[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

[doublefried]

Usually I'd say the more information the better, but I also wonder if using it earlier might be critical... I'll confer with the whole gang.

[survivaltricks]

Mmm. It's up to you guys. Even if you do decide to wait, you don't have to pay for next round's information if you don't think you need it.

. . . I'll be here. Just let me know what you want, and I'll try to make it happen.

[begguiling]

Ugh. Let's not be hasty! I think we should wait to make our move and pay the price until next round! Think about it . . . the way teams voted when everyone was on the ground floor and no one knew anything isn't necessarily the way they're gonna vote now that things are really in motion. That first round isn't gonna give us the info we need to be informed! We'll just need to ask for a second round anyway. Then we'll all be suffering twice as much! Pinfeathers . . . geez. Why would you even speak that into the world?

[He shudders and scratches his head. Does he have feathers in there somewhere?! It's impossible to tell with the hood on.]

[doublefried]

I was asked for the most annoying thing and I said it!

And that's true... I guess it would take a couple of people voting in unison to launch a team all the way to the top. Like, worst-case scenario, Cerberus gets three votes up and two votes down?

[begguiling]

It's not like I want that to happen, but these softies proooobably aren't going to vote for that team again even if they did the first time now that they're way up there, right? You'd know better than I would! I don't know the first thing about these guys yet.

[doublefried]

HOPEFULLY they wouldn't. I don't think anyone plays these to kill people deliberately.

[begguiling]

What a bunch of adorable saps! You'd think they don't realize that the least tortuous option is to force the teams with the lowest turnout to the top as fast as possible and end the game with the fewest casualties in the shortest amount of time. Oh, I wouldn't do that, though! I'm definitely proud of them for believing in the power of their bonds!

[doublefried]

Well.

I don't think they can tell how many people turned out for each team.

[begguiling]

You can get an estimate if you squint real hard through the fog! But I don't know a lot about human eyesight. And aaaaanyhoo, no one would ever do that.

[doublefried]

Yep, for sure.

[amalgameat]

[i think, two rounds is good, if we want to see patterns?

but i understand if people want only one.

i am worried this round will be enough to kill a team, though.]

[begguiling]

I get it, I get it, but if that's how it is, we'd have to make our move now anyway, right? And having last round's information isn't gonna do us a lot of good. We can't figure out anything from everyone's random guesses! It's not like we can find out that Basilisk voted for Nymph and shut down their turn this round when they're probably not gonna do it again. We might as well just guess without going through all this grief if we're playing it that way.

[amalgameat]

[this is for information only...?

she'll ask Fran a couple of pertinent questions, then]

[begguiling]

Then there's no point in worrying too much about what those crazy kids might accidentally do to each other this round. They all seem pretty soft to me. I'm sure they'll do their best not to kill each other even if it's the most mathematically sound option! How about this? After this round, we pay for round 2's information and give that a look over. If we can't make a decision after that, then we pay for round 1 and give them a look together. I don't see why he wouldn't let us play ball a little.

[amalgameat]

[i think there were many grudges after the last bad game, because people faced off against each other directly there. everyone was very angry and i don't know if everyone reconciled. that is why i would like to see the patterns. if we see a team that is consistently forcing up another team, that may be the one we should stop.]

[begguiling]

I seeeee . . . that's something I can't weigh in on. Good thing you're here! But that might still be information we can get at with only round 2's results. Say we see that Basilisk votes for Nymph this time, when Nymph's already pretty high up there. That'd be enough to make a good guess that they're trying to get them to the top, right? No one would do that in this situation unless they were really gunning for them! Then we'd know we might need to step in. But if we get the results and it's not that easy, then we ask for round 1 and compare.

[amalgameat]

[shakes her head a little

we are not being asked for much for two rounds of information, i think. our lives are never forfeit unless we choose it, as echidna, and the other teams can't say the same. our chances here to stop someone are low as it is. so i would like to be as sure as possible where to place our hands on the scale.

if you do not want to pay twice, no one can make you. i am sorry i am trying to make you, because i would rather no one suffer unpleasantness also. but i hope that you can see where i'm coming from, as well.

[begguiling]

Uuuugggggh. Uuuggggh! You even typed all that out! That's super serious . . . you're not just running off at the mouth. Geez! You guys are making a big mistake here. There's no way getting the round 1 info is gonna tell us anything new! It was random voting, random! I hope you know that because of you, I'm gonna have the taste of good ol' Poison Yor's birthday cookies in my mouth for a week! So think about that one!

[He says, and then he goes to submit his concession to the price.]

[amalgameat]

[...

thank you, Magolor.

. . . that seems inadequate, honestly. makes a mental note to do something nice for her teammates later :X]