POISON GAME: future is now

[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

[hexsplosive]

As much as I enjoy being rich, I can't help but agree.

But there are strong arguments for both staying alive and maintaining a pristine public image.

[scarvedforlife]

That would be where the real dilemma is. Staying alive means we have to send off a poison.

[hexsplosive]

[groooans]

Only if we're unfortunate enough to be given a toxic snack by another unit.

And I believe staying alive also means not making enemies.

[scarvedforlife]

So either a guaranteed shot at survival, or a gamble that we're not on anyone's radar.

[hexsplosive]

[her expression darkens, smile sharpening]

Ufufu. . . how exciting. What an exhilarating gamble it'd be, too. My heart is already pounding at the thought of the potential results.

[scarvedforlife]

We should probably not say the g-word too loud or Intensity might hear us.

[hexsplosive]

The room is small enough that even if I whispered it, he'd likely hear me.

[scarvedforlife]

Well... there's not enough to share, at least?

[hexsplosive]

Not enough liquid in the vials to share, you mean. . .?

[scarvedforlife]

Yeah, so if worst comes to worse, we can pour all our vials, and points afterward for healing, into just a few of us, right? And the rest are on stomach pumping duty afterward.

[hexsplosive]

[mmmmmmmm]

[why does she not like the sound of a contingency plan for if/when they're poisoned]

. . . I suppose that's true.

[scarvedforlife]

[ cause reality sucks ]

Just if things happen that way.

[hexsplosive]

[SURE AS SHIT DOES]

[and then Intensity downs all three bottles, and so does Bell, and now we have TWO poisons]

[scowling now]

What a way to put a damper on our creative problem solving.