ambidex voting #7

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A M B I D E X  V O T I N G Chop chop, everyone downstairs to the first floor! You're all done the puzzle rooms, so you know what to do. Well, most of you, but it's pretty basic, just enter any Ambidex Room you like (they're not elevators, you ignorant test subjects) then vote! How does voting work? Very simple! Pick Ally or Betray, and that's it! But with every round, there's always some prizes, depending on what you vote, so here's this rounds: For anyone who chooses Ally, well, if your opponent chooses Ally as well, then 2BP for each of you. You get all that friendship, blah blah, whatever. For anyone who chooses Betray, and gets a Betray in return, your BP doesn't change at all, but you do get two cans of food and 15 coins for each person, what, you have a problem with it being the same as last time? We're busy over here, quit your bellyaching. Now, the best part: for anyone who chooses Betray and their opponent chooses Ally, Calhoun will be very generous with his prizes, again! You'll get two cans of food and a memory! We're switching it up a bit. Also, as usual, those who pick Betray get 3BP instead of just 2. But if you're the poor sap that chose Ally and got stabbed in the back, well, sorry, you lose 2 BP. At least you got stabbed for the greater good, right? And plus, you might get a little something. He'll talk to you later about it. But anyway, happy voting! Calhoun will see all of you later with the results. BASIC INFO ✖ VOTES + FORMS ✖ RESULTS + REACTIONS

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[eeeek]

[This is good. This is great, actually!! This is so much better than last round!! Simon's beyond relieved at the results - a part of him expected Enjolras to betray him and Sasuke, despite the fact that he was, you know, unconscious through their entire puzzle - but he doesn't stick around in the warehouse after he's seen the results.

His ankle still hurts from the round before this one, so it takes a little bit of time for him to get there, but Simon heads straight towards the second floor. He doesn't go anywhere in particular once he's hobbled up the stairs - he ends up just hanging around in the hallway, huddled down against the wall opposite to the garden. He looks even more pathetic than usual, with his skin a little pale and clammy, and his knees are drawn up to his chest like he's trying to make himself look as small as possible.

He seems to want to be on his own, but Simon's kind of an idiot, so letting him hang around all miserable and unsupervised is probably a bad idea.]

[detectiveofthewest]

"Hey, Simon. Where ya been hidin'?" And... why was he huddling against the wall like that. "Sasuke told me you hurt your leg, and... hey, you feelin' all right?"

Because pale and clammy definitely were not good signs. Maybe he'd had a rough time of it in the puzzle room.

[eeeek]

W-Wuagh!

[Simon reflexively covers his head and hides, but when he sees it's only Heiji, he breathes out. Heiji's good. He likes Heiji.]

N-No, I'm not hiding, I just... [he pauses, then quickly changes topics.]

Yeah. I hurt my ankle. Me and Snake and Sasuke went through this puzzle room a little while ago and... I kinda fell down from a big height. I still can't really walk all that well.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Yeah?" Heiji set the trombone case he was carrying (FOR SOME REASON) down on the floor. "Lemme take a look at it. Sasuke said he thought it was a sprain, but if you're still havin' trouble with it, maybe I can help."

With his... trombone case...

[eeeek]

[Simon seems a little tentative, at first, but he shuffles along the floor and raises his injured foot to Heiji. His ankle's still sore, and it's definitely a sprain, but... that's way less interesting than the fucking trombone case.]

Why do you have a music thing? [that was eloquent]

[detectiveofthewest]

"Oh, that? Lifted it from one of them puzzle rooms. It's pretty useful so far!" Heiji felt Simon's injured ankle with a quick, professional touch; it seemed like he was at least used to doing this much. "Yeah, it's sprained, all right. Well. You want me to try and splint it for you? Won't be as good as a real one, but..."

Wait... what was he going to use for a splint? What?

[eeeek]

[Simon winces and bites his bottom lip when Heiji feels his ankle, doing his best not to fuss or act like a child. It's pretty difficult, but. He does his best to keep still and not tear up or generally do anything unbecoming of a 24 year old man. How the hell is this guy an adult? Unbelievable.]

I-I don't know if... I mean, won't that waste supplies? I can go without, Heiji, someone else might need a splint later. [Though he could seriously use it because he's probably gonna hurt himself even worse if this doesn't get taken care of.]

[not_that_sasuke]

Once he'd finished eating, his first goal is to find Simon again. He didn't seem to be doing too well after the room, and the whole knife debacle shockingly didn't seem to help with that. It's frankly a pleasant surprise to see that Heiji had gotten to him first.

"Were you going to try to do something for his leg?" He's already moving to crouch nearby, ready to assist however he can.

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji gave Simon a look like don't be silly, dude. "Yep. Anyway, the whole point of supplies is to use 'em when you need them, right? What good are they going to do anyone if I'm just carryin' around all the time?"

Heiji knelt by the trombone case and opened it, removing some velvety-looking cloth cut into a long strip and a shiny metal trombone slide. Yes, there was actually an instrument inside (though probably no one was ever going to get the chance to play it now). "Hey Sasuke, can you hold his foot in place?"

[eeeek]

[Simon's eyes flicker up to Sasuke, but then he cringes and looks away. It looks like he's still feeling really, really guilty for what happened in the puzzle room. He was an idiot. He is an idiot, actually. Sasuke must hate him. Simon starts fussing even more, shaking his head and nervously pulling his leg back from Heiji.]

It's-- it's-- w-what if someone gets hurt worse than this and you can't help them because you did all this for me? It's only a sprain, I shouldn't... [but then he winces again, because ow, he shouldn't be moving his foot so much. Man, what a baby.]

[not_that_sasuke]

He notices the look and tries to sound reassuring.

"We'll worry about that if it happens. Right now, it's better to make sure your ankle heals quickly. Besides, once it's recovered, we should be able to reuse everything, right?"

It's just cloth and part of a trombone, after all. He'll carefully reach out to hold Simon's foot in place as gently as possible. He... might also be blocking the view of all the blood on that cloth tied around his left hand with his right. No need to freak out Simon any extra.

[eeeek]

[Man. Okay. Simon's still not happy about this, but he's not going to disagree with Sasuke for at least a year. He tries to relax and shuts his eyes tight, letting Sasuke take care of him.]

O-Okay, but... if someone gets hurt and needs this stuff while I'm still using it, we have to give it to them, okay? Seriously, it's not - I'm not worthy of this kinda thing.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Sure, though I don't think that's gonna happen," said Heiji, hoping that he was not at this very moment ensuring that it would happen. He knelt down, placed the slide, then began to wrap Simon's ankle as gently as he could while still keeping the improvised splint in place, because it seemed like Simon had enough problems right now.

"Okay. It's not cuttin' off your circulation or anything, right?"

[eeeek]

[Simon's not convinced, but. Again - he's not in any position to argue, and with another nervous glance away from Sasuke he tries to stop himself from looking so tense. It doesn't really work, and he just seems more and more uncomfortable with everything, but he peers down at Heiji, biting his lip so he won't complain.]

No, um, it's - it feels great, I like it. You're really smart, Heiji. [he's overselling it because seriously who likes wearing a splint]

[vengefulyears]

[Sometime after Simon gets his ankle treated but before he decides to move elsewhere, Clive sleepily makes his way up to the second floor in order to reach his napping destination: the garden. Simon may even be able to hear him yawning as he walks up the stairs. But as soon as Clive makes it to the top and sees him just sitting in the hallway all by himself, he looks at Simon with obvious concern and makes his way over to sit next to him.]

Simon? Are you all right?

[eeeek]

[G-Gah! Simon jumps out of his skin, crept up on for the second time today. Seriously, for a bigass warehouse occupied by only a dozen people, it sure is hard to get some alone time.

But all the same, he breaks out in a shy smile when Clive sits next to him. He's still not used to Clive, exactly, seeing as he hasn't known him all that long, but he likes him a lot. He's a nice guy, and Simon can empathize with him.]

Oh, uh. Hey. I'm good! I'm good.

[Which is clearly a lie, so he bites his lip and tries again.]

Um, I mean - I don't know. I'm kind of a mess. I did something stupid.

[vengefulyears]

["Kind of a mess" describes your state all the time, dude. But Clive isn't going to say that out loud, of course.]

Oh? Would you like to talk about it? It might make you feel better.

[eeeek]

[That's true, Simon's kind of a disaster. But still. He breathes in, trying to gain the strength to talk about this, then looks anxiously at the flea-sized dude next to him.]

I-I don't know... it's kind of bad. [He draws his legs closer to his chin and buries his face in his knees. It takes a little while before he turns his head and peeks over at Clive, eyes wide and nervous.]

In-- in the puzzle room, the last one I was in? I was there with my friend, who I really like, and I did something stupid, and he got hurt because of me. So-- so now I don't know what to do. [he sniffles.]

[vengefulyears]

[Clive waits patiently until Simon is ready to talk, and once he does, he looks a bit surprised. Well damn, that actually could be bad... depending on the type of injury Sasuke received. It had to be him since Enjolras has been unconscious for Simon's entire stay here so far.]

How badly hurt are we talking here? What even happened?

[eeeek]

He - he said it wasn't that bad, but... [Simon shakes his head and focuses on the floor, looking at anything other than Clive. This was hard. He swallows again, struggling to find the right way to express all of this.]

Sasuke was holding a knife, and... something scared me, so I fainted, and I fell on him. He tripped, so the knife, um... [He draws a line over his hand with his finger, trying to show Clive where Sasuke got hurt.]

So - so he's probably going to betray me from now on, right? I mean, I wouldn't even be mad at him if he did! It just... you know. Sucks.

[blind_badass]

*Because Simon is sitting still and being quiet, Snake can tell there's someone nearby but not who it is.* ...?

[eeeek]

[Finally, someone who doesn't jump out at him and terrify him to death. Simon tries to curl in on himself in the hopes that Snake would just pass him by, but... he's had experience with someone blind, even if he doesn't remember it. He kinda realizes that wouldn't work.]

U-Um-- Hi, Snake. Are you heading to the Garden?

[blind_badass]

Oh hello, Simon. I was. *He considers the man sitting down near him.* Is your ankle feeling any better?

[eeeek]

My ankle's, um... it's doing better. [That's kind of a lie, and it's obvious in his voice; his ankle still hurts a lot, but - by this point, Heiji and Sasuke have probably fixed him up, so he's trying to stay optimistic.]

D-Did you see that everyone voted Ally this round? Um, well, not see, I guess, but... I'm really happy about it - though I'm trying not to take it as a sign that I can trust everyone, because I know I probably shouldn't.

[blind_badass]

That is a healthy attitude to have. At some point you are going to get betrayed. The only way to survive this game is accept small defeats graciously and choose better in the future.