Experiment 10 - Epsilon

[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

[truthandcakes]

*leaning against the opposite wall*

Yeah? Most of ours ended up hiding some pretty terrible stuff... what were yours like?

[rocketfueledcough]

Well, to me, it always kind of like I found the best park to play in. Whenever we'd get real work space, there was always so much energy to use it to the fullest.

[truthandcakes]

*laughs a little*

You really were into all that stuff, huh? Not that my brother and I were much better.

[rocketfueledcough]

[Nods.] It was my life. The thought of reaching space, being able to make something that can go farther than any human ever could, it would be amazing.

Plus it's kind of fun to think we could make something that would pretty thoroughly beat gravity. Not many could say they did that.

[truthandcakes]

Mm, the best we'd managed was gliders, nothing that'd get us anywhere near high enough to escape gravity. It really would be amazing.

Have you met Lafiel? She came from a world--time, I guess--where that stuff's commonplace.

[rocketfueledcough]

I've heard of her, but I haven't spoken to her yet.

It seems there's a few people who are from a place where people have achieved space travel already. It's pretty amazing to hear about.

[truthandcakes]

It really is... my world's so far off from it, even if I get back there I don't know if I'll ever see it.

[rocketfueledcough]

It does seem unlikely.

In his version, there were trains and cars, but I'm not sure if there's any reason to develop something with the necessary propulsion with the way Alchemy is developed as a science. Especially with it's use in the military.

[truthandcakes]

We had those too... gliders and tanks, too, but neither of those were really common. Outside the city, there weren't even very many cars.

[rocketfueledcough]

[Nods.] So it would take a while. Part of the idea of rockets is thinking of 'how can I get this from here to there really fast,' but there's not a lot you can send safely on a rocket in it's rudimentary level. So you'd need something like the military first and it'd evolve from there, more than likely.

You'd also need the airplane before space travel really becomes a viable option.

[truthandcakes]

We've definitely got the military.

*gosh that was just a bit bitter*

But nothing like an "air plane" at all.

[rocketfueledcough]

...most worlds do. They're not always pleasant things. [Oh hey, kind of empty smile there.]

It's a machine that's....sort of like a glider and train combined. It flies in the air, but it's able to carry people across countries.

[truthandcakes]

Really? And your world has those?

[rocketfueledcough]

[Nods.] We've had them for a while now.

[truthandcakes]

*it's looking like time's about to run out*

You should tell me about them later. They sound pretty incredible!

[rocketfueledcough]

[Nods.] I'd love too.

[truthandcakes]

After this, then. You can tell me everything.

[rocketfueledcough]

All right.

[Does seem excited at this prospect. Distraction from terrible.]