special guests - night three

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special guests night three 41 players remaining. There's no way to mark the passage of time after lights out, but it isn't long before the lightbulb in your bedroom flickers back to life, and your door unlocks. Make your way into the park; the door will unlock for you, and the path you need to take lights up with a dim red glow. When you reach the foot of the treehouse, a ladder has been dropped for you. Climb up and come inside. The interior of the treehouse has been made comfortable for you. There's an old map of the park on the wall, as well as the mounted and stuffed heads of cartoon animal costumes on the wall. The decor seems like something of a parody of an upscale hunting lodge, and you're welcome to sit by the fire and enjoy snacks from back home, or relax in one of the outdoor hammocks. Enjoy yourself as you decide who to kill. After all, you're in on a little secret - none of this is real, and it's all part of a fun little game from which everyone, winners and losers alike, will wake up. current character statuses rulebook profiles All night votes will be due September 28 by 6 PM EST.

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[cheats]

[ This definitely does not go as planned, because Ciel's face darkens, and his voice becomes terse. This is legitimate anger rather than a huffy little tantrum. ]

I am aware, thank you. Don't patronize me by trying to guilt me into anything.

[edealistical]

[She seems surprised.]

Alright, alright!

It might be easy to tease you just because you're young... but I guess that's not fair to your situation, whatever it might be.

I'm just saying, it's not bad to be a 13-year-old sometimes.

[cheats]

No, it is.

[ He seems very firm on that subject, so clearly, this is a more serious conversation to him than most of the ones he's had here. ]

I am the Earl of Phantomhive. I earned that title, I did not have it automatically bequeathed to me upon the death of my father. I have no chance to be a boy, and I would have it no other way. I have work to do, and that is what I am working for in earnest here.

[edealistical]

[Seriousness is something that has generally been in short supply in this clubhouse. Edea seems even more surprised, though her expression will become a little more subdued.]

Would you believe me... if I said I never had a chance to be a child, either?

To take the time to laugh and smile with my friends wasn't something I had until a few months ago. But that's why... I must treasure it all the more, even in the midst of all this.

[cheats]

I would.

[ His voice is a touch softer, but only slightly. ]

But then you should understand as well why my resolve won't waver. I'm not able to do it either, especially not now. If we win, then...

[ He hesitates, because it's not simple. If he wins, he'll achieve his goal with his own hands, certainly, but that means that there's an end in sight that he prefers not to think about. So instead, he lies. ]

...Then I will have time to laugh and smile with friends. Until then, I cannot falter.

[edealistical]

[She does understand.

She remembers when she was that age, not so long ago... the time when nothing else in the world mattered, the time when there was no other goal but to become the greatest soldier in all Eternia... The Daughter of the Templar, they called her. She who carried the dreams of her people for the future.

How wrong she had been about everything... But Ciel, she is sure, will not appreciate any words of dissuasion. She would not have. She will smile, instead.]

Very well. Then I will look forward to our reunion at the end of all this, Ciel.

I hope, at least, in your darkest times... you will know that you may draw strength from those around you.

[cheats]

[ He nods solemnly, glad that she doesn't push the issue, because truthfully, he's not confident in his ability to keep it together. He doesn't want to reveal his dark past nor his sins, so he sticks to the ways of the refined, dark noble he wishes to present himself as. ]

I understand, and thank you. I'll grieve in my way if you're awakened early, so I am not callous. But I also do not give friendship lightly.

[edealistical]

That's more than I could ask for - you don't need to grieve at all!

[Edea's more serious demeanor has gone.]

Just promise me you'll keep an eye on the others here, OK? Some of us have... more than enough childhood to go around.

[Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.]

[cheats]

[ That gets him to smile, even to give half a scoff, and he nods. ]

Yes, quite. I'll keep an eye on them as long as I'm able, don't worry. Despite everything, we're somehow a surprisingly competent little group.