i've got to eat before they eat me.

asw edits & etc.

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:23:12 GMT

because this game has become a goldmine for asw edits and shitposts, jesus.

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[w6] letter for shinnosuke + xion

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:04:35 GMT

Shinnosuke & Xion:

Shinnosuke, I don't know if you have your eyesight back. Probably not. So I'll save myself the headache and address this to both of you. Xion can read it to you that way if it's needed.

I don't know why the hell the two of you were outside after curfew. I don't think I'll ever know, either. But you're both idiots who should have stayed alive instead of bailing on us. Watch over each other and watch over Natalie, too, please. Punch some teeth in if necessary. Play nice with each other but not necessarily with everyone else. Those of us who are left over here will try to figure things out before we wind up with a population of one.

Before I forget: Xion, thank you for the letter. I'm sorry I won't be able to do what you asked me to.

- Jason

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[w6] letter for natalie

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 04:51:16 GMT

[This one is little more than a note, almost as if the author couldn't decide on what to say. The sender is also unidentified, though... Natalie should have seen the handwriting enough times by now.]

We needed you alive.
That wasn't fair of you.

[Replace "we" with "I", honestly.]

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[w6] post-execution, w/ noctis

Sun, 26 Feb 2017 22:56:02 GMT

[Jason has been, unsurprisingly, missing since the end of last night's trial. Though he watched the execution from beginning to an end, even sticking around to watch Percy burn Will's corpse at the bonfire — he obviously wasn't among the crowd.

Fortunately for Noctis, it won't be that hard to find Jason later in the afternoon. He's at the Watering Hole, sitting on the docks with some cigarette stubs next to him and his notebook laid open on his lap. It seems like he's been systematically ripping pages out, setting them on fire, and watching them burn before tossing them into the water. If Noctis gets comes close enough, he might notice the pages are specifically those where he's written messages to people who have died... including those from their meetings.

Anyway, he'll apologize to the environment later. What's up?]

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[w6] post-investigation, w/ natalie

Sat, 25 Feb 2017 01:00:38 GMT

[... It's probably funny, in some way, that the church is where he finds her. But Jason's sense of humor has been lacking these days, and with two of their own dead? There really isn't anything laugh or joke about.

He takes a couple steps into the church, approaching the pew where she's seated but not really making any moves to join her. Instead, he places his hand on the nearest surface, tapping out:

Do you mind if I join you?]

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[w6] thursday night (pre-curfew), w/ damian

Fri, 24 Feb 2017 03:57:25 GMT

[... He might have ran out of the meeting a teeny bit early to make it so he's not cutting it that close to curfew, but. You know. Just like Damian did for him all those weeks ago, Jason swings by when there is nobody else around.

And he signs: Still think this is for show?

Trying to make light of the situation but he is also #dead inside, bye.]

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[w6] sent on monday, letter for seizaburo

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:08:25 GMT

Seizaburo:

I'm sorry you had to go out like that. Even if we found out you helped MURDER someone, you still didn't deserve that. I hope that you're in less pain now, wherever the hell you guys are.

I'll keep an eye on Shinnosuke and everyone else. I think he might be writing something for you soon, but let me know if he doesn't. I'll give him a good beating as incentive. The guy needs to learn how to appreciate his friends, you know? And if you find out anything you think could help us over here on the living side of things, write back. You'll have to work around the censor, but don't be afraid to get creative. I don't mind figuring out a puzzle.

Watch each other's back and stay safe. We're trying to end this as soon as possible to get you guys out of there, assuming I'm not dead by next week.

- Jason

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[w6] pours one out for the dead homie, letter for yuna

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:00:39 GMT

Yuna:

I'm not good at this, so I'll get to the point quickly.

I'm sorry I couldn't do anything to help you. I went out there knowing the Sheriff wanted you dead and still didn't do shit to keep you away from the stocks. Milla said not to blame ourselves. Told me you would have gone out there anyway even if I told you what was up, but I still feel like a shitty friend. I should have told you something I learned the other week: Those who are chosen to die in this place are screwed no matter what anyone might try to do about it. It's why Annabeth died, why Russell died and why you died.

I don't know if telling you that would have changed your mind. Probably not; you were pretty damn stubborn when you wanted to be. But if anything, I'm glad to know you went down swinging. Thank you for protecting Milla and I, Yuna, even if I would have rather it be the other way. You didn't deserve to die.

If nothing else I hope you're all safe. Watch out for each other while we try to end this game once and for all, and don't forget to write back if you get your hands on any important information. The letters we get back are censored, but be creative to work around that. I've always liked solving riddles, so don't worry about it. Anything that gets through is going to end up being useful to us.

Thank you for the bookmark and notebook. Both are getting plenty of use. I'll need to repay the favor once we're both on the living side of things again.

- Jason

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[w6] monday evening, w/ rin

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 21:14:55 GMT

[The church has become his go-to place when he needs to quietly process things, so he's the tiniest bit surprised when he walks in to find Rin there. Not enough to turn him off entirely from entering all the way, but enough that he blinks at her when he spots her.

... He's not very good at greetings nowadays, so she'll have to excuse him. But approaching her, he holds up a hand and waves it in greeting. Hello, old friend. With the pile of corpses in the Cinema, it's a good time as any to catch up about what happened with the skeletons they found in the graveyard. There's no harm in talking about that, anyway, unless she has trouble dealing with body doubles.]

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[w5] post-execution, w/ papika

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 22:27:08 GMT

[It takes him a while to take care of #corpsegate, but once that's settled? He makes his way back to the hotel, scrubbing his hands clean on the legs of his pants at he does. It's while walking there that he spots Papika, and, uh. Well. He's kind of speckled with blood. It's nasty. But his ability to feel any shame about that is completely and utterly wrecked, so.

He whistles to get her attention, waving at her once he does. Hello, Papika. He heard you had a very lovely week. How are you doing, pal?]

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[w5] post-execution, w/ percy

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:27:11 GMT

[... He gives Percy space after watching the whole debacle with Papika and Xion play out, opting to verify the state of all their other corpses while Percy does as he will. It's only after the bonfire is lit and Percy is lugging Harry's body into the flames that Jason approaches him, quietly. Hesitantly. Not sure of what he's capable of accomplishing here, but he can't let him friend do this by himself.

So—

Coming to a stop next to him once the body is in there, he gently places a hand on Percy's shoulder while casting him a look of concern. Will he be okay? Probably not. But Jason doesn't need his tongue to confirm that.]

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[w5] post-trial, w/ xion

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 05:07:16 GMT

[It's past midnight and Jason is just about ready to give up and return to the hotel, but there is still one more location he hasn't checked.

Approaching the Post-Office, he lingers at the entrance for a moment. Bruce's corpse isn't here, he has to remind himself. The building has been scrubbed clean from top to bottom. But he can still see the blood splattered all over the teller's booth, his (father's?) partner's corpse slumped over as robots clawed their way out of his stomach. God.

Now isn't the time for a trip down memory lane, however. With no tongue to announce his presence, he knocks on the door frame as he takes cursory look inside the building. Where in the world is Xion Sandiego?]

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[w5] post-trial, w/ barnham

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 04:42:34 GMT

[Well. Today sure sucked! In particular, it sucked for Barnham. Which is why, when Jason spots him while on his way back to the hotel, it only takes him a second before he decides to approach him.

Hello, Barnham. No words of comfort (for obvious reasons) here, but Jason does offer him a wave and a look of concern. Is he, uh... Is he going to be okay? Probably not. But it's polite to ask.

Oh, well.]

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[w5] post-trial, w/ damian

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 03:10:14 GMT

[AND IN REVENGE FOR ALL THIS DRAMATIC BAT BULLSHIT—

Damian is getting abruptly grabbed and dragged into one of the alleyways between buildings, shortly after the end of the trial. Hi. Hello. How do you do, on this fine and lovely evening where nothing has gone wrong?]

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[w5] post-investigation, w/ sara

Sat, 18 Feb 2017 03:07:13 GMT

[Considering Sara's usual haunts... it doesn't take Jason long to track her down an hour or so after the investigation. He's tired, his head hurts where he injured himself, and every inch of his body feels like it's made out of lead. But even so, he still saunters up to the Saloon and plops himself down next to Sara.

Sliding his notebook over, it looks like he came prepared to talk to her. That, or he's had to write this sentence down so many time that he knows the page it's written on by heart.]

How are you holding up?

[... Asks the teen, still slightly covered in blood and looking like he needs a nap. Anyway!! Let's talk about Sara's feelings.]

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[w5] post-investigation, w/ claire

Sat, 18 Feb 2017 02:56:58 GMT

[It takes him a while to track Felix down. Partially because he has other people to look after, but mostly because of his own hesitance. Once he takes to the roofs and starts scouting for their resident widower, it's only a matter of minutes before he makes it to the Post Office.

Standing on the roof, there... isn't anything he can say. Obviously. But he tries to make his presence known by clearing his throat, standing near the edge just in case this is a Bad Idea and delivering Chane's letter isn't worth it.

Please find your chill again, Felix? Or don't. Either way, Jason is here as a favor to a now very dead friend.]

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[w5] thursday afternoon, w/ natalie & yuna

Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:38:22 GMT

[So. The Homestead. It's not his first choice for a meeting of this type, but after a couple days of playing telephone and running back and forth, that's where he leads Natalie. He has a notebook and pen ready to be able to communicate throughout this, but for Natalie, he carefully taps out the following messages:

Are you okay?

and—

We can postpone if you want.

One day he, too, will be able to stop worrying about Natalie Goodman.

Though it might be too late for the second bit, seeing of how Yuna is definitely in line-of-sight by then. He seems to notice this as he finishes tapping out the messages, pursing his lips and lowering the notebook and pen. Oh, well. Here goes... a thing. A thing.]

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[w5] tuesday evening, w/ yuna

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 04:32:51 GMT

[It's closer to Wednesday morning than it is to Tuesday, but Jason is still far too awake to head to bed. Maybe it's the seven cups of coffee he downed during the day, or maybe it's the part where he can still see Bruce's corpse slumped over the teller's booth every time he closes his eyes. It doesn't matter, really. What matters now is that he's been trying to make it through this single page in his book for the past thirty minutes, and failing miserably.

Which is why when Yuna enters the room, he's far too eager to focus on her instead. No tongue means no verbal greeting, but he cocks an eyebrow at her before waving her hello. Though, shouldn't she be... getting ready for a slumber party with Milla right now........? A mystery.]

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[w5] wednesday evening, w/ natalie

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:47:01 GMT

["He told me the next list was going to be all animals."

And—

"Wednesday evenings or Thursdays."

Those are sentences that Natalie said to him while speaking about her role. Both of which, of course, come to mind shortly after Seizaburo gets crushed to death by a stampede of wild animals. It doesn't match the pattern of items showing up on the Sheriff's porch, of course, but deers are hardly inanimate objects. And having been trained by Batman himself, Jason is not one to overlook what others might consider a coincidence.

With nothing to be done for Seizaburo, he sets out to look for Natalie. He searches around the hotel, the town, the railroad station, and everywhere he could possibly think of. It's when he begins to fear she might have gone into the mines that he finds her, way too close to the lake for comfort. No tongue means he can't call out to her, obviously. So he opts to approach her as conspicuously as possible instead, clearing his throat once he's close enough.

Hello, Natalie??? Please don't do anything stupid, Natalie?????]

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[w4] post-investigation, w/ shinnosuke

Sat, 11 Feb 2017 03:54:29 GMT

[Hello, Shinnosuke.

... Or that's what Jason would say if he were, you know, still capable of pronouncing words. As it stands, his first reaction is to pause when he finds him lingering around the clinic. The second, to try and call out to him — right before remembering that's not really an option anymore. A couple of days are tragically not nearly enough to topple 15 years of habit.

But he makes sure to walk loud enough to be heard, clearing his throat in hopes that's enough to get Shinnosuke to recognize him. He wants to ask what he's up to, but... well. One thing at a time.

Good to know the Post-Office continues to be a mistake.]

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[w4] post-investigation, w/ damian & natalie

Sat, 11 Feb 2017 01:48:12 GMT

[So. This morning was balls... as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary there, unfortunately. But after a week of loss, coping, and a very extensive game of telephone, things are finally coming together for Natalie and Damian to meet. Or so he'd hope, anyway. Part of him definitely expects this to go wrong in some way or another. It wouldn't be the happy little town of Whole Ass if things didn't find a way to go completely and utterly fubar.

After today's investigation, he tells Natalie to wait in her room. Explains that it's the most convenient spot thanks to her lack of roommate, and that he'll be bringing that person to her in a while. Afterwards, he tracks Damian down in order to take him back to the hotel. It's not until they're in front of Natalie's room that he sighs, glancing at Damian and signing a gentle reminder to him:

I trust them, is what he approximately says. So be nice. Please.

Afterwards, he turns to the door and taps out his name. The subject matter is definitely not something they want anyone overhearing, so he might as well take an extra step to let Natalie know it's them.

One can never be too careful, right?]

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[w4] wenesday evening, w/ milla & xion

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 05:52:56 GMT

[HELLO, LADIES. Jason is at least polite enough to give them some hours to recuperate after today's disaster, but he returns to the clinic late in the evening to "check up" on them. The quotation marks are important because, if not for what happened on Monday, there would be less checking up and more yelling than is strictly necessary. He's both angry at them and concerned for them — which is a nice mix of emotions to have when you feel like a cheap soda bottle that's seconds away from bursting open.

With no real way to express himself (as he used to), he settles for barging into the doctor's office and standing at the foot of their beds. His eyes are narrowed, lips pressed in a fine line, and as it turns out, he took the time to write a quaint little message for them before arriving. On one of the pages of a rulebook, he's written the following message:]

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING

[All capital letters. Underlined several times. He's going to strangle the two of them for being idiots?? Says the world's biggest hypocrite, but at least he left a note.]

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[w4] late tuesday morning, w/ damian

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:14:39 GMT

[For the sake of convenience, let's assume Jason Todd is trying something stupid around the same time Damian Wayne comes up to kick his ass. To be specific, he's opening the door to his hotel room, fully intent on sneaking out to get himself into a deeper pile of shit, while Damian is already two steps away from it. Jason stares at him, opens his mouth—

...

Scratch that. Closes his mouth and then attempts to shut the door right in Damian's face.

HI, DAMIAN. BYE, DAMIAN. MIGHT WANT TO PUT A FOOT BETWEEN THE DOOR BEFORE HE CLOSES IT?]

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[w3] post-execution, w/ claire

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 04:46:14 GMT

[Should Felix search for Jason after the execution, he'll eventually find him in the Saloon. More specifically, in the small kitchen behind the bar. It seems like he's preparing food for himself here for some reason, instead of opting for the more well-equipped kitchen in the Hotel.

Weird. But have at it, man. Go make this day better or worse at your leisure.]

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[w4] monday, note for milla

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 03:27:42 GMT

Milla:

Checking out the Post Office with Shinnosuke.
Stop by if we aren't back in the hotel by noon.
Also heeding some good advice and checking in with someone trustworthy before doing something stupid.
You can thank Percy.

- Jason

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