Designated Killer Meeting - Smoking Room, Sunday Night Week Five

[vytis]

[With all the Halloween festivities beginning to get underway, maybe Yuzu Aihara's corpse doesn't seem that out of place! Or maybe it does, but either way it's in here, of course. The Producer wears his pinstripe suit well, though the tommy gun has been placed to the side for the moment. He doesn't seem concerned about the corpse or the absence of yet another of the designated killers.]

Alright, everyone, I'm sure you know how this works. As for the dispensables this week, if you'd like an item beforehand to use, all you have to do is make it seem like a ghost committed the crime! Good luck!

Comments

[vytis]

You're not allowed to retire. [So, yes, pretty convinced.]

[pasodoble]

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That isn't fair!

[vytis]

Regardless, those are the rules.

[pasodoble]

Then change them!

[vytis]

They're rules for a reason. I'm sorry it upsets you.

[pasodoble]

You aren't sorry at all.

[vytis]

You can believe that, if you'd like.

[souredsweet]

[whoops the angry angel is back]

What? Why not? At the beginning, you stated that committing a murder and winning would earn us our prize. A murder.

[vytis]

[Welcome back.]

Because those are the rules. I explained what this group was necessary for in the beginning.

[souredsweet]

[sure is nice to be visiting again so soon...!]

If I succeed once and obtain my incentive then, what reason do I have to continue?

[vytis]

That would break the rules, and you know the consequences for that.

[souredsweet]

So we cannot retire or reveal the group, as it is against the rules... And we cannot obtain our incentives until we commit at least one successful murder, but the failure condition will be triggered if we do not continue to play regardless?

[WHY WAS THIS NOT MADE CLEAR EARLIER PRODUCER WHY!!]

[vytis]

[Lithuania nods.] And, of course, if none of you commit a murder on a week when we require your group to act, you all lose.

[souredsweet]

[actually sputters for a second...]

There are only three of us left! There isn't a feasible way that even one of us could commit a successful kill twice when only a single person has managed it once, and their victory was largely a stroke of luck!

[vytis]

It might benefit you not to get too far ahead of yourself. Focus on one thing at a time so you don't get overwhelmed.

[pasodoble]

( Lithuania you little shit did you just tell Kaoru the same thing he tried to tell Sonia oh my god )

[souredsweet]

[even if that is not intentionally condescending, Kaoru the Irritated will interpret it as such]

That is not a large amount of help when you have condemned this entire room to death.

[pasodoble]

And even when we haven't done anything, we've still been suspected of crimes we didn't commit.

Unlike someone in this room right now that hasn't been suspected once!

[souredsweet]

Let him continue to remain unsuspected, then. The tide of suspicion will turn against him eventually. [so mad right now SO MAD]

[vytis]

[His voice grows more serious. Not that it wasn't serious before, but now there's an edge.]

You all have your incentives, and you all have your consequences. You know arguing with me about it isn't going to change that. Even if it seems difficult, you're still going to fight to succeed, right? Being angry at me is fine, but if you say I'm condemning everyone in this room to death, you're saying that you don't think Spain or Miss Nevermind have even the slightest chance.

I believe all of you have the conviction and ability to do this.

[souredsweet]

[it seems for a second like Kaoru is struggling with whether or not to say something, but decides in the end to leave it unspoken.]

...It is as you say. For such precious things, we will fight toward that victory with certainty no matter how steep the path grows, but your hollow words of encouragement are not needed. [after a quiet pause, though:]

I will apologize now - both to Miss Nevermind and Mr. Spain. I do not wish to say that any of us will fail, in spite of the odds stacked pressingly against our favor.