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ambidex voting #3

A M B I D E X V O T I N G

After escaping your rooms, talking with others, swiping your Ambidex Room cards, and entering, Calhoun appears on the screen to very briefly explain how the AB Voting works (45 minutes to either choose to Ally or Betray, you gain/lose points depending on what your opponent chooses), but to also introduce this round's prizes.

That's right, this round has a whole new set of prizes! They're a bit different from the last round, so listen carefully!

For anyone who chooses Betray, they will be getting a standard first aid kit and a can of food. Calhoun noticed that some of you managed to hurt themselves in the puzzle rooms, so he highly encourages you to take advantage of this one-time opportunity for free medical supplies!

For anyone who chooses Betray and their opponent chooses Ally, you will get a memory regain instead of a can of food! After all, you'll have access to the cafeteria so it won't really be necessary. ~~Unless your name is Clive Dove.~~

For anyone who chooses Ally, well, if your opponent chooses Ally as well, not only will all of your BP increase, you'll even get a gold star of friendship! Doesn't that sound wonderful?

If you're the poor sap that chose Ally and got stabbed in the back, well, sorry, you only lose BP, but maybe Calhoun will have something for you. He likes all of his test subjects, so he won't forget anyone here.

But anyway, happy voting! Calhoun will see all of you later with the results.

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"Every possible result?" This phrase seemed to bother Heiji, who began to half-mutter to himself. "But that doesn't make any sense. Even if you've got a hundred choices, you're only going to see one result. That's why people have computer models to predict future events. Are each of us supposed to be separate players in the scenario? But that would mean at some point they'd shift phases and try to encourage us to work together, wouldn't it?"

He looked at Hershel. "Hey... you ain't gonna say anything nuts like 'maybe this is all a simulation', right?"

"Maybe?" Hershel shrugged with his good arm. "Maybe I worded it wrong... I guess what he was saying is he wanted to see a lot of different reactions? I don't know, honestly most of this is beyond me and Calhoun is vague at the best of times." He sighed. "The one thing I did take from it is he isn't afraid to intervene if he feels like the results aren't to his liking."

Hershel couldn't help a smile at that. "I was thinking more 'it's all a dream?' Maybe we are all hooked up to some other pods and playing a very strange game?" He shook his head, growing serious again. "Honestly I don't know what to think. The only thing I'm fairly sure of is that this really is an experiment of some sort, whether or not Zero is a proper scientist or simply a madman is another matter."

For once, Heiji fell quiet for a fair while. "I got a bad feeling about this," he said finally, then pointed a fork at Hershel.

"Maybe it's just nothin'... but we've already had three rounds of people mostly cooperating. Hershel, be real careful, okay? Don't wander off into some dark corner by yourself. Make sure people know where you are."

Hershel looked a little surprised at Heiji's sudden silence then his comment. It took him a second to understand what Heiji was implying, and his expression clouded a little. "Do you really think..."

He shook his head. "You're probably right, we all have to be very careful no matter what." Says the guy who trusts several people he probably shouldn't. At least he was aware it was probably a bad idea to be that way, even if it didn't stop him from doing so. "You should be too, Heiji. Your leg, afterall."

"I ain't saying anything for sure," said Heiji. "Just... watch out for yourself. We already know these guys are kidnappers, and they've been dangling the threat of death over us, too. We don't know how far they're willing to go to see whatever outcome it is they want."

He laughed and tried patting his injury to show that it wasn't so bad -- only that actually sort of hurt, so he ended up wincing instead. "Ow ow... point taken."

"You're right... And now that Calhoun said something about just replacing people it makes whatever investment they had in us even smaller." Hershel said nothing for a long moment after that, thinking things over before looking back up at Heiji and offering a smile. "We'll have to work extra hard to make sure we can go see London and Osaka, I guess."

Have a raised brow, dude, before he sighed softly. "How is it, your wound I mean? I hope you haven't gotten into any trouble- Light seemed um... upset when I spoke to him."

"That's the spirit!" said Heiji. Although now he was wondering if they had another test site. Maybe people in a different set of rooms, running puzzles of their own... which all sounded ridiculously sci-fi to him.

"I'm doing okay, but I hope Light didn't blow up at you or anything. I mean, it wasn't your fault. Then again, I guess I did kinda get in his face about getting burned." Whoops.

"Oh no, he wasn't pleased but I think he was just frustrated that we all got hurt when they had the same problem. Ema got a cut from the knife in her room, she really wasn't happy about it either." Hershel explained.

And he can't help but smile. "Well, you're friends in a way, right? That's what friends do, get in each other's faces about things like this."

"Yeah? Glad to hear it. Well, that he didn't get too steamed at you -- didn't know Ema got cut." Apparently not very badly, since she hadn't really been favoring anything while helping Heiji.

"Ha, and say 'I told ya so' when someone messes up, too! He got really mad, though. I mean, it coulda been worse. Sure, I gotta lay off it for a little while, but it's not like it nicked an artery or anything. I figure in a week or two, I'll be back on my feet." Heiji frowned a little. "Wonder if I should try sewin' it up?"

"She mentioned it last round but she was very obtuse about it." Hershel sighed. "In fact so was Light when I saw his hand was wrapped... I wish they wouldn't try to hide it, sometimes it helps to have someone take a look. Then again, I guess Ema and Light are more than capable of taking care of themselves, they'd probably be offended if someone tried to fret too much over them." He still wanted to though, it was in his blood.

"I can't blame him, we were stabbed. I keep thinking how lucky we were no one was hit in the neck or an artery..." He shook his head before frowning. "I don't know... don't you really need something more sturdy for stitching a wound than thread? I guess if it just won't close we may need to consider it, if not it's probably better not to. It'd hurt a lot too..." Yeesh, thinking of sewing skin up kind of freaked him out, Heiji you're such a weird adventure dude.

"Oh, that reminds me, I was going to sew up my shirt later, I could do the same for your pants while I'm at it." Guess who's pretty good at shit like this? This guy. His mom taught him well ok. "I'm not sure we're ever going to get the blood out, though."

"You know how to sew?" For whatever reason, this seemed to impress Heiji. "Hey, that's a pretty handy skill to have! I'll take ya up on that offer -- can't have 'em getting caught on something. Who knows when we're going to get a change of clothes?"

He snapped his fingers suddenly. "Oh yeah, sorry about your necktie. Didn't seem like there was a whole lot of time to ask about it. But hey, I bet you could sew that up, too!"

Not that it would ever be the same. RIP necktie :'(

"Oh, well- yes." Hershel looked a little surprised, he didn't think it was a very impressive a skill. Everyone knew how to sew right that's completely normal. "I'm glad Calhoun gave us the kit at least, otherwise I don't want to think about the state our clothes would all end up in." They'd just be hole filled messes at this rate.

He couldn't help some amusement at the fate of his poor, dead as dead can be neck tie. "Don't worry, I think my tie has run it's course. Honestly I assumed I'd be using it for something, though I never expected we'd end up pincushions, of all things. At least it came in handy, and I can keep the two pieces around just incase."

"Well, if ya say so, but let me still buy you a new one when we get out of here" said Heiji, poking at his food some more with his spoon. He frowned at it, then turned it around with a little flourish. "What do you think?"

It was a crude sculpture of a pony running free across the plains, as rendered in gruel. ...Or was it a giraffe?

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"You really don't need to, I appreciate the thought though." Hershel tried, he had the feeling if they did get out of here Heiji would still be doing this no matter what, he seemed like that kind of person. He might have commented on that but he needed a moment to be blown away by this incredible show of artistic merit that was a giraffe?? A horse?? Maybe a weird looking table with a head??

He's trying really hard not to laugh, alright. "It's um... It's a... horse?" Ok he can't help but laugh a little what a friend. "I'm really, truly alarmed that the food is so congealed that something that artistic is possible. Maybe I was wrong about you, maybe you're a starving art student who ran into trouble with a gun once or twice."

"Hey, it's clearly a zebra," Heiji protested. "See the stripes?"

And indeed, there were... er, bacon bits? Arranged rather haphazardly on the sculpture's body. They could be stripes. Maybe.

In any case, Heiji was just going to go along with the joke. "Yeah, I bet I got held up when they wanted to make off with my latest creation. But a true artist can't just give away inspiration. It's like their life!"

"Ah, I see, and that um... droopy bit is the head?" Calhoun should be proud of this feat of food engineering.

He paused a moment before looking down at his own meal. Playing with his food, how rude and ungentlemanly... still he uses his spoon to mash the meat around a bit. If you squint it may look a bit like a very sickly mouse they may or may not be acquainted with. He placed some crumbs around the eyes- a gas mask- before turning it back for Heiji.

"Not quite your caliber, but I think it looks a bit like the source material." Aka Calhoun's face looks like gross mystery cafeteria meat, screw you Calhoun.

Edited 2014-08-08 03:32 (UTC)

Heiji broke into laughter, pointing helpessly at the sculpture as he did so. "That's great! Looks just like 'im!"

In fact, it seemed he'd been bottling things up a little for the past few days; he laughed so hard that he had to clutch his side. "Ow," he said, dabbing at one eye, "I think I twisted my leg the wrong way a little. Worth it, though."

Heiji's laughter just made Hershel laugh too, stifling it somewhat as he put his hand up to his mouth. Boy, it was nice to relax a little.

"Playing with our food, this really is a new low. Absolutely worth it, though." He shook his head, still smiling as he pushes his masterpiece to the side. "No more food sculptures for now then, they're apparently dangerous to your well-being. I think you're really onto something here though, this is a lot more entertaining than most of the lounge."

"Well, I hate to admit it," said Heiji, "But worryin' about where your next meal is going to come from will get to anyone. Granted, it's not gourmet or anything, but let's work even harder from now on to get everyone out of here!"

Optimism, dammit!

"Absolutely, we've made a big step here." Optimism!! Hershel was feeling a bit more optimistic now, though he still wasn't too happy about the stabbing thing. Or the we'll just be replaced if we die thing. Or the Clive still didn't have food thing. Life's rough.

"What was the next thing we could earn with BP? I think it was medical supplies." Useful.

"Yeah, and after that, the dorms," said Heiji, though personally he was more interested in medical kits in case someone got hurt after that last stunt with the dolls. In fact, if given the chance, he would simply repeat a list of each of the rewards for Hershel. He'd memorized them all because he was a weirdo like that.

"Wonder how much we get charged for supplies, though. These guys don't really seem that generous."

Let no one say you aren't a useful human encyclopedia, Heiji. "I'm looking forward to the dorms, I must say, even if I doubt they'll be much better than the floor." They had to be warmer than the floor at least.

"I've been wondering that as well, at least the medical supplies we have to pay for in BP, yes? Hopefully we won't be having any more injuries." He glanced at his arm with a soft sigh. "And more so I hope you, Jake and I heal without too much trouble. Heiji, promise me if it starts getting bad you'll say something? Somehow I have the feeling you might just try and hide it..."

Busted. "W-well... it ain't like we'd be able to do anything about it even I did speak up. Best case scenario, they'd just end up replacin' me."

He hesitated for a moment. "But I guess it's not real sporting to leave everyone else in the dark, huh? I'll let you know if things start going south. You gotta do the same for me, though."

He knows your kind, Mr. Hattori. Have a somewhat earnest, if not dry, look. "What would you say to me or Light if we just said that to you? I can imagine it'd be something like 'no, we're all going to get out of this together so forget that kind of talk!'"

And he smiled sincerely as he shook his head. "Sounds like a deal. I know there's not much we could do if it got bad but... I don't know, maybe Calhoun would be willing to take an I.O.U. with BP and give us a first aid kit earlier." He frowned. "Now all I need to worry about is Jake not being too stubborn to say something... I hope he's as sturdy and resilient as he keeps acting like he is."

Heiji waved a hand. "Aww, he'll be fine. He might not have any hair, but he's got plenty of bulk to make up for it."

How did muscles make up for hair? Hmm.

"I bet he'd pull something nasty, like 'sure, I'll lend it to ya, but I'll charge you interest -- compounded daily'!" He sighed dramatically. "Wonder what this 'high-quality food' is all about. Considering what normal food turned out to be."

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