The Turned Tables

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Uh-oh... don't tell me the ones you've had on your island was under 13...

[wingedcatgirl]

... There were definitely some actual child-type children in mine... I didn't actively choose who to bring in, but I could've filtered better...

[PointMaid]

More than one. Someone let a five year old send me an employment application!

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Five years old??? How barbaric! What kind of parents did this child have?

[PointMaid]

I wish I knew, so I could give them a good talking to.

[Caret]

...I ended up dragging a couple of high school students into my game along with the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street and a small and cuddly Pokemon called an "Eevee" into my murdergame... who was part of the reason that it ended prematurely, along with that absolutely stupid Monika girl that I should have had really researched some more before letting her into my game. [host2 lets out a big sigh.]

[wingedcatgirl]

The Cookie Monster was amusing, at least.

[Cassie]

"Nyot gonna lie...finding anyother of my kind in the Complex was quite funny to me. Myade the execution all the more horrifying...nyehehehehe..."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Oh yeah, I just remembered I also had Kirby & Ribbon on my side battling for my island. They all seemed like they were under 10 years old. And after they got caught, I tried to make them both a nice meal to put them at ease, but that damn Victoria put some kind of poison into the food and poor Kirby exploded and got his entrails everywhere. I still get sick thinking about that.

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

I believe there was a 7-year old kid in mine... I think her name was Pecan?

[KungFuCutbug]

[Hercules is... standing awkwardly to the side, trying to avoid the conversation. Sure, to his memory, his game hadn't involved the deaths of any children, nor were there killer kids. Even still... that Walker 68616 chick had been indoctrinated into the Fragments long before. And she was, what, only 12 or so at the time? Again, she hadn't done any actual murdering, merely nonlethal hypnotizing to put unsuspecting people to sleep, but... he's not gonna mention that. Or anything.]

[Kennifer]

hey audly rember the peepole in hour gams sum of them ar funnee

[artsyGeek]

[Tory looks at the others with a somewhat confused look.]

". .waitwaitwait, okay, so, I've been observin' the convo here, and uh. We're talkin' about kids in games of murder, right?"

[Cassie]

"Nyeees, though there weren't any in the God Complex..."

[TalesofUnder]

Wait... MY TIME COPS! What have you done with them?

[Dookie]

Wait... MY TIME COPS! What have you done with them?

“Your contestants are fine. They're still there. They don't deserve it. In fact, they could be watching and rooting for your deaths right now.”

[TalesofUnder]

My dear time cops... I know I can't hear you, but try and get me out of here. In any way you can.

[KungFuCutbug]

[Hercules bites his lip at the mention of “time cops”... whatever the hell those are. He knows the Fragments have earned the ire of the police back home, just by existing. If they were to chase him across time?] “...h-hmph. You really entrust your faith to your subordinates? If they could've done something, they would've far earlier. This is a matter of life or death, and you are completely on your own.” [He glares at Nikei for a moment before turning his head away. He's on his own, too, relatively speaking, but he's actually sort of grateful for that. They'd probably be too incompetent to come and save him without bumbling it up anyhow.]

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

The French guy may be onto something. While I did have a few of my people who remained loyal to me all the way to the end, such as Amanda, Kirby & Ribbon, and Paruko, all of whom are now dead, most of my other gang members betrayed me to stop my goals of winning over the island. And that's not going into how my daughter joined that Eri. There are a lot of those who will turn on you, no matter how well-intended your goals are.

[KungFuCutbug]

“...Eh?” [Well, that was an unexpected name to hear.] “You said Amanda?”

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Why, yes I did. She worked under me as one of the Sharks, and got quickly ganged up on by the others when they barely had any evidence and met an unfortunate end on an elevator. You know her?

[KungFuCutbug]

[Hercules stifles a snicker.] “Unfortunately, perhaps. Yay-high, color-changing hair, incompetent klutz who apologizes too much for her own good?”

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Now, that's not nice. She was actually quite a capable woman. I was most impressed on how she killed Crow member Mac Johnson without leaving any evidence. As well as she killed Dennis Rainbird, a traitor. But had the others not been so quick to gang up on her like that, she would have helped me won the island, I'm sure of it.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Maria perks up at the conversation. Amanda...yeah, I think my friend Francisca's mentioned her? Has this whole idea that she's nowhere near as reluctant as she makes herself out to be, it's a fucking cool headcanon-

[KungFuCutbug]

“Vraiment... In my time with her, she was so clumsy she could barely stand up straight, let alone kill someone without leaving behind evidence!” [Hercules then just shakes his head, sighing in an aggravated tone.] “But... she's not dead. Not anymore, at least. Tu vois, she... is one of my underlings. We—my colleague Dr. Michi and I, anyway—have the capability to bring back the dead using the power of memories. After she fucked off and died on what I assume was that precious island of yours, we of course had to revive her. I'm sure she likes you far better than me anyway. Petit ravageur ingrat. So, at least, you have that to look forward to if you can escape with your life.” [He lets out another barely suppressed chuckle, a smirk forming on his face as he points the blade end of his pogo-rapier at Shoehorn's chin.] “Who knows... perhaps that's just the motivation you need to be brought to murder.”