Second truth ღ Forward-dated to April 1st

[lovepowered]

Phone | Public | Optional Action for Housemates:

This isn't as bad as I thought it would be, after everyone kept telling horrible stories about having to kill each other! It even seems like fun!

I don't think we should try to make anyone cry, though. That's too mean. Pranks are supposed to be a way to have fun with your friends, not hurt anybody's feelings.

Downtown Mayfield:

[Shirley can be found in many of the shops around Mayfield, busily searching for any number of things! As a housewife, it's her job to do the shopping, but she seems to be looking for more than just the essentials today. She's as friendly and happy as usual, but there's definitely something guarded about her.

If someone comes close to her, she'll offer them a smile and a slightly cautious:]

Hi...

Comments

[ryuuzaki]

Maybe. It doesn't seem like it's worth risking an assumption that this letter is a joke.

However, I think being unaware of the safest thing to do... that's intentional, isn't it? Even if no suffering ultimately results from this, you'll always worry that it might. You can only make a decision to do or not do what they've instructed you to do, and hope it's correct.

[There's a third option. Shirley has seemed sane in the few weeks that he's shared the house with her.... but that isn't to say that it's impossible that something drove her over the edge today. He silently resolves to keep an eye on her, to establish whether or not she's changed.

The paper really does look blank.]

[lovepowered]

[Shirley sighs, and nods.]

You're right. It is intentional. They want us to worry and feel bad. If we give in, we worry about what we might do. If we don't, we worry about what they -- or he? -- might do.

I don't want to think I'm just going to give into them so easily like this, but I think it's better for now if I go along with it. I mean, there's no telling what they might do to people who don't cooperate. Or maybe they'll play pranks on these people anyway if I don't.

[Probably much meaner pranks than Shirley could ever think of, too.]