~GAME~

[ghostofissues]

Who: everyone!
When: day 17, morning
What: GAME TIME

[ today, when the GAMESHOW notification goes off and the phone maps lead you to the game tower, the debris is still everywhere, the lobby is empty, and the elevators are unlabeled. The rules don't appear on your screens until after everyone has filed in, the doors have shut behind you, and the elevators have started up and risen at least a few stories.

your phones light up with instructions at the same time as the elevators all shudder to a stop, and a sharp hissing noise starts up as thin blasts of air enter from the walls and fills the room with a horrible, horrible smell. like straight up sewer rank awful. Luckily you won't have to deal with it for long, since you pass out so fast you won't even remember hitting the ground.

You wake up on the floor of a room with the rest of your unit. Mukuro's face isn't on any screens, but the first thing you might process as you regain consciousness is his boyish voice filling the air, shifting from calmly informative to as energetic as ever. ]

… courtesy of danna's abilities, we have much more exacting control over a much broader range of possibilities. Ah, and the stars of our show have just begun to stir!

Then, let's go over the rules of today's event once more!

[ and then he does show up, waist-up on the large tv-sized screen on the wall, smiling brightly beside a diagram demonstrating different possible outcomes - labeled with T's and B's and X's over "losing" stick figures. ]

Prisoner's dilemma! The max-tension psychological classic, with a secret agent feel~

This one is all about trust and betrayal. Originally, two people would be interrogated separately for information, and told that they would be spared if they turned on their partner. But if both of them kept their mouths shut, then their captors would have less over them and they both could be saved. While if they both betrayed one another, then they would both be punished! For either of them to win, at least one of them would have to take the risk and decide to "trust"~

Today's game is a three-person variant, or rather, a three-unit variant! This means that instead of just one other person, our idols will have to carefully consider the thinking of two whole other groups of people in their decision-making! But like the standard "prisoner's dilemma," only one person each is placed at risk ☆ Just like a sacrifice!

[ briefly, the display switches to images of flower arrangements ]

Additionally, since the idols haven't been told who their partners are, we've provided them with a small means of communication - courtesy of this goryou - for them to find some way to identify themselves, earn the other units' "trust," and get a read on what kinds of people now hold the fate of their unitmate in their hands!

[ and back to Mukuro, a bust shot with the diagram gone now ]

The results this time will be a little more complicated than the original "win/lose" scenario. In this case, even trusting each other won't get a good result. Betraying each other is worse, but only betraying someone who trusts you will save your sacrifice and bring your unit victory~! That's why it's important to convince the other units to "trust" no matter what!

And trusting someone who ends up betraying you - well, wouldn't that be just horrible?

Leeet's go! ♥

Comments

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[columbidaring]

Oh, wow. That is not what I expected to see.

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[awakenerd]

...

[WHAT TO EVEN SAY.]

We didn't expect this either.

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[columbidaring]

I guess you had a plan that didn't exactly work out, huh.

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[awakenerd]

Does it matter? We messed up bad. And we aren't the ones who have to live with it the same ways as you guys and Taisho.

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[columbidaring]

Well, your intentions were pure, at least.

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[awakenerd]

Doesn't change the results, E, but thanks for... Thanks for trying to cheer me up.

Is there anything I can do? I know it's not really going to fix what we did, but I'll help in any way I can.

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[columbidaring]

[ don't say 'i think you've done quite enough' don't say 'i think you've done quite enough' that's literally not even how you feel yuuya just because the opportunity is there doesn't mean you should take it ] It's appreciated. I'll let you know once we have the full measure of what's up with D now.

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[crossmyheartandhope]

Are you guys okay?

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[columbidaring]

We're not as okay as we would like!

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[crossmyheartandhope]

Do you guys need help? Was it - was it bad?

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[columbidaring]

D insists he's fine, and he seems to be coherent enough. Something something physical pain something. He says it will go away, I have my doubts.

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[crossmyheartandhope]

[Ffffff.]

Okay. Okay, let's just... get you guys back home.

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[columbidaring]

Yep. Hey, on the bright side, D's back.

[afailedmurder]

I don't think anyone would have expected to see that.

[columbidaring]

A serious case of miscommunication...

[afailedmurder]

Is that what it was?

[columbidaring]

As far as I can tell! Looks like Bad End came up with what they thought was a cool strategy where we all betrayed each other, tried to tell us both about it, but didn't get their point across well enough and, whoops.

[afailedmurder]

Maki said that it seemed like they were going to trust.

[columbidaring]

Hmm, it really could have gone either way. A trust flower was in there, but so was one that was like, 'you are going to perish'. We were pretty sure there was a betrayal coming down the line, but it was D's choice as the hostage to trust or betray, and he wanted trust, so.

[filetofish]

What happened?

[I come here cause I'm bored and what are you guys even doing?]

[columbidaring]

We lost a game. Well, it's fine though.

[filetofish]

Is it really?

[Like, should he be mad?]

[columbidaring]

Bad End got ahead of themselves with a complicated plan and tripped.

[filetofish]

Are you guys okay?

[He's not invested enough to get upset by default but y'know. Gotta make sure there isn't some moral incentive to be pissy.]

[columbidaring]

D's the only one who got any consequences. He's not happy right now, but he says it'll get better, so... [ shrugs ]