"the things you have read won't help"

[overlyingsmile]

My name got called on the news this morning! I thought for a second that I had contacted Porocca again, but there were other people on the list too

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[hateslonglines]

....

Don't you know you have just been accused of a crime?

[overlyingsmile]

I wouldn't think so.

There wouldn't be that many people accused of a crime!

[hateslonglines]

Maybe not, but there were 10 people that were 'killed'.

[overlyingsmile]

Ah! That's okay then!

Because perhaps, they're the ones that won the prize first!

[i_aint_cryin]

Lady, I don't think we saw tha same news report if you're talkin' about prizes. People got k-killed out there!

...

Wait a tic. Your name got called and you ain't dead? You sure don't sound like ya murdered anybody. But then ya sound like you don't got all the colors that're supposed ta come in a pack a crayons neither.

[overlyingsmile]

It sounds like it's a game. After all, how could something like a mass murder, which I've only seen on television and in the newspaper, happen so close to me?

Nope. If it doesn't mean that I've won, then maybe I'm in second place.

[i_aint_cryin]

You're damn lucky if you've only seen murders on tha tv or in tha newspaper. I guess you're just sheltered, huh?

Look, killin' ain't a game, okay? What was on tha news--that's no game! Ya gotta believe me!

[overlyingsmile]

I suppose so.

Ah! Even so, maybe it will all turn out for the better! I was on the list, wasn't I? It couldn't have been anything really bad.

[bloody_hime]

.... Did you listen to the whole news?

[overlyingsmile]

Not really. I heard a lot of names called, and there was a video from someone's house.

[bloody_hime]

You should pay more attention.

You're a suspect in a series of brutal murders.

[overlyingsmile]

Ah. I didn't do anything though.

[hourai_branch]

You're a suspect.

[overlyingsmile]

Mm-hmm! My name was called, almost at the end!

[hourai_branch]

That means you might go to jail.

[overlyingsmile]

Don't worry, I don't think that will happen.

[eyesofargos]

Incorrect. You were listed as a suspect in the slaying of ten residents of the town of Mayfield. While I do not have all relevant data on Mayfield's judicial system, I feel it is safe to theorize that no prizes will be involved.

[overlyingsmile]

If that's so, then I'll just keep playing whatever they want until then.

[eyesofargos]

Please clarify. Do you believe that Mayfield is playing a game? If so, what do you believe they want?

[overlyingsmile]

They want everyone to play along. Games aren't fun unless everyone is a part of it.