3 WAY PRISONER'S DILEMMA: future is now

[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 Angel | QW5nZWw= 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]

Re: DISCUSSION

[nohalation]

[pressing her face against the glass until it is squished]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[What the fuck is even going on?]

Angel? Can you hear me?

Re: DISCUSSION

[a_fine_human]

Angel?

[negotiatoronsite]

Angel... are you alright?

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

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

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Camellia (White) - Waiting

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 2 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 2 sent you the following flowers:

Morning Glory - Willful promise
Tulip (Red) - Fame/Charity/Trust

UNIT 3 sent you the following flowers:

Poppy (Yellow) - Success
Yarrow (White) - Conflict
]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

So it seems Unit 2 wants us to trust them.

What the fuck does Unit 3 want?

[nohalation]

[flops on the ground]

Success and conflict?

[negotiatoronsite]

Probably also for us to trust them, because all teams want us to trust them by the nature of the game, they just asked with an indecipherable message. As I indicated would likely be the case.

[a_fine_human]

There's no way unit three isn't saying they are trying to win. Trusting them is asking to be betrayed.

If they wanted to say they were trusting, there are a lot of options, but only a few that convey betrayal.

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

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

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

For Unit #2:
Morning Glory - Willful promise
Tulip (Red) - Fame/Charity/Trust

For Unit #3:
Oleander - Caution
Marigold - Despair

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 2 and UNIT 3. Selecting one will prompt you to choose between Trust and Betray. ]

RECEIVED MESSAGES

[idolpro]

[ UNIT 2 sent you the following flowers:

Calla Lily (White) - Maidenly Desire

UNIT 3 sent you the following flowers:

Amaryllis (Red&White) - Talkative ]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Okay, Angel. Your call.

[nohalation]

I haven't changed my mind.

. . .

What does talkative mean?

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

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

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

UNIT #2: TRUST

UNIT #3: TRUST

FINAL RESULTS

[idolpro]

[ Some of the metal panels on the hostage's side of the room slide open, and several blasts of discolored gas are sprayed into their half of the room. Whether or not they breathe in, it even sinks into their skin.

They might cough a little, get whoozy, stumble or fall over, but they don't seem to be in any apparent pain - though that might be hard to believe when you can see two thin lines on her face discoloring and sinking into her cheeks, extending the edges of her mouth in a macabre, permanent smile of scarring.

Still, soon enough, fans are blowing the remainder of the smoke out of their half of the room. Once the air is clear again, the glass partition sinks into the floor to free them, and the elevator doors in the corner of the room open. ]