SECOND MAIN GAME

[bymajority]

TRIAL 2

Saturday comes again, and the familiar intercom tone goes off, with the voice of the Administrator not far behind.

"Attention, guests! The Main Game is about to begin. Please make your way to the elevators at this time. As a reminder, attendance is mandatory, and anyone who refuses or runs late will be terminated."

By now, you know the process, as you find yourself pressing on the ⧖ button to take you to the trial room. The massive hole in the far wall from Aaron and Mugen's encounter with the Process just last week is gone, and instead of a sunset, the walls are projecting a quiet beach vibe, with a rising sun in the far distance. Along the perimeter of the room, about a dozen of the tripod Process robots linger, looking like they're watching things go on then really anything else.

Otherwise, everything seems to be mostly the same. The couches and chairs are the same, and the hourglass podiums are there, with the requisite spare tablets lay on them if needed. Aside from the background, one could imagine that things are exactly the same as you all left them, for the most part.

That is, if it wasn't for the person already standing in the room with their back to you when you all arrive, twirling the open red and white pinwheel parasol in their hands. As enough people filter in, a woman turns and faces the group with a smile.

"Nice to finally see you all," she beams, her voice immediately recognizable as that of the Administrator's. She moves over to one of the chairs and sits. "Shall we get started, then?"

Regardless of your next move, the sands of the hourglass start to fall, and the final Main Game begins. What comes next...?

[ DISCUSSION START ]

[ Welcome to the final Main Game! The first vote will end at 4 p.m. EST, and the second vote will end at 7 p.m. EST, with some wrapup things to follow afterwards. Changing votes is allowed – please make sure to vote in both rounds!

Due to OOC circumstances, the 7 people with the highest vote totals will move on to the second vote. Voting for Mugen, Aaron, and Vi will not be an option. ]

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[namelessfighter]

There is no need to. And it's hardly been a matter of wanting to trick the majority.

[ gestures above at credo :pensive: ]

[reliedon]

You're saying that in this situation? I don't believe you're speaking from the kindness of your heart. This looks like a ploy to remove people you don't like from the discussion using backstreet deals.

[flagrated]

Izuminokami isn't like that.

You claiming the role was likely interpreted as an attempt to cause chaos.

[reliedon]

And I interpret that as an attempt to cause chaos in this group. Yagen, I may owe you one, but that doesn't mean I won't accept your friend here is trying to hoard information for his own survival.

[flagrated]

He's not trying to hoard information for his own survival. Whatever the case, you were lying and that seems like a poor choice considering what happened last week.

[frontality]

Does it? It seems to be that both this lie and Mr. Drebber's lie last week were what startled previously silent people into action.

[aiblinger]

Gonna have to agree with Ironface here. Even I can admit the claim last week served a purpose, even if I vehemently disagreed with the claim.

[flagrated]

Of course you agree, because you were one of those involved in the lie.

[namelessfighter]

[ nods at yagen's comment. ]

And it did not actually solve anything.

[frontality]

It did erase our inertia. Just like this time, it revealed something about the knowledge imbalance in the group.

But before we go at each other's throats about it further... let's have someone most of us find trustworthy clear it up.

Pippin, if you please.

[ He'll give Pippin a little bow as if to leave him the stage, even. ]

[namelessfighter]

[ izuminokami simply smiles at this and steps back. ]

[butwhataboutsecond]

Oh, I can just say it now? Phew.

[Pippin steps forward, standing on a couch to make the fact that he's talking a little more obvious.]

Gentlemen and...not-gentlemen! I've discovered who the true Keymaster is!

It's me! I'd just show you guys, but I ain't allowed to do that, really. So that's settled.

[frontality]

[ A pleased nod. ]

Did you tell anybody about this during the week?

[flagrated]

Yes, it does.

The lie the two made last week just threw matters into confusion until the very end.

[aiblinger]

Nah, most of you didn't give a shit about the last claim. I was the only one who protested. Most of you all decided to avoid voting for us both and that was that.

[flagrated]

Whatever the case, what is done is done.

[namelessfighter]

[ oh he laughs outright at this. ]

You really are making a lot of assumptions, aren't you? And here we've hardly even spoken.

I have no plans of being broken here. There is a master for me to return to. But there is a reason I was among the final vote last week. You see, I will never risk the survival of the majority for my own sake - that is what it means to be part of a team.

[reliedon]

[ raising an eyebrow ]

That's last week, this is this week. Nothing ever starts off the same every time, and if this is how you act when people claim, I don't see how you and your "group" are doing anything but trying to pick off others to save yourselves. You can talk until you're blue in the face, but the fact that you considered it was a good idea to form an exclusive group to share important information? It means you're actively trying to cause a rift.

I nearly died trying to bring back what I saw in that place, and Lavi and I can vouch for each other that we shared the information with all of you. That's far different from what you're doing here.

[namelessfighter]

Your reasoning is flawed, and we are getting nowhere. The truth of the matter is that you are not the Keymaster, and what you think of me or my intentions do not matter. Vote how you will, be it for me or not.

[namelessfighter]

[ raises eyebrows. ]

I hardly have much reason to dislike anyone here, and it is odd that you jump straight to a conclusion like that. Sharing information doesn't have to be for something like that when we can work together to find the answers.

[reliedon]

What answers? There's no single correct answer to the Main Game. Unless you want to share what makes you think that?

[suppressings]

I would have thought, in this case, that sharing the information earlier would have been a show of good faith for working together.

Especially if it was you "and a few others" who could have made this claim.

[namelessfighter]

I have not spoken in order to give them time to make the claim themselves.

[ shrugs. ]

But the vote will go as it will. As long as the true Keymaster is not among the final vote, I will be satisfied.

[suppressings]

[ there's a raised brow at that, but gino's tone is still fairly even and non accusatory for now because, eh, fair, if the true Keymaster is not among the final vote he'll be satisfied too, but: ]

How much time would have passed before you would have spoken up? The longer it waits the more chaos it causes.

[ exhibit a: last week ]

[namelessfighter]

Ideally before we begin to discuss the initial vote, to ensure that they are not among that number.