day one - aftermath

[guestcontrol]

dreamland day one 41 players remaining. As the voting period comes to an end, a bell goes off from the ticket machine, and the metal bars blocking the tunnel at the end of the Hall of Mirrors lifts. A voice speaks over the loudspeaker: "Attention, guests! Please make your way onto the ride! For your safety, keep your hands and arms inside and do not attempt to leave your seat!" Through the tunnel, single cars on a track stop and wait for each remaining player to step on. Don't dawdle, or your bracelet will begin to beep a warning. Once in a car, the safety bar locks you tightly inside, unable to move. The car trundles along a dark, twisting track, nearly veering into cartoonish obstacles, but veering away at the last moment. Music and cackling laughter echoes loudly through the ride as you drive faster and faster. Suddenly, your car seems about to veer off to the left, through a set of tall doors, before abruptly spinning off to the right. With a powerful jerk, each car comes to the end of the ride. The safety bar lifts, and you can leave. It seems no one was executed tonight, but a list of votes has been pinned to the wall for your perusal. You now have the rest of the evening to explore the park, before night comes again. character statuses private conversations This is a general post-vote mingle encompassing the time from the end of the trial (about 5 PM until the fireworks at 11 PM). You are encouraged and welcome to backtag discussions in this post until the next day post, or to have afternoon private conversations.

Comments

[shoutoku_administrator]

Well. It seems we're in agreement.

Of course, things will only get more difficult from here.

[mediumburgers]

Aside from "Levi", whoever that is. What a jerk.

[edealistical]

I will hope for his sake... that it was some sort of statement...

[levi]

But we can't rest now. More people will be in danger if we don't keep investigating. I... will go play more carnival games.

[It's really sad when that's the only thing you can do.]

[mediumburgers]

The statement that he wants everyone to know he's a jerk?

Yeah! We've got to work with what we have. I guess carnival games are our best bet right now. [ Maya seems kind of thrilled about that. ]

[shortcutter]

[Looking unfazed over here.]

Statement? It's obvious, isn't it?

I'm the detective.

Clash @ 11PM fireworks

[fanbase]

[ The day's been long and she seriously just wants to relax and chill out. The possibility of conversion or if the fake is a lead or not does not seem to be on her mind at all.

She's sitting on the edge of one of the teacups engrossed in the fireworks and looking quite proud of herself. ]

[royalizing]

[ It'd probably be wisest to stay indoors given the whole murder thing going on, but frankly, if she's going to be murdered, it won't matter if she's in her room or out here.

So when Natalia sees Clash sitting in the teacup, she'll come over to say hi. ]

Good evening.

[fanbase]

[ She tears her eyes away and grins. ]

Hey! You're Natalia, right?

[royalizing]

Yes, that's right! Your name is Constance, isn't it?

May I join you?

[perfectstrike]

And now it is likely there will be eight VIPs to contend with...

[Peko's twisting a strand of hair around her finger. She DID NOT ENJOY THE RIDE ONE BIT. WHAT A TERRIBLE ROLLER COASTER.]

So? What is the strategy from here?

[photonement]

Well...

[Mahiru's leaning exhausted against a railing with her arms crossed.]

The odds are going to improve a little bit tomorrow... but not a whole lot.

[perfectstrike]

The odds will improve because another person will be dead.

And we are no closer to discovering the VIPs identities. If we're to--

[And she almost finished that with avenge Ishtar's death. But she stops, takes an awkward second to rephrase,] ensure that no one's deaths are in vain, then we must start gathering and releasing more information.

[photonement]

That's right. Another person is way too likely to die tomorrow - or, heck, two people, more likely than not. I know... honesty might cost someone their life... but we have no other way of stopping this...

[mediumburgers]

Find them, of course! And convince them to stop.

[perfectstrike]

How?

If we could perhaps discover the motive, we could use it to determine who is a VIP. There is always something that someone could kill for... I am not certain if it will be so easy to simply convince them to stop.

[mediumburgers]

If we could take away whatever's motivating them, that would be a start. But it might be kind of... hard. When we don't even know who's doing this.

[royalizing]

[ Okay that was terrible and she's feeling a little nauseous still, so she smooths down her hair in an attempt to soothe her queasiness too. ]

We'll need the detective and buddy cops to pass their results on to us first.

[perfectstrike]

If they cannot trust the paper, [and lbr, Peko's not sure she trusts the paper completely, herself,] then perhaps there could be a place designated for information to be dropped anonymously?

[royalizing]

It would have to be some place secure, so the VIPs won't be able to sabotage it. And out of sight, so someone providing information can't be spied on.

[ She's trying to think of anywhere that fits that description... ]

[eventhandler]

Watch for as many clues as we can...

[Royce says, with a frown. He did not like that ride, either.]

We need to find patterns. Patterns in the VIP's actions, more...specifically. If there is a murder tonight...then we need to understand why and how it happened. The more we know, the better we can use it against them...

[perfectstrike]

How can we do that? If we do not know very much about any of us, if we are not familiar with how one habitually behaves... I almost wonder if it would not be better to enforce a "buddy system" of our own.

[One can imagine the Engrish when she says buddy system here.]

One where a person is not literally bound, as the game would have it seem, but rather, a small group of three or four to watch each other and get to know each other.

[shoutoku_administrator]

It's extremely risky, but sooner or later, this is going to have to become an open war between the VIPs and the detective. We rejected anonymous information, so that leaves only a public announcement of identity.

[perfectstrike]

Has it been confirmed that there is only one person who can act as detective?

[crueltobekind]

Other than watching everyone's behavior closely? I'm not sure.

[ionicwoman]

We need to find more evidence...