week 3 - hermann & mary - monday

[completelycrazy]

[In retrospect, Newt should've checked the yarn area first. It's not as Mary-aesthetic as a craft store, but it's like, craft store adjacent. And anyway, here she is, hanging out in yarn heaven. Cool.]

Found her. [He waves Hermann over with his free hand, and then heads down the aisle to meet her.]

Hey, Mary. You busy? I've got a present for you.

[Newt opens up the bundled up jacket he's been carrying around in one arm. It has a metric fuckload of temporary tattoos in it. He's got a stupid expectant grin on his face. Let's match??

Also Hermann is here.]

Comments

[byjove]

[Friend code. Sure. Anyway.]

Right. Max gave Newton a gift this week, or rather, a choice of gifts. What he ended up with was the chance to know if a single person was a Reaper. We used it on Caren, and were able to determine that she is, in fact, trustworthy.

[It's the only thing they've been sure of in weeks so, time to spread it around a little. In a really verbose way apparently.]

[completelycrazy]

[Newt nods, though wow Hermann way to steal his thunder?]

That's right. Max said the Composer picked me specifically because he liked what I'd been up to the week before. [#bragging, but no really he has a point here.] I think Monika and Clarke also got pins, and that's why we got that hint at the trial when Monika asked for a favor. Plus, uh, Max said someone picked the same pin as me, but they've since been, uh, erased, so... Sounds to me like Clarke used it on Ranpo.

[withsadness]

Oooh! Congratulations! That's incredible news, Newt!

[Mary claps her hands for him!!!]

You learned all of that? If that's true, how did Ranpo find out? Do you think maybe she told the wrong person?

[byjove]

That's a possibility. But she also may have chosen to confront him.

[He doesn't want to say "she maybe tried to kill him first".]

[completelycrazy]

Yeah, uh... I'm not sure how yet, but I think her death was related to both Ranpo's and Madara's. Most likely, she decided to take matters into her own hands. [He shrugs. It's a bummer, but.]

I get why she'd do that. Sitting on that sort of information could've been more dangerous in the long run. [...] For, uh, the group, anyway.

[withsadness]

Yeah, you're probably right...

[Though it seems like in the end the information was dangerous nonetheless.]

Poor Clarke...poor Madara. [A pause.] Did you find out anything else? We can trade! Secrets for secrets!

[byjove]

[Hermann looks over at Newt. Nah, whatever, he'll be fine with sharing with Mary.]

We found out that Chuuya, Caren's partner, is most likely not a Reaper either. She assured us she knew this for certain.

[completelycrazy]

[Yeah, Newt doesn't care about sharing this with the kiddo. He trusts her.

He does, however, cock an eyebrow at this "secret for secrets" thing.]

Wait, Mary, do you know some stuff too?

[withsadness]

I knooooow that reapers don't have entry fees.

[That's a Mary Fact!]

I found it out in a secret note. The note also said that something's unusual about our Reaper Game, but it didn't say what--except for that it's really long for some reason.

[byjove]

[Oh. That's what he asked the Composer about in his letter this morning. So this could serve as a fact check, to make sure the responses are true. But more importantly:]

No entry fees? We could use this. At trials. To suss out who is a Reaper. It'll be hard to prove for some, but not for others.

[The other thing is too vague to be useful, but he'll keep it in mind.]

Excellent work, Mary.