day two - trial.

[foxhounds]

SHIP-TRAP day two 36 players remaining The bell rings for dinner at 6PM, and you're lead to that familiar door once again. The door opens with a sensation of warm, humid air, and there's the sight of a open staircase winding down. Ivan ushers you into an open cave before she locks the door after everyone. A large table is inexplicably set for as many places as there are people. You'll find dinner already set (though those that requested something else will receive that), and for those that have already were killed on previous days, you'll find their meal replaced with a framed portrait sketched in pencil. As you come to your conclusions about who to vote for, you can approach a table in a room to the side and write your vote before placing it in an ornate box. When you place your vote, there's the sound of a deep bell tolling. When you return to your place at the table, you'll find a glass of port waiting for you. You have until 9PM to discuss and vote for who you think The General is. rulebook character statuses character profiles graveyard Voting will close at 11 PM EST on 8/12. Voting

Comments

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

Our odds of picking an innocent person are way higher than our odds of picking a guilty one. So if we're gonna pick someone, I think we should at least have some idea of a consensus.

That's my thought, anyway.

[unrulyprincess]

...Yes, I suppose...we must be in agreement at least to some extent. Those who are not could be considered even more dangerous.

[Just for finger-pointing and the like. And, more softly:]

What am I supposed to do, Klein...? What would you do, if you were here?

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

[Hearing Clarine's plea, her cry for help to someone who isn't there...it makes her think, just for a moment of what kind of course of action her sister would take if she was here.

...Come to think of it, that's not too bad of a plan. Whatever Panty would do, she should do the exact opposite.

More than likely, Panty wouldn't even vote. She'd just bet it all on a roll of the die without a care in the world so she can go out back into the jungle later and try to seduce Red in a bush or something.

Pretty fucking bad plan, all things considered.]

What's your gut telling you to do, sugar?

[unrulyprincess]

[Probably the opposite of Clarine's plan, but nonetheless fully functional, well done, Stocking.

But she thinks it over hard for a long moment. She can't just hide from this. If she hides her face like a child, then she is no better than the people pointing fingers at random. So slowly, she straightens her shoulders, and draws in a deep breath.]

I cannot vote for Souza. Not... not upon seeing the belief his friends have in him. To do so would be to undermine all I believe in how we must work together and trust each other.

[Which leaves...two.]

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

[ Girl has her principles. Let it be known that Stocking appreciates that. ]

If you can't vote for Souza, unless you're voting at random...you can either vote for Bols, who hasn't done anything wrong (at least, not here anyway) but is willing to martyr himself to buy more time, or Sephiroth, who might or might not be our Fox but is pretty fucking sketch all things considered.

Pick your poison.

[unrulyprincess]

[It's true. Those are the options. And...the more she thinks it over, the more certain she is becoming, if nothing else.]

... To vote for a certainly innocent person, if only to buy ourselves more time...that is horrible.

[everything is horrible, and the thought of sending Sephiroth to his death makes her sick too, but there's...a chance that he's guilty.

And it's more of a chance than anyone else has.]

Even if he is a role in this game...perhaps he shall say so, to save himself, if the vote sways that way. [though he could just make that up too, huh....] Either way, there is still a chance otherwise, and that...is what I must put my faith in.

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

No matter what, your choices are pretty horrible. Keeping Sephiroth alive might benefit us in the long term, but it might not. And voting Bols...to see him as fodder might be advantageous towards the group, but from a moral perspective, it's certainly the least humane of the three options.

[She mulls it over, and it sounds like it might be a really bad move, but...]

...You know how I said earlier that I hope the Fox is smarter than we are? ...I'm still hoping.

[liven]

Which choice are you planning to make?

[ So few people are claiming one way or the other, Shijima's pretty sure they're not going to reach a complete consensus. ]

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

[ Oh, hello there, friend! ]

I'm thinking the one who called me short.

[liven]

...Which one is that?

[ are you and royce just voting for one another or something ]

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

[ As funny as that would be... ]

Long, dark, and "I have a sword as big as the dinner table".

[liven]

[ IS THAT SEPHIROTH........... ]

I see...well, it seems like we've somehow narrowed it down to just a handful of people. Though less with evidence and more with...whatever we're on now.

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

[ YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT ]

It's true what Kamui said. This is more of a psychological game than anything. Expecting to get by with actual evidence, especially without our detective, is probably not gonna do us much good.

And as much as it might benefit the team, I never liked bullshit.

[liven]

I don't see how bullshit will much benefit our team, to be honest.

[ THEY HAVE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF IT... ]

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

Honestly, just writing the info down on a piece of paper would've been easier than bringing it up like that...

[liven]

Eh...probably so. Does that mean you think he's one of our Foxes in actuality?

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

If he was, I think he'd bring up his info in a way that's a little more clever than just saying, y'know, "IT'S THIS GUY, JUST TRUST ME ON THIS ONE", y'know?

[ossifragant]

That's two trials now where evidence hasn't done anything for us.

It's too soon to call it a pattern, but...

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

Once happenstance. Twice coincidence. Thrice...that's when we should start to worry.

[ossifragant]

Exactly.

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

But I'm thinking our General isn't gonna be the type who likes leaving evidence around. And like I said, with our detective gone, it's gonna be a bit harder...but at least we might have a better idea of who to trust and who not to by tomorrow.

[unrulyprincess]

[She manages to smile a little at that, if weakly and sadly.]

Yes... I remember. And I do as well.

[And she feels some relief in having discussed it over with Stocking and received no judgment, if nothing else. They understand what they're doing, and they may still be wrong--

But at least they are trying for what they think is right.]

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

Really, now, if he is, he could at least come out and say it if he's gonna do it like this, can't he?

[unrulyprincess]

It may very well save us some trouble, yes... though I suppose that is not the sort of person he is.

[bitter_sweet_anarchy]

I guess not. Funny how you can kind of almost know a person after just two days, under certain circumstances.