day four - afternoon

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dreamland day four 31 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 11 PM EST on October 3. Voting

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let's not kill francis

[flatview]

Do you want to kill two people...? [ nui hesitates, leaning on her parasol ]

He's my buddy. You'd be killing me, too.

[billows]

And then what would you people do about clothes? [ The perfect argument. ]

[flatview]

[ she looks sheepish ]

I guess I should say sorry for spilling the beans~♪ But it seemed half of them were just fine with lynching you.

[billows]

Honestly, I'm hardly inclined to stick around anymore after that. They'll all feel very bad about this.

[chronic]

...You really shouldn't have said that. If you don't die today, you're definitely dead tonight. And if you're not dead by tomorrow then one of you's definitely a VIP.

You're fucked.

[flatview]

You don't think I knew that? [ her face darkens from its usual cheery smile, something oddly cold in her voice ] I'd be taking a risk. But if I can kick it one more day, good.

[chronic]

If you guys are both innocent then all you've done is screw us. We'll wake up to two corpses tomorrow morning, because you just handed them two guaranteed hits, and they'll be that much further ahead.

[shoutoku_administrator]

Keeping that claim in mind, we need a new choice, and fast.

How about Royce Bracket?

[jingler]

Is it because he seems so adamant about not voting for anyone?

[perfectstrike]

Your logic being?

[shoutoku_administrator]

My logic being that we have but minutes to decide, and a name is needed. We're out of time and need a consensus, so I can only guess on instinct.

[eventhandler]

Excuse me? Are we...are we just going to point fingers at people, now...?

[shoutoku_administrator]

Forgive me, Bracket. A decision is necessary, and there are no clues. We can risk a tie, kill both Francis and Nui, or sacrifice someone else. Those are the only options left to us.

[chronic]

No offense, but given that you're literally going to be out of the game before the night ends I don't know if we should be going on something you just pulled out of your butt. I wanna nail a VIP just as much as anyone, but what are your reasons?

[jingler]

...Is that it?

"Killing two people is worse than one" is no defense. I am sorry Nui, but if you have proof that Francis isn't a VIP then you should say something more concrete. The fact is VIPs may still be paired up with regular guests.

[chronic]

Yeah.

Best case scenario, two VIPs are paired... but I think the VIP and regular guest combo is more likely.

[jingler]

Yes, I find it highly unlikely that we would see a pair of VIPs. And we are so considerably low on singles now, that there must be at least some paired off VIPs.

[godwhisperer]

No. You are incorrect.

To sacrifice one is justified. To sacrifice two I cannot allow.

[chainjailer]

One was never justified. Not without proof.

[flatview]

Ah, K-san, K-san, as pragmatic as ever. [ though she's still smiling, there's something distinctly off about it, and her childish tone is completely gone ]

I don't. Nothing concrete.

[foetida]

How can you just say that? Of course it's worse!

If they're both VIPs, then - then that's great. But if one of them is innocent and we kill them anyway just because they were unlucky enough to be partnered with a VIP...that makes us no better than them.

[mediumburgers]

...! I knew we were running low on singles...! This is bad... What do we do? We have to vote for someone!

[cheats]

...No matter what, if we vote for someone randomly, we're likely to pick a pair at this point.

[ Which is basically what she's saying, so Ciel shakes his head as he adds softly, ] Starfire... She told us she was a single. If we're going to just execute someone for no reason, shouldn't we pick the person that's admitted they wouldn't be dragging someone else with them?

[godwhisperer]

If that's true then I will recant, as promised.

Then who do you propose?

[flatview]

I still say we vote for the one person who seemed to be volunteering for the job. ♥ And she's a single, after all.

[ SORRY STARFIRE ]