[newlydead r2] day 8 - santa

[unexpectedboner]

[another morning in the murderstudio. announcements happen? probably? junpei's still holed up in his dressing room tho whoops]

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[unexpectedboner]

Oh--right. Right. Sorry.

[scrubs at his face, clearly still disoriented; someone should really get an alarm clock (or at least not hide in his room at night, ah well)]

I'm ready. What happened, what'd I miss?

[jinglebros]

Everyone got a vote except three people. Those people are being offered a 'hotel pass' to the highest bidder. It's fucking crappy is what it is.

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Bidding? Bidding on what?

[a moment later, he starts imagining what]

...There's not limits, or anything...?

[jinglebros]

No limits. Just whoever has the 'best bid'. Aka who tickles the clown's fancy.

[ Santa sits down on the floor and looks really stressed. ]

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[there is probably a bottle of some sort of liquor in here somewhere, if santa cared to partake

in the meantime, junpei takes a beat to absorb this, frowning]

But...but it's the best bid of whoever's bidding, right? If everybody softballs it, then...it's not necessarily anything bad, right?

[jinglebros]

[ Santa does end up looking for the liquor, figuring Junpei has some of it. When he finds it he pops it open and takes a long drink before offering it over. Least he can do is share if he's stealing. ]

It's Sophie, Aku and Ronove. Aku's a joke, but how likely do you think the other two are to softball it?

I don't know Ronove at all, but Sophie's kind of a bitch.

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[he grimaces, but takes a swig anyway before offering it back, hair of the dog and all that]

Sophie and I haven't talked that much, but Ronove is like Rosa's butler or something. He makes awesome baked goods, but...I dunno how hard he would go.

...Still, it's the first time. Maybe no one will want to escalate too much.

[jinglebros]

Someone's already escalating. I have proof.

[unexpectedboner]

Proof? What do you mean?

[jinglebros]

You can't tell what I'm about to tell you. I'm trusting you with this.

[ Santa reaches under his shirt and unstraps the ceramic shiv, pulling it out and handing it over. ]

I caught Niles making weapons and he made me promise to carry this.

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[handling it, a little awkwardly]

...A broken plate?

[jinglebros]

[ Santa snorts. ]

Idiot.... no, see? It's broken so it's a knife. And then the leather strap makes it so you can hold it.

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I thought it might be a strap to wear it as a necklace or something...

[tests the edge against his hand because you know]

[jinglebros]

Holy shit don't do that! [ Tries to grab it away before horribleness occurs. ]

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Ah shit--

[the good news is that santa grabs it! the bad news is as he does it skids real neat over and down the heel of junpei's palm, whoops]

[jinglebros]

Holy fuck -

[ SUDDENLY THERE IS BLOOD AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING staring in shock here ]

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[also staring, it was a surprise]

...Shit.

[okay it's a painful surprise now, maybe he needs a bandaid]

[jinglebros]

[ maybe TWO bandaids

Santa whips his scarf off and hands it over to him. ]

Look, put pressure on that with this, I'm going to go try and grab some first aid crap from the prop room, okay? DO NOT TOUCH THAT AGAIN IN THE MEANTIME.

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What's that thing so sharp for? That...really hurt!

[he does as told, though. can't say this is his ideal morning]

[jinglebros]

It's sharp because it's for self defense, asshole!

[ Santa scrambles to his feet and takes off for the door. it takes him about ten minutes to come back, even with hurrying, because the damn prop room is so stupidly big and full. ]

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[is waiting, antsy and salty]

Took you long enough. Was there anything left or has someone stolen all the bandages, too?

[jinglebros]

Shut up, I got here, didn't I?

[ He plops himself down on the ground, sitting crisscross. ]

Let me see your hand, is it still bleeding?

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[junpei offers it with a grimace; it's still oozing a bit, but nothing like before. still aches, though]

Hope my tetanus booster is up to date. Was there anything? If I have to DIY with a burlap sack or something, I think people'll get the wrong idea.

[jinglebros]

We lucked out. I found bandages and a sewing kit. We'll keep an eye on it, if it keeps oozing like that we'll sew you up too.

...it'll hurt like hell but at least you got that alcohol, right?

[ Santa takes out two of the bandages and puts them on carefully. ]

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Ugh... Need a few hours before that'll sound like a good idea. Know if June had any of those painkillers left?

--Also, you know why Niles decided tonight was right for shanking? It's not like violence--violence from us--has been a real problem so far, right?