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ambidex voting #8

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 might get some coins for your trouble, let's saaaay, 20? Generous, I know.

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 15 coins and a memory! 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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"You were worried about Snake, weren't you?" Don't think he didn't hear that conversation in the generator. "Forget about me, did you check up on Snake?" Because if not, he should go do that and leave Clive to be sad moe trash in peace.

"Well, yeah, I mean -- weren't you? I've never seen him freak out like that before, and he's been avoidin' all of us lately. He seems okay now, though. I told him to take it easy and not worry too much about looking cool or whatever."

It was of course just normal friendly concern, nothing to see here moving along.

"I had faith that Snake would bounce back sooner or later. He's a strong man, in more ways than one. I'm glad to hear that I was right." Of course he was, he was right about everything. Well, except about Hershel being a horrible betraying monster but we don't talk about that anymore.

"Oh, also, did you get the story behind the double betray from his team?"

"Partially," said Heiji, "But first I gotta talk to Kuzuryuu and get his side. Wonder if he slipped off somewhere... unless you got it first?"

After all, Clive was a reporter; he was probably used to chasing scoops, stop the presses, etc.

He shook his head. "The only other person I've talked to so far is Hershel. Besides, even if I did try to talk to Kuzuryuu, he'd probably tell me off if I even so much as said 'hello' to him." They. Didn't. Really get along. If he weren't in a funk right now then he'd be totally okay with bothering the hell out of Kuzuryuu anyway, but...

Heiji put a finger to the side of his cheek, looking a little puzzled. "Really? I mean, he's a little rough around the edges, but he really ain't so bad. You guys have a fight or somethin'?"

Um. Sometimes extremely rough around the edges, depending on how angry he got, but he and Heiji seemed to get along.

Clive let out a long sigh.

"I suppose you could say that. After the sixth AB Round, Kuzuryuu was suffering from some pretty bad injuries from the gallery, and since I had just gotten a medical kit, I went up to him, introduced myself, and asked him if he'd like to borrow it so he could treat his wounds properly. He thought I must have wanted something from him, so he demanded me to tell him what I wanted. I insisted that I didn't want anything from him and there was no need to make such a fuss, and then he quite literally told me to 'fuck off.' So that's what I did." He also said some not very pleasant things in return, but that wasn't important.

"If he doesn't want my kindness, then that's perfectly fine with me. I'll save it for the people who actually deserve it." Kuzuryuu, meanwhile, deserved every single horrible thing that would ever happen to him.

"Oh yeah, I remember that," said Heiji. "Saw him cleaning up in the washroom. That wasn't the reason I wanted to talk to him, but I did offer to give him some bandages. And then he turned me down, too. But I ain't think it was anything personal. Just one of those people who don't think anything's free.

"I can understand why, though. He don't want to feel like he owes anyone, especially if he's going to be up against them." Heiji looked thoughtful. "Ain't the way I'd handle it, but he's actually a good guy to have on your team."

"Is that so? That's nice." Clive was clearly not at all interested in playing nice with Kuzuryuu. No matter what his reasons were, his attitude was completely unacceptable and Clive felt no obligation to suck up to him. He wasn't worth the effort. If Kuzuryuu wanted to make amends, he could say so himself.

"Anyway, what was Snake's side of the story?"

Clive, you were impossible. Heiji just... sighed, look at him he was turning into Hershel. This is what you have wrought, murdergame.

"He wasn't able to tell me all that much, just that he thought Enjolras and Kuzuryuu had some kind of beef with each other. In other words, Snake wasn't much of a factor at all. But goin' off what Hershel said about what went down in the rooms before, you can still put together a pretty solid hypothesis, right?"

He ticked off points on his fingers as he spoke. "Enjolras is pretty annoying, and Kuzuryuu's got a short temper. Enjolras was smashin' things up in at least one of the puzzle rooms from before, and Kuzuryuu likes to go through 'em carefully. Plus, he probably don't know either Enjolras or Snake all that well, and I don't think either of them pushed all that hard to get him to change his mind. So he announced beforehand that he was gonna pick Betray, and that's just what he did."

Clive can't be tamed, Heiji. The sooner you learn that, the more sane you'll be in the long run.

"Enjolras has a destructive streak, too? This is the first I've heard of it." He was so not amused at all by this revelation. "So I'm stuck with the French version of Jake and the boy who almost killed Snake next round. Lovely." If there were no murders in their room then it would truly be a miracle. Be prepared, Heiji, you may have to say goodbye to at least one of them.

He was like a wild stallion running free across the plains...

Heiji waved a hand. "No, not a destructive streak, exactly. Like the first time I talked to him, he was goin' on and on about how we were slaves and how we needed to join together in protest or somethin' like that. I think he's just one of those loudmouthed political weirdos. Hopefully he's learned his lesson, 'cause booby traps don't care if you yell slogans at 'em."

"Hmm..." That didn't sound much better, honestly. But... "I suppose I should try to talk to him before the next round starts. We've hardly said a word to each other the entire time he's been here. Perhaps it would ease tensions a bit." Or make them worse, but hey, it was still worth a shot, right? Maybe Enjolras was also uneasy about voting against a guy he'd seen around a lot but never had a real conversation with.

Heiji nodded. "I mean, I guess the upside is he really hates Zero. But he's pretty sickly, so I haven't gotten to know him all that well."

Then he held up his hands. "In terms of voting, though, I bet those two'd be better to be up against than Zelos and Jake." That was Heiji's reality next round...

Wow, man, and Clive thought his luck was bad... At least if it was him against Zelos and Jake, the vote would be a no brainer for all of them. But how they would vote against Heiji? Even Clive couldn't predict that. "That is quite the dilemma... Do you know yet how you're going to go about it?"

Heiji smiled brightly. "I sure do! I'm gonna leave it in their hands."

Wow, that's it? No drugging anyone???? Clive is so disappointed in you, Heiji.

He couldn't help but chuckle at such a simple, confident answer. "I see. Make sure those two don't kill each other in there, will you?" Because he was the only one who was allowed to kill either of them-- I mean what.

Sort of? Kinda. Trust him, Clive, either this round was going to be boring or hilarious.

"Er... no promises. I ain't Hershel, and mediatin' isn't really my strong point..." If Jake ended up wearing Zelos's hair, well... so be it.

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