Experiment 10 - Beta

[testingphase]

[ The elevators do not take you up to your living area. Rather, they take you DOWN, to a small room with three white walls, and one that is a thick, translucent plastic. There appears to be a chute of some sort behind the plastic wall. ]

Now, in order to determine how well you know each other, we're going to see which teams are the most popular. The rules are simple:

* At the end of the test, each team will suffer an attack. Each attack will kill about half of everyone present.
* You may choose one team (other than your own) to defend from this attack. A team that is defended will not be harmed.
* If you wish to defend yourself instead of another team, you must choose a team to attack.
* You may not refuse to choose.

Comments

[threateningflour]

[clenches his fists and frowns when he sees the instructions]

[icicleiciclebaby]

I'm guessing you don't wanna attack anyone, huh?

[threateningflour]

No.

[icicleiciclebaby]

So we're at a standstill then.

[threateningflour]

Tell me your thoughts.

[icicleiciclebaby]

Like it's hard to guess. I wanna defend us, so we'll just pick a team to attack.

[threateningflour]

We'll be defended.

[icicleiciclebaby]

You sure about that?

[threateningflour]

My subordinate and colleague is on Eta. They'll defend me.

[icicleiciclebaby]

If we die I'm blaming you.

[threateningflour]

Duly noted.

Is there a team you want to defend?

[icicleiciclebaby]

--Gamma, if anything.

[threateningflour]

[nods] So, a conflict of interest.

[thebiggestloser]

「Oh my. What a heavy game...」

[threateningflour]

[schools his features again]

Yes. Any preferences, Kumagawa?

[thebiggestloser]

「I prefer that we do what we can to protect ourselves.」

「In other words, I have no real preference on what team we attack, so long as we do. I trust you have no intentions of attacking Eta at all?」

[threateningflour]

None. I know we'll be protected so I want to defend.

[thebiggestloser]

「Heeeeh, you sound pretty sure about that.」

[threateningflour]

I am.

[thebiggestloser]

「Well, if you're wrong, it only affects... 1.5 of us.」

「Odds have never been in my favor, so I'll go with your decision.」

[threateningflour]

[nods] I want to choose to defend Eta.

[thebiggestloser]

「Fair enough.」

「If you die, I'll be sure to tell Shipper Core you did so in the name of protecting your one true love. Hopefully it'll ease the financial burden of replacing your body.」

[threateningflour]

[fdksjgk. It is taking so much strength of will to not double take or make a face or blush. Okay, maybe a little embarrassed.]

Right.

[thebiggestloser]

「Then let's get this show on the road!」

「I don't have much patience for stuff like this.」

[threateningflour]

Neither do I.

Though we'll have to wait until everyone else makes a decision.

[goes put it in :|]