SOUVLAKI WEEK TEN

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[parodeity]

We're gettin' down to the wire numbers wise, man. If you don't care...I'll give it a go this week.

[ sup, meowstermind. so far the aliens are not so hot on the winning trials thing, but MAN ARE THEY GOOD AT KILLING PEOPLE? ]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Giving the people what they want, are you? [since everyone keeps yelling IT'S ALIENS, which he can't help but be amused by. still, there's some slight concern in his next question:] You have a plan ready, then?

[listen go to town but do him a favor and don't die???? god dave]

[parodeity]

Sure fuckin' do. But I might wing a few things here or there. [ d a v e... ] Should be an exciting turn of events, though?

...That said. Your host been doing anything with the furry crossing shit? I heard some interesting things from our pals beyond the veil.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[he frowns a bit] ...I know winging it is your style, and I'm all for excitement, but try not to push it too much. They are specifically on the look out for us. [a beat] Do you at least have a victim in mind?

[BARE MINIMUM, DAVE but then curiosity distracts the meowstermind]

Do tell. My host is too much of a wimp to attempt to contact the dead. Something about guilt? It's stupid.

[parodeity]

Don't sweat it, chief. I'm tryin' to work with the expectation thing. [ sort of. HE'S TRYING REAL HARD, OKAY. he might loses but like hell will he lose easy he hopes. gotta try to get 1 win so meowstermind only has 1 to go. ] And yeah, I do got a victim in mind.

[ but who cares who that is!! ]

Yeah, Allen contacted my host earlier. And guess what? They're chit-chattin' about us in the grave. About Her, too.

[ the queen, he means, and davelien's tone immediately goes icy cold because he's not pleased that people know about mom? ]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[any kind of discussion of dave's plan goes out the window because these aliens have mommy issues. meowstermind sounds piiiiissed]

Her? How do they know about Her? They don't have the right to even know Her, never mind discuss--! [don't throw a hissy fit, meowstermind, chill. he takes a breath] What do they know, and why?

[parodeity]

[ no but how dare these people talk about her because what if they attack mom or something? leave the queen the fuck alone? davelien changes over to the clearly more important topic than the one about like shanking someone or whatever ]

Captain Perkins or who the fuck ever seems to be hangin' out with them in the great beyond. Gossipin' about us killin' her crew, and about our Queen. They know our name, dude.

[ Souvlaki. ]

She's tellin' them we're part of her crew. Like, host us, not legit us. Allen wasn't tellin' me everything he learned because he didn't want anything to get out to the "wrong sort", but...

[ .......WHICH IS FAIR. SINCE DAVE. IS ENTIRELY THE WRONG SORT. ]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

[listen they got all week to talk about the shanking what if they are insulting their mom?? this is terrible????]

But these people aren't great at identifying "the wrong sort", are they? [he sounds amused, but he's still frowning] I don't recall killing her crew... or my host being on it. Was it just the four of us who were, or everyone on this ship? Because that's an odd case of mass amnesia. More than that... Who does that woman think she is, talking so casually about the Queen like she knows anything?

[parodeity]

[ le shrug ]

Def not pickin' up on any memories re: this crew from my body either. He's tryin' to talk to other people about the dead chat shit so maybe we'll hear something else of interest if anyone is even less cautious than Allen, but...

[monsieurchatastrophe]

But we shouldn't count on it.

[he shrugs right back]

Well, none of this will matter once we succeed and deliver this so-called "crew" to Her. They can speculate all they want on us, they're nowhere close to figuring us out.

[parodeity]

Probs not. But contact me before the trial, yeah? I'll give you any last reports I have at that point, just in case.

[ he plans to win, but liz planned to win, too. and davelien at least plans to give the meowstermind as many advantages as possible? ]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

I will. [he believes in davelien but they've also been fucked over more than once, so. but:] Speaking of just in case... Word around the grapevine is that those who were attacked or injured by our fallen brethren can't possibly be one of our own. Jason, Clover, Fiona... [there were others but they deda now lmao] So if it comes down to that... You know what that means, don't you?

[parodeity]

[ davelien's lips quirk up into a smirk. ]

Sure fuckin' do. If need be, I'm not opposed to hurtin' you a little in the process of the whole murder scenario, either.

[ leave adrien alone you guys ]

[monsieurchatastrophe]

That works too. After all, if they're going to assume so blatantly... And it's not like I need him intact for anything.

[somewhere deep inside his sleep adrien gets a bad feeling about this, and he's not even the local jedi]

[parodeity]

We'll see either way...but if I get caught, I'll def make sure to scratch you up a bit, boss. After all, I definitely wouldn't lay a finger on my actual chief...

...what a stupid way of thinkin'. Hosts aren't important at all.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

So long as they don't die, who cares what happens in between? They'd be surprised what our hosts can live through.

[still.]

Let's try not to let it get to that.