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

[nohalation]

I haven't changed my mind.

. . .

What does talkative mean?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

People that don't shut up.

[nohalation]

Oh! I guess maybe they can't shut up for some reason!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You'll have to ask them if you can ever get a word in.

[Because maybe she wasn't part of some of those other conversations]

So trust Unit #2 and betray Unit #3?

[nohalation]

Oh! No, I was just gonna trust them both?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

They didn't send us a trust message in the first round.

Mutual betrayal is a valid way to avoid permanent damage. And we just sent them a betrayal message.

[nohalation]

But they'd still get hurt, wouldn't they?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. And so will you.

[nohalation]

I'm just going to get hurt either way, permanent or not.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Right. Ultimately we'll go with whatever you decide.

But don't get hurt just for the sake of getting hurt. This is about minimizing damage. To yourself as well.

[nohalation]

Don't worry, I won't do that! I don't think I like pain at all!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then why would you still agree to trust a unit we sent a betray message to?

[nohalation]

. . .

I thought we were sending the flowers to let them know we got the message.

[sweat.gif]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

For the trusting team!

[nohalation]

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Sorry!

[a_fine_human]

You want to trust even though they've pretty clearly said they plan to betray us?

[nohalation]

Oh, yeah! Because otherwise they'll get hurt badly, too.

[a_fine_human]

What does that matter?

[nohalation]

We're idols! And I want to see people smile, not cry.

[a_fine_human]

[what]