the general - night one.

[foxhounds]

THE GENERAL night one 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. Each of you has your own foxhound who's barking happily to welcome you. 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 August 10th by 5PM EST

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[hijiwanwan]

Ah... A dog.

[ He immediately picks the puppy up, and begins to pet it calmly. ]

Are we going to act like nothing just happened? [ Well. The dog's cute though. ]

[hopefragment]

What else are we supposed to do? We can't fight that. If we don't act, it'll just move on without us. That's what this trial has proven, isn't it?

[Don't mind Hinata, he sounds awfully calm about this now. Maybe he's just pretending? Maybe this is Despair. Who knows.]

[hijiwanwan]

I suppose you're right.

Still... I would fight anything if that means I can get back to my troops.

[ Sighs... What the hell is this place? ] Looks like hesitation isn't an option anymore, huh?

[hopefragment]

No, I don't think it is.

I still don't think I can kill anyone, but... whatever we do has got to be better than this. Right?

[Right? Give the boy some confirmation we're not going to be sending giant monsters after people.]

[hijiwanwan]

[ Yeah, he doesn't expect someone as young as Hinata to kill. Still, odd choice for a general, right? ]

Looks like I'll have to do the hard work. Whatever, I don't mind. I've killed hundreds before.

[hopefragment]

It can't just be about killing people.

[Alright, he's finally picking his head up out of his hands, though he's still not staring at Hijikata himself.]

We need to make sure us -- all of us -- get to go back home. We have to pick people with strategy.

[hijiwanwan]

What else can it be about? Enlighten me.

What did that woman said earlier... A game of the strong and the weak right? Do you want to end up like them? [ Yes, he means the three that just died... Even though, he's still utterly confused why they died so early. ]

[hopefragment]

That's not it.

[Alright, fine, Hinata's forcing himself to look at Hijikata. He's not crying, his eyes aren't red-rimmed or anything. If anything, his whole expression just looks... tired.]

You can't just kill strong people as a- a test, or something. We're going to need to figure out more about them. The people who are the leaders of the group, the people who are most likely to figure out who we are. That's what we need to focus on, I think.

[unrulyprincess]

[She's been listening off to the side, but now she inclines her head slightly.]

... Ah...right. We cannot do this sloppily...or everyone will know. Is that correct?

[hopefragment]

...Yeah, exactly. Especially if everyone's going to be forced to vote, after this...

We can't leave any evidence, and we have to make sure that it can't be traced to us.

[unrulyprincess]

...They will be more desperate. Abstaining from voting is no longer an option, so...

[People will be desperate to find the culprit.]

The only positive part of this situation I can see if that they are still not yet aware there are more of us than only one.

[hopefragment]

I don't know about that. Gi-ne mentioned that Hazama suspected there's more than one of us... a General and foxhounds.

Though I'm hoping that maybe they'll hear these guys, [BARK BARK BARK DOGS,] and think they're literally dogs, instead of a group of people, like us.

[meatery]

I'll help. [Piping up.] I've killed before too, it's... not a big deal.

[It's been a while but... For everyone's sake, she'll just have to tough it out.]

[hijiwanwan]

Thanks, I guess.

[ Toughing it out? No big deal. The circumstances are definitely different, but he'll just have to treat it like another war... Or mission. Simple as that. ]

Now... What. We have to pick someone... Obviously.

[meatery]

I don't like that dessert girl or the one in the chair.

[Stocking and Rei.]

They figured out that there's more than one killer right away. [...] But I don't really want to go after either of them.

[Especially Rei. Goddamn, going after the girl in the wheelchair first night?]

[hijiwanwan]

[ This is a new thing to him. Usually he just cuts everyone down in his path, right? But now... One a night. That's a big choice considering there's over thirty people to choose from. ]

Well, then what? We should go after the ones that are a threat, but I didn't talk to too many people during the day.

[ He's not... That social. ]

[meatery]

If we're talking about threats, there's two kinds, right? The strong fighters and the people who are smart enough to figure out who we are... Defending ourselves from the first shouldn't be too hard but aaah...

[Runs her hands through her hair and closes her eyes.] I don't really know.

[hopefragment]

No way. That attorney, Matt? He knows I'm meeting with Hazama later tonight. It'd be suspicious if she ended up dead when he knows I'm going to be talking to her, right?

I didn't hear them figure that out, though. What did they say, exactly?

[unrulyprincess]

[She's seated a small ways away, ignoring her dog currently, wiping an eye with one finger.

A sniff.]

... No. Now we know... now we know why we must succeed... Is that not enough?

[hijiwanwan]

Oi, stop crying.

[ Huff. Listen, he's not over their argument at the dinner table. Although, being the rough and tough leader that shows no mercy is his... Thing. He won't deal with crybabies. ]

Listen up, it's never enough. If we know and do nothing, then we might as well die too, and that's not going to happen to me.

[unrulyprincess]

I am not crying.

[She's kind of crying, but at least she's willing to pretend otherwise.]

We are not going to die... we are the only ones who can prevent-- prevent that horrid thing from happening again. We must survive.

[and kill everyone else...]

[gravesite]

[ He's gone and put the puppy in his hood, where it hangs its paws off of the edge of his white hoodie. But, one can't have enough puppies, and he's already trying to pat Hijikata's puppy, too. ]

Well, we're just as startled about it as the rest of the island, right? Do you think this kind of thing would happen again?

[hijiwanwan]

You already have one, be a responsible master now. [ He smacks Tsurumaru's hand away. ]

Maybe. I suppose we have to prevent it by being the killers instead.

That sounds ironic, huh. Deaths are going to happen either way, hm...

[gravesite]

Waah, did you forget? I don't know how to be a responsible master. [ Frowns! He'll lean over again... you'll have to tell him more than once. ]

It's the task we're given anyway, to be the killers. I think we should just accept it... and do our best not to get caught!

[hijiwanwan]

[ UGH. One more hand slap. ] Well, it's time for you to learn. No?

I already have. If it's for the Shinsengumi I'll kill anyone. Simple as that.