haggle | IC INBOX.

I won’t insult you by asking if you’re alright.

The teams don’t matter to me. I’m willing to share what I learn with you if you’re willing to do the same. The faster this game ends, the better.

just peachy, dude

( as for the rest — )

wolves won't know they're wolves. amnesia shit, i guess. you heard jim jones — we won't know if we nabbed one til the smoke signal goes off

turns out you can't play two roles in this shitshow. doc? cool, means i'm not the big bad wolf. lucky me

bodies keep hitting the floor til we get all the wolves. max we can probably net is 2/wk

last year's haul (according to koby's stringboard):
week 1: one down
week 2: one down
week 3: two down

one of the freaks made it all the way to the finish line
that's all i got so far

My team's been of [ how to say this nicely ] limited use. But they shared the same details as to last year.

The only clue worth note is that the wolves seem to be exceptions — the manners of the kills suggest their powers would have been restored to them.

explains mr. mandolin slicer
christ

( see: homelesslander. or whatever the fuck his name is. )

i got my dogs on a leash cept for one douchebag who keeps insisting i'm not off the hook lol
ain't many leads yet tho
you sniff out anything?

Edited 2025-10-05 01:38 (UTC)

Continuing to point a finger at you seems ... pointless at best and deliberately obtuse at worst, given what we know about the roles.

[ Though he'll leave it to her to name names, if she wants to. ]

Nothing that hasn't been shared publicly.
I'll keep you apprised.

nah
he's sensitive cause i told everyone his little bitch of a friend tried to kill me months back
and they say women are emotional. sure

( more importantly: )

thx
bunch of us are going to scope out jake's attack site
you got a list of our little green soldier types here?

Edited 2025-10-05 03:44 (UTC)

Unfortunately your would-be killer makes the list. Saber and Cellar both work in the employ of some sort of paramilitary agency. Adrian, Bob, Tony, and Yelena all seem to be at least tangentially involved in the "superhero" business.

I don't know most of them well enough to speculate as to their eagerness to torture.

it ain't bob. he's ruled out
saber used to be a sleeper spy. it's on his pink slip app. cellar's got weird shadow tricks
not even gonna touch on the superhero spandex bullshit but i'm taking it down

( a lead's a lead, when you're scraping the bottom of a fucking barrel. )

anyway, there's something else
strange and i are setting up a table for the big boys and girls to play
2 of us from each team
you want in?

[ A beat — just a second. There's no real room for levity, here, but— ]

I thought you'd never ask.

what can i say
i take my time building up to the climax

[ Another pause, this time to parse a different conundrum:

> FLIRT (she is hot and you like her)
> DO NOT FLIRT (inappropriate timing) ]

Lucky me.
I’ll look forward to the diplomatic council.