scp r4 ♥ karen catch-all

[dereban]

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week 1; intro log sunday

[dereban]

[ So.

Probably sometime in the early morning - since Inaba actually slept for once, what a surprise - but if she's still in their shared room, she'll call out: ]

Yoooo, Karen. Can you come with me for a quick sec?

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Karen's not still in the room so much as back, but other than her having a faint grape aroma there's not really any difference.]

Certainly. Where are we going?

[dereban]

Bathroom.

[ SECRET MEETING ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Understood.

[FORTUNATELY SHE UNDERSTANDS THIS

They arrive in the bathroom without incident.]

What is it?

[dereban]

Dazai mentioned the whole 'wanting bloodshed' thing-- do you think that this is the "trial" that was mentioned?

[ She was watching last round, after all. She heard what was said publicly. ]

okay I definitely remember replying to this

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Hm, yeah, she's been on that track too.]

It's very likely. And even if it isn't, it'll definitely have some bearing on the trial.

[dereban]

For sure.

I mean. . . they're all watching, after all.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Assuming there's a direct connection, I'd be shocked if it wasn't a setup. They want us to demonstrate how we're all a bunch of murderers.

[dereban]

It would basically give them an excuse to [ she does a slashing motion to her throat ] execute all of us.

week 2 post-game

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Karen has showered and she's put on clean clothes, so the next thing to do is hunt Inaba down.]

Why did you do that?!

[No preamble, no context.]

[dereban]

[ It'll actually take Karen a while to locate her because she actually went straight to visiting Dazai after the game, but later on-- ]

You say that as if it would have made a difference if someone else volunteered. Nobody in our group can tank the poison even if we diluted it even further with water -- besides, I came out just fine.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Oh good, so Karen's been running around for a while looking for her, that'll improve her mood.]

Yes, even though you picked the skull cup for some reason!

[dereban]

Usually nobody poisons the skull cup. . . it's too obvious.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Which is why you would have thought everyone would poison it this time because we're trying to not kill everyone!

[WHY IS SHE THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS? MOST PEOPLE CLEARLY GOT IT WITH THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA CRAP]

[dereban]

Force of habit, alright?!

that... was definitely the wrong icon

[oceanicbutterfly]

[...

.....

........]

Well, I suppose it worked out this time.

[dereban]

[. . .]

[ There's a bit of a pathetic, thin-veiled smile that seems to speak for itself. ]

Yeah, I guess it did. Lucky me.

week 3 wednesday morning

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Karen wakes up kind of miserable Wednesday morning, her body having decided she isn't allowed to sleep past 7 AM no matter how late she was up last night. So she's understandably surprised that the room already fails to contain any Inabuns.

It doesn't take long to find her.]

What are you doing up?

[dereban]

I'm always awake early.

[ She speaks so casually that it looks like it's not even a problem. Her lips tug into a smile but it doesn't reach her eyes in the slightest bit. If Karen's paying close attention, they're obviously red and puffy. ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

You aren't always up so late. I know you were out past at least two in the morning.

["And you look like it," she doesn't add, but she's definitely thinking it.]

And you're already...

["Dressed," she was going to say, but now that she thinks about it, those clothes look awfully familiar...]

[dereban]

[ KAREN SHE HAS ONLY LIKE, FOUR??? OUTFITS???? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ]

Sometimes exceptions have to be made.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[.............................]

Inaba-san.

Did you actually go to bed at all last night?

[dereban]

Who knows?

[ she shrugs her shoulders ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[That is definitely a reassuring answer and she absolutely trusts the answer to have a nonzero chance of being something other than "no."]

Go to bed.

[dereban]

It's Wednesday. Don't you know we have a game to play later? I can't sleep in.