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

Comments

[hopefragment]

Yeah, I think that's exactly it. And whatever weapon we pick... we should try to use a similar style each time it happens, too. At least until -- or if -- they figure out there's more than one of us. Like if we're going to go with a sword today, we should use a sword or a knife tomorrow night, too. Same for if it's a gun.

But if they do figure it out, we should use as many different weapons as possible, I think. To try to throw them off to our exact number. Does that make sense?

[unrulyprincess]

Yes... I believe I understand. Then for now, we must pick a single weapon. Should we... focus on swordmanship, then? It could be dangerous, as Tsurumaru and Hijikata both use swords as well, but it could cast further suspicion on the others as well.

[hopefragment]

Yeah, they do. We just need a majority, so... hey, Hijikata.

[WHY IS A REAL HISTORICAL FIGURE HERE THIS IS ABSURD. SHOULD HE BE HIJIKATA-SAN?? HIJIKATA-TAICHOU??? HINATA IS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS LIFE.]

Do you think the rest of the Shinsengumi would ever vote for you? They're totally loyal to you, right?

[hijiwanwan]

[ That's a good question, actually. ]

Well... Souji is like a brother to me, I doubt he would betray me. As for the rest... [ Horikawa, Yamato, and Kashuu. ] I can't say much, until I talk with them more. They say they're Shinsengumi but I don't know them well.

However, I'm going to at least talk with Horikawa, if I could get to know him better maybe it'd be useful. [ He had 'assassination' on his guestbook log, right? Interesting! ]

As of right now. I'd like to presume they would be blind to be thinking it'd be me as long as evidence doesn't point to me.

[hopefragment]

Okay, that's good. There's a lot of people who use swords on this island, [for some reason...] so... if you guys can stick together as a group and not vote for each other, that would leave some of the others out, right? Like, uh... Sephiroth.

[Wait, does that name sound familiar?? Nah, can't be.] Or any of those other guys that seem to think they're literal swords. No one who knows even elementary history would expect the Shinsengumi to betray each other in this situation... right?

[Right..... Hinata's kind of just guessing here. He's really not an expert on... anything, really.]

[meatery]

[Cutting in:]

What's a Shinzenkumi?

[There might be a flaw in your logic, Hinata.]

[hijiwanwan]

We're a special group that tries to protect the peace in Kyoto that the emperor made. [ Simple enough. ]

Although, if anyone betrays the Shinsengumi they're forced to seppuku. We don't have tolerance for traitors, or spies. That's why I can't be find out.

[ Geez... This is going to be... Different. ]

I'm usually not questioned that much considering I'm the Vice-Captain, but the Shinsengumi will fight even their close friends if it's for the Shinsengumi.

[meatery]

So it's like an alien cult. [Gi-ne, no.]

You're not really betraying them, remember, you're helping them. So don't worry about sebbuku. But basically, they'll assume you're on their side but if you're found out, they'll turn on you? Or do you mean they'll help you even if you are found out...

[hijiwanwan]

More like... A special police force, I suppose. [ Alien CULT??? ]

I doubt they would help me, they'll probably want me dead. I can't be find out, but if there's that many swords on this island as everyone claims... Well, it shouldn't be that hard, right?

[meatery]

[No judgement, bro.]

Well, you'll probably be killed if you're found out no matter what. [Trials...] Is your fighting style really recognisable, just by looking at the corpse?

[hijiwanwan]

Well, I have two fighting styles. One is my own and the other... Souji knows it.

[ Well, shit. ]

It doesn't mean I have to use it though. I can easily kill in one strike. Unless you want to do more?

[hopefragment]

Can we... just not drag it out, whatever you guys decide?

[Just... chiming in a little quietly, here. You can ignore him.]

One strike is probably best...

[hijiwanwan]

[ There goes his candle wax idea- haha what! Just kidding. ]

Then... A beheading? [ Probably not the best idea to do anything that looks like a seppuku. ]

[hopefragment]

I-isn't that really brutal?!

[He kind of looks like he might be sick at the thought.]

I-I was thinking, like... I don't know, stabbing someone right through the heart is instant death, right?

[hijiwanwan]

[ Hinata. Smh. ]

Well, it'll kill them, right? But that works too.

Didn't we say we aren't going to hesitate about this kind of stuff, hm?

[hopefragment]

I... I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, I just...

If they're already dead, there's... there's no reason to make them suffer more, you know? I don't have the right to decide that kind of thing.

[hijiwanwan]

[ SIGHS. ]

Yeah, yeah. I get it.

But a strike to the heart- I can't be careless about it. I have to make sure I'm close enough and precise.

[meatery]

I just meant is there a way for you to make the body look like someone other than you killed him.

[...] To be honest, in my current state, I'm not sure if I could kill someone with one strike. Not with a sword. I've only used knives and my ki before.

[unrulyprincess]

You... know swords, correct? I am not particularly familiar, but I do know that the swordsmen and women in our army often used different swords...

[Fir used a Wao Dao instead of a Killing Edge, for instance... if that's the case here, they could use that, right?

Her brow is furrowed as she tries to wrack her brain for any clues, but she honestly never paid much attention.]

Perhaps...if we are able to use a sword that would point to them, rather than you?