the general - night six.

[foxhounds]

THE GENERAL night six Instead of waking up in the jungle, you wake up elsewhere. This is the square where The General comes to decide what to do, and Ivan patiently sits on a bench, though she's as impassive as ever to what's going on. Each of you has your own foxhound who's barking happily to welcome you back. They'll help you find who you choose to hunt tonight. After all, you're saving them. You have a little while to discuss who you'll hunt tonight, but don't linger too long, since you only have until dawn. rulebook character statuses profiles All night votes will be due 8/30 by 5PM EST

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[unrulyprincess]

[She's tempted to really slap him, she really is.]

You are not cut out for this? None of us is cut out for this! This is a twisted, barbaric game! Do you remember Tsurumaru's face last night?

[He had known he was going to die.

And he'd been really, really sad about it. Doesn't that mean that Tsurumaru, also, wasn't prepared for this?]

We do not have the right to make that judgement. I still wish to save everyone. Even seeing what this island has brought out in people, I still wish to save them!

[...a slow breath, and her tone lowers from the yell it was.]

She was not a good person. But she truly did care for you, and you alone. I do not know if that is enough that she deserves to come back to life. But I am certain it is enough to not condemn the others to death.

[hopefragment]

Kuninaga...

[After everything that had happened, after having to go through the effort of pretending not to care an undo amount about him, and then everything with Rei, he'd almost forgotten.

Tsurumaru, Gi-ne, Orion... they're counting on him, aren't they? They'd done everything they could, and somehow... he's still left. It probably would have been better for him to have died, as much as he doesn't want to. As much as he's terrified to.

He's feeling the pressure more than ever as he draws his knees into his chest and buries his face in his arms. Is he crying again?? Probably, if the way he's shaking is any indication.]

You're... you're right. [Yep, with the way his voice is cracking, he's definitely in tears again.] You're right, I just...

...I know.

[unrulyprincess]

[... Ah. Well. She almost feels a little bad when he starts crying like that. She knows she was harsh and that he'd been through a lot.

But they all have. They all have to keep moving forward--and now she knows that she will.

So she sits next to him, and gingerly and gently wraps an arm around his shoulders. Clarine has never been one for hugs (it was generally not proper), but she's gotten her fair share of practice over the past six days.]

... I know. It is hard...and it is unfair. But we must carry on...for the sake of everyone.

[A slow breath.]

And when we have all come back to life--you may ask her to explain herself then, if you wish.

[But for now...they have to save everyone else.]

[hopefragment]

[Clarine no don't touch him, he's a peasant, too lowly, too undeserving of this attention. His shoulders are stiff at her touch, and he doesn't lean into her or anything like that, but after a few seconds, that tense set to his shoulders relaxes slightly.

He's trying to stop crying, really, he is, but those deep, gasping breaths of his aren't helping much at all. It's going to take a good several minutes for him to stop, and that's mostly because he's completely out of tears to shed. And even though he's still shaking, when he speaks, it... sounds almost normal. Almost, because his voice is hoarse and quiet, but it definitely sounds like him and not that monotone he'd had yesterday.]

...Thanks, Clarine.

[unrulyprincess]

Y-yes, well...

[She can't help the pleased flush that brings to her face. She's not used to being thanked, okay...it's a nice feeling. Like she was actually helpful.

And Hinata sounds a bit more like himself.]

... We are all in this together. We are here to support you. Do not forget that, Hinata.