WED BED BEHEAD: future is now

[idolpro]

[You wake alone with your unit in what appears to be a dressing room. There's nothing on the costume racks right now, but you have vanity seats and a couch to chill on if you like.

On a table in the center of the room, there is an ornate metal box with three slots on top. The slots are labeled with the names of three other units: sensitIV, BAD END=DEAD END, & BARiTONES. Next to the box a laminated copy of the IC rules is taped down, and beside it lie four cards:

♦ a green card with a picture of two linked rings and the word "WED"
♦ a blue card with a picture of a rose and the word "BED"
♦ a red card with a picture of a guillotine and the word "BEHEAD"
♦ a purple card with a picture of two circling arrows and the word "INSTEAD"

You have til 9pm PST to submit your votes.]

Comments

DECISION

[idolpro]

Reminder: You must cast a vote for wed, bed, & behead. You may optionally cast a single Instead vote. If you use Instead, please specify if you are giving the target your best or worst card.

If you don't vote at all, your votes will be randomized and you will receive the punishment listed in the rules.

Decisions are due by 9pm PST.

Re: DECISION

[mind_blown]

Wed BIT
Bed SIV
Behead BEDE
Instead BEDE - Give us their best card and give them our worst.

RESULTS

[idolpro]

[Anemone's voice cuts in over the intercom, as the lights go dark.]

How exciting! It seems BARiTONES has chosen to wed you, sensitIV has chosen to bed you, and BAD END=DEAD END has chosen to behead you. Alas, sensitIV has chosen to sacrifice you. But you've chosen to protect yourselves, and thus, your final verdict is...

Wed.

Bed.

Bed.

[You black out.

You wake up with the sound of wedding bells ringing in your head, vows of obedience echoing vaguely in your memory.

Around your neck and wrists are faintly glowing red marks in a pattern of lace. When you receive a command, they turn white, and you feel compelled to obey, whether the command was given as an earnest order or not. While the marks are white you are convinced that following the command is what you want to do, but once you've done it they go back to red and leave you fully aware.

You black out again.

You wake up tied down to a four-poster bed, all draped in velvet sheets and golden tassels. It's quite comfortable, until the person -- one whose features you cannot recall -- leans over you.

They carry a bucket, sloshing and sizzling with some unknown solution with fumes that burn your sinuses. Without ceremony they toss it over you, and your skin begins to blister and peel. Though the burns are only skin-deep, they are as agonizing as fire.

You black out again.

You wake up tied down to a four-poster bed, all draped in velvet sheets and golden tassels. It's quite comfortable, until the person -- one whose features you cannot recall -- leans over you.

Gently, they place their hands somewhere on your body, pulling two pieces of you together -- your wrists, your knees, perhaps they simply force your mouth closed. With their hands firmly pressed you feel a sharp pain cracking through your joints as they shatter and fuse back together as one. Whatever joints were touched, they are now immobile and inseparable, and it aches ceaselessly.

You black out again.

You received 4 points. You may proceed to endgame.]

[weenwoon]

[cool cool cool cool loving those options.]

So, um... thoughts?

[mind_blown]

Huh.

Behead BiT, wed SIV, and bed BEDE.

Though, I guess we could swap bit or BEDE.

[weenwoon]

[He buries his face in his hands, trying to breathe slowly.]

My vote is behead sensitIV, wed Baritones, bed BAD END. Or vice versa for the last two.

[...]

I wouldn't have had doubts about your choice, but Lily might be playing. She's still a mess from the last game. If she's here and we can spare her, I... I want to go for that.

[mind_blown]

We can't kill the healers.

[weenwoon]

...Do you think they'll get behead from the other two teams, too?

[Shit! fuck!]

I--assume we'll get either wed or bed from Baritones, unless Sunny is playing and possibly overturns the others' votes in hopes of killing Angel.

[IS THAT HOW THE SIBCON WORKS, HE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THAT SHIT]

[mind_blown]

If he does that because of Angel, then he's an idiot.

And it's entirely possible-- SIV's bad at taking care of themselves. But we can't kill the healers.

I don't know what we're gonna get from the other two. My thought was to protect BAD END, but it's not our responsibility.

[weenwoon]

[He swallows thickly.]

I'm... friends with some people on BAD END, too, but I've no idea what the unit as a whole would go with. And as for sensitIV... if Lucifel-san is here, I imagine he would try to play smarter.

I... still vote that we do not give the worst punishment to Baritones. But if you two vote otherwise, I'll go with majority vote.

[mind_blown]

This kinda game's shit for voting.

How strong you feel about this?

[weenwoon]

[Breathe in, breathe out.]

...It would be easier if I knew if she's here or not. Without Lily, I believe Baritones can take the hit. With her... she could already barely stand to be in her body before. Additional severe injury could only make it worse, and I don't know how long it would take her to recover. I already...

[Mmmmmmmnope his voice breaks off.]

All of this to say... I feel quite strongly about it.

[mind_blown]

...

[he sighs.]

Fine. We'll go wed for BiT, bed for SIV, and behead for BEDE.

But we make sure we come out of this alive too.

[weenwoon]

...Thank you.

[He breathes out shakily.]

...Do you want to use "instead"?

[mind_blown]

Yeah. Trading off our worst.

I'd expect BAD END to do the same.

[he rubs his face.]

Can't believe I'm about to bus BAD END for BiT.

[weenwoon]

[god DAMN it jason!!! he frowns.]

You don't have to agree to it just because I asked. I want to avoid having any residual negativity within our unit. Whatever we decide, I want it decided clearly without staying secretly bitter at one another.

[They should really like, start serving drinks in all game rooms.]

If we end up injuring or killing Baritones, of course I'll be distressed. And I might have to spend some time away from our dorm, to cool down and take care of them. But as long as we decide fairly and openly, I'll accept it and I won't hold grudges.

[dumbjockenergy]

[ The only comfort she's taking is that none of her Must Protects are on the teams.

Still, it's fucked up, and she's visibly Not Happy. ]

I agree with Jason, we can't kill the healers. But...Levity, isn't Lily on Baritones?

[weenwoon]

She is.

[Fun time! Fun time!!!!!]

[dumbjockenergy]

[ She doesn't know Lily incredibly well, but still-- She likes her. There are few people she knows very well on SiV and Bad End, minus Sashay. Should she really have a say in this...?

This was easier when the teams were anonymous. ]

Sabre, Kohime, and Aster aren't on any of these teams. So whatever you and Jason decide, I'll go with.

[weenwoon]

...Jason says to protect sensitIV, I say to protect Baritones. I think ultimately it comes down to who we send "behead" to.

[He rubs his face, trying to math this out.]

I imagine we won't get "behead" from Baritones, so... that will likely go from them to BAD END--at the very least, I'm not aware of any significant connection between their units. BAD END might behead either Baritones or sensitIV... depending on who's playing, of course, but I have acquaintances there too. No idea how close they are with sensitIV... a-and I really can't think what sensitIV might do here.

[dumbjockenergy]

I will say, I think we should protect SensitIV, if we can. If the healers are down after the game, every team is worse off. If we're lucky, the other teams that have them feel the same.

[ He's too talk for her to really put her hand on his shoulder so reassuringly??? Pats his arm??? ]

In my first trauma game, Duality told me that the first rule is to not be quiet about the units you want to protect. If you want to protect Lily, that's okay.

[mind_blown]

Look, don't know Lily. Best thought is sucks for her she's on BiT.

[dumbjockenergy]

So you want to behead BiT and save Bad End?

Like I told Levity, the people I want to protect aren't on our list, so... What you two decide, I'll agree to.

[ Because as much as she wants to pitch a fit to try and stop this-- it sure didn't work with Sins game. ]

[mind_blown]

... Absinthe's a piece of shit and probably deserves to die several times over. But I dunno if he's playing.

And I dunno if wanting to save Bad End's based on anything besides what I want for us-- and that's to get outta here alive.

[dumbjockenergy]

I like Lily. If Levity wants to protect BiT to protect her, I'm inclined to agree. But I think saving SiV should be at the top, because everyone is going to need them post-game.