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

[calmthefoxdown]

[ Crap. ]

... Not if one of those units is AlcheMe or Wild City.

[knightceties]

But if they don't pick the right flowers, we won't be able to tell.

[calmthefoxdown]

We'll have to hope we can figure it out from what they send. For now, our best bet for identifying ourselves would be our color or our unit's characteristics.

... Admittedly my worry here is we'll be paired with Azrael and they'll use the opportunity to slam us with a betray.

[knightceties]

If we definitely betray both no matter what, then if we're betrayed, we are opening ourselves to the possibility of a greater consequence for Nemesis... But still, we'd avoid the worst case of trusting someone who betrays us, so. If she doesn't mind, I think the chance would be worth it.

[calmthefoxdown]

She'll likely give us her opinion on the matter but... We dont want to turn too many units against us with the way we play either.

[knightceties]

Do you think Mukuro will tell everyone how we played like last time...?

[I mean, not that Ace cares, but it's a salient concern I guess]

[calmthefoxdown]

Potentially. If this person's interest is in stirring up conflict between units, it would probably be a thing they'll do.

[knightceties]

That's true... But is there honestly any way to get out of this without anyone getting hurt?

[b/c if someone's getting hurt, it can be someone not Nemesis, tyvm]

[calmthefoxdown]

Probably not, but if we can reduce risk as much as we can, then we can at least know we did what we could.

[knightceties]

Well...yes.

[you mean reduce risk to Nemesis, of course]

[calmthefoxdown]

[ Overall risk!! ]

We'll check with Nemesis and see what she's most comfortable with.