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vivarium2014-09-14 10:57 pm
vivariummods) wrote in vivarium2014-09-14 10:57 pm
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ambidex voting #6
 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. Then you'll also get those lovely-dovely butterfly feelings of friendship, blah blah. Well, that's it! 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, so that's something. Now, here's the fun part: for anyone who chooses Betray and their opponent chooses Ally, Calhoun will be very generous with his prizes. You'll get two cans of food and a medical kit! He knows that some of you here really needs one, with how awful you are at puzzles or just plain dumb, so he'll give one med kit full of things that you need! If you're a SOLO, you get one for yourself. If you're a PAIR, well, you'll have to share one, but at least this is better than nothing. 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. |
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"But she got herself into this fix by agreein' to do that stunt with Snake, and I think it's pretty clear she wants to find the hardest way out of it -- by herself. She ain't want to talk about how she was doing, or what happened, or anything. Barely got three words out of her when I asked how everyone wanted to handle voting, and she played that off ice-cool."
"I ain't saying she's a bad person. But I think I been pretty open about being willing to help people and talk things out. She just ain't interested."
He shook his head. "I know Piper and Kuzuryuu a little bit. Think I should go talk to 'em beforehand, try to avoid more of this mess."
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"I've been in a room with both of them, they're both good at the puzzles." Hershel answered, happy to talk about something else frankly. He wasn't even sure what to say otherwise. "Kuzuryuu is a bit distrusting, but I think if he says he'll ally he will. He definitely seems the type to keep his word. Actually, I'm fairly surprised he agreed to ally with me at all." Given what a disaster there room was.
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"Yeah? That's good to hear. I kinda get the same feelin' about Kuzuryuu. Piper ain't deserve what happened, either, so I don't know what happened there. Anyway..." He rubbed the back of his head, looking a little unhappy.
"Say, whattaya think happens when someone reaches 63 BP? I don't mean what they say's gonna happen. I mean what's really gonna happen."
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"You should definitely try talking to them both- um, I can try to put in a good word for you with Kuzuryuu, though... I'm not really sure he even listens to me sometimes." He'd try at least? "Just... be very careful, he was stabbed twice this room and I'm worried he'll overexert himself." He paused. "Don't tell him I said that."
That question made him pause a moment. "I don't think Zero will let us go. I think it's better to assume that we need to find another way out than assume we can escape with 63 BP. If anything I... I'm concerned that going through that door will just be Zero killing the person and whoever was on the inside would never know."
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Heiji was quiet for a while, then slowly nodded. "Yeah. You know what, I think you're right. Been kinda toying with the idea for a while, but he's already a kidnapper, a blackmailer, and a murderer. There's no reason to trust his words. There's a possibility he could just be plannin' to wipe our memories once we're outta here and then dump us somewhere to make sure we don't give him up... but I don't think that's too likely, either."
"Even without our memories, physical evidence about where we were found or what was on us could clue the authorities in to where we came from. And anyway, we could be stepping out in the middle of the desert, even if he does let us go."
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And yeah, he rubbed his arm with a soft sigh. "It doesn't make sense to let us go, with memories or without. It's risky, even if we didn't remember anything we're still evidence out in the world. I can't... I can't imagine Zero would be foolish enough to take such a pointless risk."
He glanced back to Heiji, frowning. "That means we really must find our own way out. It might even be better to not reach 63 BP, for all we know it's a death sentence."
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"So I think what we really gotta start doing is investigating the warehouse, right? Or wherever we got access to right now. Trying to think of a way out, at least. Even being able to locate some place where they can't see us would be a good start."
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"That may be possible, though there are so many variables... You realize we'd need to test the blind spots if we figured them out, do something that would garner their attention to see just how blind they are. It could be dangerous."
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"Well, maybe there's no point in worrying about that. Sure didn't stop whoever hurt Akiko. Anyway, I figure I'd be pretty good at finding cameras, but... what could we do to test their attention? I ain't real keen on getting electrocuted, and too many tests would probably make them suspicious."
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And that was the hard question. Hershel frowned and put a hand to his chin as he thought it over. "It'd have to be something they'd without a doubt make comment on if they saw it- Calhoun, more so. The best I can think of would be something that bends an unspoken rule without breaking any of the rules, such as Snake when he stole food for Clive."
He dropped his arm as he continued, brow furrowed. "Honestly I'm not so sure what that could be. This is also only assuming they can't hear what we're saying now. If they can then it's likely they'll ignore it just so we think we have some sort of advantage."
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"Plus, we wouldn't be able to make it obvious that that's what we were looking for. I mean, if they notice us goin' around staring at all the cameras, that's gonna be a problem, too."
Lollerskates, being constantly monitored was so much fun.
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He sighed, smiling because yeah this was ridiculous. "Honestly no matter what we do it's going to be a risk, what a mess of 'they'll let us think this while we let them think that.'" Life was seriously a spy movie. Or Death Note.
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And let's face it who better to come up with a code than these nerds.
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"That's brilliant, Heiji. We'll have to make sure it's not too obviously a code, or else Calhoun and Zero will certainly try to crack it and keep a closer eye out. We'll have to keep it hidden in the mundane."
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That's right, Heiji wanted to develop this code without ever discussing it in words, because of course someone might be listening. Pointlessly hard challenge? MAYBE. But just the effort that went into thinking one up was almost as rewarding as the end project itself. And could it not be said that codes were basically puzzles?
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"That sounds like quite the challenge." A puzzle, if you will. "But I think I can manage if you can." Strangely a little competitive again?? You bring out the worst or possible best in him, depending on who you ask.