[Week 4, Friday: Max]

[purrtagonist]

[this is our third pc for the week I'm so sorry to Zia and Max]

[HE HAS COFFEE]

The more Fridays I survive, the more I feel like I've turned into a cockroach.

Comments

[purrtagonist]

[hm. noted]

So are you with this. . . higher agency? The one that assigns people to supervise Composers?

[concertmaster]

I'm a host, Joker.

[well. that's a no go.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

Do you know what Maya asked me, once? She asked me what I thought was crueler: dying without any opportunity for a second chance, or being put through a harsh Game like this one for that second chance.

[. . .]

I couldn't answer her. I wasn't sure.

[concertmaster]

Past tense. Neat. What about now?

[purrtagonist]

Ultimately? I think it's crueler to deny the dead a second chance.

That's what the Composer and the Conductor believe too, isn't it? At least, that's what it sounds like. Based on what Maya told me they wanted.

[concertmaster]

That seems likely, considering they're a part of the Game. You kinda have to believe in that shit a little to raise that high in ranks.

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

The people above them.

Do they believe in that, too?

[concertmaster]

... That's a good fucking question, isn't it?

[purrtagonist]

[he's honestly taking that as a "no." but he thinks. . . he thinks. he thinks he's starting to see it]

It isn't really a "bet," is it? Not in terms of there being a wager.

It's Maya and Anthy trying to prove to the people above them that there is an option beyond "Games being cruel" and "not giving anyone a second chance at all."

[concertmaster]

You realize I really can't talk about that shit, right?

[purrtagonist]

Yep. [pops the p for emphasis] But bouncing ideas off of you helps give me an idea of whether I'm hot or cold on something.

[tilts his head]

What were those books, anyway? And where did they come from?

[concertmaster]

Probably some shit on the history of the Games. There's a lot of bureaucracy involved in this. And they were found in a library.

[idk what you expected]

[purrtagonist]

[SOMETHING MORE CONCRETE THAN THAT :/]

Why would there be a library containing the history of the Games in Shibuya?

[concertmaster]

There isn't.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . oh]

Then how did they-- where did they go to get those books?

[concertmaster]

A library.

[ I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE EXPECTED ]

[purrtagonist]

[MAX PLEASE]

We are in Shibuya, right?

[concertmaster]

It sure looks like it.

[purrtagonist]

Looks can be pretty deceiving.

[HE IS DISTRESSED]

[concertmaster]

[o3o?]

So they can be.

[purrtagonist]

[??????]

Why would the higher ups testing this Game need to hide where we really are, though?

[concertmaster]

You know Composers are location based, right?

[:/]

[purrtagonist]

I do.

[soooooo?]

Is this part of Anthy trying to hide her identity?

[concertmaster]

Not really.

[but good try?]

Games and Composers are location based. As you know, you guys all come from various places. Now imagine organizing that.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . snorts]

Everything would be a mess.

[like a patchwork quilt]