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!

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[teenspirit]

[ Sonia looks at him with distaste. ]

Aren't you going to say anything about that corpse or our fallen comrade?

[vytis]

It's unfortunate Miss Aihara had to leave early, but she could have avoided that fate herself. As for Miss Aozaki, she performed well, though maybe a little too messily.

[souredsweet]

[Kaoru is standing nearby instead of sitting today, looking upset and sparkly.]

I do not think that he cares enough to even pretend to have words for them, Miss Nevermind. Is that not so, Mr. Producer?

[vytis]

As I said, Miss Aihara's death was unfortunate. She seemed like a nice girl. Miss Aozaki probably didn't really have to make such a mess, but maybe she really was thinking of the ratings.

[He doesn't sound as if he's mocking them--he might even sound sincere, in a serious and clipped sort of way.]

Would you really want me to talk about them, though?

[souredsweet]

If you believe that, why were you unable to free her from the room? Are you not the Producer - higher still than the Hostess in rank? You do not need to speak of Miss Aozaki, either; her reasons were not in the ratings.

[Kaoru will leave his question unaddressed for the time being, but it'll come as a surprise to no one that the answer will be "no not really".....]

[vytis]

The rules have to be followed. Everyone here should be especially aware of how important that is, even more than the others playing this game.

[souredsweet]

[right that SPEAKING OF:]

It is why her execution fell early, correct? Playing by the rules... May I ask one question, then?

[vytis]

Go ahead.

[souredsweet]

Are you the one who has set these rules, or are you simply following them as we are?

[vytis]

[He seems a little surprised at the question, but answers.]

This is my manor and my game, of course.

[souredsweet]

[Kaoru looks a little uncertain in turn. after a pause:]

...I have two more questions then, if you would indulge me. Why such an attachment to rules that you could rewrite on a whim, and why this game at all? I feel as though I can safely assume we are not the first group to play. Surely there is a reason for it?

[vytis]

That isn't really any of your concern. You should worry more about your incentives.

[souredsweet]

It is a concern, considering I would not need to be competing for such things in the first place if it weren't for you, or this game. [but Kaoru seems to relent after that, going back to a pissy, sulky silence.]

[teenspirit]

...Even the hostess... even she did not seem entirely at sorts with Yuzu's fate...

[teenspirit]

[ Whereas Kaoru is upset and sparkly Sonia is upset and leathery. ]

I am so very tired of this... It feels like we're simply lining up to die now, following Kanaya and Touko, one after the other...

[vytis]

Rules are rules, I'm afraid, Miss Nevermind.

[teenspirit]

Your rules be damned! I am already so tired... sitting, waiting to die...

[vytis]

Don't just wait to die, then--you've had several trials now to learn from the mistakes of others, and you've had one example of someone getting away with their murder. Don't forget your incentive.

[teenspirit]

Yes. As... as long as I do it, nothing bad will happen, right...

[vytis]

Right. That's what you should focus on.

[teenspirit]

...

And what's going to happen if the others begin suspecting you? You saw Touko... what she tried to do...

[souredsweet]

[Kaoru is so upset that not a single Edo-era MODESTY!!!! remark will be levied her way... yet...]

It is too grim... Looking at it in such a way is far too grim, but the outlook is not as good as it once was. I cannot accept the idea that we will all fall to a similar fate.

[teenspirit]

I have... been contemplating it... and I fear that for me, it may have to come down to going after someone I like...

[vytis]

[Something ices over in the Producer's expression, though it doesn't seem to be aimed at Sonia.]

If that happens, I'll deal with it. It's nothing you have to concern yourself with.

[teenspirit]

...Had she tried exposing you prior to her execution... what would the punishment have been?