Experiment 10 - Gamma

[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

Ask GLaDOS questions here

[shockingly_nice]

[bitofadick]

. . . you know, for a scientist, you have a really bizarre fixation on popularity.

[shockingly_nice]

Are you saying that scientists can't be popular?

Re: Ask GLaDOS questions here

[universalboy]

Popularity, huh. What does that matter to you? Will you take the most popular people and use them to hurt everyone?

Re: Ask GLaDOS questions here

[shockingly_nice]

Oh no. You've caught on to my nefarious scheme. Whatever shall I do.

Re: Ask GLaDOS questions here

[not_so_fast]

So I know you're not going to explain the science behind this now, but what about after the test?

Re: Ask GLaDOS questions here

[shockingly_nice]

I'll answer that question after the test.

Final decision

[shockingly_nice]

Re: Final decision

[universalboy]

Protect Beta.

[universalboy]

Okay guys, I... what are your feelings on the other teams? I want to protect them all.

[not_so_fast]

...If we can only pick one...

It might be kinda stupid, but I want to protect Iota.

[universalboy]

Why is it stupid? Wanting people to not get hurt isn't stupid.

[bitofadick]

... it's not really a popularity contest, is it? If everyone votes for the same team, because they're the most popular or the most well-liked, then all the other teams will get hurt.

But if no one votes for the popular team because they think someone else will, then...

[halfcrocked]

[and a late arrival

you guys seem pretty serious...]

What'd I miss?

[universalboy]

We're deciding which team to protect from an attack.

[bitofadick]

More murder tests.

We're picking which team we want to keep from being killed. So that's fun.

[universalboy]

Okay guys, we've got to decide between Iota, Delta and Beta. I'm changing my vote to Beta because, like Artemis said to me, they're jerks and I don't know if anyone would vote for them. Similarly, Secret Agent Coulson Man is a good guy and will want to protect a different team than his own.

[not_so_fast]

...Yeah, Iota's probably protected, so. Beta's okay with me.

[halfcrocked]

My vote is the same, obviously.

[bitofadick]

I still think Coulson's friends will want to protect him, especially since he died before. But... if that's what you guys think, then I'm all right with it.

Results

[shockingly_nice]

Two teams defended you. They could have defended someone else, but they defended you. Congratulations.

[ elevator doors open ]

[bitofadick]

[but I was stoked to die!!!]

W-wait, what?

Re: Results

[universalboy]

[ Steps in, glaring up at GLaDOS before doing so.

Some people are going to die. And he has to say he's sorry. ]

Re: Results

[halfcrocked]

[if anybody dies we are going to be so guilty oh god]

Two?

Re: Results

[not_so_fast]

--Who was it?