CALHOUN HOUR - WOULD YOU RATHER

[vivariummods]

The morning of Day 6 starts off with a loud siren. Said siren keeps on going for five long seconds before a terribly scratchy voice comes on. "Uuuuuup and at 'em, test subjects! No sleeping in today, so all of you come on down to the lobby, unless you want to hear some more of siren_001.mp3!" True to Calhoun's word, that terrible alarm will continue to go off until everyone gathers in the newly lit lobby. With all the florescent lights now on and working, it's clearer to see just how dull this warehouse is. Everything is a boring metallic colour, there are plates covering up any windows, and every door remains shut tight (other than the one leading to the Greenhouse). The elevators have gone back to being closed off from entry, and standing tall and right in front of them is Calhoun. Two suspiciously clothed tables stand on either side of him, with objects clearly under those sheets. "Sssssssssssssso! I think it's about time we tried something new around here. I'd like to introduce you to something call 'Calhoun Hour'! I've done a few of these before, so I know how to run a real fun one!" He snickers into his paws for a suspiciously long time, then looks back up. "Today's is called 'Would You Rather'. Yeah, yeah, I know, boring title, but I'm a mouse, not some poetic title maker. Anyway, it's pretty simple. We play a few rounds where I give you two choices and you tell me which one you'd rather do. Here's the catch though: I'm pairing you all up, asides from this one comatose test subject, and you're going to give me your decision together as a pair. So, I'll get three votes in total. I'll tally them up and see which is the most popular choice. The teams who didn't choose that choice will now be forced to do it!" He puts up a paw and waves his entire arm back and forth, as if cutting the air. He stops for a few seconds though, mid-wave, then resumes right away. "No ifs, no buts, no ums, you gotta do it! Think I won't keep you all here until you get it done? Because I will, but don't think about trying to cheat the game by all agreeing to the same thing so there are no losing parties. I better see a losing party, all right?" Calhoun then lowers his arm then walks over to a table put his paws underneath the cloth (tippy-toeing to reach...) and pulls out a few sheets of paper. He walks around to hand them out, sometimes missing and just tossing the sheets into midair, but paying it no mind. "This will tell you who you're paired up with and your first round, so get to it! You got ten minutes to decide!"

Comments

ROUND TWO

[vivariummods]

WOULD YOU RATHER DOUSE YOURSELF IN A BUCKET OF SEWAGE OR SPIDERS?

DISCUSSION

[vivariummods]

[Calhoun has helpfully provided sample buckets of grody sewage and writhing creepy-crawlies for players' reference. What a helpful guy.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[babel_hacker]

You want us to choose between what?

[Ew. In hindsight, the first round isn't that bad.]

[elliexir]

All right, I take it back, I'llchoose kissing and punching over sewage or spiders any day.

[babel_hacker]

Ugh, I agree.

[Again, gross. But after that sparkling demonstration, he knows they have to choose.]

I don't really want to choose between them. [If he have to pick one, then maybe... spiders? So they can dump sewage over each other if they lose?]

[elliexir]

Do you want to pick the opposite of what we want to do, then? Though that kind of backfired last time...

[ Kind of. They wanted to punch but their vote only result in everyone being forced to punch each other and who knows if the others actually really wanted to kiss over punching. ]

[babel_hacker]

It did. We can avoid another one if we know what the others pick.

Which means discussing with them.

...Which one do you want to vote for, first?

[elliexir]

Someone's still going to lose, though...

[ Which is what she doesn't like about the whole thing. She doesn't like the idea of voting and someone always losing... ]

But I guess... sewage? Since spiders don't sound as bad as ruining your only pair of clothes.

[fushuuu]

[as if hitting girls hadn't been bad enough]

Unsanitary...

[toybombs]

[Welp, she's just crying at this point.]

N-no... Why are they both so a-awful?

I hate this!

[fushuuu]

[ughhh waterworks what do. frowning and crossing his arms]

It's pretty awful. But crying won't make it any better.

[there you go, A+ comfort right there, failing at humanity here]

[toybombs]

[Kaidou, you're the worst.]

I don't want either! S-spiders... or sewage...

[Sniffle, sob.]

B-both are gross...!

[fushuuu]

[sadly he put all his skill points into tennis and none of them into dealing with girls or actually any humans]

I know. They're filthy. We don't even have proper soap or bathing facilities...

[he looks pretty grossed out by this to be honest]

The bugs are less likely to inflict disease.

[toybombs]

B-but then they'll crawl all over us...!

[Ew ew ew ew EW EW EW.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[1st_response_is_anger]

*Yep, this got a lot worse in a hurry.* Neither!

[formicarium]

Booooooooooooring!!

[ Did you want a mouse shouting at you? Sure you do. Here's that mouse shouting at you. ]

What kind of show would that be, test subject, if you just sit around doing nothing?

[1st_response_is_anger]

It'd be a great one for me, Mr. Mouse. *But holy balls, really? Really? This is what they were going for?*

[formicarium]

Wellllll, it's up to you, then. If you don't want to do anything, I can just give you a nice electrocution. I mean, that'd still be a sight to see.

[ He acts like this "electrocution" business is casual stuff. ]

[elliexir]

These choices are getting grosser and grosser.

[ Not that kissing was super disgusting, but she bet it was for Maria since she got stuck with Hisoka and just thinking of having to kiss that guy........ UGH ]

VOTES

[vivariummods]

Please submit your vote by June 20, 11:59PM EST.

Re: VOTES

[1st_response_is_anger]

CHARACTERS: Maria (1st_response_is_anger) & Hisoka (hisokathemagician)
VOTE: Bucket of spiders

[elliexir]

CHARACTERS: Atsuro Kihara (babel_hacker) & Ellie (elliexir)
VOTE: Sewage.... pick the opposite of what you want...

Re: VOTES

[fushuuu]

Kaidou and Rio
vote: sewage

RESULTS & REACTIONS

[vivariummods]

Calhoun gets a glint in his gas mask-covered eye, rubbing his paws together with relish. "That's more like it! Team Old Lady and Creeper, here's two steaming fresh sewage buckets just for you!"

He toddles over to the pair, holding out a bucket with great gravitas only to find that of the pair, only said "old" lady was standing in front of him. The "creeper" in question was prone on the ground, lying face down in a heap.

"What. What do you think you're doing, test subject?" Calhoun prods at Hisoka's shoulder with one toe, then again, harder, when he gets no response. Abruptly he takes a hop back, then throws the contents of the bucket onto the clown. Hisoka doesn't even twitch.

"Talk about crummy timing..."

Calhoun goes into another thinking cycle, tail switching back and forth. "Don't think you're off the hook, Old Lady Subject! Take care of your punishment while..." He trails off, apparently still waiting for Maria.

[1st_response_is_anger]

*Crap, did she punch Hisoka so hard that he blacked out? No way, she's not a boxer. At any rate, it didn't look like she'd be able to weasel her way out of this punishment...not completely. She'd hidden her picture and the scalpel in the greenhouse so she didn't have anything else in her pockets. She threw her jacket over her head, squeezed her eyes shut, grit her teeth and dumped the horrendous contents of the bucket over her head.*