Aconite

[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. ]

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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.

INTERCOM

[fiftyshades]

Re: INTERCOM

[bondkeeper]

[ pressing the button, out of pretty much just idle curiosity ]

Hey, what kind of emergency?

Re: INTERCOM

[fiftyshades]

Natural disaster kind of emergency. Fire, earthquake or flood. Nothing you want to be locked in for.

Re: INTERCOM

[moonlitblossom]

Hello, who is this?

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. ]

Don't recognize me, kid?

[ same guy as last time ]

TURN-IN

[fiftyshades]

Re: TURN-IN

[bondkeeper]

[ presses the Larkspur button and confirms ]

[bondkeeper]

Well, shit. This again but worse, huh?

[relieability]

...They're being pretty transparent, huh.

[bondkeeper]

Yup.

No decisions until we talk things through with everyone, but we'll probably end up voting for Larkspur. Now's as good a time as any to go over the politics shit, huh?

[moonlitblossom]

Again . . . ?

[bondkeeper]

Same as the last voting thing. Who do you want to vote for?

[apicalpredator]

Again? Don't tell me they're all like this.

[ this seems to include ZERO amount of punching things, 0/10 ]

[moonlitblossom]

[there are a lot of lights and sounds right now, uhhh. but anntlia is considering the tv]

Bright . . .

[apicalpredator]

[ oh hey, a person i haven't met ]

What, you never seen a TV before?

[relieability]

They definitely can be. [he's trying very hard to act like he has the slightest bit of chill when instead across the bond he's just SEETHINGLY PISSED THE FUCK OFF AND HATES ALL OF THIS]

[relieability]

[he's SO FUCKING ANGRY it's just shrieking across the bond, along with bitter familiarity. he hates this. he hates this so much.] I see.

[bondkeeper]

[ after Anne has calmed down, hopefully ]

Saihara, Annie, are either of you against voting for Dahlia or Larkspur? Like, you'll be really sad if we don't pick the team you want?

[relieability]

That... largely depends on whether it's likely they'll get chosen at all? If we pick one and the other one is stuck inside, I'll feel bad either way.

[withmyownfists]

[ after listening to everyone else -- ]

If it's all right, I would like to vote for Larkspur this time. I would be happy to help Dahlia another time, because we owe them from another occasion in the past and they're also kind, but Larkspur has tried to actively protect us and deserves the favor returned.

[relieability]

[hesitant, but thinking logically around how fiercely protective he is of his friends.] That seems reasonable. I'm for it.

[bondkeeper]

[ visibly relaxes ]

If Saihara's okay with it then so am I. I feel about the same, anyway.

[apicalpredator]

[ kind of annoyed and bored with the whole situation, so he just shrugs ]

That's fine, ain't it? Do whatever.

RESULTS

[fiftyshades]

[ You were saved. Proceed to the exit. ]