Camp: private conversations

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

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I would try to keep him out of trouble. Or, like at the trial with Lenka, I would pull him out of harm's way if need be.

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You wouldn't be able to prevent his death.

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Not if someone was particularly dedicated to killing him, no.

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Or if he committed a murder.

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That too.

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[It had been worth a try. He falls silent for a bit.]

If they were family - would that mean Stan isn't from this world, either?

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He's not from this world, no. He's from another one.

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Why did they bother bringing him into this?

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It's...complicated.

If you're cynical about it, you might say 'it's easier for them to sacrifice people from other worlds, which they can say aren't "real people" so they can sleep more easily at night.'

[Red is very cynical about it.]

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[Mitsuru is similarly cynical, chewing lightly on his lip.]

That's why they picked you as well?

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Technically I volunteered, but it's why they approved me to work at the camp, yes. Campers are sometimes very good at killing counselors, and they would rather have someone like me die than someone from their own world.

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How did you find yourself in a position to volunteer?

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I was in this world already, and my options were 'get sent back to my world' or 'work for the people who brought me here.' Once my initial training was done, I got to choose from a job board.

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Why were you here already?

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Because I was brought here, just like the rest of you were.

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As a camper.

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Not as a camper, no. I was never a camper.

The method used to bring you here is what brought me here.

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Then why? Was it solely for your power?

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Back then, the technology was new and they were just grabbing whatever people they could. It was entirely a coincidence that they got me.

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Then would "they" would be the people at the labs?

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Ye-

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How do you know about that?

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People talk.

[His gaze is sharp.]

In fact, it seems they were eager to experiment on you as well, if they were permitted to. Your immunity and usefulness saved you.

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My- my what?

[This isn't her acting like she knows nothing. It is genuinely new information to her.]

Mitsuru, what are you talking about? What experiments? What immunity?

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[...She really is clueless, isn't she?

He falls silent for a moment, thinking this over.]

Red. We need your help. It seems something happened last year-

[Something the hunters were extra intent on avoiding.]

Please stay calm and I will tell you what I found out. Okay?

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[She hears 'last year' and already she knows what this is going to be about. Because there was one incident last year that definitely got her into trouble.]

...alright.