ghostofissues: (9)
骸 ([personal profile] ghostofissues) wrote in [community profile] imeeji_frontstage2018-07-20 05:09 pm

~GAME~

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! ♥
acappsella: (I learned to speak)

[personal profile] acappsella 2018-07-21 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ god why are you so WEIRD STOP COMFORTING ME ]

I wasn't even in any danger, you know. . .

[ stupid. stupid. STUPID ]

. . . Yeah. I was thinking the same thing.

[ standing up, too ]

But you didn't answer me. Are you feeling sick? Dizzy? It's over now, you don't have to keep on a brave face anymore.
syncintohell: (Reach out your hand)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-07-21 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
I feel sick that even for a moment I acted as foolish as I did. But it is fine— they were given a chance. They will not receive more chances. Rather than a marring of the paper Taisho Roman Revolution's history is written on, this was an act of mercy. If I take this betrayal to heart now, my actions will not have been a mistake.
acappsella: (who knew everything)

[personal profile] acappsella 2018-07-21 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
We can think about that kind of thing later, but seriously, that gas. What happened with that gas?

[ just grabs his hand and starts inspecting it IF YOU WON'T ANSWER ME I'LL DETECTIVE IT MYSELF ]
syncintohell: (Wandering about a clockwork staircase)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-07-21 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ He is truly so darling. Kuzuebiko curls his hand slightly to cup his hand around whichever of Ken's he's using to inspect him ]

I do not think the effects have made themselves apparent yet. Do not worry yourself unduly, I will not allow myself to fall here. Not when I am aware of your eyes upon me, and the anxiety I would inflict upon you if I were to falter. . . Non! Such a thing will not happen.
acappsella: (pierces through)

[personal profile] acappsella 2018-07-21 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
. . . . . . . . . . . ...................... Fine.

[ holding onto his hand for a moment more, rolling his thumb against his palm, before he lets it down ]

I get it. But you don't have to protect me so much, you know. I -

[ he pauses, and then lets the sentence drop. because honestly even though he recognizes that kuzuebiko probably doesn't want to look weak in front of ken he's certain it's because he's not reliable, and even though he wants to be he knows that he's not. he's just been timid and afraid this entire time, without doing anything worthy or useful. he can't ask kuzuebiko to rely on him when kuzuebiko sees him like he needs to be protected.

ken bites his tongue for a moment, and draws back. ]

. . . We should go back home.
syncintohell: (to carry out this noble task)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-07-21 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
It does not trouble me. Truly.

[ He attempts to comfort him, communicate that it's fine— he can hear Ken drop the sentence, but he has no idea the reason why. With the concern, he can't help but read it as Ken's concern for him. ]

Yes, as you say. Okami wishes to do the same. Once we return, we can discuss what we wish to do going forward.
acappsella: (there were many more delicacies)

[personal profile] acappsella 2018-07-21 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Yeah, sounds good.

[ just dropping that first response because he, clearly won't get anywhere here and doesn't deserve to get anywhere there because he's not strong enough and he wishes he was ]

You know anyone from avante en garde?
syncintohell: (so know your superiority)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-07-21 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
I am afraid not enough to make an impression, though I have met a few in passing.
acappsella: (and there is you)

[personal profile] acappsella 2018-07-21 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
We'll probably want to discuss them, too. BAD END=DEAD END isn't the only one that decided to take the coward's route.
syncintohell: (Genuine beauty)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-07-21 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Very well, though there is little to do but be wary of them in the future. I do not want to move in the direction of preemptive strikes.
acappsella: (there were many more delicacies)

[personal profile] acappsella 2018-07-21 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
Definitely. I just mean that we shouldn't trust them.
syncintohell: (so know your superiority)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-07-21 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
That is easily enough agreed upon.