[elevator] [sphinx]

[guillotineroom]

[ When you open your eyes again the first thing that you, and your teammates, may notice is that you are confined within an iron cage, rectangle in shape. Further inspection will reveal that outside of the cage is a large structure of sorts, reaching far above you. It kind of looks like an unfinished clock tower, really... there are spots that look finished and bolted tightly, and others that look like they had been left once and the work never thought of again.

Also, it's pretty chilly. You might get to notice that.

It's foggy and windy—the kind of wind that howls and roars, jostling your cage against the tall shaft, and every so often you feel as though you might have had the ghost of a raindrop on you. The tower-like build creaks horribly ominously in the wind, and you can see the rusted metals swaying slightly. But if you decide to look around...

Flapping above you (and not helping with the wind) is a harpy-like creature, iron chains wrapped around their talons. Though, maybe it's more like a lion? The chains are bolted to the top of your cage. There are also little indicators on the structure, the same distance apart, that seem to be declaring different levels or heights. They look horribly unhappy to be here, but they're also impressive at ignoring any call you might have for them.

There's a door to the cage, but it won't open, even if it's just a simple-looking locking mechanism. If you peer out, it's too foggy on the ground to make out very much, but you can make out nine other, tower-like structures with similarly flapping harpies. Each one, including your own, has an emblazoned emblem of every team's patron monster, so that you can see where everyone is—it's just difficult to make out exactly who may be in each one. Even more difficult to try and communicate like this.

Attached to the door is an aged metal panel with a screen and four buttons; two to choose between the team names that appear on the dark green and black screen, and two to choose whether you wish for that team to go up or down.

After a moment, a little speaker in the corner starts playing an incredibly bad quality version of this.]

Comments

ROUND 2

[guillotineroom]

TURN IN

[guillotineroom]

Please fill this out and respond to this comment with your choices!

<b>TEAM TO RAISE:</b> <b>TEAM TO LOWER:</b>

Re: TURN IN

[pagereturner]

TEAM TO RAISE: Kraken
TEAM TO LOWER: Cerberus

DISCUSSION

[guillotineroom]

Re: DISCUSSION

[pagereturner]

[Yu Junghyeok stares at the results screen for a long time.]

...

...

It's an option to raise ourselves this round.

It's also an option to raise Unicorn or Yatagarasu.

[ambiography]

...If we work under the assumption that others will aim for those who are highest and lowest, then I don't disagree with you. Kraken seems the least likely to be chosen for either of them based just on their position, with nothing else in consideration, so-- well, one of those two wouldn't be a terrible option.

I don't think it's going to be as easy as just picking ourselves. Otherwise, I'd say we should.

[inklongdry]

We can only lower ourselves, I believe, not raise.

You think the teams on the ground floor are in the most danger?

[derailer]

Raising Yatagarasu is absolutely out of the question. We do not have to lower them again, but we are not raising them.

[davincible]

...

We need to lower Cerberus.

[pagereturner]

Cerberus is the highest team, next to Nymph. Teams will rush to lower them, not to mention, they'll likely lower themselves. If we lower them, it's highly likely it'll be redundant.

The most correct play right now is to lower one of the teams on the bottom.

[inklongdry]

Da Vinci?

[derailer]

I will support this course of action.

Re: DISCUSSION

[naturalcauses]

[immediately crumples to a crouching ball on the floor, why are the two highest teams the ones he wants to protect why

when he straightens up to standing again he doesn't say a word]

[hearthwarming]

—!

[ she immediately tries to make a move to steady or help him when he crumples down, but then he straightens back up ]

Are... Are you hurt?

[ambiography]

...it's still early. Nothing says this will stay this way.

[hearthwarming]

I'm... I'm worried about the teams on the bottom. Everyone will be looking to raise them, won't they?

[ She's mainly looking at Basilisk. ]

[pagereturner]

Yes.

They'll likely lower the teams at 6 and raise the teams at 1.

[inklongdry]

I do have to wonder how many people think the same way. I'm not saying they're not in danger, because we all are, but how many teams will avoid them in the assumption that they are the most vulnerable targets?

Re: DISCUSSION

[pagereturner]

I want to be clear, if it were up to me, this round we would be raising Yatagarasu and lowering Basilisk, but I know all of you will start complaining, and I don't feel like knocking all of you out and just playing the rest of the game by myself, so here's a list of moves that I think make sense, while still taking your preferences into account.

[Sadly, this sentiment counts as pretty good teamwork by his standards.]

Raise Unicorn, raise Kraken.
Lower Basilisk, lower Bugbear, lower Unicorn, lower Phoenix, lower Yatagarasu, lower Sphinx.

I am very strongly against lowering Cerberus, because I think it's far too likely to either not be enough or be overkill and waste our move.

Personally, I would raise Kraken, lower Basilisk or raise and lower Unicorn.

[davincible]

I'm fine with raising Kraken. I imagine people are going to be focusing on Unicorn now that they're as low as they are and their thoughts are going to be more for those they know.

[ A sigh. ]

You know my lowering vote.

[derailer]

If you start trying to knock people out, I will retaliate. If all of you have lost your powers, it means you are on my level.

[SO WATCH IT BUSTER OR I WILL SLAM YOU AGAINST THE WALL OF THE ELEVATOR AND WE WILL ALL HAVE A BAD TIME. Anyway]

...I am not opposed to either of these plans. But your mathematics on Cerberus depend strongly on no other teams making any decisions. I am not sure that is the best way to go about things. A great deal of points in both directions will happen without our perception. What is the point in trying to be so precise?

Re: DISCUSSION

[naturalcauses]

I... really want to lower Cerberus, but that's a want based in fear, not rationality. Of course, if we theorized wrongly and they end up in greater danger I'll be rather miffed. [furi: really pissed off]

But let's put that aside for now, you know my selfish vote. I have no real feelings on raising and lowering Unicorn, it could go any number of ways with them being a relative unknown. Of the other options you presented I'm most inclined to lower Phoenix or ourselves. The former of which is just me playing favorites again, I know. So with that in mind I'm also open to raising and lowering Unicorn, or hearing you out on the raising of Kraken and lowering of Basilisk. I'm not going to reject an option rashly.

[hearthwarming]

[ visibly distressed because people are having ✨ disagreements ✨ (no they're not, they're having healthy if not tense discussions, but still!) she will stick her stupid horns in between if people start to fight. ]

Um... I...

I still don't want to raise Unicorn, if possible... So I suppose that means I agree with lowering Basilisk, and raising Kraken.

[ spirits. that sucks to say. ]

But I'm throwing in my support for everyone who's saying that we absolutely must lower Cerberus next round, regardless of where they've ended up as a compromise.

VOTING

[pagereturner]

We need to make a decision soon. Everybody, vote.

RESULTS

[guillotineroom]

[ There's a jolt, and then the creature holding your elevator cage starts flapping upwards, raising you slowly. After a short flight, your elevator comes to a stop.



The placement of the elevators! ]