Experiment 10 - Eta

[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

[flynnitomite]

Steve, we're about to be shot by little robots here. Focus on the task at hand, yeah?

[enrichedcenter]

Thank you. Step off, nanny Rogers.

[proto_hero]

I'm focused.

[but backing down]

[enrichedcenter]

Yeah. On the wrong things.

[proto_hero]

Then let's talk strategy.

[flynnitomite]

Fine then, let's think. Does anyone have any enemies on the other teams? How likely are we to be attacked?

[enrichedcenter]

Anyone see if Loki was around when we got started?

[proto_hero]

We can't defend ourselves. That just puts more attacks into the system.

[flynnitomite]

Didn't see him.

[withabowontop]

Only saw one from Iota.

[enrichedcenter]

Then no.

So who are we protecting?

[proto_hero]

Theta's next alphabetically. They've also got four teammates here.

[enrichedcenter]

Remind me why we care who's next alphabetically?

[proto_hero]

If every team protects the one after it in a lineup, no one dies. And the greek alphabet's the only order I can think of that might get picked up by the other teams without communication.

More importantly, we don't play into her mind games.

[flynnitomite]

Great, let's use our powers of telepathy to inform the rest of the teams of your brilliant plan.

[proto_hero]

I know it's a long shot.

Any other ideas?

[withabowontop]

[glances at the wall]

Tick tock, tick tock, guys.

[flynnitomite]

I've got nothing. Hell with it, let's see how the good Captain's plan goes.

[withabowontop]

Stark and I are going to try to see if we can do something about- [nods to the chute]

Try to stay moving. Run, jump, whatever you have to do to distract it from turning you to swiss cheese.

[flynnitomite]

I've been in a firefight before, sweetheart.

[withabowontop]

So I should get a good show then.

[flynnitomite]

I should charge for it.

[withabowontop]

We're cheap, remember?