Camp: private conversations

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Respond here for a private conversation with Red! All comment threads are screened.

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[killtheanimals]

Yes.

Why does it have to be you?

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Let's put it this way: can you imagine what it would be like if a man like Pastor Dan was the Facilitator?

[killtheanimals]

Not especially. [Because he hadn't.] But if Dan wasn't the Facilitator, what was his role?

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Annoying old prat who wouldn't leave the camp.

[That is muttered in annoyance. Then she gives a real answer.]

He was more of a counselor. Just...very religious. I can't keep track of all of you on my own, so there are usually 2 or 3 other counselors to help me.

[killtheanimals]

...A counselor made of stone.

[Hmmmm yeah that sounds kind of fake.]

Why?

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He used to be human.

[killtheanimals]

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Is it because of that stone Sasaki and Lenka found inside of Soma?

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That is an interesting theory, if a bit difficult to believe.

[Despite her words, Red is nodding her head.]

[killtheanimals]

[...?

Why nod instead of just saying it...?]

...It seemed strange. They said something about roots.

I wonder if those stones appear in everyone who dies here?

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[HMM I WONDER WHY]

It's something to look for, I suppose.

[killtheanimals]

[Red, you were almost helpful.]

Who was Facilitator before you?

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A very unpleasant man, one who decided that the best way to run camp was to be cruel to the kids and scare them into attacking each other. He didn't like being here either, but he preferred to end camp as quickly as possible so he could go home.

[So yeah, no survivors back then.]

[killtheanimals]

Is there something keeping you in place as long as we're here?

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Just the fact that I want to stay here. I could leave at any time.

[killtheanimals]

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That's not what you said last time.

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Last time you asked me if I was stuck here, and I said 'technically no'. Now you know what the technically means: I could leave, but I don't want to leave.

[killtheanimals]

I asked you if you enjoy being here.

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I enjoy spending time with the campers and doing camp activities with them.

You can guess the parts I do not enjoy.

[killtheanimals]

Then why do you enforce it if you don't like it?

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Because I have to. There's rules I have to follow.

[killtheanimals]

Does spending time with campers really outweigh killing them for you?

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Yes.

I can't fix everything. I can't make it all right. But at least I can make things a bit better for those who die here, in the time before their deaths.

I don't trust anyone else to not be cruel to the campers.

[killtheanimals]

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Then you think all of this is somehow saving us.

[His voice is cold.]

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No. Saving you would be letting you leave.

[killtheanimals]

What's preventing you from doing that?