avante en garde

[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

[emotionalsupportghost]

That's what it looks like.

Re: Discussion

[aboyandhiscar]

Yeah! [HM HM HM DON'T SHOW THAT YOU'RE WORRIED CUZ THIS MEANS FOLKS MIGHT GET THEM THIS ROUND]

Okay, okay. So. . .if we're gonna prioritize living, that means we're either gonna end up with 8 or 7 balloons left.

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

If we pop two balloons, one of our balloons is protected. So if we get hit twice, only one counts.

If we pop three balloons, we get a bonus back. So if we get hit twice we'll still gain one, it's the same as only one of them counting.

Popping only two balloons makes the most sense for this round. It's the same outcome either way, and this is the last round so it doesn't matter after this. ...And if we don't get hit at all, I don't think having "only" ten balloons will lose the game for us.

Re: Discussion

[calmthefoxdown]

[ Math. ]

I'm good with just two balloons.

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

Hopefully one of the others is too.

Re: Discussion

[composeur]

[ oddly quiet.... but he's not arguing so you can take that as a 'yes sure' ]

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

...How are you holding up?

Re: Discussion

[composeur]

... huh? Why? [ looking at him with genuine confusion ]

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

You got quiet.

Re: Discussion

[composeur]

... I can be quiet when I want to be can't I? I flunked out of all my math classes! [ hmph!

but if you want him to talk, he can talk... ]

I know only two units voted for us, so that means nine are left right? I know that much! There are nine whole units that could vote for us right now! We can only guard against one of those, no matter what!

If we had voted for just one more last round, then maybe....

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

... It's too late to change the choices we made last round. We can only make the best choice we can now.

Re: Discussion

[unbr8kable]

[maaaaath]

...You sure that's how it works?

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

Positive. Whether we pop 2 or 3 balloons, we can only nullify one more attack. If we pop 3, we're hitting a 3rd team for nothing.

Re: Discussion

[unbr8kable]

...Who you wanna hit, then?

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

Lilis...? And—who else have we not vetoed?

Re: Discussion

[unbr8kable]

...Guess all that's left is Baritones. Or us.

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

...Yeah. ...I didn't want to pick them either, but it's— We have to protect us first.

Re: Discussion

[unbr8kable]

...

[folds her arms over her middle, but nods]

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

...

Who do you know there? If—if it's alright to talk about right now.

Re: Discussion

[unbr8kable]

I've met a couple of 'em. But Kohime, the girl who's a cat, she said she'd try and look out for us. Just didn't see a reason to not do the same.

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

It's as good a reason as any.

Re: Discussion

[unbr8kable]

Well... I tried, so.

[shrugs]

Re: Discussion

[emotionalsupportghost]

We all tried. And we did manage to avoid hitting a lot of teams.

Re: Discussion

[unbr8kable]

Yeah. So that's something.