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day one

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blood match day one

game start

28 players remaining

The morning the game starts, all pairs will be escorted from their rooms by friendly robot buddies into their own underwater shuttle waiting to take them to the arena. Should anyone try to resist, the collar around their neck will start beeping ominously and their friendly robot escort will become a lot less friendly and a lot more forceful. While in the shuttle, each player will be stripped of whatever clothing or items they have on them. The robot buddies will give each player the following:
- a uniform consisting of a light water-resistant jacket, a t-shirt with the words BLOOD MATCH '15 emblazoned on it, track pants, and standard-issue undergarments. All clothing has been tailored to the player's size perfectly and comes in a classy shade of steel grey.
- a small backpack which holds: three matches, a small canteen with a day's worth of water, and a day's worth of packaged rations
- a digital watch
- a booklet with all the character information cards in it
- a randomly assigned tool

The shuttle ride lasts for around half an hour, docking in a large garage. A friendly robot buddy will then guide each pair into their own elevator and a countdown will begin from 10. Once the countdown hits zero, the elevators will rise and the players will emerge in a shallow bay of what appears to be a volcanic island.

(OOC: Please update your character's info card with the ranking they would have likely received based on observation of their stay at the training facility. Rankings should be between 1-10.

Also, when starting a thread, please put in your header the following: ZONE # - TIME - AREA. This will hopefully make it easier for everyone to keep track of which character is where.)

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[Mildly shoving away.]

Wrong. Now you're wasting time. Go get yourself to sleep before you waste all of it and make trouble for the rest of us.

Good night, Tamaki.

Ootori-san seems a little too bony to sleep comfortably on, anyway. [Mayu hides a giggle behind one hand. SORRY KYOUYA.

And apparently she doesn't see this as even a little bit insulting, because she just turns back to Jack and Kyouya like nothing is wrong as Tamaki settles down to sleep.]

Have the two of you seen anyone other than Jack and me around here since you took the cabin..?

[GOOD WORK TEAM. Once Tamaki settles, Jack moves away from the bed to go sit beside Mayu instead.]

It does seem like pretty good luck, being able to find and keep a place like this without having to fight for it!

[Which he assumes didn't happen because neither Tamaki or Kyouya look too roughed up and the cabin itself is in decent shape, too.]

[He's not offended, Mayu. The last vibe he's going for is 'someone to sleep comfortably on.'

But he does wait and let Tamaki get settled, choosing to take a break to have a bite of food and some canteen water.]

We have had good luck. It seemed everyone ran west, so we chose this way, and haven't seen anyone all day.

What about you? Did you have any run-ins? [With a glance to make sure Tamaki is really asleep.]

We did, but those people won't be a problem anymore.

[She says, smiling.]

[Jack glances over too, quickly, but doesn't seem to hesitate with his words once he's made sure Tamaki isn't awake to be disturbed. His smile is a little softer, like the whole murder thing had been A Sad Occurrence and he's sorry it had to happen at all.

Maybe.]

I guess you could say we had some pretty good luck ourselves, depending on how it's viewed. It's a few less people to have to worry about, either way.

[There's no obvious reaction or change of expression. If he wasn't sure before, he's now confirmed not only Jack but Mayu are creepy motherfuckers. Which is something he is completely fine with, for now at least. He doesn't particularly care about other people or their lives, not when they're standing in his way.]

I couldn't agree more.

Who are we now unlikely to run into?

[Mayu reaches into her backpack and pulls out the booklet of information cards. She knew the names of the people they had killed - all three of them had been people she'd either spoken to while training or at the interviews - but she isn't sure that Kyouya will be just as familiar with them, so she flips through the booklet to come to each of their cards.]

These three...

[Creepy is right; Jack seems to bounce right back up soon enough. There isn't much of a point in pretending he isn't a dang maniac on Murder Island, after all.]

It would be nice if we could meet that number tomorrow, I think. Even experienced survivalists are going to struggle being out here for too long. [And there's the explode-y time limit thing, too.]

[He notes the pictures in the card with mild interest. No one too dangerous, then, but...]

Oh, I agree. Well, I won't interfere with your work. Perhaps tomorrow we'll see what can be done about finding more provisions.

They're out there, somewhere. They have to want some of us to survive long enough to make this interesting.

[She shrugs.] If we don't find them ourselves, all we have to do is find someone who did and take it from them. [And, uh, kill them.]

[LAUGHING gosh Mayu, so ambitious.]

It would probably be easier to scavenge on our own, so let's try that and save taking from other people for later. They might have traps set up if they have to put their supplies down or to take out anyone who might kill them for their water or food, right?

[That's sure what Jack would do, anyway... BUT CORPSES ARE CLEARLY BETTER BAIT.]

Personally, I would be wary of any food that's too easy to come by. In fact, I think it would be best if we take what we can carry from the farm and abandon it.

We took backpacks from the people we... ran into, so we can use them to carry more food.

[She pauses, looking like she's considering something very seriously, and then looks to Jack.]

You and I should each keep one, but do you think it's okay to leave one with Ootori-san and Suoh-san?

That sounds like a good idea to me! [The farm one, that is.

He'll glance over at Mayu once the question is posed, but there's no real hesitation before he nods.]

If it's something the two of you can use, go ahead and take one.

[...Considering.]

I'm certain it's obvious, but Tamaki doesn't need to know about the people you've run into. Any spare backpacks we found on the beach.

But yes, I'm sure it's helpful. Ah, and it's not much, but we do have access to a first aid kit. My family are in medicine, so I hope to be of use with it.

Tamaki has some sort of poison, but convincing him to let us use it will take some persuasion.

"On the beach"...

[She glances over at Tamaki, a little puzzled.] He'll believe that?

[He's going to have to if he doesn't want to accept the fact that he's keeping company with murderers, Mayu supposes.]

We'll be depending on you, Ootori-san. [He probably can't fix her leg, but the first aid kit should keep their group from having any minor injuries go untreated and turn major.] ...you probably have the best chance of convincing Suoh-san to give up the poison... you know him best of any of us.

[And he's also not crazy.]

[Jack doesn't feel quite as much doubt as Mayu may over that... POOR TAMAKI.]

You can pick which one you want. Oh— but that's useful! Even if I'd rather hope we never have to rely on it. [That sure would be nice... #wishful thinking.

As far as poisons go:] It might be better to just let him keep it for now. There's not really a shortage of poisonous things around to use if that's what we decide to do, right?

He'll believe it. [Actually, he isn't sure; Tamaki can surprise you with perceptiveness. But he won't question it too much, probably.]

I think that's right. If it comes to a need, he won't be any trouble. Just let me know. [And in fact he already gave the poison to Kyouya anyway. All he's trying to avoid now is Jack and Mayu finding out they have poison and thinking they deliberately hid its existence.]

[That's a very good thing considering how Holden hid the fact that he had a dagger from her... she's got that dagger now, but she'll be pretty ticked when it comes to that point in the kill thread.

Mayu looks down at the booklet for a moment or two.]

...is there anyone in here you think might be trouble?

[Jack, on the other hand, probably wouldn't be too fussed either way... Good work, champ.

But he'll glance over when she holds the booklet out, even though he's already spent a lot of time focusing on that exact topic and pretty much has what he views as the biggest threats mapped out.]

Outside of the obvious numbers, the people who went for packs and crates immediately. The ones who aren't willing to take those risks will be dangerous in their own way, but probably not as quickly.

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[For a moment, he wonders if Mayu means in here. But Jack's comment puts him back on course. It's easy enough to pretend that these people are his friends for now.]

The rankings can be deceptive, but I'd be wary of anyone with a particularly high ranking who doesn't seem as though it should be high. One comes to mind in particular - Ryou Bakura's interview was nearly entirely tripe about friendship and loathing violence and all working together. And on his card? 7.9.

Beyond that, Saitou and Okita strike me as worthy of caution. They're well trained and seem serious.

Bakura-san... That is a little worrying. He's either a good actor, or...

[Jack seems to know him better - just judging from the interaction they'd briefly had before - so she looks at him to see his reaction to that. Kyouya brings up a great point about Saitou and Okita, and Mayu nods.]

Okita-san seems like the type to laugh as he kills. [Mayu knows all about that. Seriously.]

[He sure seems to be. Bullshitters Anonymous has been formed and Jack knows of at least one or two other members...]

I like all three of them! [Which is probably aLL THE WARNING ANYONE NEEDS... And of course, he follows that cheerful declaration up with something more pragmatic.]

I'd say we should deal with them quickly before they can build up a stockpile of weapons, but I don't think they'll really need anything fancy. [Then, holding a hand up in an explanatory gesture:] Saitou seems like the most straight-forward and I bet he'd be the least likely to go out of his way to kill, but he's just as dangerous as the other two.

Even the ones who are hesitant to act will act once they run out of supplies or see that our numbers are dwindling. I think dealing with them quickly is a sound strategy.