Designated Killer Meeting - Smoking Room, Sunday Night Week Six

[vytis]

[This time, when the group meets, the number hasn't decreased at all. The Producer even untied Spain himself for this meeting to make sure everyone is accounted for.]

Alright, you all know the rules--and now you know your success isn't impossible. Good luck.

Comments

[vytis]

You lose your incentive if you're killed, so please try your best not to be.

[teenspirit]

...How unfair.

[vytis]

I'm sorry. Rules are rules.

[teenspirit]

[ A pause. Then, suddenly: ]

What if I pick Poland for my target?

[vytis]

You have to pick someone who is on either the dispensable or the deadweight list.

[teenspirit]

That has never been a part of the rules. So long as someone is not immune, they are a valid target, yes?

[vytis]

I made it clear from the meeting at the end of week two onward that this group is to target the contestants on those two lists.

[teenspirit]

It was clearly a preference. A suggestion. But it is not a hard rule, is it? No, it cannot possibly be: after all, for ratings, the murder of someone off of the lists would be much more interesting, wouldn't it?

Do you care at all for that person? How cruel to pretend so freely with your affections.

[vytis]

The contestants on the bottom lists are the ones we would like off of the show the most. As for Poland specifically, you know this discussion is irrelevant for this week given that he has immunity. My advice to you, then, is not to select your target based on how much you think it will spite me. Not because I expect any kindness from you, but because you should be thinking more about which target will allow you to best get away with your crime.

[teenspirit]

[ She gapes at him, stunned that nothing really seems to shake him. It only increases her frustration. Then she straightens up haughtily. ]

F...fine. But I make no promise that I will select someone from the bottom lists.

[souredsweet]

[super helpfully and not at all because of Producer-based spite!!]

There is, of course, the option of framing.

[pasodoble]

Why? If she's going to risk her life for her nation then she should be able to choose how she'll do it.

[vytis]

The dispensable and deadweight list contestants are the ones considered to be contributing least to the show.

[teenspirit]

Why does that matter? If I give you a dramatic enough performance, it shall more than make up for it.

[vytis]

You are insistent about this, aren't you? If you can promise it will be dramatic enough, I will consider it--but you'll have to give me a day or two to think it over.

[teenspirit]

[ Suddenly, she seems gravely serious. ]

Yes. I promise you. I will give this show a week the audience shall never forget.

[vytis]

[He seems to consider her seriousness for a moment.]

Very well. Will you tell me who you plan on targeting?

[teenspirit]

...That depends on who is making their move this week between Kaoru and I.

[souredsweet]

You will not have to fret over taking your turn just yet.

[teenspirit]

[ Looking with concern at Kaoru, then, to Lithuania: ]

My selected victim shall be someone under none of the lists. Someone who winds up perfectly in the middle. We shall see who that will be after this week's trial.

[pasodoble]

Then does it matter if they are killed directly or by trial as long as they're gone? And what of the players the audience has no opinion for right now?

Not everyone made the lists.

[vytis]

They're in the middle in regards to popularity. If you're all so insistent about it, though, I'll consider it.