3 WAY PRISONER'S DILEMMA: Taisho Roman Revolution

[idolpro]

[ The room you wake up in is barren. The floor, walls, and ceiling are all metal, and the only furnishings are a large television-sized touchscreen monitor and a massive pane of glass cutting through the room, separating Kuzuebiko from the rest of the unit. You can beat against the glass as much as you like, but it won't break. Both the touchscreen monitor and the elevator doors are on the same side of the room as everyone but the hostage.

Once Mukuro finishes his intro spiel, the monitor display switches to a catalogue of pictures of flowers, each with their name, associated meaning, and a checkbox underneath them: ]

Amaryllis (Red&White) - Talkative
Baby's Breath - Purity of Heart
Calla Lily (White) - Maidenly Desire
Camellia (Red) - Perish with grace
Camellia (White) - Waiting
Cherry Blossom - Transience of all things
Foxglove - Insincerity
Hydrangea (Blue) - Heartlessness
Iris - Faithfulness
Lantana - Change of Heart
Marigold - Despair
Morning Glory - Willful promise
Mountain Laurel (Red) - Ambition
Oleander - Caution
Poppy (Red) - Fun-loving
Poppy (White) - Rejoice
Poppy (Yellow) - Success
Tulip (Red) - Fame/Charity/Trust
Yarrow (White) - Conflict

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[nostory]

Kuzuebiko.

[Can he even hear them? ...Is he even in a state to pay attention? Hm.]

[syncintohell]

[ He's breathing harshly, even though nothing has happened yet.

He doesn't respond to his name being said, but the fugue state doesn't last forever. He's just going to be missing out on the first five or so minutes of conversation, and then his head will snap up abruptly like he didn't miss anything at all. ]

Our plan of action for the first round— the red mountain laurel would best indicate we are Taisho Roman Revolution to other units we may be paired with! If we are to take part in this vulgar display, indicating our identity ought to be done before we decide on any other action.

[sonof]

Amaryllis, camellia, mountain laurel, poppy, tulip. We should send all of them.

[syncintohell]

[ Looks down at the rules again, only now absorbing that they can use more than one but not verbally indicating at any point that he hadn't realized that before ]

Everything red? With that combination, they ought to be able to figure out to look at the color rather than the meanings. The message should be clear.

[rollplayinghouse]

Mm, yeah. That does seem like the best way to be unambiguous.

[syncintohell]

If there is no opposition to this course of action, do make our selection.

[ He stands, a little shaky, but goes up to the glass to watch— since he's cut off from actually doing any of the input. ]

[acappsella]

[ after he stops losing his shit loudly ]

Wait. Not camellia. Let's not get those meanings mixed in accidentally.

[rollplayinghouse]

...Having it in there might make it more obvious we're not intending the meanings... but removing it to be safe would also be fair.

[acappsella]

One is an accident, two is a coincidence, three is intentional. Four flowers is plenty enough already.

[syncintohell]

Ken, sweet as your worry is, I must side with Maki here. Seeing the Camellia should make them hesitate, if nothing else and that alone makes them more likely to do more than a surface read of the meanings.

[furrytailprince]

He has a fair point about accidental misinterpretation of our meaning.

[rollplayinghouse]

[exhale]

The likelihood of them being confused is higher without all the red ones, but I'm fine leaving it out if you're worried.

[furrytailprince]

... if we are matched against one of the more competitive units, who we are may not matter. I do not want to give them more reason to feel we intend to harm them.

[rollplayinghouse]

Mm. It also might be that there are teams that will be more hesitant to betray us if they don't know who we are... We'll just have to see how it goes.

[nostory]

[Iorime turns back to Kuzuebiko when the kid speaks up and listens.]

The mountain laurel. Understood. [This is his first game, so he's not about to offer an opposing opinion.] Are you still feeling the effects of that gas?

[syncintohell]

[ Ah— actually, with the counter proposal by Yasuragi, he changes his mind to agree with his. ]

The noxious smell still remains but there is nothing to be done for that.

[nostory]

[He nods at the others as they come up with their alt plan. You do that, guys. Makes sense. Anyway, back to Kuzuebiko-]

...We will do our best to ensure your safety.

[how do you be comforting. is this good enough????]

[syncintohell]

[ He shakes his head, now that he's clearer-headed. ]

I am capable of working with the rest of you.

[ And then, after a moment of silence, one hand resting on the glass as he looks over to the display he speaks again: ]

. . . depending on who we have been paired with, I may be concerned moreso with their safety than I am my own. The sentiment is kind, but let us not decide our course here so soon.

[nostory]

...

Understood.

[what Kuzuebiko is saying is completely reasonable and understandable and he has no objections and yet, he doesn't like it at all. weird.]

[syncintohell]

[ How strange. ]

. . . we have yet two more rounds after this one. There will be time to debate further.