day three

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dreamland day three 34 players remaining. There are no clocks in your dorm room to help you mark the passing of time, but at a certain point, in the early hours of the morning, a cheerful chime tune plays over the loudspeaker. Whether you're awake or asleep, the door to your dorm room is now unlocked. You'll have about a forty five minutes, in which you can get ready or grab some breakfast, before the door that allows you into the park unlocks. By this time, you may or may not have noticed that one of your number is missing. The chimes play again, to announce that the park is open, and the rides and music begin to come back to life as a voice plays over the loudspeaker. "Rise and shine! Let's have a lot of fun and look for the bodies, too!" You will have until 4 PM to explore the park and talk amongst yourselves. Somewhere in the park, you'll find the bodies of Dipper Pines and Mahiru Koizumi. rulebook character statuses private conversations graveyard Voting will close at 10 PM EST on September 30. Though a special post for discussion will go up shortly before voting, you are encouraged to discuss who to vote for throughout the day. Voting

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At breakfast

[shoutoku_administrator]

Your attention, please. The situation has changed.

Until today, I confess that I had a theory that the best strategy was to let the VIPs win. If nobody was executed during the day, then even if they continued to kill, then as many as sixteen of us could survive that way. However, that theory was formed on the notion that the VIPs were innocents like the rest of us, being forced to kill by some unknown motivation or threat. If they were instead seven evil people intending to subvert and destroy the group, then this would mean only nine of thirty-five innocents would survive, along with seven murderers.

Last night, a child was killed. It was no unexpected consequence carried out by the bracelets we carry - he was attacked and killed with a weapon. As of this moment, I am no longer willing to put any faith in the idea that the VIPs are victims of circumstance. I shall not accept any outcome other than their complete destruction.

To that end, our first priority is the information in Aya's newsletter. Mr. Tanaka, I leave verifying the claim about Missile's findings to you. If it is true, then we act on it tonight.

If anyone has any further information to share, step forward now.

[fanbase]

Haven't most of their victims been kids? [ Despite being nineteen, a seventeen-year-old is still totally a kid to her. ] The only adult that's been killed so far has been Levi and... that wasn't because of the VIPs.

Do you think they're just trying to bring us down by doing that?

[perfectstrike]

It took until Pines' murder for you to reach that conclusion?

[Peko is... just kind of picking at her food, some rice and eggs she'd found from somewhere. But she has to eat to keep her strength up to fight back.

Whatever strength she has is showing in the way she's glaring up at their self-appointed leader.]

You want to call yourself 'leader,' and yet, you were content to allow many of us to die just to keep your hands clean.

[godwhisperer]

What a pretense! What far greater names does she seek to emulate. Humans are so amusing.

[Though he is actually fuming.]

[perfectstrike]

Despicable.

[That's all she has to say to that, apparently. It is in agreement, though.]

[godwhisperer]

You leave it to me? Do you indeed?

Know this, presumptive one. The will of Gundam Tanaka is not yours to command.

[shoutoku_administrator]

The claim about Missile's discovery must be verified. You are the one most suited to doing so.

I don't care if you acknowledge me or not. If you refuse, then I will find someone else to do it, but please say so now.

[godwhisperer]

I will do it. But not because you command. Because I have made a solemn vow to the only leader I recognize.

[Oh. Kuzuryuu's ghost? Peko? Who do you mean?]

Calamity's Dark Blade himself, the only one with the courage to guide us! I will be his servant until the end of time!

[edealistical]

...Have you considered asking me?

I will verify what Missile wishes to say myself. I have spoken to him - I have seen the pictures. He has accused me.

I deny these accusations and suggest that you are all too willing to believe the actions of someone who has, as of yet, only caused the death of an innocent. Whether through a genuine mistake or not.

Missile is an incredible, amazing animal in many respects. But he is wrong.

[paws_and_rewind]

[ Sitting at Gundam's heels, Missile's eyes are fixed on Edea and full of blatant doggy wariness. ]

[photoshot]

And your findings for last night? [ she lays down an array of photos of everyone--except the deceased, obviously--torn out from various issues. ]

[godwhisperer]

Miss-L, stay.

[Getting all up in here.]

He should not provide the names of those who are safe. Let me instead do something to ensure the information is not lost, should...something become of him.

[photoshot]

No, the safe should be protected. If there are further accusations to be made, however--

Do you have a plan?

[godwhisperer]

...Yes, I believe so. I will not reveal my plan, but I will ensure two things. The first is that I will not come to know Miss-L's results, as I believe my alignment is still a mystery. To ensure I am believed, if there is anyone who claims they have been cleared by the detectives or buddy cops who wishes to accompany me and see what I do, I suggest you find me and join me.

The second is that Miss-L's results will not come to be public knowledge, but none shall perish from an accusation that could be disproven.

[photoshot]

It's going to be difficult navigating with our detective, but I believe Mr. Missile has a few people he holds in his trust. Let's see if they get in contact with you.

That said, I believe that most people will trust you to convey Mr. Missile's intentions clearly, regardless of your alignment.

[godwhisperer]

Ah...do they...?

[He looks a little pleased.]

Well, I won't rely on their assumptions.

[chronic]

[ Mysterion looks kind of furious. ]

...You're a coward. Some leader you are, willing to let so many die to just spare a few. Your change of heart isn't going to make anyone automatically trust you.

[shoutoku_administrator]

Tell me, then, what you would do. Describe to me a strategy with any respectable chance of preserving more than twenty lives. Explain to me how you would heroically uncover every VIP and protect every Guest.

One death in two will carry with it the death of an unannounced partner. Whoever wins, open war between the Guests and the VIPs will invariably end in most of us dying. If the VIPs had been forced against their will to kill, then they could have used their conversions to save their partners, and ended this with a minimum of bloodshed.

Everything I do, I do with the hope of this ending with the greatest number of survivors. So yes, I would have preferred to make sacrifices for total certainty than gamble with people's lives.

[chronic]

So you're still a coward. I don't have a strategy. I don't even need to tell you one; having one wouldn't discredit my assessment of you.

I'd rather die knowing I tried to do the right thing than to have willingly sacrificed people who did nothing to deserve it. Maybe everyone's not as pragmatic as you. Maybe that's a fault. But I can't stand by what you're saying.

[shoutoku_administrator]

You must understand, though - you cannot choose to not sacrifice anyone. Whether you chose to fight the VIPs or arrange for their victory, many would die before the game ended. This was never a choice between whether or not to sacrifice, but a choice of which kind of sacrifice you believed to be less painful.

Of course, it's all moot now. Now that the enemy has shown their true colors, there is no option other than total war.

[chronic]

I guess.

What they're doing... They're picking off people who are too loud and potentially too useful.

[missformed]

How can you just turn this into a matter of numbers? [M'gann has been trying to keep up a cheerful attitude, but she looks upset at this.]

None of the people they've killed deserved to die. What their age is shouldn't matter.

[ineptus]

How dare you?!

[She'd been hoping eating breakfast with everyone would cheer her up, but she just ended up stewing over what their "leader" was saying instead.]

A child? We've always been here! A lot of us are young! If that fact really mattered to you, you should have been thinking about us from the start! Not waiting for them to kill my brother to do it!

[Sorry Miko. This is all very upsetting. She's a very confused, sad, angry little girl right now.]

[siggey]

Stuff that theory, you still voted Levi yesterday. And the best way to keep people alive isn't to let VIPs continue killing. The only way to save lives is only if the VIPs and regular guests work together: VIPs and medical team stay on the same person each night so there's no death in the morning, anyone with keys don't use them, we all vote no one during trials, and eventually VIPs win through conversion without anyone else losing their lives. If you haven't come to that conclusion yet, you haven't taken your numbers seriously enough.

...

Besides, if you want to get pissed at someone, do it at whoever in charge that had the bright idea to bring in a bunch of kids in the first place.

[mediumburgers]

[ That strategy is pretty trash to her ears, but that's not what she responds to. ]

I was hoping that maybe some of them were just scared, and didn't know what they'd doing. I... don't think that's true anymore, either. Or even if it is... if they haven't backed out now, I don't think they will... [ "Row row fight the power" is what she said to them in the newspaper this morning... well, it doesn't look like the VIPs want to. Talk about rude. ]

But how are we going to destroy them without more people dying? We can't lose anyone else!