~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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[bevoted]

[ ... this Did Not Go As He Thought It Would Go. more notably, ] Wild City?

[shutthefoxup]

You rang?

[bevoted]

[ ... you are not a wild city he's seen. ] ... sort of. [ well this is awkward. ] I'm on sensitIV...

[shutthefoxup]

Silver, Wild City.

[bevoted]

Loki. [ . . . huh. How does he say "I definitely assumed your unit would bus someone" without sounding like a complete ass. ] Why did you choose trust?

[shutthefoxup]

...

Last game everyone trusted each other. I thought we all reached a silent agreement.

[bevoted]

It's different when you can orchestrate that kind of thing directly. When we're isolated like this the only thing you can do is "trust" someone you can't even see. And I don't trust most of the people I've met from your unit. [ so much for not being an ass ]

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[dragonheartedgirl]

[ HUGGING. AGGRESSIVE HUGGING. ]

I knew you were a good boy.

/2

[bevoted]

[ !? HIRYUU HI ] Wha-- [ oh. ... he's being praised. ...// except, ]

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[bevoted]

... the good one was Anubis this time.

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[dragonheartedgirl]

Anubis?

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[bevoted]

One of my teammates. The soft white haired guy that isn't one of the twins. ... but he has a twin, apparently. ... a twin. Just. Uh.. [ ....... points at Bakura ] That guy.

Re: ENDGAME

[dragonheartedgirl]

Oh! Yes, I remember meeting him before when I visited.

[ And there was a conversation before that, too. ]

Well, in any case, I'm very grateful to you all.

Re: ENDGAME

[bevoted]

..... [ he'll just. not. mention that he wanted to betray before Anubis talked him down this time. ] I'm also grateful that we didn't hit you this time.

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[forgottenmercy]

...that was, ah, a surprise.

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[bevoted]

All of this is a surprise. Bad End... ... and Avante. Even after that last game where we got chewed out by them for doing what we did.

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[forgottenmercy]

Especially given what, ah, Cardigan had to say to Anubis. [expression isn't changing, still that gentle smile.]

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[bevoted]

... [ the most bitter 'ha' ] Well they didn't hit us, so I'm content with just letting the teams they hit have their way with them.

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[forgottenmercy]

I suppose we'll, ah, have to put them back together afterward.

...I might, ah, go visit Taisho later and check up on them.

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[bevoted]

.... right. Taisho got hit. [ actually... he's a little concerned about a couple of people from there too but. it would be. weird... for him to "visit" them... probably... wouldn't it? ] ... are you close to people on Taisho?

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[eatsthecanary]

Surprised?

[ hey look it's this fucko ]

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[bevoted]

[ oh great it's this fucko. ] Maybe.

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[eatsthecanary]

Thanks for having faith in us.

[ with a voice this dry it's almost like he's making fun of him ]

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[bevoted]

[ holy shit he really wants to go back into the game and betray you right now. ] I thought you were Heart Soldier Senshi.

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[eatsthecanary]

We're very convincing, aren't we?