POISON GAME: Taisho Roman Revolution

[idolpro]

[ The room is plain, white walls and white ceiling, except for the steel-panel flooring. There are three metal stands rising out of openings in the floor, each of which carries a glass vial on top. One of them just holds water. Of the remaining two, one contains a pale pink, opaque liquid with a creamy consistency; the next is tinged barely yellow like a weak tea, and would be almost completely transparent but for the pulp and fibers mixed in, drifting through it.

Both have flowers floated across the surface: the first a tiny sprinkling of cherry blossom petals; the second a small, but whole, bloomed lotus. They're cute and smell nice. ]

Comments

[artisticliberty]

I cannot say whether or not pep pep are likely to protect themselves, but they were verbally targeted at the beginning--wouldn't most teams consider them worth protecting, as they are new? Perhaps they will not need our help.

[bluerosestyle]

I don't know. To be honest, I don't understand how people act in this place. And they're new, so people might not care about them personally...

If they're targeted and I could've done something to prevent their death and didn't, I'll regret it.

[artisticliberty]

I think... no matter what, I will leave this game with regrets. But I understand what you're saying.

[bluerosestyle]

Yeah... I get that too. The only way this choice wouldn't matter is if we chose to send out the water.

[read: that's not a choice]

[artisticliberty]

We cannot know what the outcome of our actions will be until it is too late. So there is no point in blaming ourselves for what could have been... is what I would like to say.

[bluerosestyle]

Mm. It's hard to feel that way. [hand on shoulder!] Our best might not be enough, but it is all we can do.

[artisticliberty]

[blinks and looks down at the hand on his shoulder, then at eugeo]

... yes, you're right.

[bluerosestyle]

[yasuragi did the comforting gesture thing for him the last game and it was good, he learns!!!]

We might have regrets later... but we'll be protecting your important person now. You can take pride in that.

[artisticliberty]

[i don't know how to handle physical contact yet, this is new and intriguing]

I am, worry not.

[bluerosestyle]

[you're free from it in 3... 2... 1...]

Okay. Good.