[ sqq hasn't taken his eye mask off yet it's fine

todomatsu's still half asleep when the message comes in too, and he has to fumble for his phone for a few seconds before he finds it and unlocks the screen.

squints... and then raises his eyebrows. ]

Oh... shit.

This always sucks, but...man. Kinda feels like someone's got something against my team.

Seriously.

[ frowns ]

I'd kind of figured that Boothill went for Essek because he'd killed someone from the same world as him the first time, and this was the closest equivalent to that. I wonder if there was a reason like that for these two... If there is, it might just be a coincidence that the same teams keep getting hit, at least.

I guess...theoretically, if you eliminate an entire team, then that's less competition for yours moving forward.

[ haha! he hates saying that. ]

Yeah, but they keep saying the team stuff is separate from the murder part, that it's just about winning the Australia trip. Unless that was a lie, who cares that much about Australia???

Yeah, if anyone even mentions Australia to me when I get back home, I'm gonna lose my freakin' shit.