week 2 - weekend

[productions]

murder manor week two



saturday & sunday

24 players remaining.

This is a general mingle post. Please put your character's name, the time, and location in the subject heading of their comment. Players may also thread in logs, either posted to murdermanor or in a private locked journal post filtered to include productions.

This post will cover the weekend period from the end of trial Friday evening to early Sunday evening, when new incentives will be announced. No murders will take place over this time.

Setting & Rules
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[souredsweet]

[any time breakfast buddy, Kaoru will always be here to provide label-displaying needs.]

I believe that they almost certainly are. [Kaoru's expression drops a little into something that's not very pleased. after the past two weeks and seeing their numbers whittled so fast, it's hard not to bear a grudge against the ones responsible.] ...I suppose this is what one might call "human nature at its worst"?

[speakveryclearly]

I think so. [Toying with a shaker now, turning it towards herself to display the S on the side.] It would be pedantic to exonerate humanity when our victims thus far have been a witch and a shape-shifter. Though I suppose it's not impossible the Hostess herself isn't even human.

[souredsweet]

They did take lives, to be fair, so I would not call them victims entirely. [partial victims, though... Annie more than Bernkastel, at least.]

Still, if the audience is composed of humans... To think that they would enjoy the slaughter of both their own kind and others alike; it is excessive, crude and disgusting, I agree.

[speakveryclearly]

I feel like a constituent of a menagerie. Clearly they needed an alien to round out the reapers and nations and mages and whatever else.

[souredsweet]

[a small, quirking smile of agreement.]

It does seem like you fit in incredibly well in a place like this... I do not think that there are very many humans without at least one unnatural ability here.

[speakveryclearly]

Yeah, Yuzu's almost more unusual in that regard than not. Every cast needs an "everyman", though, doesn't it.

[souredsweet]

Miss Aihara is doing quite impressively considering the circumstances, even so. [good job special talents: none, you can climb the mountain!]

[speakveryclearly]

I'm really proud of her ability to keep her head above water. She's an inspiration to us all in that respect.

[souredsweet]

[a nod of agreement.]

She is a testament to the goodness that human nature can be capable of, I believe, in contrast to what the trials may show.

[speakveryclearly]

Human nature... the other players talk about that sometimes. I'm not sure what it means. I think that's the idea, though.

[souredsweet]

Mm. It's a difficult thing to explain to someone who does not already know of it... Many believe that human nature is capable of unimaginable good and evil alike; what wins out often depends on the particular person or circumstance.

[speakveryclearly]

When you put it like that... it sounds kind of meaningless, doesn't it?

Not to belittle your explanation... I just mean that in such boundaries it's hard to rule any particular behavior as within or outside the realm of human nature, if that makes sense.

[souredsweet]

I do not find it belittling. [a small smile.] It is the wide range itself that some might consider human nature. Not every creature out there is capable of displaying boundless grace and thorough wickedness.

Still, that is only one definition. There are some who may say that it is human nature to be kind, or others who say that it is human nature to be cruel, self-serving and foolish. To me, it seems as if this is set up to determine which is the "true" human nature.