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

Comments

[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.

[chronic]

That's why I'm sticking my vote, I think... And Nui... She's suddenly gotten real creepy.

[jingler]

Yes. Especially with her insistence that we should sacrifice Starfire simply because she's a single.

[Truth be told he'd vote for Nui now...but well she's paired with Francis so it doesn't really matter.]

[chronic]

It isn't just that. She really is only concerned with her own survival. She said as much to me.

[godwhisperer]

No. You are incorrect.

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

[chainjailer]

One was never justified. Not without proof.

[godwhisperer]

Then what do you propose? Will we stand here and wait for death? Is that your solution?

[chainjailer]

No... But this can't be right either. We're no better then them if we do it this way.

[godwhisperer]

Do you have a solution? Offer a name, a life, and I'll choose it.

But if you refuse to make an accusation, I will not stand down from being the one to face those consequences.

[chainjailer]

I'm not offering you a name just so you can scapegoat them. We need evidence. All you're doing right now is pointing fingers.

Right now, Nui is talking about sacrificing Stafire because she volunteered. I would say that's evidence against her, but you all seem pretty content with the idea of killing someone who doesn't deserve it right now.

[godwhisperer]

Happy?

[He sounds honestly disgusted.]

I gain nothing from sacrificing her life. I do not. But I refuse to stew in cowardice. Listen to me. To throw away your life is a sin against nature itself. To sit and allow our timid feelings to bring about our defeat is a crime. I will oppose that crime until the day I die.

All I require is an unbound life. But I will not volunteer a single person who does not speak up for himself. I will only do what I can in battle.

[chainjailer]

I'm not killing someone who isn't guilty, it's pointless and only helps the VIPs. But I will consider Nui as a possibility. [Kurapika brushes his hand out. He's done here.]

[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.

[flatview]

Well, like I said--I have some evidence that I'm a regular guest. ♪ But if a lot of people agree with K-san anyway, I won't bother with it.

[foetida]

Don't be an idiot! Just show your evidence already! If you can prove for certain you're innocent, that change everything!

[harepiece]

Or if both are innocent... But who would we vote for then, if people disagree with abstaining?

[foetida]

I don't know! I don't...

[She wraps her arms around her body, paralyzed.] We're going to kill someone no matter what we do.

[harepiece]

[His expression softens a little and he looks for a second like he wants to rest a hand on her shoulder, but he doesn't.]

...There is no "right" answer here, so not knowing isn't a bad thing. I... That's why I would still vote for no one.

[foetida]

Someone is going to die no matter what. Voting for no one...is just averting our eyes from it.

[She takes a deep breath.] But killing someone we know is innocent isn't the answer either. I'm voting for Kurapika.

[harepiece]

I don't think it's an aversion. ...Do you think that the situation itself has changed over the last three days, or do you think that we've changed, to go from abstaining from voting for Legion to willfully voting for someone who actually has proof of innocence?

[He's quiet for a second, since he actually thinks that voting for someone at relative random is arguably worse than not voting at all, but he won't say so aloud.]

Can I ask why?

[foetida]

I think that we've...given up on trying to find a way out of this game without playing along. Now it's just about surviving and winning.

[A pause.] Gut instinct. That, and like I said, the people trying to convince everyone not to vote are the most suspicious in my eyes.

[chainjailer]

[Wait, what. He's not even going to bother defending himself against that grand canyon of a leap in logic.]