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[sacredchants]

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[soulus]

The dirt was disturbed; however, there was nothing buried in the ground.

[sacredchants]

A decoy to hide the real location?

[ hmmmm. ]

[soulus]

I've heard that a body may be buried in the mountain.

[sacredchants]

[ she just SIGHS. ]

Great.

I'll make sure to bring my shovel for tomorrow.

[soulus]

It may be worth revisiting the graveyard as well.

[sacredchants]

I'm not digging at both locations. Someone can take it for the other.

[soulus]

[He nods. That's fine, as long as someone goes. The graveyard is vast and could do with a reexamination.]

[sacredchants]

Oh, so I turned in the bloodied yearbook to tiger.

They didn't really have too much to say on it other than you were right about it being linked to their memories. They said we should focus on the similarities between what we've found and what people took from it than the contents itself.

[soulus]

What kind of similarities?

[sacredchants]

[ she'll shrug. ]

I couldn't tell you that one. I haven't been on any of them so I wouldn't know what to compare. Perhaps what experience it was? What it made you all do?

I can't say.

[soulus]

If there is another expedition soon, those similarities may become more apparent.

[sacredchants]

Right, and I know no one comes out of those completely unscathed but I want to go and see what's the deal myself.

If these are linked to the memories of our leaders then there must be something connecting them somehow.

[soulus]

They are connected to the Realm. Do you suspect another variable?

[sacredchants]

They traded their memories to help us out, but at the same time, some of them have been regaining their memories. With more of their memories regain, the clearer picture that they can give of what's happening here.

Of course, that may be due to our contribution with nova except as much nova as we gather, we lose the same amount. We don't have profits; we only break even...

There's something I'm missing and I don't know what that is.

[soulus]

Supposedly, the Leader regains a memory when a member of their team removes another participant.

[sacredchants]

What?

Where did you hear about that?

[soulus]

Multiple sources have made similar claims.

The flashing of the team icon on Sunday is said to represent two things: that a member has removed another participant, and that the Leader has regained a memory. Furthermore, two members of each team must remove a participant in order to retrieve their dead.

[sacredchants]

.... I see.

I've only heard about half of that, but now knowing the full picture I can only wonder why that is. Wasn't this supposed to be a "fun game"? When did this get thrown into the mix?

[soulus]

. . . I don't know. But it may be the other way around.

[sacredchants]

I.

I don't even know what's the point of what's going on here anymore! Are we supposed to kill one another? Are we supposed to gather nova? What's the deal with the monster!

We sure as hell not generating any nova by killing people!!

[soulus]

Is that a fact?

Whatever the case, one of the Leaders has known about the removals since the beginning. Judging from the memories that have been recovered, this competition is structured to reverse those deaths when certain conditions are met. The game itself is suspect.

[sacredchants]

That's factual as I know it to be. The whole bit of us generating nova is a huge misconception. The nova we're gather has already existed around us.

But that still doesn't explain how we're supposed to win this thing!! Or what? Is this supposed to be some sort of battle of attrition?

[soulus]

Our collective role here has always been to gather nova. Removing participants contributes to the check and restores the memories that are necessary to the competition's success. It will take time.

[sacredchants]

We might not have time to deal with all of this. Every week we lose two people at the bare minimum and three if we're "successful".

Are we on a timeline or do we have all of the time in the world? Do we just keep killing one another and bringing one another back until things even itself out? What kind of stupid thinking is that?

[soulus]

Those are questions I can't answer. But I would suggest that we continue to gather information so as not to waste too much time.