role - zaroff.

[foxhounds]

ZAROFF While everyone else mills about, you go to the tunnel that only you know about. This is your safe spot to hide, since you know that The General can't touch you. The only way you'll lose is if you're executed, but that won't happen, will it? At the end of the tunnel, you'll find any weapon you can hope for, including a draught that will give you the supernatural abilities of any of the players. You're not here to kill, since only The General can do that, but if you can make them lose or turn on Ivan, then maybe you'll be free. So how will you mutilate the corpse tonight? rulebook character statuses profiles All night votes will be due 5PM EST of the day after trial.

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night one

[foxhounds]

Victim: Ema Skye
Cause of Death: Slit throat

[liven]

[ That didn't take them overlong, did it? She's done it too many times before to count: wait for the Hunt to end, sniff out the body, and go to set things to rights. Or wrongs. The dead girl isn't someone Shijima had managed to speak to - not the bird, at least, so she'll have his company for however long he manages to stick around - but it wouldn't have mattered even if she had been. She kicks the body in the side, almost idly, and sighs. ]

That's what you get for investigating that brat's "death" so hard, you know. You made yourself a threat...well, you've probably realized that much by now.

[ She'd only taken one weapon out of her treasure trove, and she hefts it easily now. Far more easily than she should be able to do, as the smallest player on the island, but since she's not lost any of her powers Shijima's just as strong as ever. It's a sword. So many players have sword skills mentioned in their profiles, it's simply the easiest option for now. She can get more specific later on, when she has a better feel for who she can maybe try to sway against Ivan, and who she can't. For tonight, she's just going to try to cause as much chaos as possible.

It only takes her one swing to get the head off, though she's careful to try to follow the cut to the throat. She'll take time to disguise that with hacking, if need be. Is that enough? No, after the damn monster display the other day a slit throat wouldn't have been jarring enough (though she imagines there would be tears and drama). Cutting off the girl's head probably wasn't freaky enough, either. Only a few people had seemed to mistrust Ivan enough to consider voting for the Overseer.

What to do, what to do...ah.

Dropping the head off to the side and allowing it to roll, Shijima lifts the sword again, twirling it once. It's easy enough for someone with her strength to get off Ema's legs and arms. She's acting on whimsy more than anything else, and begins to sort out her masterpiece after that, tossing the sword aside to free up her hands. The torso stays where it is, and Shijima balances Ema's head upon it, prying the eyes open if they'd shut. There ought to be more than enough blood around to paint a largeish triangle around the torso and head, and then if she just places one limb going in each direction outside of it...

She has a really disturbing rendition of that annoying symbol. It's all done almost casually and without hesitation, and when she steps back to collect the sword, Shijima tilts her head to the side, considering. ]

...That ought to do it, I suppose.

[ Better clean up and get back to her hideout. And return her sword to its proper place. Maybe she can catch an actual nap before daybreak, too. ]