Day 5, afternoon

[pandatreasure]

[SO HEY, THIS MORNING WAS SUPER COOL, HUH??? EASTER EGG HUNT, BODY PARTS, TOO MANY LEGS, SUPER FUN, RIGHT????

and the fun don't stop here at Nope's Peak Academy, because once that announcement has gone off and everyone's had a couple of minutes to...pretend to catch their bearings and deal with the fact that all of the body parts are gone except for the major award leg lamp Ichigo's stuck holding, there are more announcements to come.]

As of now, you have the rest of today and tomorrow to figure out who to punish for the murder of Sigma Klim! You should double check your rules page if you forget what that entails. Or if you didn't! Nyehehehe.

[And there's something new on that rules page, too, for those who take a minute to check.]

You can vote whenever you want, but make sure to do it, okay? It's going to be a problem if you refuse to vote at all, nyehehehehe!

[When the characters open up their tablet again, laborious instructions will guide them through getting to the voting app and using it; both names and pictures are showcased. Votes can be changed at any time, and there's a countdown at the top of the app for how long until votes are due.]

Good luck, everyone, nyehehe!

Comments

[purrtagonist]

[YES, ACTUALLY]

And once we have a working list of people who weren't paired up, we can start a true suspect list and narrow our search for the killer.

[. . .]

[god this all leaves a very, very bad taste in his mouth. and for a moment, he exhales sharply in frustration, pushing his glasses up and pinching the bridge of his nose]

[suppressthedark]

[Ichigo just silently reaches out to place a hand on Akira's shoulder, just like before.

He knows the feeling - having to suspect one another like this for the murder is...difficult. As much as he doesn't want to think about one of them being responsible, that is unfortunately the truth of the matter.

But they owe it to Sigma to find the killer - and unfortunately, punish the person responsible for taking down one of their number.]

[purrtagonist]

[Akira doesn't feel like this is justice, not at all. but they do owe it to Sigma. they owe it to him to at least find the person responsible]

[. . .]

[leans into that touch a bit as he drops his glasses back onto his nose]

I'm fine.

[he's frustrated. he feels like he's playing a part in a televison show he never wanted to be a cast member of]

[suppressthedark]

[There's no justice in this place - not when they're being forced to kill each other and then vote for someone else to be punished for it. No matter what, the rules make it clear that they'll all have blood on their hands by the end of the day.

Ichigo squeezes Akira's shoulder a little when he feels the lean, before he drops his hand.

Hearing him say that...well, it's like listening to a recording of yourself, isn't it?]

As much as you can be in this situation, right?

[purrtagonist]

[sure is. Akira's smile is lopsided and wry; it doesn't reach his eyes]

As much as anyone can be while being treated like a puppet by a pair of dirty rotten trash vermin.

[anyway, someone is still a bit tightly wound, even if he's putting on a calm exterior. he breathes out, lifts a hand to rub the back of his neck]

. . . god, I hate this.

[suppressthedark]

[Yeah, that's pretty loaded - and it's not like he doesn't also feel like that, just that he's trying to keep it down as well as he can. He won't do such a great job of it later, but hey.]

I think we all do - ...except maybe Erika.

[Fuck Erika though]

[purrtagonist]

[GROANS]

Erika is an outlier and shouldn't be counted.