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"The wetter areas," she concluded. Thinking about her home, there weren't that many bodies of water. It was mostly dried out crumbly earth with random overgrowth on them. Perfect for digging out bones.

"Never seen a crane before," she repeated Sage's words. "Truly," repeating Watch's words. "I reside in the drier bit of matope. But, Never Idle. I've seen him before," she went on, going off topic now. It was obvious to her that both bucks had the experience and opportunity in seeing cranes in their lives.

Nodding her head in agreement, she sided with Watch as she felt like talking about anything besides the game might throw others off and giving them room to chose them as the next targets or something because of its irrelevancy. "Yes, when the game is over, please let me observe this crane of yours."

Sage blinked, looking back and forth between Kiss and Watch. "I don't see the harm - we've all already voted this round, after all. But, anything to keep a good reputation with our fellow players, I suppose," he said with a charming smile.

"I'd certainly be willing to show you some of the creatures in their natural habitat at a later date," he said to Kiss Of Death. He added a subtle emphasis on the last word, which made his intent less than subtle.

He'd stayed quiet, again, because so often it was difficult for him to concentrate over the talking of so many kin at once. Story even questioned why he'd bothered to accept the invitation to come ... Or even how they'd found him.
He hmm'd and haww'd as he tried to discern all of the arguments and decisions made- The previous day's choice had somehow seemed so much simpler.

"The bright bone doe, Doubleback was it, has made a valid point- There is nothing more suspicious than one who refuses to answer the allegations flung at them, but maybe when one is sure they are not guilty it seems insulting to ask."

He chewed around the words that he wanted to say, it was difficult this game.

"Still, we can't be sure that was As The Sun Burns' intent and this early into the game we need to be quick and decisive as a group. And so that is where I cast my vote."

Watch raised an eyebrow at the tree-bearded kin, "Please, if you would good sir, explain to me when I did such a thing? You as well, my lady," He said addressing Doubleback, "I gave my reason. It was a bad one, sure, but I found it better than none at all when all these guesses are nothing but random feelings with nothing to back them." He sighed, why was everyone pointing at him now? "This is a game that is intended to turn us against one another by use of uncertainties and confusion. While I do not blame you for your votes, for we must cast them, I urge you to recognize that I have presented my votes with reasons, just like everyone else."

Nightingale flushed, and her tail twitched in agitation. "I-I'm sorry," she said quickly, pawing the ground. "I meant no offense. It seems...I was...incorrect...anyway...but I'll stick to that vote nonetheless."



((aah crap sorry morphy let me know if I should delete n repost later))

Optimist's eyes bulged as she listened to the description of the previous night. "How do you even think of something like that?" she asked.

Then, quickly, she turned to the matter at hand. "I don't think Snake Flower's death reveals much - she was unusually quiet yesterday. And Trouble, who she voted for, is already dead..." She paused. "I think the best places to look are with what we ended with yesterday, and then...hm." Maybe they could examine the people who'd voted for Trouble, but it seemed to Optimist that most of them were the sort that were kind of just playing Follow the Leader.

So she turned first to As the Sun Burns. "I think Doubleback's right in this one - I really don't think having the same name is much of a reason. And it wasn't like you were one of the first voters - there were people who voted with at least a little bit of reasoning before you." She tilted her head. "But what you've said is true - you're far from the only one who's voted for silly reasons, and the ones that did so yesterday are just a little bit more suspicious to me. I don't think people should vote without reason - it doesn't give us anything to go off of, and it seems a lot like - well - hiding." If Optimist couldn't at least hear why someone was voting - even if she didn't agree with it - she was much more likely to think predator.

She glanced quickly at Wintershadow and Doubleback, the other two most popular votes from the previous day. She really didn't find the case against either of them convincing - Doubleback especially was contributing a lot to the game, if meanly! And the reasons that people used to accuse Wintershadow seemed almost arbitrary.

If she remembered correctly, the votes against Lost Apathy and Arctic Waste had been given without much reason, either (although Arctic Waste had been the first to vote for Wintershadow with a silly reason). And Eyes of the Night had at least begun to speak up, although she'd prefer he speak more. How else could she get to know him? She was interested in hearing more from Tipping into Madness and Bitter End, though.

Optimist's jaw fell open at Apathy's comments. Well, this made her feel a little worse about Trouble...but at least she knew she was playing the game. "Um, you know the third day has started, right?"

"We did not vote for Snake Flower. The predators killed her in the night," Giveforward explained to the, apparently, confused doe. Why the predators had done so, she didn't know. Had the doe hit upon something? She frowned, trying to puzzle it out.