sensitIV

[idolpro]

[ The elevator opens up to a room spacious enough to house the whole unit comfortably, but with no furniture to speak of except a touchscreen podium near the far wall, displaying a row of four larger-than-life mahjong tiles on a red background. On the left side of the screen is a square that says TRADE. The walls and floor of the room are nearly checkered with metal panels, out of place against the rest of the marble flooring and unremarkable off-white walls.

The elevator doors close behind you. ]

Comments

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

You don't want to hurt the other teams. [ understanding. ... honestly, it's still hard to fully process this. ]

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[rollwillpowercheck]

If...

[just sort of staring at a fixed point as he speaks, rather than at anyone or anything in particular]

We have. Three options, I think. One: we can play to win. Two: we can try to play lower tiles to minimize the damage, and, uh, hope that the other units choose the same strategy. Three: we can... not play.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[forgottenmercy]

Not playing isn't, ah, really an option. That just means we can't decide anything.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[rollwillpowercheck]

I know. It's not the choice I'd go for, but.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

... aside from one person, everyone I've met in this place has been, ... [ he was going to say reasonable but then he remembered *zrael ]

... Probably not murderous. But aside from Heart Soldier Senshi I really don't feel like I can say what any of the other units will do.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[rollwillpowercheck]

They're all probably having a very similar discussion right now.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

It's the result of that discussion that matters. Whether they conclude that they can't trust the other units to play low or not.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[rollwillpowercheck]

I-- want to trust them.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

... I get that. ... I just don't like the consequences if our trust is misplaced.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[rollwillpowercheck]

Neither do I, but if we play a high number and then everyone else doesn't... how are we going to earn that trust back?

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

They're not even going to see what we chose, will they?

[ technically, icly, they won't. ]

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[rollwillpowercheck]

Do you really think there aren't going to be questions afterwards...?

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

[ i'd like to amend my above comment to "icly they think they won't" but you know this , ]

Sure there will be, but we don't have to tell them the whole truth. We could have just gotten a bad hand. We could also just tell them we were worried people would have higher plays and we didn't want to risk it, which is the truth. They can't blame us for wanting to protect our own.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[rollwillpowercheck]

[shakes his head slowly]

Still...

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

If someone ends up injured because of us we can also just heal them free of charge. I don't mind doing that if it was our fault.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[forgottenmercy]

...if it wasn't such a gamble, I would suggest playing low the first round, and see what happens. I would take the consequences myself if I could for, ah, that suggestion, if it was an option.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

I'm not letting you volunteer for that.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[forgottenmercy]

Volunteering isn't an option, ah, anyway. [neatly ducking the rest of it]

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[bevoted]

If it was an option.

Re: Round 1 Discussion

[sancrimony]

. . . I don't wish to play a tile that we cannot personally amend the damage to ourselves.