now that i said this i'm sure nothing will happen

[ narrator voice: but something would indeed happen ]

[diarists]

if it does we just kill them first.
misty's here now, she'll looooove that.

[temujackie]

[ 🚨🚨treading carefully🚨🚨 ]

yeah, i still can't believe it. about misty, i mean.

[diarists]

[ur in danger girl.]

how do we know she isn't bullshitting us?
it's MISTY.

[temujackie]

i went to see her. it's definitely misty, but she's older. like our moms' age.
she actually looks really good

[diarists]

if you're implying that misty quigley looks hot, you're sleeping in the barn, i swear to god.

[temujackie]

[ wow okay!!! ]

i didn't say HOT, i said GOOD. like she obviously takes care of her skin and stuff!

[diarists]

uh-huh, sure. just what i need, you getting hot over misty fucking quigley.

[temujackie]

[ on the bright side, she's basically forgotten about this conversation initially starting over the imminent murder game ]

don't be weird

besides, you know i can't get hot over anyone else now

[diarists]

[there are more important things than murder games, melissa.]

uhhhh YOU'RE the weird one.
"retinol", seriously?

oh yeah, i know.
stop trying to rub one out when i'm busy. i can feel it, remember?

[temujackie]

no YOU'RE the one who gets jealous all the time over nothing

and i'm not trying to rub one out, it feels like i might as well be rubbing my elbow
i'm just checking once in a while to make sure it's still...
you know, like that

[ gosh ]

[diarists]

i do NOT get JEALOUS!!

"like that".
you can just say you can't get off without permission, i already know what you mean 🥰

[temujackie]

[ ]

so if i told you i hooked up with someone else you wouldn't care?

okay fine, i'm checking to make sure i still CAN'T GET OFF WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION

[diarists]

[]

who?

okay that's all you had to say!
you're the one talking about retinol and misty being hot!!

[temujackie]

ren. my first week. remember that carnival thing? we went on the ferris wheel together

i didn't say any of that omg
you're just mad at her because she showed up and told you that we get rescued eventually

[diarists]

[]

fine. whatever. i feel neutral about that.
i've slept with other people too, so.

you know, if you can tell i'm mad, maybe you should stop pointing it out.

[do not antagonize her while she's spiraling about her heterosexuality]

[temujackie]

yeah, i know [ like of course she knew, she just didn't say anything ]

fine but stop accusing me of weird shit