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[bestfeature]

[ text steve! or ring the bell! whatever. ]

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day [mumbles into hands] 76-ish??

[vecna]

[He meant to ring for an Echidna soon after the elevator game ended, but Things Kept Happening; but now here’s Henry, doing just that.

There’s a 90 percent chance he won’t get Steve, right. He’ll take those odds.]

[bestfeature]

[ LUCKY HENRY, guess who he gets!! ]

. . .

Seriously?

[vecna]

[N O

Anger flaring hot again... But this time, no murder attempt. Just his fake, fake smile.]

Oh, lucky me.

[bestfeature]

Do you know how many meals we're trying to make? Jesus. What do you need?

[vecna]

[What? He shouldn't even care. He just needs to make his request and then leave-]

Meals? What meals?

[ugh]

[bestfeature]

Echidna cooks half that shit in the diner for you. What, you think it appears out of thin air?

[vecna]

[YES?? WHAT?




Inhales, exhales slowly. He wonders, just for a second, if there is a large object he can hurl telekinetically, directly at Steve's head-]

Well, don't let me interrupt you. I just looking to earn a few Echidna tokens, that's all. Maybe you can send someone else on your team to help me.

[bestfeature]

[ is this a bad idea??





it's absolutely a bad idea. but. ]

Nah, I can give you a quest or something if that's what you're looking for.

[vecna]

[This is absolutely the last thing he wanted. To be at the mercy of whatever this idiot boy might conjure up for him.

His pride makes him dig his heels in, though.]

...All right. What do you have for me, then?

[bestfeature]

Do a favor for someone. It's gotta be something they need, not something you think they need.

And if you want a second token, do that for two people.

[vecna]

[Oh, is Steve trying to make him be... nice. Henry actually scoffs.]

Do you honestly think I can't manage that?

[Do you know how many years he had to spend playing nice and helpful in the lab?]

[bestfeature]

[ yes, but has henry tried doing it in crazy dream jail . . . comedy. ]

No? I mean, these tasks are supposed to be doable.

[ He shakes his token pouch at that. empty for now! ]

[vecna]

[No, but let him feel confident about this, okay. His look might as well bore a hole into both Steve and the token pouch, despite the borderline serene expression he's wearing.]

Of course. I'll do it, then.

[bestfeature]

Cool. Let me know when it's done and we'll see if the pouch approves.

[vecna]

The pouch just knows? I don't actually have to tell you what I've done?

[bestfeature]

Yeah. The tokens won't appear unless you've actually completed the request.

[vecna]

[Hm. Interesting.]

I was only curious. I don’t plan on cheating.

[That seems to be that, then. Except—]

While I have you here. I had a question for you, one that I couldn’t ask because you ran off so suddenly last time.

[because he tried to murder him but that’s fine]

[bestfeature]

Tough shit. I've got meals to get back to.

[ ALREADY TRYING TO LEAVE, sorry henry. ]

[vecna]

[steve you asshole]

Aren't you supposed to help other inmates? You won't even humor me for one question?

[bestfeature]

Nope. One versus the many. Bye.

[ SEEYA. ]

[vecna]

[FINE HE’LL JUST BOTHER YOU AGAIN WHEN HE COMES BACK



TO BE CONTINUED]

Day 79

[tailorscye]

[She's trying to ring the bell. Here's hoping the Netflix gods grant her one of the lucky few guides who survived a three seasons then cancellation boon.]

[bestfeature]

[ the netflix gods decide to grant her with the friendly neighborhood babysitter Echidna!

He briefly looks disoriented before seeing the bell, then her, and then relaxes. ]

You, uh. You rang?

[tailorscye]

[No tentacles, so not Kleken. She smiles apologetically and hopefully charmingly. ]

Sorry, this is my first time using the bell. I wasn’t aware you would suddenly appear. I thought it would be more of a request than a summoning...

I'm Genya, and I was hoping you'd give me a quest? But if I've interrupted you, I can try to find someone else.

[bestfeature]

Hey, no, don't worry about it. I mean, we're used to it? Comes with the territory and all.

[ He leans back against the counter. ]

I'm Steve and yeah, I can do that. Have you, uh, done any quests before?

[tailorscye]

A pleasure, Steve.

And, no, I've only been here for five very long, arduous days. Honestly, I'm not even sure how this works. But I'm willing to try.

[bestfeature]

Okay, yeah, I'm getting a few ideas. Have you met any of the other teams yet, or just your own?

[tailorscye]

Mostly my own.

[This is said in that super carefully neutral way you thank someone for their present of a hideous dress that's not even in your size.]

But I've met one or two others from Yatagarasu and Bugbear.

[bestfeature]

Right. Your quest is to meet three other people on different teams. And if you want a second token? Make it six. That should get you most of the rest of 'em.

[tailorscye]

Do you require any kind of proof on my part? A signed declaration that I've spoken to the others?

[A selfie?]

[bestfeature]

Nope. The token pouch knows when you've completed it. So, I mean, if you try to tell me you did when you didn't, it just won't let me give the tokens to you.

[tailorscye]

Rest assured, I wouldn't make a first impression by trying to shirk my own request. But it seems rather easy. No slaying of dragons or three trials?

[bestfeature]

Nah. Just get to know people around here and get an idea of what the other teams are like. That's it.

[tailorscye]

Is it cheating if I try to get to know you? Since you're technically on another team...

[bestfeature]

Sorry, but since you've already met me, Echidna's off the board. We can't help too much during tasks, anyway.

[tailorscye]

I understand. Would it be all right if I talked with more with you independent of this quest? Only if it's not an imposition. And with the assurance that I will try my best not to bore you with endless questions.

[bestfeature]

I mean, you can, sure, I guess.

[tailorscye]

Is there any difference in how you're chosen as part of Echidna? Since I assume none of us were willingly thrown into prison. But as I understand it you did agree to being on the team? Was it for something in particular, a valorous deed or special ability?