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

ROUND 1

[idolpro]

[ On the left side of the screen is a sidebar with options for SEND, REVIEW SENT MESSAGES (currently empty), REVIEW RECEIVED MESSAGES (currently empty), and DESELECT ALL. You can send each flower only once, so any sent now cannot be sent in the next round, but you can send as many flowers as you like, even none. For Round 1, whatever you choose is sent to both other units. ]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

[ Turn-in is due at 6PM PST. ]

ROUND 2

[idolpro]

[ You have a selection of plants, each labeled with their meanings. For Round 2, hitting SEND will prompt you to choose whether to send the selection to UNIT 1 or UNIT 3. You can still choose as few or as many flowers as you like, but the flowers you chose last round are grayed out, and you cannot send the same flowers to both units. ]

RECEIVED MESSAGES

[idolpro]

[ UNIT 1 sent you the following flowers:

Oleander - Caution
Yarrow (White) - Conflict
Camellia (Red) - Perish with grace
Tulip (Red) - Fame/Charity/Trust
Morning Glory - Willful promise

UNIT 3 sent you the following flowers:

Amaryllis (Red&White) - Talkative
Poppy (Red) - Fun-loving ]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

[ Turn-in is due at 6:40 PM PST. ]

ROUND 3

[idolpro]

[ Although you can still review the flowers you've sent and received from the other units, the selection of flowers on the main page is replaced by menu selections beneath the headers UNIT [x] and UNIT [y]. Selecting one will prompt you to choose between Trust and Betray. ]

RECEIVED MESSAGES

[idolpro]

[ UNIT 1 sent you the following flowers:

nothing.

UNIT 3 sent you the following flowers:

Tulip (Red) - Fame/Charity/Trust
Iris - Faithfulness ]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

[ Turn-in is due at 7:30PM PST. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[syncintohell]

[ Staring intensely at the directions displayed on his phone, to the point it blocks out all other noise— focus entirely inwards and also, he's shaking—

Hm. Maybe that isn't focus. ]

[rollplayinghouse]

[Well, Maki is going to at least TRY pounding and kicking the glass for a while before it becomes apparent it won't break.

Then she just fixes the monitor with a cold look.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[nostory]

[Oh. Well. This sure is going to be a pleasant first game for him. Iorime gets to his feet with a deep frown on his face.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[nostory]

Kuzuebiko.

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

Re: DISCUSSION

[rollplayinghouse]

[After trying her best to break the glass:]

Hey. Don't freak out.

[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.

1/2

[syncintohell]

[ UNFORTUNATELY, FUGUE STATE FOR A BIT. He's overloaded, give him time to process.

It's arguably better than listening to him fuss or shout. ]

2/2

[syncintohell]

[ When he shakes himself out of it, he acts as though he hadn't heard a single thing discussed during that time. ]

— Maki. For this first round, communicating our identity would be the best course of action.

[sonof]

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

[rollplayinghouse]

[she will also pretend nothing has happened and act perfectly calm]

Mm. I was going to ask if you thought that was the best idea. It shouldn't be hard to get across who we are.

If we're going by meaning, we could send irises or morning glories...

[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.

[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?

[rollplayinghouse]

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

[syncintohell]

Yasuragi has suggested sending all the red blossoms. It will limit our available avenues of communication in the following round somewhat, but should make it clear who we are in this one.