Designated Killer Meeting - Smoking Room, Sunday Night Week Four

[vytis]

[Even though there's one less member of the group meeting up tonight, the Producer doesn't seem bothered by it. Instead, he has an announcement to make.]

Alright, here's a special extra incentive for you this week: there are two special targets this week--Belarus and Yuzu Aihara. If you select one of them as a target, you'll receive either $1,000,000,000 or a magical item that grants wishes. Kill both and you'll receive some special help at the trial. Aside from that, you know how this works, right?

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[teenspirit]

...Why? Is one not enough?

[pasodoble]

I can't believe you think money is enough...

But if Yuzu is one of the suspects... We didn't find the syringe. The one with ( potassium sodium whatever chloride ) the poison?

As far as I know, only three of us knew the clue. Have you told anyone, Mr. Producer? If not, and Yuzu is gone, who could say she didn't share this clue with someone else too? If it's still there then...

( And he'll share the clue he received back then, )

"Seek out the story of the one
Born after aging an aeon
Whose childhood in seas ceased to be
Married with mirth and misery
And died before ever reaching infancy."

[vytis]

Think of it as a chance to target someone who isn't on either of the bottom lists for a change.

[teenspirit]

...Doesn't that sort of riddle bring to mind a lustrous, beautiful pearl?

[teenspirit]

...Ah.

And I suppose I should say it now. I had the opportunity to win a prize through trivia, but I failed the test... The questions were impossible. I do not think they wanted us to win.

[pasodoble]

A pearl? ( Thinking about it, thinking about it... ) I can see that.

Then we should look for... a book about pearls?

( # Spain shows off how terrible he has at riddles. Again. )

[teenspirit]

I'm not sure. What here has a pearl attached to it?

[souredsweet]

[piping up!]

Please do not fret, Miss Nevermind. I am certain that you tried your best, so thank you for that. I will also see if I can put myself to use by accomplishing the, ah... "scavenger hunt", I believe?

[souredsweet]

[it's okay Kaoru has no idea how to properly interpret these things either YOU ARE NOT ALONE, SPAIN.]

A story about funayurei, perhaps? The children who die playing at sea, rather than the sailors... [no...] I do not know how the last line would fit, though.

[pasodoble]

I can't think of anywhere unless there are oysters in the pond.

... And it would have to be a big oyster.

[teenspirit]

Perhaps it's something like a book with 'pearl' in the title?

[pasodoble]

( The most clever killers. )

I thought it was about a goddess and checked the classical shelf in the library... There was nothing there. But I feel like "seek out the story" would mean it's a book or something?

[pasodoble]

Or a character named Pearl?

( Is this that terrible moment when he refuses to admit he's familiar with American literature. )

[teenspirit]

There's one in The Scarlet Letter...

[souredsweet]

[their efforts are commendable......]

I suppose it would be too conspicuous and take far too long to simply check every book there.

[pasodoble]

... We could.

[pasodoble]

( Making a face. )

What an awful book but the clue did say it was miserable...

[teenspirit]

Yes, it's rather a depressing tale!

[pasodoble]

( Unlike Twilight right. )

I could go to check now. Unless that would be a problem? The sooner we find it, the better.

[teenspirit]

You should check as many books as you can while you're at it...

[pasodoble]

In the library? That's... a lot of books.

[souredsweet]

Perhaps only one of us should look at a time to make it less conspicuous.

[HAHA]

[pasodoble]

That's still a lot for one person! We should take turns!

[souredsweet]

Then I will take a look after you. [except Kaoru will somehow be very difficult to find throughout the day how strange]

[pasodoble]

( Spain has no idea so he's just going to be grateful. )

Thank you.

[souredsweet]

You are quite welcome, Mr. Spain. I wish you luck with your search in the meantime. [HE'LL BE NEEDING IT.]

shows up 15mins late w/ starbucks etc etc

[aozaki]

Not fond of riddles, Spain?

[guess who's calmly sitting on a cigarette while the debate was going on, like always...]

[pasodoble]

Not at all.

( His head hurts. He needs a nap. )

[aozaki]

Potassium chloride. Do you know what it does, aside from being 'poison'?

[chuckling, she taps the butt of it against a makeshift ashtray.]

If you're feeling restless and annoyed, why not look 'riddle' up in the dictionary? Maybe the etymology of the word will be listed, and it'll give you a better taken.

[pasodoble]

I don't think that help. ( And it goes over over over his head. )

Yes. It kills. ( Thank you Captain Obvious. Or was that sarcasm right back at her. It's hard to tell, to be honest. ) Specifically, when injected, it stops the heart.

[teenspirit]

Ganbatte, Mr. Spain! I bet your president would do it! You hella get to work right now!

[teenspirit]

The questions were so difficult! They even asked me what the hostess's name is! How am I to know such a thing...

[aozaki]

Hm, not bad. [what do you mean he should know this as a nation but w/e, she shrugs with a small smirk.]

You wouldn't know until you try. Besides, it'll give your legs a good stretch. What do you have to lose?

[she's not making fun of him, honest.]

[souredsweet]

Ah... I did not think she had one.

[that sounded less dumb before it was said aloud.] My, it would seem as though the immune players for this week have been gifted with misfortune, though.

[teenspirit]

But, um... I convinced Poland and Felicia to go for the medical kit and secret passage map... Both relatively useless items in the grand scheme of things. I promised to take the fingerprinting kit myself; thank goodness I failed! I would hate to have to see it used against one of you.

[souredsweet]

Indeed, I would prefer to see it that no one else in this room meets the same fate as Miss Maryam... [Kaoru lapses into a momentary silence, looking sullen.]

...But thank you, Miss Nevermind, for thinking ahead enough to do that. [a grateful nod.] It would be best if neither of them received a thing, but at least we will not have to worry about one of the more troublesome gifts if that is not so.

[teenspirit]

[ She looks sad, too, at the mention of Kanaya. She's not happy with her role in her execution, but she'd become so overwhelmed by fear at seeing herself on the suspects list... ]

Yes. The map won't be too damaging, as the tunnels are discoverable anyway with enough effort; and the medical kit, well... There is no killer foolish enough to leave a victim with a chance of staying alive.

[souredsweet]

[that gets her a sympathetic look; to see that Sonia appears sad at all is enough for Kaoru, since the circumstances would have been the same if any of the rest of them were on trial.]

...I hope that we have not doomed ourselves by assuming as much, or by assuming that the medical kit will not offer some all-healing elixir. After all, it does seem as though the odds are stacked against us after that last trial. [a joke?? a tragic attempt at a joke... an equally tragic attempt at a smile follows.]

[teenspirit]

[ She doesn't look very encouraged. ]

I think it should be fine... If anything I imagine it would be the mystery box to hold such a surprise...

[souredsweet]

I must admit, I am curious about what that box might hold... Still, it is too large a risk to take. The odds could play entirely against a person... It would be horrible if something like a fingerprinting kit were inside, or if whoever touched the box was permanently marked in a notable way. [apparently entirely serious about this unrealistic concern...]

[teenspirit]

[ Equally serious... ]

'Tis why I could not let them pick it.

[souredsweet]

[nodding along like Sonia is their actual savior why]

Truly, you had thought ahead... I am glad that it was you who received the immunity incentive this week. I do not think I would have been able to consider all of these things in such a short span of time... Ah, when just one mistake could cost so much, it is overwhelming.

[teenspirit]

[ Nodding... Yes she is the savior... ]

...I worry for the time that I shall have to act... I do not want an innocent to die in my place, but... ah... We must tread carefully.

[souredsweet]

[disney princess sonia and the murderettes]

You have a noble goal, even if it the situation is cruel. Achieving that goal will be a difficult thing to do, and so I will wish the best for you and for your people, and hope that once you succeed you will not be heavily weighted by guilt. Please do not forget that your hand is being forced and take care... I should wish many more cake feasts upon you.