AN: Don't know how much interest there is… but I'm going to do another chapter. The Destrons from Victory this time. Some Cybertronian time units you might need: Nanoklik: roughly 1 second.
"Everyone, report to the throne room!" The crew of the Thunder Arrow heard over the com.
"I wonder what Deathsaurus-sama wants." Goryu pondered.
"Maybe to tell off Leozack again!" Yokuryu chuckled.
"He usually does." Goryu grinned. He and the rest of the Dino Force made their way to the throne room, leaving their shells asleep in their room. This didn't stop Kakuryu happily wandering along behind the others, singing like normal.
"I wonder if he got word of your plot Leozack." Hellbat smirked; knowing Leozack couldn't see it behind his mask.
"Fool! He couldn't have, you swore not tell on threat of death!" Leozack growled, unsure if Hellbat was telling the truth or not.
"We'd better go and see though. It could be his latest scheme to steal energy." Guyhawk told them from his position against the wall.
"Yeah, Deathsaurus-sama must have a plan!" Killbison headed for the door, not realising none of the others were following him.
"Let's go!" Leozack shouted and all of them headed to the throne room as well. They found the Dino Force stood around in front of the throne. Tigerbreast had his front paws on a box and Eaglebreast was perched beside the throne, probably waiting for Deathsaurus to scratch his head. The throne spun around then, revealing Deathsaurus appeared to be in one of his rare good moods.
"So, you all came here as asked." He mused.
"Why wouldn't we have come here, Deathsaurus-sama? You are our master, and so we obey you." For now. Leozack added in his head.
"I have obtained a method of testing you all." Deathsaurus told the twelve mechs stood in front of him. Tigerbreast picked up the box in front of him and carried to Leozack.
"I don't understand, master." Leozack looked confusedly at the box.
"Fool! Open the box!" Deathsaurus' shouts disturbed Eaglebreast, who squawked in reaction. Deathsaurus reached down and idly scratched the top of his head, silencing him. Leozack did so, finding sixteen cards inside, as well as sixteen discs with two booklets tucked underneath. He tipped the box up, letting the contents land on the floor. Kakuryu had made his way over to investigate.
"This smells interesting…" He picked the booklets up and snuffled at them, before putting them back where he'd found them. Tigerbreast made his way over and picked them up, before taking them back to his master. This earned him a head scratch as well.
"All of you; sit in a circle." Deathsaurus told them over the edge of one of the booklets. They all did as asked, still a little confused. Leozack still had the box and placed it in the middle of the circle beside the cards and discs.
"Find the card and disc with a blue creature on it." Deathsaurus instructed. All of them reached at once, all of their hands catching on each other's. Rairyu spotted the card and collected it with his hand. Jallguar found the disc and held it up.
"Put them back in the box, they are a rather complicated character for first time players." Rairyu put the card in the box at his master's command, noticing Jallguar doing the same thing with the disc.
"Turn each of the cards face down, and mix them up." Leozack and Goryu did this; not trusting their underlings with the job. Once that was done, they looked back to Deathsaurus.
"Each of you, choose a card." All twelve of them picked one of the cards; sliding it beside them.
"Don't show or tell anyone what is on your card, but have a look at it." Each of them carefully picked the card up and looked at it.
"What are we supposed to do, Deathsaurus-sama?" Leozack asked, still confused.
"The Tanner is the only role that wants to die; but you obviously don't tell mechs that you are the Tanner." Deathsaurus' answer still didn't answer his question.
"So, what about the rest of the cards?" Drillhorn had seen that card near him when they'd fallen out.
"I will tell you what to do, you all know which role you are, don't you?" Deathsaurus received twelve yeses in various forms.
"Put the other three cards in the middle, and put your card in front of you, and check you can reach the card of the mech opposite you." They looked confused by the last point, but did as asked. Once they'd confirmed that they could and the three remaining cards were in a line in the middle of them, they looked back to Deathsaurus.
"Anything else we need to know, Leader?" Goryu asked.
"Listen to what I tell you, I will explain the rest afterwards." Deathsaurus saw each of them fidgeting a little.
"Everyone, close your eyes." He saw all of them shutter their optics, not questioning him at all.
"Werewolves, wake up and look for other werewolves." Deathsaurus had to try very hard not to laugh when he saw who the two werewolves were. Leozack's and Hellbat's optics met and both winced; getting the feeling it might be significant.
"If there is only one werewolf, you may look at a card from the centre." Deathsaurus said, even though he could see there were two of them. Leozack and Hellbat looked confused, but didn't question it.
"Werewolves, close your eyes." Both Leozack and Hellbat did so and Deathsaurus read the next one.
"Minion, wake up." He really had to try not to laugh when he saw who it was. Goryu had opened his optics.
"Werewolves, stick out your thumb so the Minion can see who you are." Deathsaurus waited, seeing both Leozack and Hellbat move their arms into the centre, their thumbs sticking up. Goryu made a mental note of it.
"Werewolves, put your thumbs away. Minion, close your eyes." Deathsaurus waited until both Leozack and Hellbat had done so, before telling Goryu to shutter his optics.
"Masons, wake up and look for other Masons." Rairyu's optics opened and he saw no other mech's optics were open. He pondered what that meant.
"Masons, close your eyes." Rairyu did so and Deathsaurus read out the next line.
"Seer, wake up." Doryu opened his optics.
"You may look at another player's card, or two of the centre cards." Doryu decided to look at Killbison's card and saw it had a man with a gun and 'Hunter' on it. He put the card face down, before closing his optics. Deathsaurus still told him to do so though.
"Robber, wake up." Deathsaurus saw Guyhawk's optics open. He grinned, remembering that Guyhawk had been in prison; possibly for that offense.
"You may exchange your card with another player's card, and then view your new card." Guyhawk grabbed Hellbat's card and then placed his in front of him. He took a look at what the card was, and saw a werewolf on it. He didn't know yet what that meant.
"Robber, close your eyes." Guyhawk did so.
"Troublemaker, wake up." He saw Jallguar unshutter his optics.
"You may exchange cards between two other players." Jallguar did so, switching Drillhorn's card with Leozack's.
"Troublemaker, close your eyes." Jallguar did so, letting Deathsaurus read out the next one.
"Drunk, wake up." Deathsaurus nearly cracked up when he saw Kakuryu open his optics.
"And exchange your card with a card from the centre." Kakuryu pondered this for a few nanokliks but swapped his card for the card in the middle. He looked at Deathsaurus, pondering if he was supposed to look at it.
"Drunk, close your eyes." Kakuryu did so; that answered his question.
"Insomniac, wake up and look at your card." Yokuryu opened his optics and picked his card up. It hadn't changed; it still was a human with a bear in its hand.
"Insomniac, close your eyes." Yokuryu did so and Deathsaurus then paused for a few nanokliks before remarking;
"I know who the werewolves are!" This made Leozack and Hellbat shudder, much to his amusement.
"Everyone, reach out and move your card around slightly." Deathsaurus grinned when he saw some of them fumbling about to try and find their cards. Once each of them had moved their card around, Deathsaurus said the final line.
"Everyone, wake up!" All twelve mechs opened their optics and looked at their leader.
"Anyone who is not a Werewolf or a Minion is on the village team; except the Tanner. The Tanner is on his own team." Deathsaurus explained.
"You must choose whether or not to kill someone."
"What!?" Killbison looked confused.
"Not literally! You point at the mech who you want to kill. Or each of you can point in a given direction. Whoever gets the most mechs pointing at him is 'killed', and must reveal his card. If he is a werewolf, the village team wins. If he is one of the village team; the werewolf team wins. If he is the Tanner, he wins. If no one is a werewolf and someone on the village team dies, then no one wins."
"What about draws?" Doryu asked; looking confused still.
"If there are two mechs with the most fingers pointing at him, then both of them are 'killed', and must reveal their card. And I'm sure you get the idea now." Deathsaurus saw all of them nod their head and so decided to move on.
"You can now begin your discussions. You can use the discs to keep track of who is what role." Deathsaurus purposefully phrased that, knowing some of the Dino Force would take it literally. He heard silence for a while, then…
"It's boring being a Villager." Gairyu complained.
"I agree." Drillhorn told the others.
"I was the Insomniac, and I still am the Insomniac!" Yokuryu told them, sounding rather happy. Kakuryu moved the discs to where they were supposed to be based on what they'd been told.
"I was the Seer, and I looked at Killbison's card." Doryu glanced over at the mech in question; expecting annoyance.
"He was the Hunter." Doryu then looked back at Killbison.
"Yes, I was! But then the Robber and Troublemaker could have swapped them!" Killbison glared at the rest of the mechs.
"I was the Robber, and I took Killbison's card!" Hellbat told them, hoping none of them realised he was lying.
"You couldn't have been, because I was the Robber and I took Kakuryu's card!" Goryu glared at Hellbat.
"You're both lying, because I was the Robber and I took Hellbat's card!" Guyhawk glared at both of them.
"Where do I put this?" Kakuryu looked confused, putting the Robber disc back down.
"Leave it there for now." Leozack told him and then glanced around the circle to find out who hadn't said his role yet.
"What role were you, Jallguar?" Leozack asked.
"I was the Troublemaker, and I swapped your card with Drillhorn's." Leozack grinned in response.
"Then you swapped two villager cards over!" Leozack sniggered.
"I was the Mason!" Rairyu sounded sure of himself.
"And who else was?" Goryu asked, recalling Deathsaurus had asked the Masons to look for other Masons.
"Uh… I didn't see anyone else…" Rairyu told them, now a little less sure.
"I was the Drunk, and I took that card there!" Kakuryu put the Drunk disc on the middle card in the centre.
"Well… That means that the Tanner, both Werewolves and the Minion are in the centre." Deathsaurus grinned.
"Uh… That's four cards isn't it?" Gairyu looked confused.
"But… there's only three cards in the middle!" Rairyu pointed out.
"Then at least one of you is lying." Deathsaurus smirked; knowing who actually was.
"Hellbat and Goryu are lying; I'm the Robber!" Guyhawk shouted.
"In that case…" Hellbat paused, smirking behind his mask.
"Guyhawk is now a Werewolf." Hellbat hoped that Guyhawk really was telling the truth. He noticed Guyhawk had gone very quiet. He must be telling the truth! So… what does that make Goryu? Not a Werewolf… Maybe the Minion? Hellbat pondered.
"What do you mean?" Yokuryu asked.
"Guyhawk says he was the Robber and he took my card. I was a Werewolf; so he is now a Werewolf." Hellbat was glad the others couldn't see the smirk on his face.
"And… Leozack is the other Werewolf!" Leozack glared at Hellbat for that!
"I'm not a Werewolf at all! I'm a Villager!" Leozack shouted back.
"Does that mean the Tanner was in the middle?" Gairyu asked; he knew what he was, a boring Villager.
"And a Mason, if Rairyu was telling the truth." Kakuryu didn't look hopeful; he wanted to win.
"And… since Leozack is lying; a Villager." Drillhorn pointed out; remembering what Jallguar had said, but choosing to pretend he hadn't.
"I'm confused." Goryu was trying to keep track of things and failing.
"So what role were you, Goryu? Since you aren't the Robber?" Hellbat asked.
"A Villager. I wanted to actually have done something…" Goryu told them.
"So, in that case…" Doryu glanced at the cards in the middle.
"Kakuryu is the Minion, the Tanner or a Mason."
"Does the Werewolf team lose if the Minion is killed?" Leozack asked.
"No. The Minion is on the Werewolf team; but is not a Werewolf." Deathsaurus answered.
"So, don't kill Kakuryu." Goryu hoped that was right.
"But do kill Leozack or Guyhawk." Hellbat pointed out; apparently forgetting what Jallguar had said.
"Do you all know who you're going to point at?" Deathsaurus asked. He received twelve yeses; though some of them sounded more sure than others.
"Right, everyone raise your right arm." Every mech did so; except Kakuryu, who raised his left.
"Other arm, Kakuryu." Kakuryu apologised to Goryu and raised his other arm.
"When I say 'vote' you point at the mech you choose to kill, alright?" Deathsaurus saw all of them nod their heads.
"3, 2, 1, Vote!" Deathsaurus saw everyone's fingers move to point at someone else. Leozack, Goryu, Guyhawk and Drillhorn all pointed at Hellbat. Jallguar pointed at Drillhorn. Everyone else pointed at Leozack.
"Leozack, what role were you?"
"Hang on, why did you point at Drillhorn?" Hellbat asked Jallguar, a confused look in his optics.
"Because I swapped his card with Leozack's. He's the other Werewolf; if Leozack was one to begin with." Everyone then had a startling realisation.
"Leozack's a Villager, then." Kakuryu looked more confused.
"Not exactly…" Drillhorn started to say, but then Leozack flipped his card.
"The Tanner? That means I win, doesn't it?" Leozack hoped so.
"Yes." Deathsaurus also muttered something that sounded like 'unfortunately'.
"What was everyone else? Can we look?" Doryu asked. Deathsaurus nodded and they took turns to turn their card over, Drillhorn going first; revealing a Werewolf.
"I pointed at Hellbat; because I knew Leozack was now the Tanner; he had my card." Drillhorn explained, seeing Killbison turn his card over beside him.
"What does the Hunter do?" Killbison asked Deathsaurus.
"Nothing, unless he receives the most votes. Then the mech he pointed at is also killed." Deathsaurus told him.
"Shame no one pointed at me then!" Killbison grinned under his mask. Jallguar flipped his card over, revealing the Troublemaker. Goryu flipped his card, revealing the Minion.
"So, does this mean I'm a Villager, Captain?" Kakuryu asked.
"Have a look and you'll find out." Goryu gave him a look. Kakuryu flipped his card and saw a Mason.
"Oh, that matches mine!" Rairyu flipped his card and high-fived Kakuryu. Gairyu flipped his card next and saw it was still a Villager.
"Can we do this again; I want a role next time?!" Gairyu asked, hopefully. Doryu flipped his card and saw it was still the Seer.
"How is this card useful?"
"You could have looked at any player's card; including a Werewolf or Tanner." Yokuryu told him, before turning his card over.
"What is the point of this card?" He asked Deathsaurus.
"The Insomniac goes last, and will know what their role is at the end of the night." Yokuryu then managed to grin; he hoped he had the same role next time. Anyone that looked at Deathsaurus could tell he wanted to join in. Guyhawk turned his card over, revealing a Werewolf. Hellbat flipped his card and revealed the Robber.
"Oh, so I actually was the Robber!" Hellbat grinned under his mask.
"Now, I would like to play this game." Deathsaurus looked at his subordinates. They all moved to make space for him to sit.
"Someone will have to narrate." Goryu then realised.
"Can I, captain?" Kakuryu looked hopefully at him.
"Fine… But no goofing off!" Goryu told him. Rairyu also moved to join him.
"Um… there are too many cards here now." Doryu pointed out.
"Take out one of the Villagers." Leozack suggested. Sure enough, Deathsaurus picked up one of the Villager cards and discs and put them in the box.
"Mix the cards up!" Kakuryu told them, sounding rather happy about his new role. Everyone flipped the cards over and did as Kakuryu told them.
"Pick your card and look at it." Rairyu also sounded happy about his role. Each of the eleven that were playing looked at their card. They arranged them in such a way that everyone could reach them before putting the remaining three cards in the middle.
"Ok! Everyone close your eyes!" Kakuryu cheered. Everyone did as he told them. Kakuryu passed the booklet to Rairyu, who read out what the werewolves were to do.
"Werewolves, wake up and look for other werewolves." Doryu opened his optics and glanced around the circle. He was the only mech with his optics open.
"If there is only one Werewolf, you may look at a card in the centre." Doryu picked up the card on the right and saw it was the Seer. He put the card back and glanced to Kakuryu.
"Werewolves, close your eyes." Rairyu then passed the booklet to Kakuryu.
"Minion, wake up!" They saw Killbison open his optics.
"Werewolves, stick out your thumb so the Minion can see who you are." Doryu put his arm out in front of him, not sure which digit his thumb was. Killbison saw only one Werewolf and wondered what card Doryu had seen.
"Werewolves, put your thumbs away. Minion, close your eyes." Kakuryu passed the booklet to Rairyu, who then waited for Doryu to get back into the pose he started in.
"Masons, wake up and look for other Masons." Rairyu saw both Gairyu's and Guyhawk's optics open. Gairyu waved his hand, making Guyhawk wince when he saw that. Guyhawk reluctantly waved back, making it very hard for Rairyu and Kakuryu not to laugh.
"Masons, close your eyes." Rairyu handed the booklet to Kakuryu again and Kakuryu read out what the Seer was to do. He didn't see one, but continued reading anyway. He finished that section and then handed the booklet back to Rairyu.
"Robber, wake up!" Rairyu saw Drillhorn's optics open.
"You may exchange your card with another player's card, and then view your new card." Drillhorn swapped his card with Yokuryu's card. He took a quick look at it and saw his card was now the Troublemaker.
"Robber, close your eyes." Drillhorn shuttered his optics, knowing who would open theirs next.
"Troublemaker, wake up!" Kakuryu cheered. He saw Yokuryu's optics open.
"You may exchange cards between two other players." Kakuryu saw him swap Hellbat's card with Guyhawk's before folding his arms again.
"Troublemaker, close your eyes." Kakuryu held the booklet so Rairyu could see it.
"Drunk, wake up…" Rairyu read out, trying not to laugh when he saw Deathsaurus open his optics.
"and exchange your card with a card from the centre." They saw Deathsaurus swap his card with the same card Doryu had looked at, making both of them ponder what card that was.
"Drunk, close your eyes." Kakuryu told the Insomniac to wake up. Both he and Rairyu grinned when they saw who it was.
"Look at your card." Hellbat picked his card up and saw it had been changed. He now held a Mason card. He put the card down; thankful he hadn't switched sides at least.
"Insomniac, close your eyes!" Kakuryu told him, seeing Hellbat do so. He then began singing like normal.
"Kakuryu! I said no goofing off!" Goryu told him, without opening his optics. Kakuryu apologised to Goryu. Rairyu then told everyone to move their cards around, sniggering when some of them couldn't find their cards. After all of them had done as Rairyu told them, both he and Kakuryu told everyone to wake up. Everyone opened their optics, glancing at the cards on the ground. No one spoke.
"You can all start arguing now!" Kakuryu told them, sounding too happy about it.
"You know, you can speak!" Rairyu hoped this encouraged someone.
"I was the Seer!" Doryu sounded happy about it.
"And what did you see?" Leozack asked him, grinning.
"I looked at Captain's card and saw it was a Werewolf!" Goryu looked worried.
"You couldn't have done, I was a Villager!" Goryu argued back.
"Oh, so Goryu is supposed to be a Villager? Do we believe him?" Leozack pondered, putting his hand on his chin thoughtfully.
"What role were you, then?" Goryu glared at Leozack.
"A Villager, conveniently enough." Leozack answered.
"But… so was I." Killbison told them.
"Well someone must be lying then!" Hellbat was grinning under his mask.
"What were you?" Deathsaurus asked, purposefully avoiding answering.
"The Insomniac, but someone switched my card because it's a Mason now."
"So, who was the Robber?" Deathsaurus glanced around the circle.
"Me. I took Yokuryu's card and I am now the Troublemaker." Drillhorn answered.
"I swapped Hellbat's card with Guyhawk's!" Yokuryu squawked happily.
"So, Guyhawk was a Mason?" Deathsaurus looked like he was considering something.
"Yes, he was; I was the other one!" Gairyu piped up.
"And I was the Hunter." Jallguar told them.
"What were you, Emperor?" Leozack asked, knowing there weren't many cards left.
"The Drunk; and I took that card there." Deathsaurus pointed to the centre card on his right.
"Both Werewolves, the Tanner and the Minion are in the centre again." Drillhorn realised.
"There are three Villagers though, and we took one out!" Guyhawk thought about that for a moment.
"Goryu is lying; I saw he was a Werewolf!" Doryu shouted.
"I'm a Villager; one of those two is lying and so are you, Doryu!" Goryu's argument didn't sound very strong.
"How do we know that Gairyu and Guyhawk aren't lying?" Goryu moved on to ask.
"Because I have a Mason, not anything else; and Yokuryu swapped my card with Guyhawk's." Hellbat explained.
"Couldn't Deathsaurus have taken one of the two Werewolves from the centre?" Leozack asked, trying and failing to sound innocent.
"Maybe, but I could have also took the Tanner since that is in the middle." Deathsaurus reasoned with them.
"There aren't two Seers, and I'm certain the only one who is lying is Goryu." Drillhorn pointed out.
"I'm a Villager, Leozack or Killbison is lying!" Goryu told them once again.
"But Doryu said he looked at your card and saw it was a Werewolf." Gairyu pointed out.
"Then… he must be lying!" Goryu was starting to get desperate.
"The only one who is lying is you!" Killbison shouted at him.
"Have you all made up your minds?" Rairyu asked, instantly regretting it when he saw the look Goryu turned on him.
"You can't all want to kill me, Doryu is lying! I'm not a Werewolf!"
"You are trying too hard to convince us." Guyhawk put one hand on his chin in thought.
"Maybe he is actually telling the truth, but then what does that make Doryu?" Jallguar pondered it as well.
"I told you, I'm the Seer. Goryu is a Werewolf!" Doryu insisted.
"Do you want to vote now, captain?" Kakuryu purposefully turned to Goryu.
"Fine. I'm not sure I'm convincing them anyway…" Goryu lifted his right arm in preparation.
"Everyone, raise your right arms." Rairyu told them. The remaining ten mechs did so.
"3, 2, 1… vote!" Kakuryu cheered. Surprisingly, not everyone pointed at Goryu. Said mech pointed at Doryu. Guyhawk and Jallguar pointed at Doryu as well. Everyone else however…
"Captain, reveal your card." Kakuryu told him.
"I wasn't a Werewolf…" Goryu picked up his card, holding it so only he could see what was on it. He then carefully laid it down.
"I was the Tanner." Goryu grinned, knowing that everyone had fell into a trap and he'd won.
"I thought he was trying too hard!" Guyhawk grinned; he'd been right.
"Everyone else can reveal their cards now." Rairyu grinned; happy that his captain had won. Deathsaurus revealed his card next, completely shocked when it was the Seer.
"But… Doryu really was lying!" Deathsaurus looked confused. Gairyu flipped his card, revealing the Mason.
"Guyhawk was the other one; you'll see in a moment." Gairyu smiled, happy for his captain. Doryu flipped his card over, revealing a Werewolf.
"Shame I picked the Tanner…" He thought, knowing he'd got away with being a Werewolf. Yokuryu flipped his card over, revealing the Robber.
"Huh… I was the Troublemaker…" He commented.
"I took your card. I was the Robber." Drillhorn explained, wishing he could flip his card next to show him; but knew they working their way around. Guyhawk flipped his card over, revealing the Insomniac. Hellbat then flipped his, revealing the other Mason.
"You didn't move the cards very far, did you?" He sniggered, Yokuryu looked a little flustered. Leozack then flipped his card over, revealing a Villager.
"See, I wasn't lying."
"This time." Deathsaurus glared at him. Drillhorn flipped his card next, revealing the Troublemaker.
"See, I swapped my card with yours because I was the Robber." Yokuryu scratched the back of his head sheepishly. Killbison flipped his card next, revealing the Minion.
"You were lying too?!"
"Yeah, and you didn't even notice!" Killbison grinned behind his mask.
"And last but not least…" Jallguar flipped his card over and saw it was the Hunter.
"Maybe I should have tried to convince you I was a Werewolf…" Jallguar jumped when he heard a squawk come from behind him.
"Yes, I agree Eaglebreast. It's time you were all getting on with your jobs!" Deathsaurus stood up and went over to his throne; he had planning to do.
"But… what about this stuff?" Leozack gestured to the cards on the floor.
"Tidy them away. I may consider using this again." Deathsaurus told them. Kakuryu skipped over and put the booklet in the bottom of the box. The rest of the stuff got piled on top of it and the lid got put on the box. Tigerbreast made his way over and carried it back to Deathsaurus.
"You are dismissed." Deathsaurus turned around, now ignoring his troops.
"Isn't it bath time, captain?" Kakuryu asked hopefully.
"If you are going to take a bath, it had better not be where I can see it." Goryu told him, shaking his head. He was never going to get any respect if his subordinates kept acting like that.
"The shells all need cleaning, captain." Rairyu recalled they'd got rather muddy on their last mission.
"Fine! Let's go and clean them." And each other… Goryu would never tell anyone, but he actually quite liked his subordinates making a fuss of him. It was better than Leozack got from his; who all seemed determined to stab him in the back. They'd all disappeared; probably back to their quarters to do… whatever it was they did. Goryu was off to make sure that his shell was all nice and clean… and maybe get washed by his subordinates.
AN: Yeah… I like the idea that Goryu actually cares about the other Dino Force. This was written because the Victory archive needed 100% more Kakuryu in it! And I also wanted to write the Destrons playing Werewolf!