screwthatnoise | [CRY WOLF]

... Well, I'm definitely not going to protest that! Out of curiosity, though, how did you determine we were sheep so quickly?

...it's not necessarily that.

[fiddling with her hands]

We want to trust you because... your team has someone very important to our teammate on it. Neither are present, but we wish to honor that bond. That is why we want to protect you.

[not really sure who the teammates in question are, but...]

... I see. We appreciate the importance you're placing on that bond and the help you're offering, and we'll gladly accept it.

Thank you.

As Echo said, Ruby has a mysterious vote placed on them. If you could place a vote on Heliodor, that would eliminate the odds of you going up for ousting alongside them. It's Turquoise's intentions to do everything in our power to prevent that from happening.

Edited 2012-08-25 08:40 (UTC)

Hmm. I definitely agree that we want to keep the vote even between Ruby and Heliodor so we can avoid going up for vote if possible, but I think it would be jumping the gun if we put it in now... There's still 11 teams who haven't voted yet, and if they end up voting mostly for us and Heliodor, we're stuck.

Sorry. Echo did not intend to imply that you needed to place your vote now. Turquoise is holding off on placing their vote, too, for that very reason.

It would be the safer idea. Two votes waiting to be placed could turn the odds easily with our numbers.

[nods]

That is correct. It could change the outcome completely if we wait for the right moment.

Right. I imagine most people are waiting to see if Jabberwock will force them to vote, but I'm willing to bet it's unavoidable.

I'm not one to play with bias in mind, but this is all we've got, unless someone tries to out themselves.

Jabberwock will have a means to make everyone vote. Last time he made sure a guillotine was present at every ousting. It sent chills down everyone's spines.

I imagine they've given the wolves either a major incentive or threat to keep them quiet.

The Personae hardly like to avoid a bunch of people dying. Why not kill those who won't vote.

Guillotine. . .talk about lame.

Because it's our emotions they feed on, right? If everyone stubbornly refused, they'd get nothing out of slaughtering us. They'd find some other stupid method to make us care, and some pathetic saps are sure to break.

I do not recall any incentive or threat last time. Jabberwock simply stated that he did not want us to disappoint him.

...Jabberwock did not kill anyone last time either. He simply sent them off to an isolated location. However, he never made this clear during the game. Echo learned the hard way.

Edited 2012-08-25 09:05 (UTC)

But did you think out could mean dead last time?

[shakes her head 'no']

He was unclear.

It changes how people look at it. It's easy to be ruthless when no one will actually get hurt. But when they do...

Well, making sure to get three wolf teams without at least one hero type around would be difficult.

...Amethyst attempted to be heroes last time. They succeeded, but at the cost of those who had been ousted or 'eaten.'

[seeming a little more tense after saying this]

Oh? How?

Echo will share what she knows.

You see, during the previous game, Turquoise was a wolf team—along with Amethyst and Kunzite.

Turquoise was ousted the second night. We were sent to a remote part of the forest.

The next night, Jabberwock appeared. Echo missed this, but... he removed my teammates abilities to use his own legs. He rendered an individual on Iolite blind, too. There was more, but this is all Echo remembers.

Echo eventually learned that Amethyst simply gave up. They did not want to hurt anyone else, so they ended the game there. At our cost.

The fools.

Echo would not be surprised if that is the reason our lives are at higher stakes this time around.

It would keep even hero types in line, if they knew.

Though I don't think the Personae don't need an excuse to be sadists.

Was Jacobi apart of the game before?

They truly don't.

...no. Jacobi's presence is another difference.

And Jacobi isn't usually violent...?

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shednotearsformagic - 2012-08-25 10:06 (UTC) - Expand

[snorts]

Basically, it's out of obligation. And obviously other teams are going to jump on the one least capable of defending themselves, especially this early on, with nothing to go on. Whether you're a wolf or not will become clearer as time goes on.

Do you not have any other teammates present at all?

[laughs] You're awfully blunt.

Kira's also here. Let me go grab her.

There's really no point in beating around the bush here.

Alright.