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"Alright, I'm going."

Well that was a bust.

She'll go join Scythe, why doesn't she.

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Sable meanders up and smiles at the last two possibly-free agents. "Hello there, you two. I'm Sable."

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"Evening." Ishaza's lips quirk up. "I'm Ishaza and this is Neo. She prefers sign, if you speak it."

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She shrugs. <Don't know that I'd say "prefer". I don't mind people talking aloud, and the translation aura handles sign just fine.>

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"That's convenient," she replies with a smile. "I sadly don't know sign. There was never time to pick it up, in the Navy."

She shakes her head. "On the plus side, I understood that well enough. So what're you two thinking thus far?"

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"Neo here has already cast her vote for me. I intend to honor her trust in me by attempting to coach, but if I fail it's no great loss; I'm a switch, so I'm comfortable in any role in this game." She looks over at Neo. "I could try for a third vote to assure my position, but votes are somewhat thin on the ground. Most everyone's already paired up."

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She nods thoughtfully. "I'm locked in at this point. All the other pairs only have each other so far. Lily is the only remaining free agent. I'm very curious to see what they'll do with a tie."

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Neo shrugs and smiles.

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"Lily?", Ishaza asks. "I haven't had time to be introduced to everyone yet."

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"Darker purple hair than mine, outfit leans a little toward the elegantly goth side of things, over that way," she nods her head in Lily's direction.

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Ishaza nods. "Ah, the woman you were talking to a few minutes ago, yes? What was your impression of her?"

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Sable hums consideringly. "Very guarded. On edge. Suspicious of people's motives."

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"Sounds like she needs time to think, then. Thank you for the information."

She smiles slightly. "See you in the action rounds, then? I expect we're both going to be rather busy."

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She nods, smiles, and strolls off to the ballot box to fill out and deposit her and Maya's ballots.

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When she allows herself a brief moment of fidgeting with clicking the pen before writing, there's the briefest expression of surprise, before she clicks it again, writes the ballots, and tucks both pens securely into her pocket. Then she meanders back toward Maya and Hannah.

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Meanwhile, Scythe sits down on a bed next to Cocoa and Vivian. 

"Hey you two," she says in a low purr. "What's your names? I like your look, catboy, you've got a certain... je ne sais quoi."

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Cocoa's ears twitch. "Cocoa. And do I really. More than one bi girl in this crowd, huh?"

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"Looks like I might not get you all to myself after all," Vivian teases. Then she looks back at Scythe. "Did you just come here to hit on us, or...?"

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"A little bit. Look, I've got a proposal for the two of you, Cocoa and whatshername. I'd like to make a team of four."

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"A team of four? How would that work? Even if you get to be a coach, you'd still have to trade for someone. How are you going to get someone to give up a whole team member?"

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"A little persuasion and a little perfidy. You see, my girlfriend Rose, who I brought here with me, is an obligate sadist. So she's not very much use to anyone who doesn't have someone willing to take a few hits. I qualify, but I bet a lot of teams would prefer not to have her. Similarly, Cocoa, you're a boy. So a lot of teams would prefer to have a woman, in this predominantly lesbian crowd. So if the four of us decide to work together, we could quite plausibly get an extra player for a really good deal."

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Cocoa tilts his head. "... I see what you're saying, but I think this is a bit brittle. If we get drafted by other teams, I mean."

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"I can almost guarantee us the first pick, so long as we're all willing to work together. You see, there's four of us, and if you don't try to be a coach, Cocoa, we can cast one vote for every team - meaning every team except us has their total set of votes, plus one, and then we have exactly one vote. Making us the lowest voted team, and thus first to pick. With that first pick I could grab you, silver hair girl, and then if we have to trade for both Cocoa and Rose that's just fine because we should win both those trades."

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"That's... an audacious plan. It could work, definitely, but it does have the risk of you not ending up coach."

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"And it would give away Cocoa's shot at captaincy."

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