role - foxes

[foxhounds]

FOXES Instead of waking up in the jungle, you wake up elsewhere. This is the square where the Foxes comes to decide what to do, and Ivan patiently sits on a bench. It's your job to pick someone to investigate. After all, you're saving them. You have a little while to think about who you'll pick tonight, but don't think too hard, since you only have until dawn. "So? Who do you want to know about?" Ivan asks, so clearly, she's not going to let you think on it that long. rulebook character statuses profiles All night votes will be due 5PM EST two days after trial.

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[baaaaka]

It's risky if you do it in a stupid way. I'm not stupid, though. Use your imagination a little.

[ a little careful planning and a few well-placed signs and words tend to be all one needs to conserve a life - or snatch it away. Of course, it's easier when you have the power of a kingdom behind you, but Auger has confidence he can manage it on his own just as well. ]

But wait, Ivan. You told me you lived here, and now you're saying you washed up here. Are you lying?

[unrecked]

[Someone else could. Jason will remember that.] Supposedly she washed up here, but she lives here now because she chose to stay. [His eyes don't leave Ivan, returns her stare.]

But she won't say why a woman chooses to continue lingering on a half-deserted island instead of going back home. [Pointedly. He finally looks away, running his hand back through his hair.] You think owe the General something? Your life?

People said this is the first time you're Overseer, so obviously you weren't bound to stay because of that. Right?

[foxhounds]

[ She shakes her head ]

I'm not lying. I did choose to stay because I wanted to continue existing, but... I cannot leave. The only way I can continue is to stay here and do my part. There is nothing for me to return to.

[baaaaka]

[ "continue existing." Interesting way of phrasing things. Auger assumes it means about the same thing as surviving - especially when she says there's nothing for her to return to. If you want someone to obey you, it's a fine tactic: trapping them somewhere and destroying anything that could lure them back. It's one he's used before, too. ]

... No family? Friends? [ he puts on a rather concerned face, ears shifting back in dismay. ] ... Did he do that, too?

[unrecked]

[A glance is given to Auger, then to Ivan. Jason waits expectantly on the answer, assuming perhaps it's true, but also that she will give as little of an explanation to the cat-man as she did him on the balcony. It's not the first time he has considered Ivan being held against her will.

It's not the first time he has considered the General being held against theirs either.]

[foxhounds]

[ She shakes her head ]

The General isn't responsible for why I'm here. I don't know who is. The only answer I've ever been able to find is fate...

[ Which she knows is hardly an answer at all, but that's seemingly frustrating to her too. She makes a difficult noise, then looks away. ]

I don't remember my family or my friends, or my real name, for that matter... Ivan is what any in the role of Overseer is called.

[baaaaka]

[ he doesn't believe in fate. If it exists, it's utter garbage, and he's got a bone to pick with whoever wove his.

Other than her lack of information on that front, though, the rest of what she says is even more interesting. Still concerned, he tilts his head at her. ]

I thought Ivan was a weird name for a girl... You don't remember anything before you came here, then?

[unrecked]

[Slowly, Jason's eyes narrow. Not remembering family or friends or a real name is serious amnesia. It's questionable. Suspicious. Maybe not her per say (sort of her), but this place, the General, the situation.] That's pretty fucked up, thinking it's your fate to decide the fate of other people. [And off-hand comment, mostly talking out loud.

He quiets down when Auger continues, but his narrowed gaze doesn't relax. Exist. I don't remember. Fate. A pause, then he follows up:]

Are you human?

[foxhounds]

[ She shakes her head with a sad expression. ]

I don't know. I think when you stay on the island longer than you're meant to, you forget those sorts of things. I think I was human, once. But I don't know what I am anymore. I am only the Overseer. My fate is tied to this place just as much as yours.

[baaaaka]

[ his eyes flick over to Red briefly when he makes that snippy comment, but he doesn't offer any rebuttal; only a solemn expression towards Ivan. One that says he doesn't agree with his fellow fox here. ]

I don't believe in fate, [ he responds, serious. ] What if you tried to fight back? There's a lot of us here, you know. We have the numbers advantage.

[unrecked]

[Jason mutters, "Shit," under his breath. She doesn't even know if she's human or not. While he was initially worried in general about this twisted game, now after that little televised death and their hostess unsure of her species, well...]

Numbers are irrelevant. [He's not looking at Auger, but the response is for him.] With subterfuge and stealth, you can take out an army. All you need is patience and skill.

[foxhounds]

...I cannot.

[ She repeats herself, oddly. ]

My fate is tied to this place just as much as yours.

[baaaaka]

[ what a wishy-washy woman. People who won't stand up for themselves are just pathetic.

On the other hand, it might make his life easier. He rolls his eyes briefly at Jason, but turns his attention back to Ivan after. ]

And if we kill the General like we're supposed to?

[unrecked]

[Again, Jason's full attention comes to rest on Ivan. If they kill the General, then...?

A part of him is momentarily tense, thinking: they won't be free. Freedom costs too much. It's hard to obtain and too hard to keep. He thinks about something.

He opens his mouth, then shuts it, listening.]

[foxhounds]

Then you'll go where you need to go. I know that much for certain.