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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:32 pm

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“That boy can’t be the ambassador’s son!” Mao shouted, obvious panic in his voice. He quickly calmed himself however and addressed the group. “The Americans have always claimed that we were behind the stadium bombing. If a Chinese citizen kidnapped that boy, let alone one related to two prominent figureheads, it will be an international incident. The optics of it could make our allies turn against us.

“No, no. That’s not the ambassador’s son. It’s a coincidence—they just have the same name.” It sounded like Mao was trying to convince himself more than the others.

"Is that what you want us to think, general?" Monk leaned on a wall, putting another cigarette in his mouth coolly. "You're too scared of what the truth might be, huh? Your wife seems awfully confident it's the same kid. I doubt it's just because they share a name. Besides, whaddaya mean by "two" prominent figureheads? Is there anyone other than the late ambassador that I'm forgettin'?"

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:34 pm

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“I meant the ‘kidnapper’, his mother, being related to Suyin and myself.” Mao cursed at his writer for the unclear language.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:45 pm

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X seems taken aback for a second when she is asked by Mei for her interpretation. She frowns for a moment, opens her mouth, and seems hesitant to say anything.

"According to Albert Blaketon's study, people can be represented by data. Cat wanted us to know that, and a little bit later the Cat was surprised by this voice talking through it, but this too is a part of the Cat's plot. It's just a part that the Cat's puppet was not aware of," she stops in the middle of her explanation, a knowing smile below her bandaged eyes. "I think Cat has a reason to make us believe in that theory."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:48 pm

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Juanli's eyes lock on Suyin as she talks about Sunny. "Sister?! You KNEW?" She said in utter disbelief gripping her handbag tightly. "You ARE the reason we've been brought here aren't you! And I'm no kidnapper General Mao so mind your tongue!" she whirled to face Monk inadvertently knocking his little papercrafted figure off the balcony "And you are showing far too much interest in my little boy Mr Monk. Just who ARE you?"

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:56 pm

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"I haven't lied." Monk chuckled. "I'm but a mere vagrant, wandering through the streets of country with naught to my name but my fiddle. I simply find it exciting that your son could be the child of an American ambassador, yeah?"

"Though what do you mean, 'you knew'? So Sunny isn't yours? You say he wasn't kidnapped, so then how did he end up in your possession?"

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:02 pm

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Sun Taikong was still reeling from the strange voice they'd heard competing with Yang, but held his tongue on that while the others discussed Sunny.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:02 pm

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"Hmmph," Juanli scoffs crushing the little papercrafted Monk figure in her hand. "Well I can't confirm who Sunny's parents are, his memories are fuzzy from before but yes...he is my adopted son." she folded her arms "And he was given to be by a man claiming to be Bao."

She looked up to the monitor to see how Sunny was doing. "Bao showed up at my door one day and just thrust the boy into my arms...I told them I couldn't afford a child but...we made do...and so I raised him as my own. I married no American Ambassador and I'm certainly not a kidnapper."

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:07 pm

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"W-well, I-I was kinda... brought to mama!" Sunny answered, slightly panicked.

"I don't know who my Baba is... All I can really remember is when I was brought in front of our house all those years ago! Mama didn't kidnap me!! And I can't really remember where I came from before that..."

"I just think I moved a lot... I don't know about the people that took care of me o-or anything!!"

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:14 pm

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Monk's smile disappeared as he processed what Juanli said. "Dammit... so it was that simple all along. Y'know, I can believe that. I doubt you'd be the kinda person to just kidnap a child for no good reason. Can't even be mad with ya if you raised the boy like he was your own. Hell, at this point you'd know him better than his parents would." He spat out his cigarette. "All we can do is be angry that Bao stole the kid from his family at such a young age. Guy was just a security fella, huh? I doubt he'd do this for himself. He was probably gettin' hired by some other man. Somebody else orchestrated all this", he declared quite casually. "He obviously didn't care where the child went to, as demonstrated by him just givin' it to the lady over there. No... he probably just wanted something from our good ambassador. A ransom, perhaps? Who knows." He shook his head. "In any case, I'm satisfied with your answer."

As if nothing had happened, he changed subjects. "So, what're we gonna use this red envelope on? The bomb already has a good deal of time left. One of us should give the ol' Rooster some extra CDP, yeah? It's only fair."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:16 pm

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"Christ, that's... really messed up." Dr. Uwem said in response to the revelations.

"Shouldn't we be discussing what to do with the red envelopes? Fujisaki probably needed some CDP since he only have one left." The doctor helpfully suggested.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:24 pm

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"Mr Monk I may not have given birth to him but I AM his parent." Juanli sternly corrected Monk "But if you are done prying into my life, then I feel Mr Fujisaki is definitely due some returns on the sacrifice he had to make earlier. Providing that the bomb in the Dragon room has a reasonable amount of time left." she said looking up at the monitor again.

"But regardless, I have other questions here that are due answers first." She strode up to Suyin and poked her in the chest "Such as how you stay out of my life for SO long and somehow you know more about where my son came from than me?"

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:28 pm

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"That's a pretty awful story... I guess it's good Sunny ended up with such a good mother at least," Sun Taikong commented.

Wanting to stay out of the sisterly drama, he then said, "We found the Dragon key, right? So we might even be able to get Sunny out of there right now! At which point the bomb is no longer a concern anyway. We should give all three coins to Fujisaki."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:40 pm

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"WAIT... So you know who my Baba was?! A-and he died...?? That sucks...." He looks down, clearly upset.

"Y-yeah! Give the coins to Mr. Fujisaki and get me out of here, please!" Sunny exclaimed, also wanting no more family drama for the time being.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:50 pm

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The whole ordeal about Sunny and the ambassador clearly had Mei somewhat on edge. She was looking away from the discussion, at the very least. "Just give Fujisaki the coins already," Mei says, "If we can just... hurry that up, it'd be great."

She starts periodically tapping her right boot on the floor as she concludes that sentence.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:01 pm

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"I am uninterested in giving the Rooster CDP, but I have no coins to give, and so it is not my choice. I think if we want to explore this whole place, we should want to give more time or more CDP to someone with four points. The Rooster is doing fine as he is. That said, if we can use the Dragon key to circumvent the timer, maybe we should do that sooner," X states coldly.

"How can someone ask for ransom if they give the child to an unknown woman?" she muses, suddenly moving to a different topic. "The motive cannot be so simple. It is a strange place for The Pig's mind to go to. It sounds to me that the child was given away intentionally. And maybe it is very fortunate to be given away before his father would be killed in the biggest political stunt of this generation."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:13 pm

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"Who knows", Monk shrugged. "Maybe that was their plan. To extort something from his father only to never return his kid to him again. Tragic, but I doubt they'd just take away a child belonging to someone with that much power and *not* demand something from him, right?" He shook his head.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:33 pm

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"Sorry, maybe I am a bit unclear on the details. Was this national news? Of course, the ambassador was not ours, so perhaps the kidnapping was not given much attention. It seems unnaturally quiet. This would make the news across the globe regardless. Yet this happened years before the war. Does the Sheep know who knew about this?"

X turns to face Monk, her head tilted, "My thought process is this. Perhaps the ambassador was extorted. The ambassador never got his child back. So, was the ambassador extorted to act in some conspiracy? Perhaps he died to save his child? Just a thought, I suppose."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:34 pm

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[Sunny’s bomb should be at 8 hours now. I forgot to mention that earlier.]

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:46 pm

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“I will not be giving the Ox coin to Fujisaki.” Mao nodded in agreement with X. “I do not know the man, and yet I already have an intuition to not trust him. Since it’s my decision I will be using the coin on myself.” He knew the decision wouldn’t be popular, but he didn’t particularly care.

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Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:08 pm

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"That is done against the interest of everyone here, and yet there is nothing else to be said about it. I expected nothing more from the Ox," X shrugs her frail, bandaged arms in resignation. "I have no desire to escalate any further than the Ox already has. Perhaps we should give the two coins to others so that they could accompany Mao beyond an additional gate."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:14 pm

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"Oh well... Maybe once I get out of here Mr. Fujisaki could push the button so he can get the- WAIT!!! N-never mind, don't push the button, ever!!! Um, but at least give him one coin!"

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:55 pm

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Juanli scowled at Suyin "Fine choice of husband you made to make such a decision." She said dryly. "I think since I was the leader I get to bestow our token and I will give it to Fujisaki." She said passing him the coin.

"We were fortunate this time but perhaps next time it might be impossible to proceed without spending CDP and so you should always have at least one." She said.

She turned back to Suyin "Though I'd still like to know how you recognised Sunny straight away."

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 12:06 am

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“I will not be giving the Ox coin to Fujisaki.” Mao nodded in agreement with X. “I do not know the man, and yet I already have an intuition to not trust him. Since it’s my decision I will be using the coin on myself.” He knew the decision wouldn’t be popular, but he didn’t particularly care.

"Sir, we're the ones who put Fujisaki in this situation to begin with," Sun Taikong carefully pointed out. "I feel it's my duty to make reparations. I'd rather make allies than enemies while we're here." Unspoken was a suggestion Mao do the same.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:33 am

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"The Cat gave the Rooster this destiny, not us. It is a deliberate action by Cat. Ask yourself, are we as a group better off if Fujisaki can travel through one or two meridian gates with the rest of us?" X stands in the middle of the room, to get Taikong and Juanli's atention. "The terms of our escape are arbitrary, as told to us by Cat. It could be that only those with low CDP can escape. My priority is to diversify our options."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:36 am

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Pierre wrote:

"But regardless, I have other questions here that are due answers first." She strode up to Suyin and poked her in the chest "Such as how you stay out of my life for SO long and somehow you know more about where my son came from than me?"

"Calm down. I'm not the reason you and Sunny were brought here." Suyin replied. "As for how I knew, I did my research. I had to extract information from people and ask for a lot of evidence. It was hard work, but in the end it brought me to Bao. I had no idea you were connected to any of this."

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She turned back to Suyin "Though I'd still like to know how you recognised Sunny straight away."

"He matches all the pictures I've seen of the boy when he was younger. That's all."

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"All we can do is be angry that Bao stole the kid from his family at such a young age. Guy was just a security fella, huh? I doubt he'd do this for himself. He was probably gettin' hired by some other man. Somebody else orchestrated all this", he declared quite casually. "He obviously didn't care where the child went to, as demonstrated by him just givin' it to the lady over there. No... he probably just wanted something from our good ambassador. A ransom, perhaps? Who knows." He shook his head. "In any case, I'm satisfied with your answer."

Suyin nodded. "I agree. Bao may have been the one who kidnapped him, but I'm sure someone else is behind this."

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"WAIT... So you know who my Baba was?! A-and he died...?? That sucks...." He looks down, clearly upset.

"...Yes, he's dead." Suyin frowned. "I'm sorry you had to find out like this."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:43 am

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“‘Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.’” Mao quoted. “Giving Fujisaki the coin just gives another person enough CDP to hit the dragon’s fury button and escape. That being said I could change my mind if given a compelling reason, but I see no reason to trust Fujisaki over myself.”

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 2:24 am

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"I have a feeling that both the father of the Dragon is an essential player on the stage of this game. It seems that Cat knows exactly why Sunny was kidnapped and was able to track down his location. It stands to reason that, if Bao worked with someone, we will be able to find the exact reason and method through the Cat's knowledge," X tilts her head to the moon (or the ceiling if we are in the wrong room for that). "Perhaps Cat intends for us to reason it out, like in one of their puzzle rooms."

She lets out a short, derisive breath, "Everyone here is a part of a different strategy. There is no uniting us under a single goal, as there is no room for teams in this game. Our leverage over Ox is our ability to interfere with his strategy. I am fine though with his decision, so I will not use that leverage."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 2:46 am

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The group gives each gift to their chosen recipients.

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With all the red envelopes handed out, the players consider their next moves. However, they are interrupted by the distinctive sound of the monitor turning back on. Strings of green binary code swirl onto the screen, as heavy lines build a figure out of the darkness.

It’s a woman with cascading black hair in a flowing green dress. She stands behind the monitor, staring off to the side, a look of fear frozen on her face. Every few seconds, her image splits in pieces or loses color, as if she is connected to the world only by a tenuous thread.

“Ah, hello,” she says, turning her head to the group. “Can you all hear me? I think that other thing’s gone, so I can speak with you all for a while.”

She speaks with a different voice than Yang, but it is still clearly computerized. The emotion of her voice fails to match her face, making the act of listening to her vaguely uncomfortable.

“Does anyone know where I am? Or what I am, for that matter? It feels like I’m everywhere at once. I might be losing my mind.”

She turns entirely to the monitor, revealing a mutilated stump where her right arm used to be. She raises her other arm to adjust the extravagant ornament in her hair, revealing a bracelet on her wrist. It’s symbol is [蛇]—meaning Snake.

“I have the strange fear that I might not be human anymore.”

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 3:05 am

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Fujisaki's jaw nearly drops as he stares at the screen, too distracted to even check his CDP with that epic eye scanner since he only has one hand.

Quickly he makes an attempt to compose himself and clears his throat. "How did you... How are you there? On the screen?" He asks her more questions, instead of answering any.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 3:52 am

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Dr. Uwem stares in shock at the woman on the screen.

"Okay, your questions are kinda hard to answer, but... I think you're in the computer program right now..." The doctor explains.

"Anyway, I have a couple of questions for you. Who are you? And since you're like Fujisaki, with missing an arm... Am I wrong in assuming that you and Fujisaki know each other?" He asked as he looks at the screen with great curiosity.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 4:31 am

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Kachu wrote:

Quickly he makes an attempt to compose himself and clears his throat. "How did you... How are you there? On the screen?" He asks her more questions, instead of answering any.

If the woman recognized Fujisaki, she gave no indication, other than perhaps a slight smile.

“I don’t know,” she said, “I was with you all in the throne room when you got electrocuted...and then I was trapped here. Like my brain was just plucked right out of my body. I’ll admit it was a terrible experience.”

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"Okay, your questions are kinda hard to answer, but... I think you're in the computer program right now..." The doctor explains.

"Anyway, I have a couple of questions for you. Who are you? And since you're like Fujisaki, with missing an arm... Am I wrong in assuming that you and Fujisaki know each other?" He asked as he looks at the screen with great curiosity.

“Are you saying I’m just a machine? I can still think and feel. Surely a computer would not be able to do that.”

“‘Who am I?’ Did you not hear my introduction earlier?” she asked, furrowing her brow at Amandi. “Well...fine. If you want a name, then call me Yin. Ha. Hee. Hee.”

Yin’s laugh was uncomfortably brusque and unnatural.

“And my arm? Just a coincidence,” Yin adds, “It got torn off in that bombing at Beijing. I guess it’s still out there somewhere. Let me know if you track it down.”

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 4:35 am

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"Be careful what you say to this woman." Mao warned the group. "She is not our ally--simply Yang materialized in another form to gain our trust."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 6:08 am

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"She is the Snake, maybe we cannot trust her, but she is a player like the rest of us in this game," X points at the bracelet with an apathetic flick of the wrist.

"She says she was with us, but I do not recall any such woman. It's quite strange. Using the clues from the first room, I concluded that Snake died a long time ago, and yet some sort of version of your consciousness has made its way onto the computer. This is like that book by that Albert Blaketon. Human consciousnesses as data. Curious."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 9:43 am

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Juanli shuffled unsettled by the woman's manner "I...I don't recall seeing you earlier and given your name, I'm not unconvinced that you are another trick from our captors. Can you offer some proof?" She looked aside to Dr Uwen "People can't live inside computers like that can they?" She asked

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Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 11:16 am

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"I'm sorry Yin, but this is the first time I've seen you," Sun Taikong said, looking very uncomfortable about the whole prospect. "From the start of the game there's only ever been 11 players, though we did all wonder where the 12th Snake player was. Were you watching from another room, like Sunny was?

"As for what happened... I'm sorry," he apologised again. "I can only guess. General Mao did say he found a book about reading the human brain as data, but..." He didn't quite want to voice the clear conclusion.

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 12:33 pm

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"Interesting, interesting." Monk looked at the figure on the screen with intrigue. "You're the twelfth player, huh? And you're trapped inside that screen? How'd you get there? You remember anything before you got kidnapped? I suppose you lost your arm in the bombin', and then somebody with a Cat mask abducted you and you woke up in here?"

"The others have a point though. How do we know you're not Yang tryna mess with us, again? Tricky felines..."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 2:59 pm

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Mei simply bites her right thumb's fingernail while looking at the screen. After the others are done speaking, she, too, decides to reaffirm the general sentiment. "The General makes an actually good point here. If you can give us hints on how to get out of here, though? Great. Otherwise, helping you'd just be... long-winded, and I'm sure most of us only want to get out of here at this point."

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Fri Dec 25, 2020 4:35 pm

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"Well, the Snake must also want to escape. She is in danger as simple bits and bytes. The Cat wouldn't hesitate to kill her," X says, smiling with morbid curiosity. "Don't you think the Snake's talents are best used cooperating with us? The reproach is misplaced against someone or something which can be used for our benefit."

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Fri Dec 25, 2020 6:07 pm

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Doctor Nanjo wrote:

"Well, the Snake must also want to escape. She is in danger as simple bits and bytes. The Cat wouldn't hesitate to kill her," X says, smiling with morbid curiosity. "Don't you think the Snake's talents are best used cooperating with us? The reproach is misplaced against someone or something which can be used for our benefit."

"I mean... maybe," Mei says, unsure of herself and sounding more like she's just playing along. She pauses a bit, before conceding with a short sigh, "I guess that could be the case."

Re: (NGX) The Zodiac Game (Black Timeline)

Fri Dec 25, 2020 6:30 pm

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"...I suppose if Yin can help us escape, maybe by interfering with Yang, we can then try and figure out a way of helping her in turn," Sun Taikong said slowly.