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There's still too much to sort through. And I haven't even looked at the team journal yet . . .

Ahh the journals...

Mm. I'll relax once I've gotten enough answers.

[in one ear, out the other]

I think Red was the one who told me the journals came from the Judge Messenger...

Messenger, huh . . .

Do the other judges have names, too?

King, Queen, Soldier, Messenger, Angel, Waterbearer, the Dude, the Twins, the Graces, Flowers, Trickster, Surgeon, Haunted, Game Master, Beauty, Persona, Veiled, Storyteller, the Librarian, the Foreman, Mirror...

Those are the ones I know about. Trickster, Surgeon, and Game Master are the ones people always warn people about--Trickster likes death, laughs at it. He'll even jump in other Judge's games and make his own rules, changing the game entirely. Surgeon does horrible things to people usually--but he can revive those who've been killed and not revived in games, for a price. He also has a balance to him, where if you lose a game of his, he expects compensation in some way, shape, or form. Game Master's first game was brutal. There's still some issues hanging around from it--Lepus's general attitude toward anyway but Monoceros for example.

People used to like Beauty fine, until she turned a game over to Trickster. There's no trusting her anymore. Persona can be tricky. She lets people go into other people's subconscious. Last game... Trickster butted in and said that people had to kill one thing with a face in the person's mind or else he would do it for them.

... I'd personally warn you about Mirror. She used to be a lot easier to deal with and the point of her games is to help her find her missing pieces, but with every piece gained, her personality shifts. She's more like Surgeon now than she was before--and that's no surprise, seeing as she's Surgeon's daughter. It's also likely that he's the one who broke her in the first place. An Experiment.

She's more likely to mess with your head and appearance and reflections more than anything, though. Even still... she's dangerous, especially if that Surgeon-esque personality is forefront. If it's the other one... she's only dangerous because she doesn't quite understand how fragile things can be, despite being broken herself.

[... may have moved his hand to his temple for a moment while speaking]

[listening intently, though his eyes do follow your hand when it moves]

Hmmm . . .

Four dangerous judges, then. Then one who can't be trusted, and another who could go either way.

Oh, don't get it wrong.

They're all dangerous.

... except maybe Soldier. He's just dumb. ... possibly the Dude, too.

I wouldn't doubt them all being dangerous. But I'll be careful when it comes to the ones you mentioned specifically.

... heh.

. . . hmm?

And you were the one who said I wasn't helpful.

Perhaps I've changed my opinion a little.

Always so happy to assist.

[laughs a little]

Thanks, Kaito.

That'll be two strips of jerky!

. . .

Hey, I have to make this work for me, too, you know.

Too bad, I don't have any food on me.

Smart. Oh well, I'll let it go.

How kind of you.

. . .

[kind of. pausing] . . . if I remember anything about what you've told me, maybe I'll tell you about it. To pay you back for this.

You could do that.

... but you know. With the Judges... I warned you about Mirror and how she's like, but. Try to keep out of her line of sight. For your own good.

. . .

I'll try.

[flopping back to sit on the rock again]

Aaa~aah... I want a fun game again...