"If I had a group this big pissed off at me I'd be fucking scared, even without the organization," Usopp answered honestly, glancing around at the crowd in the cafeteria. "But there's no way to get everyone here organized. Some people don't even want to leave, and some people're too crazy to work with others. We don't even have groups that work together in a neat way, and the guys who run those seem kind of sane at least."
His own efforts to get people to talk about chemicals and simple weapons in an organized fashion had been a disaster so far. It might have been partially credited to his own absolute lack of leadership skill, 'Captain' Usopp or not, but he couldn't help thinking that it also had to do with the personalities of people here.
Still, Kaiji's suggestion reminded Usopp of the uncomfortable rumor that he still refused to believe, no matter how many people swore by it. It didn't make any sense. "So if you play quiet and boring--maybe you get declared 'cured' and disappear like so many patients do. We can't be sure what'll happen after that. And if people refused to play along altogether, stayed in their rooms at night, didn't argue during the day, they'd find other ways to make us act. Were you here for the first trip to Doyleton? They attacked us on the buses--it was fight or run for your lives, free entertainment and no choice on joining in or not."
Usopp shook his head, frowning. "Last night I went out exploring with a friend. I saw a lake, or what I think was a lake. Around it, there were bones. I think they were human bones. I didn't get close to it, but was that part of the game? Or is it part of something bigger? Where did so many bones come from?" After sleep, a meal and a conversation's distance, he was able to at least think about what he'd seen.
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His own efforts to get people to talk about chemicals and simple weapons in an organized fashion had been a disaster so far. It might have been partially credited to his own absolute lack of leadership skill, 'Captain' Usopp or not, but he couldn't help thinking that it also had to do with the personalities of people here.
Still, Kaiji's suggestion reminded Usopp of the uncomfortable rumor that he still refused to believe, no matter how many people swore by it. It didn't make any sense. "So if you play quiet and boring--maybe you get declared 'cured' and disappear like so many patients do. We can't be sure what'll happen after that. And if people refused to play along altogether, stayed in their rooms at night, didn't argue during the day, they'd find other ways to make us act. Were you here for the first trip to Doyleton? They attacked us on the buses--it was fight or run for your lives, free entertainment and no choice on joining in or not."
Usopp shook his head, frowning. "Last night I went out exploring with a friend. I saw a lake, or what I think was a lake. Around it, there were bones. I think they were human bones. I didn't get close to it, but was that part of the game? Or is it part of something bigger? Where did so many bones come from?" After sleep, a meal and a conversation's distance, he was able to at least think about what he'd seen.