GAME 22 - COPRSE

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HOSTAGE

[virgitarian]

[One corner of this small cave room is separated by stalagmite bars. Your hostage is dropped into this corner by Dragon. If they have powers, they are depowered.]

((Hostages comment here so I know who you are! The hostage risks death and dismemberment. They can still speak to their team, but Dragon will act as though they are not there.))

Re: HOSTAGE

[everythingknife]

[ LIZZIE: THE HOSTAGE TAKE II ]

PICK A NUMBER

[virgitarian]

I'm thinking of a number between one and a hundred. ONE of you, try and guess it.

Re: PICK A NUMBER

[adisaster]

[ .... ]

One hundred.

Re: PICK A NUMBER

[virgitarian]

The other team was closer. You'll have to wait for their message.

HOW TO PLAY

[virgitarian]

Today we'll be playing a simple game - one of the most simple games of all, known as the Prisoner's Dilemma, albeit slightly modified. Here's how to play:

Each team has one prisoner. I shall not acknowledge the prisoner during play.

Each team has been also matched against another. You'll be allowed to exchange a short correspondence with your opposing team. The team whose number is closer to the one I was thinking of goes first, then the other team, and then the first team again. At that point, both teams will decide whether to trust or betray one another.

Should both teams trust one another, their prisoners will each receive a burn.
Should both teams betray one another, their prisoners will each lose a limb.
A team that trusts a betrayer will lose its prisoner entirely.
But a team that betrays the trusting will not receive any punishment.

A MESSAGE

[virgitarian]

"Let's work together."

Re: A MESSAGE

[clocked_out]

That's IT????

Re: A MESSAGE

[adisaster]

It is not very much to go off of.

Re: A MESSAGE

[clocked_out]

That's shady as hell.

They're going to betray us.

Re: A MESSAGE

[everythingknife]

It's not a lot at all. I want to work together too, but we need to ask who they are, right? Or who their hostage is! I can get hurt a little, but if they have someone really frail, we need to know!

Re: A MESSAGE

[clocked_out]

Wow, ok, I don't care if they are made entirely of flammable gasoline. We're not losing on purpose.

Re: A MESSAGE

[adisaster]

[ ... un ... sure ]

What fools.

YOUR REPLY

[virgitarian]

You may pass a reply of up to six words to the other team.

Re: YOUR REPLY

[adisaster]

"We trust you."

FINAL MESSAGE

[virgitarian]

"We trust you too."

Re: FINAL MESSAGE

[adisaster]

Now... We are betraying them.

Re: FINAL MESSAGE

[clocked_out]

We're so

fucked.

Hope somebody brought the lube.

DECISION

[virgitarian]

Trust or betray?

Re: DECISION

[adisaster]

Betray.

OUTCOME

[virgitarian]

[The bars disappear into the ground. Your hostage is free.]

If you ask me politely, I'll let you know which team you just betrayed.

Re: OUTCOME

[everythingknife]

[ as soon as the bars are down, she's out of the cage and turning right back around to ask the Dragon ]

Please tell us!

Re: OUTCOME

[virgitarian]

It was Shell.

Re: OUTCOME

[clocked_out]

[twisting his cape in his hands almost violently]

... Dammit.

Re: OUTCOME

[everythingknife]

Shell . . . Will you come with me after? Even if they won't let us explain, I want to do what I can for them.