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

[universalboy]

... yeah.

[ Runs a hand through his hair, thinking. ]

Do you have a preference, then?

[bitofadick]

... I don't know. I'm trying to be logical about it, but I don't— I-I can't predict what the other teams might do.

[universalboy]

... if I had to decide, I would pick the team that has people that wouldn't be able to cope with dying very well.

[bitofadick]

And who do you think that is?

[universalboy]

Delta. Though I don't assume anyone to take death well.

[bitofadick]

[nods and rubs at his temple]

... I don't know any of them very well. But they seem nice.

[universalboy]

Maybe I'm being selfish, since I'm friends with two of the people on it. But the new people - the rich guys - they... I don't know how they'll handle the reality of the situation if they're killed shortly after arriving.

[bitofadick]

It's probably okay to be a little selfish about this stuff. I mean, it's... ultimately, you're protecting someone. I don't think there's a wrong choice. Not really.

[universalboy]

I don't think so, either. But my vote is for Delta, and Wally said he wants to vote for Iota for Cassie's sake.

[bitofadick]

Of course he did.

[universalboy]

I can understand wanting to protect someone you have feelings for - I know that desire extremely well. So I don't blame him.

[bitofadick]

I can't either. It's maybe not the same kind of feeling, but if it was a friend, or... my family, then... I'd probably do the same thing.

[universalboy]

Mmm. But luckily Wally is here, yeah?

Or, uh, unluckily?

[bitofadick]

Why would that be unlucky?

[universalboy]

Because he's stuck here, too?

[bitofadick]

... oh. Right.

[universalboy]

[ A faint smile. ]

It's good you guys can lean on each other.

[bitofadick]

... are you doing okay?

[universalboy]

I... I'm really worried, but I have to keep it together now.