BREAK-IN: CONNOR + YU

[divus]

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[divus]

[The bedside drawer has a diary in it.

The diary has a lock on it. Are these kleptos taking it, too?]

[covenantal]

[ lOOK?

Look. Yu will at least lift it out? But. Icon, basically. ]

... this seems like a personal journal. We should probably just leave it.

[tootsiepop]

[Squinting. At the journal. What kind of lock does it have on it? Is it like, the kind of tiny lock that would come included with kid/young teen journals or something a little more complex?]

You're not curious?

[divus]

[It's the tiny kind of lock, you kleptomaniac.]

[covenantal]

[ NNNNNNNNNNNN

Yu looks ... uncertain. ]

... I can't deny we might find out something useful, but these are her personal thoughts.

[ He looks down at the diary. ]

It doesn't feel right.

[ BUT TAKING HER OTHER SHIT DOES, YOU MORALLY SELECTIVE GARBAGE PERSON? ]

[tootsiepop]

We've already broken into her personal quarters. Gaining additional insight on her thought process won't make matters worse.

[He's already glancing around the bedroom just in case there's something small and thin he can use as a makeshift lockpick. If there isn't anything, though, he'll head back to the walk-in closet in order to continue his search.]

We will put it back where we found it once we're done. I promise.

[Throw all your morals to the ground. Read the diary, Yu.]

[divus]

[There's a vanity with a mirror on one side of the room! If he looks through there he'll find some bobby pins he may be able to use to pick the lock.]

[covenantal]

[ ... a sigh. He'll shut the drawer and keep the diary in hand. Let's just be the worst, I GUESS. ]

Alright. But I'd prefer we didn't take it with us.

[ Find a bobby pin, Connor, and he'll let you unlock the diary. ]

[tootsiepop]

We won't. Be at ease.

[He'll take a bobby pin from the vanity (after making sure there's nothing else of interest there), and nyoom right back to Yu so he can try to pick the lock. Will he be successful?]

[divus]

[He sure will! It looks like she has been writing in here consistently - there are six full weeks of entries, and two entries for week seven so far.

Which week's entries will they look at first?]

[covenantal]

[ Honestly, Yu doesn't have a particular place he wants to start, aside from maybe week 6 itself. He'll glance at Connor. ]

[tootsiepop]

[...

Yeah, Connor isn't even going to ask for Yu's opinion on this. For whatever reason it may be, he immediately flips the pages until he finds the entries for week five.]

[divus]

[it looks like she wrote a lot during week 5!

which day is he looking for an entry on]

[tootsiepop]

[... Lord. Okay.

Connor will just skim through the week like only a roomba can, specifically looking for any mentions of Guy, situations or happenings with her followers, advancement opportunity, or deals made with participants in the game.]

[divus]

[Early on in the week, he'll see a mention of "Advancement Opportunity". The page it's on reads as follows:]

not sure what I should do. I can't stop anyone from using Advancement Opportunity if they decide to. But if they keep deciding without talking to me, how am I supposed to keep them from making a big mistake?

Every time a god has dropped to zero one of the participants has killed them. Piety's only at one. It's only a matter of time before they get his follower without meaning to...

This stupid rule about not interfering is ridiculous. It's my power, I should be able to stop it from getting used without someone performing a task. What am I supposed to

[does he continue on to the next page?]

[covenantal]

I heard about this, [ Yu will murmur, reading over Connor's shoulder. ] I'm not surprised she was frustrated.

[tootsiepop]

... Didn't she make it a task for her followers to use their ability?

[just sayin'.

he keeps reading, though! what's next?]

[divus]

[the next page continues:]

do? Most of the participants don't like me, even though a lot of them still haven't talked to me. If I say I want to help protect Piety, they'll think I'm up to something.

If I'm going to make a world Ladybug will be proud of, I have to win.

But I don't want to win partially because one of my followers made it possible for someone to hurt Piety. It would be less competition, but...

[There's something else written here, but it's scribbled out in frustration.]

I know it has to be something big to completely protect someone from being affected by the power. I know that, but

[next page?]

[covenantal]

[ ... ]

This must be about the deal she eventually offered Guy.

[tootsiepop]

[...

...

He has nothing to say to that.

He flips to the next page.]

[divus]

[it continues:]

that doesn't mean I like it. Who can I ask? I have to ask someone. I can't just leave it like this.

But so many of them would nev

[The word is cut off suddenly - apparently, something occurred to her just then.]

I know who I can ask.

[The entry ends there.]

[covenantal]

[ ... there's something chilling about that. Knowing what came of it.

Yu will glance at Connor. You ok, buddy?

Where to now? ]

[tootsiepop]

[He's fine. It's fine. He's just suddenly very, very quiet, his face carefully blank as he reads the last words in the entry.

After a moment:]

Friday's entry. And then the ones she's written for this week.

[Might as well, since they're already here? Assuming nothing stops him, he'll flip to week five's Friday entry first.]

[divus]

[Fridy's entry is short and to the point, and some of the ink is slightly stained by what might be tears.]

I shouldn't have asked him.

[covenantal]

[ .... ]

Connor. [ his voice is a little rough. let's ... let's keep going, bud. ]