[elevator] [echidna]

[guillotineroom]

[ Hello, Echidna!

You are in grave peril! Well, no, you're not, but it will definitely seem like it at first.

You're in a cage with a single control panel on a door, being held aloft high in the sky, by a creature who is just so happy to be here. This kitty-bird is enjoying the high life. You might even hear purring.

But still, you're being held in a cage in the sky and you can't see the ground. Yikes! It's scary!

That said, on the panel in front of you is a selection. Ten different teams, with (0/1 CHOSEN) written in dark green text below. ]

Comments

[begguiling]

No! Which is completely immoral! Down with the system!

[thisisalie]

And how shall we do that?

[begguiling]

Hmm, hmm. How indeed? I hate to pull this out this early, but these are serious times . . . so, gaze in awe at how hard I can cry!

[CHECK IT OUT!]

[thisisalie]

[ Applauds. ]

[begguiling]

[He bows dramatically.]

Thank you for soothing my wounded pride, Ika-ika-sama!

[thisisalie]

Of course. It's what being a supportive co-worker is, I believe.

The name Kleken is quite fine.

[begguiling]

Hehehe. Too on the nose? I am the number one ikasama, so I'll let it go, but you're the one who handed me the joke with those tentacles of yours. I couldn't let that slide.

[thisisalie]

That is true. I suppose I should have expected it.

[begguiling]

Am I the first? Really really? Go Magolor~! I'm surprised. After all, you are Mister, what was it, Perjury, Extortion, Fraud . . .

[thisisalie]

Correct. I'm flattered that you remembered.

[begguiling]

I was playing a little one-man icebreaker juuuust the other day. If corporate's not gonna do it, I have to do my own research, you know? So I just went through and memorized all the profiles I could, starting with our team. Yours was interesting! Of course I'd remember all that.

[thisisalie]

Oh? I would think mine is rather simple compared to others.

[begguiling]

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of how many of us are convicted and condemned heartbreakers. Did you know it's at least four?

[thisisalie]

Oh, is that a crime now?

[begguiling]

It's on the list! Don't tell me you're another one? Wow, you're all scary people . . .

[thisisalie]

Are we talking literal or metaphorical heart breaking?

[begguiling]

Uwaaaah, the fact that you'd even ask that terrifies me!

[thisisalie]

I'd just like to be clear on the matter.

[begguiling]

You'd have to ask them! I can't believe I'm being lumped in with literal heart-breaking criminals on this team.

[thisisalie]

Perhaps you've done some unwittingly yourself before.

[begguiling]

Mmmmm, you're buttering me up now, huh? Well . . . I'll take it!

[Any hearts he has broken literally or otherwise were definitely calculated incidents.]