Day 10

[andascholar]

[Everything is terrible and Zelda has no time to mourn forever. She needs to make plans and solidify alliances. And so she is making invitations to her dressing room whenever boys are available.]

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[chosemyfate]

Hm... There were a lot of people without votes, but thankfully, getting a vote donated to them should at least make process of elimination easier. I can't help but suspect Snake as well, simply because I personally do not think Dee or Charlie seem capable of planning this? I could be wrong, however. [No, he's not calling the Sunnys dumb! ....Ok, maybe a little dumb.]

I have to say, I haven't been impressed with her attempt to fulfill your role while you are recovering and really only looking out for a group of people that she benefits from...

If what Niles says is true, that even Mary, a supposed friend of hers, was lied to by her... I can also hope the lies catch up to her and she loses some of those allies she has right now. But we can't wait for that when we've gotten to the point she almost went to manipulate someone to volunteer for death and only see someone's death as a gain. If I hadn't locked my vote for Ib for someone else... I might have contemplated the idea of changing my vote to Lotus instead. [But Corrin you'd have a big target on your back after...]

[locktouching]

[Sits next to Corrin shoulder-to-shoulder. Gives him a little nudge after he's done talking.]

Remember, her allies might turn on you after you attempt such a thing. We are too vulnerable to act carelessly. It would be all too easy to throw us to the hotel to get us out of the way.

And we should speak to Santa after he returns... he needs to hear that she lied about him to use me. I want to know what he thinks of Lotus.

[andascholar]

Dee is a survivor from the previous round, I believe she must have some cunning, or at least be cutthroat enough that we shouldn't rule her out without further investigation. However, I doubt that Snake would give up his own life so easily without a fallback option. I'm wary of her allies as well. The Ushiromiya's would be a problem. However, if what she says this round is true, then she would lose Clover and Snake, and however Santa feels about her I doubt June would be happy to hear her brother is being thrown to the wolves so she can make herself look good, however inept she is at it.

[chosemyfate]

A survivor? [Well color him surprised. ] ...I'd have to look into the chance to attempt to find more evidence, then.

Perhaps we could start with that, then.. In attempt to build some sort of alliance ourselves. If we can get Santa and June to at least be aware of that much that happened... Perhaps we could also fill in Okuyasu on this vote situation, who doesn't seem to have a clue about it. [That he was going ot get freaking asked if he wanted to die/]

He seems to have... some kind of friendship [it sounded like a question when he said it. Those two were weird. Fighting a lot.] with Rohan Kishibe, who is close to Lotus and the Ushiromiyas. but Okuyasu doesn't seem to have a bond with any of them at all. We could trust him? He doesn't spend time with any of them.

[locktouching]

...Perhaps she has so many allies because they're willing to accept the hotel as consolation. But we intend to make to the end, don't we? That makes grouping together difficult, if we don't all see each other as top five.

I trust Santa with my life, but I can't promise he'd come to see you as one of his picks for the top five, Zelda. Only possibly. If everyone we all care about would even make it that far...

I don't trust Okuyasu enough to bring him right into this. But I think he will help me if I ask, and he seems to be short on allies.

Snake does seem most likely as the perpetrator... but I can't guess with certainty.

[andascholar]

...I like Santa well enough. I'd be happy to see him win. But I agree, I don't think he'd ally with me to the end. He can't have all his friends win. I'm willing to speak with Okuyasu at least. He should be aware that his life was in danger. And as for Snake... Ronald confirmed that whoever set up the poison gas in the room would have done it themselves. When the room is cleared, we may be able to search it for clues, but I don't know how long that would take. Perhaps we should do some interrogation.

[chosemyfate]

He's a man who cares for his people very much. Perhaps we should tread carefully on what we share, as well? [And just hearing that made Corrin's heart sink more and more with that reality. He's note sure, but Santa MIGHT NOT be on board with them to the end... Corrin's just gonna lean just a bit against Niles as he thought his next words, distracting himself from that depressing concept. ]

I agree. Okuyasu deserves to at least be aware of something. I'm also confident he'd be more inclined to listen to us than them. Rohan claimed they helped him this far, but we didn't really see that in their voting history. I'm sure he's bitter.

Hm. [Might have tried a spoon of mcflurry as he thought.] Interrogation? I see... And perhaps we can save that for certain times to not seem so suspicious to the others?

[locktouching]

Lady Zelda, you should at least speak with Santa more, get to know each other. He will want his sister with, I'm certain, but he might eventually agree to let his friend go to the hotel instead. You have a chance. Lord Corrin and I... we want you to make it to the end with us and Santa, if possible.

It would help if we agreed early on what the best case ending would be. So how does this sound:

The three of us, Santa, and June.

Anyone else we care about, we could try to see that they get to the hotel in one piece.

[andascholar]

I'd like that. I can agree to that arrangement. Santa has been a good friend to me, and June has helped me as well. I like them, and what's more, I owe them enough that I'll help them win.

[chosemyfate]

I can only hope that we can get Santa and June to agree with this. Because the idea of the five of us.. This is something that I would honestly want, as well.

[locktouching]

Santa is wary of the hotel right now... that's how I knew Lotus was lying to me; she swore he wanted to send Clover there. But it's still a better choice than direct death.

Hopefully he will be back soon.

[andascholar]

They won't keep him out of the game for long. They can't, if they want to have their show.

[chosemyfate]

You have a good point. [A subtle hand over Niles' own as they stayed shoulder to shoulder. ] They can't afford him to be gone for so long.

Perhaps it's just me being concerned, I hope the results don't impact him upon his return, whatever they may be.

[locktouching]

[Turns his hand over so they can hold hands.]

Don't worry too much. I covered June with a vote, so he should be alright. We will welcome him back and have a talk with him.

Despite whatever competition we need to go through, tomorrow should be a good day...

[Tiniest hint.]

[andascholar]

[Oh no they're getting cute and romancey] We'll all be here to help him when he returns.