3 WAY PRISONER'S DILEMMA: avante en garde

[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 Nemesis 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

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[unbr8kable]

[apparently likes to beat against the glass quite a bit]

[knightceties]

Nemesis!

[also pounding on the glass a few times :(b]

[unbr8kable]

[fairly effectively coming off as more angry than freaked out]

What the hell? What is this!?

[knightceties]

[deep breath, time to be the adult]

I don't know, but we need you, okay? We'll figure it out together.

[unbr8kable]

[looks at him, and looks down, and looks away]

Yeah, sure. What...what do we do?

[knightceties]

Whatever keeps you safe.

[calmthefoxdown]

[ W H Y. ]

Shit...

[unbr8kable]

Pretty much!

[crosses her arms, tight]

What--what about you guys, can you get out?

[calmthefoxdown]

I think we're stuck in here with you. Guess they caught onto the collaborating idea.

[unbr8kable]

Yeah. So we can talk to other people so we can all screw each other over...

[paces a bit]

Now what?

[calmthefoxdown]

Interpreting flowers to send and hope we're not paired with a unit that doesn't like us.

[knightceties]

[once assured that Nemesis is okay (for now), reviewing the rules and flowers]

So for this part, it's really just trying to identify ourselves? Ehhhh...

[calmthefoxdown]

[ Definitely looking more anxious than usual. ]

Do you think identifying ourselves would help or trying to signify how we plan to play?

[knightceties]

I don't know... It depends on our goal. What outcome are we aiming for?

[unbr8kable]

['sup]

The one where we all go home, preferably in the same number of pieces we came in?

Maybe--most people are going to think it means the name, right? That's easier to say with flowers, I think.

[knightceties]

[quiet for a minute, trying to think it through]

...The best chance of that is to default to betraying both, but try to get them to trust us. If just one does, you'll be safe. If neither do...you'll receive the greater consequence, whatever that means. But at least we'll avoid the worst-case situation for sure.

[calmthefoxdown]

The least damage to Nemesis we can manage.

[knightceties]

The only outcome where that's certain is to betray a unit that trusts us. Can you do that, Gold?

Re: DISCUSSION

[fistdere]

. . . hah?

[knightceties]

[is this going to be noisy Aibou or quiet Aibou...]

Aibou~ I should warn you, this is the guy who ran the game where we got injured. Whatever the consequences are, I don't think we'll get off lightly.

[fistdere]

[ . . . seems to think about it ]

Kinda interesting but dunno what really is the strategy here. Can anyone really talk like that?

[ with, yanno, flowers ]

[knightceties]

[so, noisy Aibou]

It might be hard, but I think we could identify ourselves with the right combination. Or at least, convince the other teams that they should trust us.

[fistdere]

Gotta say, that’s not my forte so I’ll follow your lead.

[calmthefoxdown]

[ Oh no the newbie this is awkward. ]

Ah, hey.