night five - killers

[guestcontrol]

special guests night five 28 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 October 4 by 7 PM EST.

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[cheats]

[ Ciel was actually... pretty upset by how the trial went today. He considers himself pretty cold-hearted, but watching two people get executed out of fear and desperation? That's genuinely frightening to him. They really are turning into little better than beasts, at this rate.

Though it might not seem like Ciel is upset at all, since his immediate reaction is laughter, though if you have an especially shrewd eye, it's easy enough to see that it's laughter that comes from not knowing what else to do. ]

Ha! I can't believe it! They really went along with it just because that purple man just pointed his finger randomly! And now two people are dead, whereas we would have only been able to pick one! Clearly, they would have been safer in our hands!

[ He laughs a little more, then settles in his chair with a more serious, vicious expression, because really, this was a little too far for him. ]

What beasts... We're all becoming little more than beasts. So in lieu of that, I want to kill K. Tonight. Gundam realized he was wrong, but that thing insisted on this incredible show.

[eventhandler]

[Oh, you're upset, Ciel? Royce got accused out of nowhere, and even though that was waved off immediately, the momentary scare that somehow, somebody knew, was one that he didn't want to feel again.]

[Honestly, he's glad Miko is dead. Good riddance. Her, choosing his name like that. Ha! Out of "instinct"...]

Gundam truly, well, let to this whole mess. Better for us, really. But, ah, explain a little more about why you want to kill K. Is it because you feel he is too smart..?

[cheats]

I believe he may have a role. He is so vicious in pursuing execution, not caring at all even when evidence in produced otherwise. He is hunting the VIPs. To me, it would seem to go beyond simply the concern of a normal player.

[ Seriously: ] Even if he's not, it's dangerous. He's intelligent, yes, but more than that, it is his ruthlessness that will bite us. He acts like a demon.

[eventhandler]

...You have a point. And in addition, we will, ah, wake up his friend. Buddy. Partner. Kaoru, wasn't it?

[cheats]

[ He nods ]

That's right. So long as Kaoru was telling the truth, then they'd both wake up. Kaoru isn't as important for us to wake up, but... We've considered K for a few nights now, haven't we?

[eventhandler]

Yes, we have. Then, perhaps, perrrrhappsss...it is already settled. We...eliminate K, as well as Kaoru, and we already have an advantage.

[cheats]

I may be wrong, since it seems Ibuki is the one blessed with incredible foresight, luck, or both, but...

[ Ciel picks up his cup of tea and takes a sip. ]

From a tactical standpoint, K seems like a danger either way. I worry about those who die as innocents, since surely that way isn't as good as ours. I hope it isn't difficult for them.

[poyoyon]

Ibuki doesn't mind! She thinks the cop is among K-chan and Kaoru-chan, Sigma-chan, or Belgium! But, didn't K-chan wanting to go along with this help us? We...saved three more people.

[ Without. Even trying. Ibuki looks a little upset, too, mostly because Gundam made a target of himself, there...

But also, they killed a pair out of desperation. ]

The...faster we save them, the less it'll hurt everyone later on, after this, right?

[cheats]

[ He nods ]

Yes, and for that, we can thank him. But still... That "pinch" feels like too much to me. Accusing people randomly, then telling them that you hardly care with evidence presented? That's too far, in my opinion. And how everyone went along with it without question... That was upsetting, in truth.

[ Ciel sits back in his chair, much calmer by now ]

I agree with your assessment, in any case. K and Kaoru are at least a pair, so we'll strike down half the list, then tomorrow, we can strike Sigma or Belgium unless we need to pursue someone else. We can at least count on Gundam to recant his stances if pushed, it seems.

[poyoyon]

They all think it's real, right? And...none of them wanted to let us convert. They don't get that it'd be better if we could. Ibuki can see how it'd be scary - Gundam-chan made her and Peko-chan promise to vote after we didn't vote the first day, though.

[ She can't go back on that without being suspicious. ]

Though Ibuki thinks Ciel-chan is underestimating Gundam-chan's stubbornness!

[cheats]

It is scary. But to see it go this far was what I found truly frightening. It was little more than a mob mentality, and for that, I worry that they will destroy themselves first.

[ He shakes his head with a frown ]

Then would you suggest him? I would rather not target your classmates for a while, since we had been so aggressive at first that you and Peko staying alive would be somewhat suspicious.

[poyoyon]

No no no no no no way!!! Ibuki's already really lucky they don't think one of us is a VIP! People might be suspicious of Gundam-chan after last night, anyway.

[ CAN WE NOT KILL HER CLASSMATES FOR A WHILE. ]

If...they keep doing this, at least we'll have the numbers we need sooner rather than later, right?

[ Ibuki sounds oddly unsure. ]

[sunshade]

[ patchy is actually......smiling ]

Do we even need to do anything? They're shooting themselves in the foot.

But I'll second K. He's just as dangerous as he was before. Especially being willing to kill Nui on the case that Francis might be VIP.

[cheats]

At this rate? Hardly. I was concerned that we kept hitting singles, but then we had four taken out by no action of our own.

[ He sighs ]

They really do think us to be much more vicious than we actually are. It's irritating.

[sunshade]

I was going to suggest Aya for her meddling newspaper, but it seems it's doing us more good than she could have imagined. [ HAH ]

I cannot place blame on them for thinking so...they truly do believe we're killing them all.

[cheats]

It's true. I was concerned about it first, but her unscrupulous journalism has helped us, at least.

[ He shrugs and sighs ]

Nor can I. If the time comes and I am found out, I will even play the role. Hopefully my overdoing it can get you all some information, should that happen.

[ionicwoman]

How the hell are we supposed to take him down? He's in some kind of fontech suit!

[sunshade]

I believe there is something done to them that ceases their struggling. I was able to hold Malik down despite my frail condition. Otherwise, he would have easily thrown me off.

[eventhandler]

I can confirm this. They...do not seem to be able to struggle, when we try to wake them up...

[poyoyon]

A giant magnet!!!

[ionicwoman]

They're all so stupid, we don't have to do anything.

[She's looking irritated, but pauses to consider this...]

K's pretty smart.

[cheats]

Right. If anyone, I feel like he's bound to catch on eventually.

[ He shrugs ]

With how viciously he supports ruthlessness... I wouldn't be surprised if he had a role.

[ionicwoman]

With me he's really soft~ [The charm is on again!]

But that guy definitely doesn't mess around.

[cheats]

[ That makes him laugh, and he nods ]

Is that so? I wonder how he would feel about the truth, in that case. He seems like a brutish man, so I imagine he would be angry.

[ionicwoman]

My charms can even reach heartless fontech machines! ♡

I can take care of him~ If we can figure out a way to do it.