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Who: Rory, Lynx, Anyone
Where: The Lynx and Corvus area.
When: Day 145, afternoon
What: Look, some new people!

[There's a person in gray walking around the new buildings. He seems to be scanning the area around the two buildings, getting his bearings perhaps? Though he looks pretty calm and collected.

Bother?]

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He seemed...different.

Different?

The me in the tube seemed...very different from me here.

. . . yeah. That happens.

How often?

That's something you'd have to ask other people. No one really talks about that unless they're asked.

[Nods.] Were you different?

. . . [handwave]

I was for a while, yeah. It was up and down - hard to explain.

...can you try? [He's curious.]

[that is an awkward question]

. . . not really.

... [Sighs.] All right.

Sorry, but that kind of thing is a little personal. You might get the same reaction from other people.

...I'll keep that in mind. [And he will. It's just...very curious.]

[nods]

Any other questions?

Information about these games and the judges would be appreciated.

Right. Well.

Games are different depending on the judge. Some of 'em are stupid, like drinking until you're shitfaced and doing really dumb things. Others are games of skill, others will change you physically for a few days for the hell of it. It honestly depends on the judge running it.

As for the judges themselves? Surgeon, Mirror, Trickster, and Game Master are probably the most dangerous. Toss Flowers in there, too, I guess, she's kind of gone off the deep end too. Those five run the most dangerous games - the ones you get seriously hurt in, and the ones that you can die in.

[Wait, who, what?]

Die? How often do people die?

Not often, but it happens. Death in games isn't permanent, you come back, but it's painful and a pain in the ass.

Well, that's...

[Trails off, seeming to be considering this idea.]

[shrugs]

That's how things are.

I suppose it would end...whatever their desire is to run these games too quickly at times.

I guess so.

The only thing is, outside of games, death isn't permanent. You have to deal with Surgeon in that case, and there's always a price. And you definitely don't want to ever deal with him if you can help it.

It does seem to be shaping up like that. But if we die for some reason outside of game, we do? Do we have to pay for it after games?

[his body language changes entirely while talking about this dude also that should've been IS permanent]

Yeah . . . you have to pay a price of some kind. And if you lose one of his games, you have to pay a penalty.

You don't want that. Ever.

[Oh, oops. Is noted.

And notices that shift in body language.]

...he's definitely got a messed up sense of balance.