day four.

[foxhounds]

SHIP-TRAP day four 28 players remaining The sun rises, and with it comes the loud gong of a bell, which signals that you're able to return to the grounds of the mansion. In fact, it seems like that same unseen force is compelling you to, since the longer you stay in the jungle, the more you feel the unsettling feeling of being watched. When you arrive, Iván is waiting at the foot of the stairs to greet you. "Good morning. Breakfast is waiting in the dining room." You have until 6PM to explore the grounds of the mansion and talk amongst yourselves. In addition, you can see the paper votes from the previous night's trial laid out by the guestbook if you want to confirm what you saw yesterday. rulebook character statuses character profiles private conversations graveyard The trial will start on August 20th. Though a special post for discussion will go up for voting, you are encouraged to discuss who to vote for throughout the day.

Comments

[foxhounds]

[ If you take a headcount once you're all together, you'll notice that Horikawa Kunihiro, Megumi Shimizu and Orion are missing. ]

[meatery]

[Predictably, Gi-ne's first priority is breakfast and she eats hers with the usual frightening speed. It's only once she's done with that that she looks out at everyone else, seeing who is likely to give her scraps checking that her friends are present and that there isn't anyone noticeably missing-

She frowns suddenly. Is there a significant dent in their numbers? She uses her finger to slowly count everyone under her breath- oh whoops, someone moved, time to start over- and gradually starts to look more and more concerned.]

Um! How... many of us were there yesterday?

[Please tell her she miscounted she was expecting to come up one short.]

questions

[foxhounds]

questions for ivan go here to be handwaved

[believesin]

Rena would have asked Ivan what happens if the overseer dies. Tactfully, but come on, she must have heard all the discussion during the last trial.

[yasusada]

Yamato would ask how Ivan has been and has she been staying hydrated, has she been eating well, is she doing okay, has she been getting good sleep in and Kashuu may just be there too but YAMATO WANTS TO KNOW HOW SHES DOING!

[x_over]

He'll nod at her; it's a greeting and as polite as he gets at the moment. Then he'll attempt to ask her about the votes: why did Red count as a vote but not Duster?

body 1

[foxhounds]

[ If you're exploring the south side of the island and venture to the edges of the island where those sheer cliffs are, you'll see that one of them looks like it partially collapsed. If you're familiar with the area, you'll know that it was definitely not like this yesterday. Be careful if you approach to investigate further! ]

[photoshoot]

Huh.. That's strange.

[ Max hadn't really come down this way last night, but she was sure that this looked a lot different when she last was here. she treads very carefully as she approaches the cliffs. ]

body two

[foxhounds]

[ Who else is out exploring the jungles for missing friends? Stay tuned and find out!! ]

[yasusada]

[ Walking around blindly doesn't seem to be getting him anywhere but he's sure a few people may be coming along! Looking both left and right, he only sighs. ]

I wonder where everyone is..!

[ Looking next to him towards someone! ]

What do you think?

[descriptive]

Sorry about this. I'll come bring it back later.

[ Mitsutada's not entirely impressed about this, but he's gone back for the sword. He apologises to the remains of Horikawa, then heads back with his (semi broken) sword. ]

body three

[foxhounds]

[ I wonder who it could be... Who's going exploring for this one? ]

[believesin]

[Rena wants to make bad decisions! By which I mean help.]

I wonder if three people are really dead, I wonder...

Ding dong bing bong, a body has been discovered!

[hopefragment]

[Here's Hinata, running again. Does this boy ever run when there's good news... no...

At least he's not looking for rope this time.]

Guys-! [If anyone's around the mansion and not looking for the others,] Max and I, we found- Shimizu. Up by the cliffs, it looks like-- it looks like it collapsed out from under her.

[He's breathing a little hard from RUNNING THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH THE JUNGLE give him a second, he's a noodle.]

[ghettobatman]

[Matt's eyebrows furrow.]

Collapsed? What do you mean?

[Another "accident"?]

[unrulyprincess]

Wha... is the island dangerous as well, now?

[OR WAS SHE PUSHED....

god, this is the worst island vacation.]

[double_x]

[ That is one heaving noodle.

Fuuma waits until other people have had a chance at Hinata and until Hinata catches his breath before asking any questions. ] Could you reach her?

Ding dong bing bong, a body has been discovered! PART 2 W/ EVIDENCE THAT'LL MAKE YOU HOLD YOUR HEAD!

[yasusada]

[ BACK TO THE MANSION IT IS! Since Gi-ne believed that coming back and reporting their findings would be the best thing. There's a smile on Yamato's features as he holds out the severed head of Horikawa Kunihiro's, his outfit is slightly bloody from holding it so close but what's important is that it's here now. ]

.. It's very unfortunate that I have to say this, but the death that Gi-ne, Hijikata Toshizou and I have found belongs to .. Horikawa Kunihiro himself.

[ Holding the head back to his chest, he looks around for just a bit as he speaks up again. ]

Ah.. I'm really hungry.

[ Attention span, gone! ]

[ossifragant]

[JESUS CHRIST HE'S HOLDING A HEAD RIGHT NOW]

What.... what the hell?

[hopefragment]

[There's a strangled attempt at a scream from Hinata. What the fuck bro.]

i hate this

[odagumi]

[ Long, very long look in Yamato's direction. ] ...Then that's Horikawa's head? [ Slow look from the head, to Yamato, to the head, and then back to Yamato. Yeah...he thinks, this is Yamato for you. ]

...Can you describe what you found, exactly? Then you can eat if you really want to.

[unrulyprincess]

[NATURALLY, AS SOON AS SHE SEES THE HEAD, SHE SHRIEKS.]

W-what-- What are you doing?!

ah yes another day in the life of swords that know yamato

[gravesite]

Yamato, I—

[ Hold on. He glances at the head in the uchigatana's hands, looking warily back at Yamato.

And he squints. ]

Is that Horikawa's head?

Ding dong bing bong, a body has been discovered! part 3, now with 100% fewer decapitated heads!

[believesin]

[And here's Rena, having missed the other two announcements, returning to the mansion to make sure everyone knows about yet another body.]

Orion-san is dead. He was shot. [And also stabbed, but honestly, it wasn't that bad of a corpse compared to most of the others that have been left on this island.]

[meatery]

Ah...

[Other people have started to go check out Horikawa's corpse, so Gi-ne was allowed to head back to the mansion. She walks into the room just in time to hear that, wiping blood off her hands with a napkin.] Orion... Not another one...

for the people who haven't left to investigate the bodies

[x_over]

[ Kamui's not going to look for the bodies. He doesn't have the energy. His food, as always, remains untouched.

Three potential deaths - more than he figured possible. Maybe two of them were late, or lost. If all three were dead, even if one of them were somehow an accident, it means there's still at least one extra killer on the loose. Hm. Well, there's nothing that can be done just yet. Not until the bodies are found.

So his focus is on something else entirely. He's looking through the votes from yesterday, one by one. Four votes for Iván, and they had all counted. But then - why hadn't his, that first time around? If it was a matter of spelling or nicknames, then Red wouldn't have counted since Duster didn't count. Could Ivan and Iván be two different things? Iván is her name, that much is proven in the profiles. If Ivan didn't count as a name, could it be... ]

... A role?

[ It would be invalid to vote for a role, wouldn't it? Then is Duster also a role? ]