SWITCHBOARD

[transmittable]

If you'd like to ask the Transmitter something over the phone, go right ahead! The Transmitter will answer the phone as soon as she's available. Leaving messages is impossible, given how old these phones are, but you should be able to reach her at almost all hours.

Comments are screened for privacy; all Patients are offered confidentiality, didn't you know?

Comments

[transmittable]

I can't give you ideas, that's...not allowed. You have to work it out yourselves, it just... It only would count if you're both the one to kill. You both have to have the killing blow.

[heritrix]

[That makes sense she can't say. The Risen seem to want to have as little influence as possible— no, actually. After today, Rin can't say that's true anymore. Where do they pull their bizarre rules from? Their butts?]

That's too risky... [Rin can be hear muttering under her breath, if the Transmitter is paying attention. She's back on track a moment later.]

What if both partners killed someone in the same night? They would both have the killing blow then.

[transmittable]

It sounds to me like you answered your own question. ...Sorry. That's-

[ She mutters something, something about her head. ]

That's all I can clarify.

[heritrix]

[She answered her own question, but it's a vague thing. If that's all the Transmitter can clarify, Rin suspects there's still a catch.

Even if she asks the right questions, the Risen will always hold something back. If everyone knew they could win without being caught, they'd all try. Something has to be held back.

So she has to choose. A risk is still a risk, but Rin can gather from this that killing two people will give her and Sakura better odds. An uncomfortable feeling coils in her stomach, but she tries to push past it.

She has a lot of thinking to do.]

Very well. I'll let you rest.

You should try eating chili peppers. I'm sure you have painkillers, but that might give you extra relief.

[transmittable]

[ Rin's response takes the Transmitter aback. ]

...Chili peppers? Uh. O- okay, sure. Thank you.

[heritrix]

Capsaicin can be effective against migraines and the resulting nausea. It's an active component in chili peppers.

[Or it might just be a placebo effect, but it's worked for her every time, and Rin is fond of these strange methods. She dips hers in-- well let's just leave that to the imagination.]