end round - deliberate

[mewreview]

blank state end round



days twenty four, twenty five

[After the cat vanishes, you have several days to enjoy the space you've carved out for yourself. The cat will not be around. However, the familiar box full of profiles and sheets of paper for voting will be left out.

These two days can be used to mingle or deliberate, before day twenty six, when your votes must be finalized.]

Setting
Timeline
Cast
Private Conversations

Voting has been unlocked. Characters will have until 8 PM EDT on May 14 to submit votes. This deadline may be shortened depending on progress. A post for day twenty six, the final day, will go up later in the week.

If your character intends to kill any character before the vote, please let the mods know by PM by 5 PM EDT on May 12.

Comments

[souredsweet]

day 24, main room
[the fact that the cat hasn't been around at all has definitely put a little bit of extra panic into the situation, but Kaoru can be found in the main room regardless, sitting in the corner with a stack of papers on his lap and beside him. a lot seem to have scribbled notes written across. to anyone who may enter, he'll look up and offer a brief nod and a question.]

Have you seen the cat?

[he can be found in the room most of the day, when he's not wandering around looking for said cat, becoming increasingly frustrated. toward the end of the day, if anyone walks in, they'll get a different question:]

We should talk about our other possible options. Have you had any ideas...?

day 25, motorcycle track
[staying in the greenhouse for too long makes him dizzy, so he's gathered up a few flowers and can be found in the mouth of the motorcycle tunnel instead. there are still a few papers by his side but compared to the day before, he seems very unfocused, twirling the flowers between his fingers and seeming to stare through them rather than at them.]

day 24

[whiterosefoes]

[Harriet's thinking hard.]

...The cat said that he didn't have enough power to send the others home. Maybe there's a way to get him more power?

There's magic inside of me, as the Rose Duelist... I can't really use it without my deck, and I guess I don't need it since I don't intend to fight in any more card wars. I wonder if he could take that and use it to save another person.

[souredsweet]

[that definitely piques his curiosity, since it's not like he has any power or magic or energy to offer, himself.]

Maybe... It's worth it to ask. [his expression grows grim again.] But it's not going to be any use one way or another if we can't find him.

[it's his belief that the cat may not even show up for the vote, and if it does, it may just be to kill the three people chosen and ollie right back out. that's cutting it far too close...]

Announcement

[acemedium]

[Maya makes her usual stop by the graveyard to update everyone and lay down more toys by the graves, but once that's done....]

[If she counted her fingers correctly (and she only has five on each hand!), there were three people they had to replace for the ones they saved. She knows one guy in particular is going to volunteer himself, but-- She's no going to let him if she can help it!]

[So. She heads over to the main room, making sure other people are around before taking a deep breath and piping up with an attempt at her regular enthusiasm:]

If there's no way to get us all out of here... then I'll stay behind and give the cat tummy rubs while you all kick butt at home! Just promise me you're not going to let anything nasty happen when you get home! [....]

And Athena and Mr. Gavin and Ema... you have to take good care of Nick and Pearly for me.

[psychup]

[She knew this was coming, and that this was Maya's plan, but she's not going to stand for it at all.]

No.

Maya, I'm sorry, but we can't accept that.

[And she'll casually speak for everyone else on this.]

[acemedium]

I'll be fine! [Yeah, totally] You guys need to focus on fixing this.

[bloomnobly]

Yes...do you really think the majority of us would let you sacrifice yourself so easily, Maya-san?

[acemedium]

[She's not expecting the majority to argue....]

That's just how it is. Three people have to stay behind.

[courthouserock]

Absolutely not. [For once, Klavier actually looks super serious!]

[acemedium]

[You're not her real mom!!!]

You guys have to fix things! I can hold down the fort in the meantime.

[scientificinvestigator]

I can't!

Mr. Wright cares too much about you. He tried to turn me away when I first met him, and knowing what I know now I think it's because he was sad that you weren't there. He'd never forgive us if we left you here.

[Not to mention that she would never forgive herself.]

[acemedium]

[Why is everyone arguing to save her..]

...Huh? What are you talking about?

DISCUSSION

[courthouserock]

[well like hell is he going to let Maya die so yeah GROUP DISCUSSION TIME]

I believe we need to talk about what to do once our time has run out. Which isn't to say we give up on any other alternative - if we can find a way out of this mess without having to sacrifice three people, great. But if we don't, we should have a plan in mind.

Before we start, I'd like to make two stipulations if I can. One, we don't vote for anyone under eighteen. [SO SIT YOUR ASS BACK DOWN MAYA] And two, we don't force anyone to sacrifice themselves. No matter who it is, that would make all of us no more than murderers. [that being said, yeah he has doubts about whether they'll be able to find enough adults to volunteer]

That being said and done, I volunteer to be one of the votes. I'm an adult, I've lived a very fulfilling life and have no regrets, and I should have been one of the ones to die anyway.

[acemedium]

[Wow excuse you Klavier your big brother has an objection]

We didn't save you just for you to throw your life away!

[courthouserock]

I'd hardly call it throwing my life away if I'm helping save everyone else's, including yours. What good is saving me for if I'm not willing to use it to save others in return?

[psychup]

[Not saying anything, just keeping to the back to herself. She'll fight to save Maya, but she can't justify fighting to save him.

Still, it really hurts.]

[volcanoes]

[With all his peoples' lives on the line, Iceland isn't about to step forward. He ends up standing in the back, watching the discussion instead.]

[souredsweet]

[Kaoru had been quiet and watching the discussion progress too, but he'll shuffle over to where Iceland is after a while. HI... hi friend.]

[fjords]

[ Standing with. Obviously no one would expect either of them to come forward. ]

[chiblocker]

[ ...Well that stipulation knocks her out of the race as the youngest person in the room if it carries, um.

Ty Lee crosses her arms, frowning. She gets the feeling Klavier's going to be the only one of the possessed persons stepping forward, here, but she's way too tired to bother to say a word about it. In all likelihood no one is going to be able to live with themselves no matter the outcome, so does it really matter who does or doesn't step forward?

Probably. She's just been spending most of her time in the circus room, occasionally fiddling with one of Mai's knives, though Ty Lee hasn't the slightest idea how to use them. She's been unable to teach herself Mai's trick of spinning a knife around carelessly, although attempting it made her feel a little better.

...Apparently she's just not contributing to this conversation because anything she could say won't help so...well. ]

[heyheyimthemonkey]

I wouldn't be able to vote for another person and there doesn't seem to be an alternative so I will volunteer.

[He even meets the requirements laid out by Klavier.]

[vivillon]

[Sylveon will hug Ritsu's leg with her ribbons. YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON, RITSU.]

[whiterosefoes]

[Harriet hasn't had much to add thus far. As long as her world isn't gone, she has reasons to stay alive.

But it being between Ritsu and Maya... that just isn't okay with her.]

Who would seriously vote for you?

[scientificinvestigator]

[Ema has nothing to rebut this with, but she doesn't like the idea. They're future coworkers! He's been (mostly) good to her, too. And even when he's a teasing jerkface, he's still a good guy.

She still thinks that the whole 'rotten heart' thing was entirely his brother's fault, to boot.]

Mr. Gavin...

[courthouserock]

[He smiles down at her.]

It's all right, Fraulein Skye. We'll still get the chance to meet in your future. [Actually, she might not even care that much when he dies then W H O O P S...]