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...

[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?

[mostlymarried]

[she nods]

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

[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]

[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.

[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.

[balzams]

... I'm sorry.

I feel like this is my fault for speaking too harshly at the trial.

If I had kept my mouth shut maybe they wouldn't think so badly of us.

[vytis]

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

[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.

[balzams]

Me neither...

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

[mostlymarried]

They are the ones who choose not to understand us. They are the ones choosing to use us to satisfy their own consciences.

You have done nothing wrong.

[mostlymarried]

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

[vytis]

We could have behaved better, but I think some of them read more into what was being said than we actually said. And at the end--we were angry. [Lithuania finds it hard to blame anyone for their behavior after the execution, at least.] It's alright.

[vytis]

Everyone was under stress at the trial. I don't know if all of them need to be written off... But we should probably make sure we can defend ourselves, even so.

[balzams]

But even so!

They might be a little less angry if I hadn't implied that they aren't as important in the grand scheme of things.

[balzams]

I guess...

Unless I actually have anything relevant to the trial I'll try and stay quiet next time.

[vytis]

W-well, don't stay so quiet that the audience gets bored of you.

[mostlymarried]

[...Belarus sighs]


...You worry too much about appearances.

[mostlymarried]

Enough of them have made their opinions clear.

This is democracy isn't it? What a miserable way to run things.

[vytis]

W-well, normally democracy involves people who... [Have some job experience in regards to whatever they're doing? Aren't composed of thirty people from different worlds? Aren't on a murderous reality show?] Want to be there.

[balzams]

There's that risk too isn't there...

[He still can't help but wonder about this audience. In what country would it be legal to broadcast something like this?]

[balzams]

I worry about making ourselves more likely targets.

[mostlymarried]

Nothing can be done on that front. We can only defend ourselves as best we can.