day two - afternoon

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dreamland day two 39 players remaining. [As the day wears on into the afternoon, the dead aren't getting any deader. It's late in the afternoon, and the air is beginning to cool, when the chimes play again over the park loudspeaker. "All of us here at Dreamland wish you luck, guests! Let's meet up in the Hall of Mirrors!" Wherever you are, it's time to make your way over to the House of Horrors, where you'll have to brave the funhouse to find the room on the top floor. Don't delay, or your guest identification bracelet will begin beeping. The House of Mirrors is a large room, more than capable of fitting a crowd. Tall mirrors line every wall, and the door you entered through seems to vanish into a mirror as well. The mirrors give the impression that many, many more are among your number, standing in the background. In the back is a jar filled with blank raffle tickets. You'll have to take a ticket, write down a name, and place it back in the jar. Hopefully you already know who you're voting for, but if not, you only have time for a brief discussion before you're out of time. rulebook character statuses private conversations graveyard Voting will close at 10 PM EST on September 27. Voting

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[godwhisperer]

I don't expect you to. As I said, you are wise to suspect it. It would be in line with my nature.

[terci]

Yeah, so, you're staying on my suspect list until I have reason to believe you didn't do it.

[godwhisperer]

[Fine, just accuse him of killing his friend, man. We cool.]

Very well! You're bold for one so young! If we're to be foes from now on, I'll expect more from you.

[poyoyon]

Wait! Ibuki has evidence to submit!! Gundam-chan made an unbreakable oath with Fuyuhiko-chan, right?! So he couldn't have broken that!

[ SHE'S STILL NOT 100% SURE WTF GUNDAM MEANT HE HAD, BTW. ]

[photonement]

Yeah... so, Dipper... where's Tanaka's incentive to do that? He's got the strength, sure, I'm totally on board there. But from a strategic perspective it makes no sense. You come here with three dozen strangers and four people you actually know, who all nominally wanna protect each other, but you end up as a VIP. Why do you eliminate one of the only people who's gonna try to trust you? Especially when we've confirmed there was literally no strategic advantage at all, at least the basic kind?

[godwhisperer]

[Classmates :( ]

...Yes. Precisely. Where is my strategic benefit in such a plan! Ahaha. Surely I would know that if I murdered Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu in such a manner, I would be suspected?

[terci]

...alright, fine. I guess I'll rule Gundam out. I mean, Mahiru's right about wanting to protect people you know so it probably wouldn't make sense if he killed Hiko.. [He didn't know they were classmates, man. Get off his back.....]

[poyoyon]

Fuyuhiko-chan promised to get all of us out of here no matter what...and we all agreed to that the very first day, y'know?!

[ DON'T KILL THE ONLY OTHER RIDICULOUS DANGAN, IBUKI WOULD BE ALONE. ]

[terci]

Oh... [Well now he feels kind of like a dick]

..Sorry.

[poyoyon]

...It's okay! Dipper-chan wants to find Fuyuhiko-chan's killer, too, right? With so many people on the case, we'll figure it out!! Even though Hajime-chan isn't helping out!

[ yEAH ]

[terci]

[He nods in agreement]

Yeah, I'm just trying to think of this murder in as many angles as I can. I don't want to go another day without having at least one VIP member found out!

[poyoyon]

Ibuki's gonna keep thinking about it, too!! She told Peko-chan and the others she'd do her best, so she's totally gonna figure it out!!

[ probably one of the least useful classmates in trials, though. WEEPS. if only lucy were playing sonia or nanami, who are more handy ]

[ineptus]

But if he were out voted, he wouldn't need an incentive. Gundam couldn't decide on his own who to kill. They all have to choose together, don't they?

[photonement]

They probably do... But then, why the heck do the other seven people want him dead? "Nobody would miss him"? [You miss him, Mabel...] That sounds good at first, but Tanaka already knew about Peko-chan - info he probably would have given up in any discussion about this plan. Kuzuryuu was a good asset and obviously a kinda hard target.

I gotta admit--I have... no idea why this happened, whether Tanaka did it or not. Do you?

[ineptus]

[SHE DOES MISS HIM and you can tell, just by how she frowns when that suggestion comes up.]

I don't know why. I don't know why anyone would kill anyone...maybe they thought he was intimidating because he was mafia? Or maybe because he was really smart? And in crime shows don't they always bring in criminals to help them catch other criminals? Hiko would definitely be a good candidate for that! And he said he played in a game like this before too, so that's probably knowledge that could be dangerous for the VIPs!

[photonement]

He did play a game like this before. That's why not converting him makes no sense! He'd be so good at playing their side! Knowing all the culprits' tricks and the way they got caught...

But, sure, he was a threat. And our class alliance is a threat by extension, too...

[perfectstrike]

It's possible. His profile stated his position clearly.

In that case, one would think that, were the VIPs possessed of any intelligence at all, that they would convert him. Murdering him in such a fashion... it does not make sense.

[belgian]

I think it would be a pretty bad plan right now even in that case. It's definitely possible, but their goal would be to keep as many of themselves alive as possible, and killing someone who would be an ally to one of their members could be a bad idea.

...Of course, it could also be to throw suspicion off of someone in the group he showed up with, but that would be pretty coldhearted, you know?

[terci]

They're killing people, isn't that already coldhearted enough?!

[belgian]

That would be a different level of coldhearted!

[terci]

I don't think there are different levels of coldhearted, not when you're trying to keep yourself alive!

[belgian]

When you have someone with a gun and someone with a blunt weapon and you let the person with the blunt weapon finish someone off, that's... [Not something she should be talking about with a twelve-year-old.]

It's easier to be mean to someone you don't know compared to someone you know and like, right?

[terci]

But there could've been a rule against using the gun to kill him. [It's ok he's absolutely fine with talking about these kinds of stuff]

And I guess but you might not have a choice! There are seven, possibly eight members of the VIPs and if enough decide to kill someone you like, you can't help it.

[belgian]

I think the idea of there being a rule is better than someone deciding to. [Belgium will believe this rule theory until further notice.]

I wonder why they'd pick him when there were so many other options. Maybe they thought he had a role.