Amalthea

[soulping]

[The room you’ve been ushered into looks a lot like a team-colored version Rotten’s own. There’s all sorts of manga available to read in a bookshelf, on the wall, and even a low table to sit at if you want to. ...Unfortunately, it’s still all covered by a tarp, just the same as the original room. Whoops. On the bright side, there’s a laptop sitting on the table, but it only seems to be loading one page, some kind of BBS messaging system.]

Comments

[codecmoment]

[ Looks like he's going to throw up. ]

You're going... to pose people... with guts...?

[fangirlitis]

[VP-tan responds.]

Yes... Madam President thought there was a market for it, so she needed some references.

I'm very sorry!

[codecmoment]

A market for psychopaths like she is.

[morbirdinterest]

So it would seem. Let us focus on how to avoid that fate ourselves.

Blaze is with us. The presence of a human child may work in our favor.

[codecmoment]

The fact the people present are a child and a bird should indicate involving the team in disturbing pornography is a big fat NO.

[morbirdinterest]

...Yes. Precisely.

If we can disqualify you as well, that will only help our case.

[a beat]

[another beat]

Beyond not wishing to see another living being mutilated for pornographic purposes, of course.

[codecmoment]

Keep your weird medical curiosity out of this.

[morbirdinterest]

[emotionlessly]

I assure you, I have no prurient interest in seeing corpses of any kind.

[codecmoment]

Sure.

Who are we protecting? My choice of who to protect is obvious, no matter how selfish it makes me look.

[morbirdinterest]

[taking a moment to think before replying]

...Protecting Barghest could be an excellent means of ingratiating ourselves with them. However, protecting whichever team you wish to see protected should do no harm to Amalthea's image... Though objectively speaking, the best outcome is one where all teams are protected at least once, so none are left...unprotected.

However, more to the point, we must focus on the message we are sending out to the rest of the teams first. Persuading at least one other team to protect us is paramount as well.

[codecmoment]

I think saying we have a bird and a child should definitely make one of the teams consider us. Also, Belt isn't here, and everyone seems to have a vendetta against her, so...

[morbirdinterest]

Amalthea has benefited from Belt's playing style more than once. Regardless, the game at hand is what is most important.

...It may be best for you to make the first attempt at composing a message regarding the presence of Blaze and myself. I suspect your phrasing is likely to be more...emotionally appealing than my own.

[codecmoment]

I plan on taking control of this game, if you don't mind.

[morbirdinterest]

[sighs]

We are not at cross-purposes here.

[codecmoment]

I am not going to let these people get cut up and have porn drawn of them.

[morbirdinterest]

And? Do you have a plan for that beyond refusing to focus on Amalthea's protection?

[codecmoment]

Because I know other teams care enough about people.

You have to have a little bit of faith and hope. Life isn't just calculations.

[morbirdinterest]

You have not answered my question. If you have an alternate plan, do share it with everyone, otherwise I, at least, am going to turn my attention to the message we must send out.

[codecmoment]

I did - you left the task in my hands. I know what to say and how to keep it simple.

Unless you want to actually try sounding emotional.

[morbirdinterest]

...It will do. Add Blaze's age if anyone knows it. Even an estimate could help.

[codecmoment]

Yeah, having less vague language will help.

[morbirdinterest]

It should.