Marigold

[fiftyshades]

[ The dressing room has a vase with your team's flowers inside, a big mirror, clothes racks, chairs for sitting and doing make-up in— the usual. However, at the back of the dressing room there is a large LED screen TV, that has RULES displayed.

Beneath that, there are touch-screen buttons for each team. It will ask you to confirm your vote before putting it through.

There's also an intercom option, to ask questions. ]

Comments

RULES

[fiftyshades]

Rules:
-Each team has one vote.

-A team cannot vote for themselves.

-All teams that do not receive a vote will not be allowed to leave their rooms, even in case of an emergency.

-There will be an emergency.

[voreaciously]

Again with this. Very well.

[enlightenedatheist]

You don't sound too fond.

[voreaciously]

This is the one and only type of game we have the least success in.

[enlightenedatheist]

I thought we had friends.

[voreaciously]

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

PANG OF. BITTERNESS. BEFORE WHOOSH IT'S GONE.

Everything will be fine everything will be fine.

Except her latest effect starts to wane, even if she doesn't quite realise it yet.]

It is complicated, but Hemlock, at the very least, will always support us until they cannot. The same goes for us.

[enlightenedatheist]

So Hemlock has our back and we have their back. Whatever emergency happens, we'll avoid it.

That doesn't mean we win though, does it?

[voreaciously]

No. It does not.

[enlightenedatheist]

I'm guessing we have to ask to figure that one out.

[voreaciously]

We could. [she nods.] However, these games have no skill involved. Incidentally, this is why I concern myself with the team's reputation. In similar such games, you may vote to help another team or harm them. It is not ideal, but it is less difficult to do so to one you are on ill-terms with or possesses no ties. Of course, there are challenges even with that.

[enlightenedatheist]

[ reading the rules, thoughtful but quiet himself ]

INTERCOM

[fiftyshades]

Re: INTERCOM

[enlightenedatheist]

[ beeeep paging assistance beeeeep ]

Re: INTERCOM

[fiftyshades]

[ the video changes over to a man in a smoky room, big and gruff voiced. His high collar on his suit would hide his yakuza tatts, if he had it buttoned. He doesn't.

Watching deadpan, smoking, waiting for you to say something ]

Re: INTERCOM

[enlightenedatheist]

What's the win condition?

Re: INTERCOM

[fiftyshades]

Survive. Walk out of there, and you're a winner.

Re: INTERCOM

[enlightenedatheist]

And that's determined by whether or not we get a vote?

Re: INTERCOM

[fiftyshades]

[ he snorts and reaches across an unseen table for a remote, which he flicks a button on. The rules flicker back, one now bolded: ]

-All teams that do not receive a vote will not be allowed to leave their rooms, even in case of an emergency.

[ And then it's back to him ]

Looks like it to me.

Re: INTERCOM

[enlightenedatheist]

It doesn't say that every team that does receive a vote will be able to survive, or that you only need one vote to survive. Just trying to cover my bases here.

So there's nothing after this, no fine text, no second round or anything?

Re: INTERCOM

[fiftyshades]

It's what it is.

[ Puts the remote down and taps some ash off the end of his cigarette. ]

I'm not a fine print guy.

[voreaciously]

How many rounds is this?

[fiftyshades]

One. Keeping it simple.

TURN-IN

[fiftyshades]

[voreaciously]

We will be voting Hemlock.

RESULTS

[fiftyshades]

[ You were saved. Proceed to the exit. ]