Ultra's Thread

Sam starts explaining the flaws in the previous plan. "If we were just going to keep them locked away under guard instead of doing anything with them, then what's the problem? We went from having nothing we were wasting time guarding to having nothing. Not that I think what Tucker did was OK, but... We should've listened to Vicky and watched them together!"

Claus responds. "You saw how that video affected Tucker. It's unlikely you would all stay calm and rational after that!"

"How are we supposed to know if we can trust Tucker anymore? If he betrayed us once, he'd do it again." Ashley looks pissed.

"Please, try to calm down, everyo-" Axel is interrupted by Ashley's shouting.

"LOOK, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT PLANS OR CALMING DOWN OR ANYTHING! TUCKER NEEDS TO PAY FOR HIS CRIMES!"

Sam interrupts. "Hang on. Why was there a secret to escaping on Claus' video!? And he's the one who was so adamant about us not watching them!"

Tucker stands and tries to talk over everyone. "Nekoshi is lying to us about the videos having a clue to escape, just like he did in the motive videos! You see, in my video, he said that I had planned out the next five years. However, in my manifesto, I planned out the next six years." Tucker continues. "Now, since I knew that misinformation was in my video, I could conclude that the rest of the videos were lies, too-"

"Hey! I'm not a liar! I haven't lied to you guys even once!" Nekoshi yells at Tucker obnoxiously.

"Would you be so kind as to lower your voice? Shouting at each other will get us nowhere. In fact, it's likely Nekoshi wants us to fight over matters such as this. We have to be calm and rational. If we let emotions run wild then there's a chance that..." Aki seems unable to finish that sentence.

You explain that you also helped dispose of the videos.

Nekoshi laughs at the following chaos.

Sylvia looks distraught. "Spy, you too...?"

Sato moves a bit to position himself between Dennis, Tucker, and Spy. "I'll protect you from all the bad guys!"

Axel tries to shout over everyone. "STOP ARGUING! YOU'RE JUST MAKING IT WORSE!"

You tell everyone to quiet down and that this is ridiculous.

Dennis glances around the room. "It's alright, brother." He hesitates, saying brother. Almost like it's weird to him. "They're not BAD, Sato, just foolish. Very foolish. Let this be a lesson. Never leave sparks around kindling unless your ready for a fire." He looks at you and Tucker. "You've made this mess now clean it up." He promptly turns and walks out the door.

"W-Wait for me, brother!" Sato runs out of the room, chasing after Dennis. When did they get so close...?

Tucker looks at everyone, trying to stay calm. "I say we take turns talking about what we think of the situation."

"Zat is not 'ow conversations work..." Amelia finally says something. It looked like she was pretty stunned by the whole situation just now.

Suddenly, Ashley seems to have a completely different demeanor. "Now, now, Tucker. I'm very disappointed in you. What you did was wrong, but I just can't bring myself to be angry with you. So no dessert tonight. And I want you to think about how you made your friends feel." She wags her finger at Tucker like a disappointed mother. This is a really weird shift.

Claus sighs and walks off, uncertain what he should even do anymore.

Now that things are a bit calmer, you notice Leanne is gone too. Actually...the keys Tucker slammed on the table are gone as well. Did someone...?

"That's really impressive, Ash- Mrs. Rally. Hm." Sam says. He examines her face, pulls out a tube of lipstick, then stops himself. "I wouldn't mind doing you makeup for your next role, but this isn't the time. Now that everyone's calmed down, we can have a reasonable discussion." He gives Sylvia a thumbs up and she returns it.

Aki sighs. "I hope you realize that we're playing into that cat's hands..." She folds her arms into her large sleeves and walks out of the Dining Hall, leaving the rest of you there.

You place your key on the table and tell the others they can feel free to search your room if they want.

Sam looks around at everyone. "Does anyone actually want to punish these two? Er, other than the no dessert thing. I've already said I don't particularly care."

Axel shakes his head. "I don't really think there's any reasonable punishment we could give him."

Vivian looks at Tucker. "He was just trying to do what he thought was right..."

Amelia thinks a bit. "Well...I zink zat ze amount of trust 'e 'as lost is plenty punishment. Zere are not a lot of people zat will be very trusting of 'im after zat display."

Vicky has been abnormally quiet this whole time.

Sam throws his arms up in the air. "Sounds like it's settled, then. No dessert for a week. Are we done here?"

"The ends justify the means, though. Now, the chance of a murder is greatly reduced without a motive, we don't have to reveal our secrets, and we don't have to spend twelvish percent of our time standing around and guarding. Ashley should be quite glad that she doesn't have to do her midnight shift, too." Tucker suddenly has a concerned look on his face. "Ashley...you weren't planning a murder, were you? You didn't seem to care much for the pads, and really hated the shift you were given. But then, all of a sudden, you decide to yell loudly about how I committed a crime when I did something that would only benefit you. Very suspicious..."

The air around Ashley suddenly becomes very...scary. The mom act is gone. She turns to Tucker, smiles politely, and punches him right in the face. There's a pretty solid impact. In fact, he's knocked right off his feet and stumbles backward, falling over a chair. "Fuck. You." She storms out of the room and slams the door behind her.

Well that was fun. James quickly makes his way over to Tucker and begins checking the injury. "Hm. She hit you pretty hard. But you should be fine. Just a bruise." He helps Tucker back up.

You're focused on Vicky. You ask her if she's okay.

She looks at you as if snapping out of a trance. "Huh? Oh, I'm...fine. I'm fine. I just...I'm just a little tired. Maybe we should turn in for the night?"

Axel scratches his head. "...It has been pretty eventful, hasn't it?"

"Thanks, James. Yeah, we should probably go to sleep for now. Don't worry, guys. The future might seem dark, but we'll make it through. If anyone wants to air their grievances towards me because of my actions, let it rip and I will explain myself. That's about all." Tucker starts to head out.

You tell the others you're heading to sleep and reassure Tucker he did the right thing before heading out. You pass Sato, Dennis, and Aki on the way to the dorms and head into your room. It's nice and quiet in here. Finally. Peace and quiet is what you need. The night time announcement is probably going to play soon.

You head straight to your bed. As you begin to drift into sleep, you hear the night time announcement start to play. But you're too tired to listen. You just drift into a peaceful rest...

Lets head off to the meeting.