the general - night four.

[foxhounds]

THE GENERAL night four 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 8/22 by 5PM EST

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[gravesite]

[ It's actually news to Tsurumaru too?? Even the shortest sword... sword person... here would still easily go through the back of a person's body... so where are the sword people getting this from? ] It's actually the other way around — it's easier to stab someone with a longer sword. It's cleaner, too, if the sword's the only weapon you're going to use.

He is. They were all part of the same organization; there's no doubt that Kashuu would want to help Yamato and Horikawa. But that's the question, here: Do you think Yamato owned a gun, at any point?

Yes, technically, but it's still not very likely. The sword that I mentioned earlier was their... [ And a BIG PAUSE, to think, because this is 19th? 18th? century stuff, and for someone like Tsurumaru, who was born in the 11th century, it gets fuzzy. ] rival? Or something like that.

[hopefragment]

I don't know. Melborn seemed certain of it, to the point where he was willing to act like Sephiroth and get an innocent man killed.

["Innocent"... can Yamato really be called that....]

But I see what you mean. If I were a gunsmith, I definitely wouldn't give any of you guys a gun. It just doesn't make sense to me. So... for once, I think you guys are clear, where Orion's involved.

[Maybe. It still feels like it's too early to say, but...]

Anyway... what the hell happened to Kunihiro's body?

[gravesite]

That's strange... There's nothing about Yamato that makes him any more likely to have a gun than anyone else... I mean, he's kind of bloodthirsty, so there's that, and his profile isn't the most flattering one out there. If we conclude that a sword didn't kill Orion, that lowers our pool of suspects.

[ At the mention of Horikawa's body, he freezes, before letting out an overly loud, exaggerated laugh, waving his hand in the air. ]

Haha, well!

We just got a little into it, that's all!

[ Very slowly scooting away from Hinata........ sneaky........... ]

[hopefragment]

A little.

[Where are you scooting to, you have nowhere to go...]

What was the point of ripping him apart like that? With Kurookano out of the way, we weren't supposed to have to worry about stuff like that!

[gravesite]

[ i'm scooting closer to hell... where i can atone for my sins..... ]

Well, if we were going to kill someone, we wanted to have some fun.

And to answer your thought from earlier: no, he was quite alive when I ripped him open, you know!

[hopefragment]

[Did you hear that, Tsuru? That weird, strangled, cut-off sound? That was the sound of a protag doing his very best to swallow a scream.]

And that's supposed to make it better!? What the fuck is wrong with you!?

[gravesite]

[ Upon hearing that sound, he continues to slowly back away..... step by step.... PROTAG... PLEASE CALM DOWN........ ]

What do you mean what the fuck's wrong with me? We're the ones killing these people, anyway. We might as well enjoy it.

[hopefragment]

[Where are you going Tsuru Hinata's not done talking to you yet.]

No! You're not supposed to enjoy it, you're supposed to--! These people are supposed to rest in peace! Torturing them before you do it is insane!

[gravesite]

[ he's running because he knows what's good for him and it's not hinata HE FEARS THE SMALL PROTAG'S ANGER ]

Well, haven't you ever wanted to torture someone before? If anything, it's just stress relief!!

It's not like anyone found out that it was me, either.

[hopefragment]

No! Just don't-!

Don't do it again, understand?!

[Hinata has no idea how he's going to enforce this but maybe yelling it loudly enough will have an impact??]

[gravesite]

[ A huff. And then: ]

But I WAAAAAANT to.

[ This, he whines out loud. He's not almost a thousand years old, really...... he's five... a five year old at heart.... ]

[hopefragment]

I don't care about that!

[What the fuck is Tsuru okay. Are any of these swords okay. Hinata is having serious doubts.]

Just- save that kind of thing for when you're back home, alright?! Think of it as motivation to win!

[gravesite]

[ He's a sword...... Hinata, where have you been!! All of these swords are unstable, killing Horikawa was like pulling the bottom Jenga block underneath the Jenga block tower. ]

I mean, well... [ And he starts to get upset, but it comes out childishly. ] They're going to die anyway!! Why can't we slice them up and hear them cry?

We fight these weird... monster-looking things at home. Monsters don't scream and cry.

[hopefragment]

Ivan asked us to make sure they don't suffer. If nothing else, that should be some kind of incentive!

[Since apparently the rational desire not to torture people isn't a factor here.]

Don't forget, Kurookano was deliberately messing up the bodies. I bet something worse is going to happen to them if their bodies are a mess so just- leave it, alright?!

[gravesite]

[ He pauses, as if to think about it, before shrugging. ] Not really.

[ IT'S REALLY NOT HERE... they're swords, they don't entirely know that torturing people is bad? some of them have been used for terrible things...... ]

But they're dead already... They don't feel it, so why is it our concern if their bodies are further messed up after we're done with them?

[hopefragment]

...It's just... it's not right to treat the dead like that, okay? Dying it hard enough without all this...

[Without all your crazy.]

I think next time you decide to kill someone, Gi-ne should be the one to go with you.