Experiment 10 - Zeta

[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]

[foil]

[where do you speak to this thing?!]

HEY! How.. how long do we have to decide?

[shockingly_nice]

Until I'm tired of waiting for you. I'll give you an hour of advance notice when I've decided it's time to wrap things up.

Re: Ask GLaDOS questions here

[cloak_and_sniper]

Do we get weapons?

Re: Ask GLaDOS questions here

[shockingly_nice]

No.

[foil]

...

[tone purposefully harsh:] What is the purpose of this test if you even have one?

[shockingly_nice]

Observational behavioral science.

[foil]

Isn't getting rid of clones a waste of resources?

Besides, you could have observed from anywhere. What science are you even getting out of this?

Final decision

[shockingly_nice]

Re: Final decision

[prideofabh]

Zeta elects to defend Gamma. We will not be attacking any other team.

[prideofabh]

I see. So that's how it is.

[foil]

[THUD!!!, apparently he wasn't fast enough getting to the elevator]

OW~ I was going...

[knighting]

[helps him up]

[foil]

[slowly stands with his help just as the rules are explained]

!!

[knighting]

[does not like this]

[cloak_and_sniper]

[well, shit. pacing up and down the room, hand covering her mouth. she can't make this decision by herself, but how the hell...]

Are we attacking or defending?

[blurts it out]

[knighting]

Defending [just as quick]

[cloak_and_sniper]

[nods, though it's clear from the frown that's not what she was hoping he'd say]

Do we know what teams are missing people?

[prideofabh]

Agreed. I'm not going to attack a neutral party just because this machine is threatening us. I know who my enemies are, and I will not yield to her.

[foil]

!!!! [stands in alarm]

One hour...

[cloak_and_sniper]

I think that's our queue to get into position. I can never tell how much time has passed in here.

[knighting]

[looks up from his pacing, coming over to stand near Shepard]

Results

[shockingly_nice]

You'll be happy to know that you were defended. In fact, someone wasted a valuable defense point on you that they could have used to save someone else. Congratulations.

[ the elevator doors open ]

Re: Results

[prideofabh]

Did they?

Re: Results

[cloak_and_sniper]

[still has her arm through Lafiel's, looking puzzled]