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Who: Exael and the Unlucky Contestants
Where: The Game Tower
When: 86, Evening

[ Between one step and the next the walls (or streets, or open air) around you changes. The sight before you is a room inside the game tower, a new pressure at your neck. Reaching up or looking at the people around you reveals it to be a collar, titanium with a small green blinking light set in the center. ]

[ the screen flickers on, on your cellphone. It's a half-second, blink and you miss it— Exael, chewing on a nail, looking uncharacteristically nervous— then the moment's gone and she waves both hands and smiles for the camera. ]

"Ladies, gentlemen, honored guests! Units of all stripes and sizes! I come offering you a game and a few familiar words, rearranged for the occasion!"

Her carnival barker demeanor shifts for a moment as she lowers her head to say: ] "Glory to the highest, and on earth peace—" [ her head snaps up, her pigtails bouncing with it, and she's grinning again, all pomp and energy ] "even if we're not getting much down here! So let's kick up a ruckus, put on a show, and see how much good goodwill alone can manage! If you wish to save your fellows, now is the time speak!"

[ The rules appear on your phones. ]

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...We haven't been here long, so we're not a good source.

[Someone on LiliS thought Avante was unpopular, but they could easily be wrong.]

Everyone on my unit already said we were unpopular. I'm sure we all expected to die just now! It's really a rush, expecting to die but then, against all odds, your life is saved...! That's why I was curious about who would actually vote for us.

...I see.

...I don't know who voted for you. But I'm glad you didn't die.

I would say the same, but... to be honest I didn't want to vote for you! Still, I guess this outcome is good too. I don't actually want to see you get hurt either. Most likely our "Leader" isn't expecting any kind of thanks for sparing your lives, but you should consider thanking him.

[Still doesn't seem particularly offended that Leo didn't want to vote for them.]

...I will. If I see him.

[He'll....... do his best....... to remember.........]