Taisho Roman Revolution

[idolpro]

When the game starts, you find something grabbing onto your ankle and dragging you under the ballpit until you find yourself sitting on a disco floor platform with your team. It is only being held up by eleven balloons.

You make decisions on a cool arcade machine where you can SELECT A TEAM'S BALLOON. If a character is blind or has no hands or smth, you can assume things can be read to you and you can automatically pick through your speech. Thanks, Alexa.

If you look over the platform, you can see a lot of sparkling rainbow spikes below.

Comments

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

...

And among those, whose balloons we might be most likely to pop successfully?

Re: Discussion

[syncintohell]

Are you suggesting we target those unlikely to protect themselves?

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

Just out of those we are willing to consider.

Re: Discussion

[furrytailprince]

Who do you want to avoid, Sol?

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

That would be pep pep...

Re: Discussion

[furrytailprince]

[ Nods ]

I am fine with that.

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

[soft sigh]

Thanks, Okami.

Re: Discussion

[syncintohell]

. . .

I know this will only make these decisions harder on us, but let us discuss our priorities as a while. Should we survive in a half-hearted way, we are likely to be eliminated in the last round if enough others have not been eliminated before us. In that case, is it not better that we play conservatively, knowing the fate that awaits us is one we are unlikely to avoid?

Or, if we play for the betterment of others, should we not be aiming to eliminate those who would prefer not to have to suffer through this farce and dirty their hands? Should we be eliminating those who we know will choose with the intentions to bathe themselves in blood?

Let us discuss this first. The foundation will clarify the specifics.

Re: Discussion

[furrytailprince]

... We cannot depend on others to protect us. We know that much. And I do not think slaughtering the "kinder" units is preferable when we have seen that they are just as willing to go to extremes for their survival. Thus, I have no problem targeting those who relish the fight.

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

. . . Yeah. I don't want to target the teams that would be more likely to cause less harm to others. That would be like telling those who play hard that they're right in doing it.

Re: Discussion

[syncintohell]

Then the units most likely to play hard are BARiTONES, avante en garde, and ☆zrael from what they've shown us recently.

We can only target them each once. If we presume this will last three rounds, that is one unit each round. Is that an acceptable strategy? They are all likely to be attempting to take out three other units each turn.

Re: Discussion

[furrytailprince]

[ Has mixed feelings about Baritones... ]

... then we should start with Azrael.

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

We'll probably be one of the first to go, so... if we're trying to help, maybe we should try to take out one of them seriously, so that units that play that way have less of a chance to win.

I'd choose Baritones.

Re: Discussion

[syncintohell]

I, too, would choose BARiTONES.

[ He doesn't elaborate on his reasoning, but looks faintly relieved. ]

Re: Discussion

[furrytailprince]

[ Tail flick ]

... very well.

Re: Discussion

[syncintohell]

[ With that decided, Shu steps away from the arcade cabinet. ]

Shall I input our decision?

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

[

he looks very not okay]

I can do it if you prefer...

Re: Discussion

[syncintohell]

[ It seems like Shu should have just turned around and input it, if he really wanted to. ]

For this round, I can stand the task.

[ To say nothing of future rounds. But he'll turn back around, and go to the arcade cabinet to actually input it this time. ]

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

...

[watches]

We're really doing only one?

Re: Discussion

[bluerosestyle]

[noted]

I like Yvette too, but Requiem has helped us before, and... I don't want us to be the one to start a feud with Maki's new unit if we can help it.

I'd be fine targeting avante too but I think Baritones might be more of a threat to everyone else.

Re: Discussion

[furrytailprince]

... You are right. Baritones has shown they are the greater threat. And I would rather not immediately go after Avante.

[ididntsaybanana]

High stakes, huh?

[syncintohell]

[ SORRY SHU IS JUST MAKING AN ALARMED NOISE AT THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL OF NEW UNITMATES INTO THIS GAME

after they have made their decision ]

[furrytailprince]

I thought you were not in this one...

Re: Discussion

[sunflowering]

. . .

[This is miserable. She doesn't want to target anyone.]

I honestly don't know what teams to target. I only know the ones I'd prefer to avoid.

[ Also just suddenly appeared . . . ]