The Greater Good

[spiteforthecamera]

Who: Idols ♥
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 227, morning

[ On your way up to the floor, some sort of horrible medicine-scented something sprays into the air, maybe right on your face. No matter how quick your reflexes are, you'll end up breathing in at least some of it - and immediately, you'll find yourself feeling warmer, heavier, dizzy.

That can't be good.

When you exit the Game Tower's elevator, you'll find yourself in what looks like the inside of the Japanese Diet building, divided into two. There are also twelve sections in the back on the elevated part of the floor, divided by unit colored curtains; they're too small for more than one person to go in.

On a projection screen, a ♥cute♥ girl stands at a podium. ]

Heeeelloooooo, idols! ♥

It's time for some ♥ serious ♥ fucking ♥ business ♥

Here's the million dollar question: did you file your taxes yet?

[ with a tilt of her head, offering her ear out to everyone as though to hear the answer ]

What's that? You didn't? Well, that's not very responsible of you~ You're grown-ass fucking adults by this point, you know? You should really get your shit act together!

Tut-tut. That's okay, we can just do them now ♪

Yes, it's soooo boring, I knoooow, but look! You'll get points in the end!

. . . That's not a lot of incentive, huh? Well fine, if you aren't satisfied with the carrot, I'll give you the stick ♥ If you don't properly reach your accounting goal, or it turns out you're a disgusting parasite of society, you'll get pu♥nished♥ !

[ claps her hands together! ]

Alright, do your fucking best! ♪ Remember, it's for ~The Greater Good~!

RULES&OOC CHEAT SHEET | OOC QUESTIONS | PUNISHMENTS LIST | ENDGAME
GROUP 1: LiliS, Taisho Roman Revolution, future is now, Heart Soldier Senshi, avante en garde, BARiTONES | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ROUND 4
GROUP 2: sensitIV, pep!pep!, BAD END=DEAD END, WILD CITY, ☆ZRAEL, AlcheME! | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ROUND 4

Comments

[Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

That's 5 coins held back. Do you think people are more or less willing to donate with that score?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[asonoficeandfire]

That depends on anyone's willingness to even remotely cooperate at all.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Are we throwing out taxes completely then?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[asonoficeandfire]

No... though even if everyone donated all their taxes in the rest of the rounds, that's still 1 short. And even if we work out the decimals to reach 10...

[sigh]

What do you think we should do?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Keep donating. Do we have much of a choice?

[justpure]

I'm not entirely sure.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then your suggestion?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[resonantblue]

It depends. I wonder if there is a unit that held back all of their coins on purpose, to bring everyone down.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Listening in on avante]

I have no reason to think it's avante or Heart.

Who would that be then? LiLiS? Taisho?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[resonantblue]

Taisho spoke of two units in this group that have wronged them in the past. Personal grudges.

They have also discussed the possibility of using their contract ability to make everyone else keep their word... but have not mentioned extending such a contract to themselves, if that is possible.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

But Shu's also a self sacrificing idiot who also almost killed himself in that space game.

[justpure]

So you suspect Tashio?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[scarvedforlife]

I'd bet more people will start holding at least one coin back.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Assuming everyone holds one coin back then. That's 12 coins in the pot and 6 back. So a 7 gain for every team.

...

No one will win at that rate.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[scarvedforlife]

Better question, is it even possible to win per tax donation and split by this point?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[asonoficeandfire]

The first round already made this a lot less likely to pan out evenly, even if everyone somehow starts to cooperate.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Even wasn't going to work anyway. It's designed that just donating to the pot automatically makes BARiTONES, avante, and Heart the losers.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[nohalation]

Why do you ask?

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Donating to taxes is the best chance of everyone keeping their numbers relatively high. But if no one does, then it's just throwing coins away.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[nohalation]

[taps chin]

I think we should just do whatever feels right! It is too hard to guess what everyone will do.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[screenedcomments]

Do we think a unit's trying to get exiled? Like a self sacrifice thing? If they were they'd probably be more transparent...

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Very doubtful on that front.

I think we've just devolved into chaos.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[screenedcomments]

[sighing and nodding] That sounds way more realistic, but I don't have to like it.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[learntofly]

My bet's on less.

Re: [Private to FiN - strategy meeting]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Even so, holding onto coins is going to do jack shit for us.

At least we win all tie breakers except LiLiS.