week 3 - day 1 & 2

[productions]

murder manor week three



monday, tuesday

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. Plots for this week's crime are due Monday by 9 PM EST.

Setting & Rules
Private Conversations
Plotting

Comments

[mostlymarried]

...You are not a free country?

[balzams]

No...

[Even after his little bout of excitement before, Latvia's mood is now just as down as it was in the beginning]

But it's been like that since I was young. There have been times when we've tried to fight back but... it always ended up the same.

I just wish there was more I could do for them... you know? They deserve to feel safe, to express their own culture...

[mostlymarried]

You are their embodiment and representative. Here at least, you can sing proud.

[balzams]

I just might...

[And a sad smile creeps onto his face, if only for a moment]

Sometimes I wonder why I haven't disappeared yet, but I guess it's a testament to their strength and determination.

...

They really deserve someone better than me.

[mostlymarried]

You are them, they are you. Neither of you could be anything else.

You are still a complete country, yes? Even if you're under control. My people have never had that right.

[balzams]

... I'm sorry, I probably shouldn't talk like my problems are the worst out there.

[mostlymarried]

That's not what I meant.

If even I can exist, you have nothing to fear.

[that said-]

...If you are under occupation... are you listed as a Repbulic falsely as well?

[balzams]

That's right.

I think it's meant to be a subtle form of manipulation. Like 'this is what you can be if you win the game', or something like that.

[mostlymarried]

[that just gets an amused snort]

Have you seen the nonsense they wrote on mine?

[balzams]

Not in detail...

[He only really studies the cards once there's a case]

What kinds of things did they write on yours?

[mostlymarried]

"Knowledgeable of the occult and fortune telling." "Expert with knives, guerilla tactics and modern weaponry."

They make me sound like some heretical serial killer.

[balzams]

Considering our situation I wouldn't be surprised if that was intentional.

Maybe they're setting you up to be a violent character for the sake of ratings.

[mostlymarried]

[...all she can do is throw her arms in the air at that one]

[balzams]

[Should he be laughing? He lets out a quiet, nervous one just in case]

The whole thing just doesn't make any sense, does it?

[mostlymarried]

It does not.

Why we keep dying.

[balzams]

Mm...

You would think that people would stop, even just to spite them but...

They must have their ways, if we don't put on a show then they're the ones that suffer for it.

[mostlymarried]

The incentives. They must be targeted to individuals specifically.

There will probably be one for us eventually.

[balzams]

Don't you think that this weeks could have been targeted at us?

[Goodness knows he would change his bad luck if he could]

[mostlymarried]

...

[Belarus falls silent as she contemplates]

...I don't think so. Our people and our neighbours write our history, not us; we can't change much by ourselves.

Even if we tried to save Ukraine, the most we could do is bring the vote to a draw.

[balzams]

... You know, I think I've been putting too much pressure on myself.

I keep forgetting that my existence is thanks to them rather than the other way around.