Locked to Murder Nations

[pasodoble]

( Sunday afternoon, after the incentives and lists have gone up, the nations meet.

The bed is unfixed and there are some clothes hanging around which gives it a cluttered appearance but otherwise, Spain's room in Emerald Wing doesn't appear to be in bad shape.

Closing the door behind them, he'll rush around the sitting area, tossing the clothes onto the bed and into the cabinet carelessly. He'll also leave the liquor cabinet open with several glasses on top. From the looks of it, he's been using it himself.

It only takes a few seconds for him to make his last minute preparations and then he cuts straight to the point. )

We need to work together.

Comments

[mostlymarried]

Dy. This cannot happen again.

They think we are expendable.

[balzams]

The last thing Miss Ukraine said to me was to stay near others and keep note of the time.

I don't think it would be too difficult to respect her final wish...

[mostlymarried]

[she nods]

She wanted you to live, no? Stay with me, and I can protect you.

[balzams]

Yeah... I think sticking together would be best.

As well as alibis I think a culprit would be more likely to kill off a lone person, wouldn't they?

[mostlymarried]

Dy. Amongst fools, we have proven easy targets for framing blame.

[vytis]

I don't want to think that they'd vote us off just because, but--if they aren't sure, it does seem like they'll sacrifice us, doesn't it?

[balzams]

Maybe they'll consider our existence pointless now we know it won't negatively affect our people.

[Don't get him wrong, he's more relieved than he can say but it is making him border on an existential crisis]

[vytis]

I really don't want to be used as anyone's safe bet in trials.

[balzams]

Me neither...

I really got us in trouble this time. I'm sorry...

[mostlymarried]

You heard that woman aftewards didn't you? She may as well have said it.

Blame the witch in black. Showing them that, it's like they think they're all guilt free.

[vytis]

Miss So Hilt did say Miss Ukraine should have expected to be the sacrifice. [He looks more nervous than usual.] It's too much to expect one of us to expect to play that role when we haven't committed any crime.

[mostlymarried]

Exactly. If that is their opinion of us, I see no worth in any of them.

[balzams]

A-also... about the incentives...

N-no one's going to go for them, right? Especially after this week, we would probably end up being too suspicious.

[pasodoble]

I never worry about the past. What's done is done and I'd rather focus on tomorrow.

[balzams]

You certainly have a very optimistic view of things...

[pasodoble]

( Just have a proud smile )

It's a blessing. ( After all, he certainly had a lot to be grateful and happy for all of these centuries and habits die hard. ) At my house, we have a saying that goes "en la mañana." In English, it means "in the morning" or "tomorrow."

But for us, it means as long as the sun rises, there will always be a tomorrow. So why worry about things that have been done and things that can wait until another day, you know?

[balzams]

...

[He smiles a little but it's still solemn]

But what if there isn't tomorrow? That's the risk of being here.

[mostlymarried]

Could it save Ukraine?

[balzams]

[He honestly hadn't thought about that]

I-I'm not sure... It says to correct a mistake or right a wrong but it sounds like it's something that would only affect the culprit. Even if one of us got the chance to re-vote It would still only be a draw...

[But he really did wish there was something he could do. Taking one life just to save another didn't seem like something that Ukraine would approve of]

[vytis]

I'm still doubtful they can really change the past, personally.

[notyetlost]

I don't care about the past there's definitely nothing in it that I regret enough, but um. Asking something like that... Does that mean that if one of us is provided an incentive we can't refuse that you expect we're gonna like.

Just agree to let each other get away with it and help condemn someone else? ...Is that even allowed?

[vytis]

We don't deserve to get away with our murders any more than anyone else, as long as our people aren't involved. None of the people here deserve to be sacrificed any more than we deserve it.

...And an agreement like that would cause problems any time more than one of us is a suspect, like you and Miss Ukraine were last week.

[balzams]

There's nothing in the rules forbidding it...

All it says is that the one most directly involved with the murder is rewarded.

B-But I was just wondering. If such an incentive were to come up... I don't know.

[vytis]

That would count as acting as an accomplice, though, probably. I wouldn't feel right knowingly letting anyone get away with murdering someone, though.

[pasodoble]

( . . . )

It wouldn't be fair to the others here if we agreed to a thing like that. I want to get out of here as much as everyone else and I'll do whatever I can but... I want to do it the way my people would want me to. If I'm going to represent them, I want to be the best I can be for them, you know?

( He can't let his own people disapprove of his actions or have other nations looking down on his people because of him. )