POISON: AlcheME!

[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 dark red, opaque liquid with a creamy consistency; the next is a relaxing blue, with small brightly glittering star-like orbs drifting through it.

Both have fancy but identical cast iron stoppers moulded in the shape of a shark plugging them shut. The only difference is that the red vial's shark is painted white, and the blue vial's shark is painted black. ]

Comments

SESSION TWO

[idolpro]

DECISION

[idolpro]

Re: DECISION

[alchemechanical]

Keep the water, send the antidote to BEDE/HSS.

RESULT

[idolpro]

[ Your antidote and poison disappear. Two vials of red liquid appear in their place. Along with the first poison is a tape recorder striped BAD END=DEAD END grey and Heart Soldier Senshi bronze. Along with the second poison is a tape recorder striped future is now grey and ✩ZRAEL black.

The grey and bronze bronze tape recorder automatically starts to play back a voice:

"Anyway, our friendly neighborhood guest over there wants to hit AlcheME since they're less likely to keep their antidote. That good enough for you?"

And then the grey and black tape recorder follows suit:

"Yyyeah if it's not a problem let's pick AlcheME instead. If they get mad I'll take responsibility." ]



[ You have TWO DOSES of water and FOUR DOSES of poison to drink. ]

Re: RESULT

[alchemechanical]

Oya, I see. So we have multiple active hostiles.

Re: RESULT

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Humans really are the worst.

Re: RESULT

[alchemechanical]

Do you recognize the voices?

Re: RESULT

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

There are only so many people here...tracking them down won't be hard.

Re: RESULT

[alchemechanical]

Post-game should provide us with a sample set, but we'll likely be indisposed at the time... I could have my family pre-programmed to begin recording once we've been released.

Re: RESULT

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Mm, can you get audio and visual with them? We'll need to place a face to the voices.

Re: RESULT

[alchemechanical]

I'll try to do my best to send the signal right as we leave this room... if I'm able to.

Re: RESULT

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

I doubt it would be allowed, but do you want me to see if it will let me drink all four doses?

Re: RESULT

[alchemechanical]

Are you so thirsty, senpai?

Either way, I couldn't leave this room well without sharing a drink properly with you.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

What a boring room this time.

Re: DISCUSSION

[alchemechanical]

It seems we're getting straight to business this time.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

So it seems....with just two of us, at least it will likely be a fast decision.

Re: DISCUSSION

[alchemechanical]

That is true.

Then do you suppose we'll be attacked or left alone, I-senpai?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

If people knew it was just two of us....we would likely be hit under the excuse of "wanting to minimize damage".

That said, they don't know who is playing or how many. So we have to ask ourselves if the other teams are the sort to trust or play defensively. If we go too hard, we will surely look bad and garner ill will.

Re: DISCUSSION

[alchemechanical]

All of that is true.

Unfortunately, I haven't been very sociable myself, so I couldn't speak to the tendencies of any other unit.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Then it comes down to "how do you wish to play, regardless of others"?

Re: DISCUSSION

[alchemechanical]

I can't say I particularly care about winning myself... and this sort of mental puzzle isn't one I enjoy very much. So if we wished to remain the most neutral, it would be to drink water ourselves and send an antidote out, I believe?

How do you regard the game?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

That would be the most neutral way to play. And this game is terribly dull, isn't it?

I'm not particularly interested in either of us dying, but if we play too hard here, we may wind up receiving harsher backlash in a worse game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[alchemechanical]

Agreed.

We could use this game as a basis to determine if there are any units that hold ill will or a complete disregard towards us.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Well, at least something of value would be learned. And it would mean they made the first strike, not us.