idolpro | 3 WAY PRISONER'S DILEMMA: WILD CITY

[ 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 Whiskers 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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Well, I have some good news?

Let's hear it.

I was the only one in the last game from our team, so just so you guys know...every team trusted each other in the last game. There's only one team that wasn't there, so there's only one wild card. It worked out well last time, so I'm sure they'll play that way this time.

Trusted each other...? What happened?

That Hurricane kid went team to team telling them to vote for the team above theirs floor wise....and everybody actually did. So everybody made it out okay, 'cause everyone had at least one vote. It worked. They only thing that scares me is the wild card will be Zrael. They weren't there for that game, so I don't know if they'll play 'trust'.

[hummmm, dubious...]

We don't know what will happen to Whiskers if we get betrayed...

I don't wanna get him hurt. That's not what I'm tryin' to do...I don't want anyone on the unit to get hurt, which is why I'm trying to think long term here.

[reaches up to put a hand on his shoulder]

We're going to let Whiskers decide, unless he wants us to make the call. In the end it's his body on the line.

I get that, but-!

Would you trust them if it meant getting some permanent injury that might make it so you can never play volleyball again?

[he's not judgy, it's an actual question]

I'd just find something else I'm amazing at! Good idea. Hey, do you think if we asked 'em they'd let us switch? If I'm the hostage, I can pick, right?