thefoundation | RECORDING 9: THE THIRD TRIAL.

The worst has happened... and now you're all here, in the living room where all the trials so far have taken place. As all of you enter, the Vessel is there - Jack, looking expectant and as militaristic as ever.

On one of the tables away from the center is a small enclosed box entitled 'VOTES', with slips of paper nearby and a pen. It's sufficiently away from what will be the 'main' action, but not enough to really give anyone complete privacy as they vote.

Once everyone is inside, the doors automatically shut and lock themselves, leaving you trapped in here with the Vessel...and each other.

One of you is a murderer...however, in this game, the guilty do not need to be voted out. As long as there are enough people voted out that matches the victims...then it will be accepted.

...But, can you really let someone get away with murder...?

The choice is up to you.

But this time...potentially, someone innocent...must die as well.

VICTIMS: FLAYN AND HAKU
PEOPLE TO VOTE OUT: 2

WEEK 3 VOTING

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Simple. After the incident in the renovation room, he spoke to me about fighting for something he cared about.

[ a pause. ]

You two are rather close, aren't you? You said that he was sent to kill you, but it makes me think that there was a reason why he didn't after all this time. The way you stood over his body even after his death shows that you thought of him as important, too.

.... important? Hah.

If nothing else, it's a merely nuisance to me that he's gone. He was a precious tool after all.

....

[ he doesn't flinch when zabuza calls haku a tool at all. ]

So you disposed of him the way once he became too dangerous to handle. Like anyone would throw away something that has broken.

Hah. This whole scenario is a farce and I'd vastly prefer he was still alive. He's more useful in my world than in this house. I had plans for him.

Fine. Let's say that you did not kill Haku. Then what were you doing punching Seteth unconscious?

Was that really me? You've got nothing but the size of my hands to go off and, excuse me saying so, that's flimsy as hell.

You could have used your Silent Killing technique in the midst of all this.

[ ... ]

Which may do well to keep your presence hidden, even until the end of all of this. Perhaps it'd account for a passive ability as well.

You've mentioned again and again your skill in the disposal of people. You're a professional killer. Of course you'd hardly leave any evidence behind that'd point to you.

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There's also sword marks left on the scene where a fight took place. Even if you say it's not you, we can't eliminate the possibility you were there.

[this gets a kind of painfully rueful smile.]

He would have appreciated hearing that more, probably.

He knew.

Mm. But it's nice to hear it from someone you respect.

[Oh hello that gets her attention narrowed in on him, even if she still doesn't say anything.]

...

[Okay, time for Rosa to move in, she writes:

"Yeah, that's horse shit."]

I've told all of you numerous times. A ninja isn't a person.

First and foremost a ninja is a weapon. Feelings, friendship, all those pretty words you people keep enjoying so much... They mean nothing to a ninja.

I used Haku and he allowed himself to be used because it saved him from starvation. That's all there is.

[She writes more, furiously:

"WRONG!!! WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!"

That last line gets underlined three times. She takes a deep breath, trying to calm herself, but she's shaking...]

[ .......... ]

...

[She writes more:

"It's none of my business. And it's not my hobby to air out other people's laundry."

That, and she believed Zabuza deserved some pride.

"But, if what you were saying was true, you wouldn't have cared enough to have me make a funeral kimono. You don't polish a tool before you throw it in the trash."]

They didn't mean nothing to him. He wanted to be useful and I think he wanted to be the perfect ninja, but... he told me he couldn't stop having feelings even if he wanted to. He still considered himself human.

...It's hard for me to imagine a tool going out of his way to ask for flowers to decorate our room.

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[nnnnot saying anything but surely paying close attention to those words.

hm.]

[...]

[There's just a quiet laugh here, like the rustle of old pages.]

[He just looks at him, quietly disapproving]

[ "A precious tool"

He knew someone who considered themselves as much. ]

[...For the first time in a while, Battler actually gets visibly angry at hearing that, his face contorting into a severe frown.

But, other people are accusing him - so he's staying quiet, beyond-]

Bastard...