ambidex voting #13

[vivariummods]

A M B I D E X  V O T I N G Another round, maybe this one will end better? Less blood and gore even? No? Well, here are the conditions regardless.: For anyone who chooses Ally, well, if your opponent chooses Ally as well, then 2BP for each of you and blah blah blah, predictable. Bore him to tears why don't you. For anyone who chooses Betray, and gets a Betray in return, everyone's BP stays the same and one of you gets fifty coins! That'd be fun, right? A cheeky little gamble. The rest get a pat on the back and that warm feeling of a vote well voted. Last but certainly not least: for anyone who chooses Betray and their opponent chooses Ally, same deal as last time, two whole memories! Eh, eh? Come on, that's a pretty good deal, right? Take the offer! And the ally person well, they get the usual. So, happy voting! Calhoun will see all of you later with the results. BASIC INFO ✖ VOTES + FORMS ✖ RESULTS + REACTIONS

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[skyentificmethod]

[this is the pause where snackoos would be munched and possibly thrown, if they weren't with wherever her coat and other stuff had ended up. Possibly this is for the best. Instead she just thinks about it, look at this heroic effort]

Right. As I understand it, Hershel here made a transaction with you recently. We're here to work out some refinancing.

[formicarium]

[ He's probably disappointed. Where did the fire in our relationship go, Ema? ]

What, the medkit for Half Dead Test Subject? I was going to give him a kit for amputation but who knows what you despicable subjects would do with that.

So, what, you want more bang for your buck? Reeeally missing that bonesaw?

[puzzlinglad]

No, no, that's quite alright. [making a face, how helpful.] Ema wants to retroactively offer BP- only two.

[skyentificmethod]

[the fire in the relationship is wherever her matches are]

Or however many. You can make that happen, right?

[she offers a smile even. Grimace. W/e, don't get picky]

[formicarium]

I could make it happen, but I won't! What do you think, BP grows on trees? The world would be anarchy without rules, the survival of the fittest, blah blah blah.

[ He waves his paw, surely shooing Ema will bring that fire back, matches and all. ] If that's all then shoo, no window shopping over here, some of us have a business to run.

[puzzlinglad]

[have a sort of 'i told you so' face though he's not expecting ema to not try to pick a fight with calhoun anyway. since that always goes well he's just going to hastily try to cut that off. probably poorly.]

Oh well? Let's... go to the garden. Lovely this time of year. [nailed it]

[skyentificmethod]

[talking over him, resisting shooing :<]

Taking points away from people is kinda your bag, isn't it? I thought you'd be more than happy to do so. Or are you just that powerless after all?

[formicarium]

[ He stomps his stupid mouse foot. ] Hey hey hey! Taking points away is fine, but you want to go and try to play hero to him trying to play hero and that's a lot of annoying heroing to me! I have a tight ship to run here, I don't have time for you test subjects throwing points around!

So unless you make it worth my while I'm not gonna go swapping points around willy-nilly. Giving anyone BP is worth a lot more than a bag of snacks, ya know?

[puzzlinglad]

[no one's going to listen to him, are they. just this face before he tries to shoot ema a 'please let's just leave it before he asks you to stab someone or something.']

[skyentificmethod]

Who said anything about altruism? This is about clearing the books. He lent me points before and now he's calling them in. It's ruthless and manipulative, that's what it is. I guess that's what the kids are calling 'friendship' nowadays.

[incidentally during this rant she doesn't look towards Hershel at all]

[formicarium]

So he's twisting your leg like some sorta BP loanshark, eh?

[ He looks to Hershel, surely he's buying this ruse. ] That true, Boring Test Subject?

[puzzlinglad]

[and he just glances between them, wondering if he should even go forward with this. did he even want ema to give him BP??? no, not really, but fine, he's try he GUESSES.

aka he sort of stands straighter] Yes. Absolutely.

[formicarium]

[ Annnnnd Calhoun will just stare between them before tsking. ] Nice try, Science Test Subject-- and by 'nice try' I mean 'why did you think what was going to work exactly,' but let's not argue semantics.

No deal, no BP swapping on my watch, cheating test subjects! Now quit crowding the stand before I decide to test how well your bracelets are working. Routine maintenance, you know, and it has been a while, hasn't it?

[skyentificmethod]

Now listen here, you hideous little weasel--

[but honestly she doesn't really have anything more than that; her hands don't make it much further than digging into her own palms as she tries to decide if it's really not worth it to do exactly what calhoun expects her to and lunge for that spindly little ratty neck...to no avail...but still, to try...]

[puzzlinglad]

[yeah hershel is immediately going to stand in front of her just incase she really did want to make that magical dream of what, the fourth drugging? a reality.]

Come on, Ema, he's not worth it. Let's go, I can fill you in more on what you missed. [which honestly isn't much but hey he'll try anything at this point.]

[formicarium]

[ Meanwhile Calhoun's just going to make kissy noises at them until they leave or try to beat the shit out of him because you know, why not. Mwuah mwuah mwuah. ]

[skyentificmethod]

[surely there's been more than four! and if she were alone there'd definitely be another attempt, but in this case she'll have to settle for failure of the conscious variety. she may be the worst friend but she's not that worst of a friend. while her jaw is clenched too tightly to give hershel more than a grunt of grudging assent, she does turn and head towards wherever cooler heads can prevail, the garden, sure, cool. will there ever be a day when calhoun doesn't rile her to level infinity? all signs point to no...]

[puzzlinglad]

[honestly hershel is just stunned and happy she had that much self control, he was really expecting to have to drag her away to the couch again. as he walks up beside her he looks kind of proud- you did it, ema. you're the adult here.

and when they reach the garden he kind of has to sit down because yeah, no food for a while, pretty good. just making it as casual as possible of a bench sit down, excellent.]

You know the grey room is probably going to be tough for you, Calhoun really enjoys getting under your skin- and Jake's too. [now he's worried again, well. it can't go worse than last time, probably.]

[skyentificmethod]

[being the adult really isn't satisfying at all, though :<

she plops down next to him sulking well, basically sulking. but once she's done with that she'll go back to worried/irritated fiddling with her hair.]

Like I care what that thing thinks. I-- [she stops, starts over] And Jake told me he'd keep his jacket intact for at least a week, so he'd better be good. [there, that was something relatively safe to think about]

[puzzlinglad]

[the curse of being an adult, i'm afraid. avoid random druggings as much as possible.

and he shakes his head, shockingly no property damage to the jacket.] It's alright, as far as I've seen. He- well, alright, Alfendi may have bled on it a bit, I'm not sure if that's the one he had on in that room. Did you get that for him?

[skyentificmethod]

[does it count as a random drugging when you pretty much know it's going to happen and egg it on nevertheless?]

I guess so. Better than having him walk around in ripped up rags like it was the late 20th century or something. Some trends just never need to come back into style.

[puzzlinglad]

[alright maybe random is a strong word, how about bimonthly druggings then]

But his dramatic, sweeping coats are fashionable? [rude to poor jake] Oh, speaking of christmas gifts, I wanted to use one of the cards you gave me. Since you have that organ now I was wondering if maybe you could give me lessons? I can't promise I'd be any good but it'd be better than sitting around between puzzle rooms- if it's not asking too much, I mean. [just stumbles a bit on the end there, whoops maybe this was too big of a favor, what a stupid thing to worry about suddenly]

[skyentificmethod]

[yes, better to think of it as a scheduled event]

He's too old to know fashion if it smacked him in the leathery face. [honestly is there any other way to be to jake?

And she smiles, shaking her head] Of course it's fine, if you really want to learn. I don't know how good of a teacher I am, and I'll have to rustle up some sheet music, so fair warning. What made you want to do it?

[puzzlinglad]

[i'm sure it's very good for your health]

Well, I suppose keeping up with the times is difficult. [no, there's really not apparently.]

It's interesting, I suppose. I doubt I've ever considered learning something like the organ, I really wonder what made you decide to start. [he smiled, amused.] Besides, it'd be something to say I came out of this nonsense learning how to play an instrument, of all things.

[skyentificmethod]

[it's surprisingly restful]

When I was growing up, my sister had an organ in her office. It wasn't hers, but the police chief's. I always wanted to play it so badly. I don't know if that's the reason I started taking lessons, but definitely was a reason I kept doing it. And I guess if you're after that accomplishment, I'll have to do a decent job. Though if it doesn't work out, you could always go for Snake's keytar or whatever.