[Newt is sitting on top of the mess hall, kicking his legs off the edge of the roof as he and Mary wait for the Players scattered below to wake up. It'll be a little while, yet. The Game isn't quite ready to start.
And it's up to Mary to give the go-ahead, anyway. This is cool.
He leans back, propping himself up with his hands and idly flapping his Reaper wings. They're been in constant motion since he got them because oh my god he has wings this is amazing and he's pretty sure he will never get over that.]
[Mary's drawing something that almost looks like...team formations as she kicks her legs over the edge of the roof alongside Newt's. She's also thinking about pancakes, so she's a little distracted.]
Do you think that the players are going to like me?
[She leans back, frowning as she stares up at Newt.]
If I dress up like the other players in a camp uniform that'll be enough, won't it? I'll just pretend to be really bad at the game, and then ah, oh no, I've been eliminated! And then I can watch from my cabin...
Uh... Maybe? [He's not sure. So much of this new Games setup is still unknown to him. It helps that Mary's in charge and that all of them did plenty of hashing out before they got the ball rolling, but still. Execution usually goes a bit differently than the planning stages of anything. Who knows what these new Players are going to be like?]
If you hang back, you won't be lonely. I'll still be around to hang out with you. Hermann and Alex, too.
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And it's up to Mary to give the go-ahead, anyway. This is cool.
He leans back, propping himself up with his hands and idly flapping his Reaper wings. They're been in constant motion since he got them because oh my god he has wings this is amazing and he's pretty sure he will never get over that.]
You nervous or anything?
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[Mary's drawing something that almost looks like...team formations as she kicks her legs over the edge of the roof alongside Newt's. She's also thinking about pancakes, so she's a little distracted.]
Do you think that the players are going to like me?
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'Course they will, kiddo. It's impossible not to like you. [...] You might want to, uh, lay low for the first bit, though. Just in case.
[He doesn't want her getting hurt in case any of the Players decide to lash out.]
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[She leans back, frowning as she stares up at Newt.]
If I dress up like the other players in a camp uniform that'll be enough, won't it? I'll just pretend to be really bad at the game, and then ah, oh no, I've been eliminated! And then I can watch from my cabin...
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If you hang back, you won't be lonely. I'll still be around to hang out with you. Hermann and Alex, too.
[And all the other Reapers, but he's biased.]