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

RULES

[fangirlitis]

[A TV monitor comes down from the roof, with The Rotten on it, waving excitedly from behind a writing desk.]

Okay guys, so here’s the deal. I need you all to model for me. [To the side of the TV, VP-tan waves her hands to catch your attention, then holds a sign up in front of her. ‘Um… ‘Model’ is a bit of a misleading term...’]

Basically, I think there’s a market around here for Guro. [She drops the sign, and another is behind it. ‘That means drawing dead and mutilated people in sexy ways.’]

So, what we’re going to do is have a contest to see who should model for me. [‘You don’t want to do that. You’ll die.’]

I’ve gone ahead and split you up, so that you can definitely tell the truth. I know looks are important to a lot of you, and if someone calls you bad-looking to your face, feelings might get hurt! I don’t want to make you guys hurt each other or anything. Anyone who someone thinks is ugly doesn’t get to model. Sorry! [‘Well… unless you’re into that. I don’t kink shame.’]

So, after a brief statement about why your team should totally be considered the hot ones, all of you teams are going to tell me which of you is the least hot. One vote per team, and you can’t vote for yourself. Well, obviously. I mean who’d want to call themselves ugly?[‘But anyways, basically you get to protect one team from dying by saying they’re not hot.’]

After our selection process is over and we find out who’s hot enough to model, VP-tan will be taking care of the preparation. She’s really good at cooking, so I’m sure that’ll carry over into this too♥ [‘Um… I normally don’t like hurting people. I mean, I’m really usually wishing to be on the other end. But then, I guess being forced to do something like this… Ah, I’m such a dirty girl♥ Sorry… it’s not like I love it, but Madam President said so and I can’t resist, right? But I promise not to enjoy it… Please don’t punish me later♥’]

Anyways, we’re going to have an appeals round, and then a vote-out round, and I guess after that, whoever’s decided as not pretty enough to model can leave. I’ll make sure to take care of cleanup for my valuable helpers. [‘Oh! What am I talking about?! Where was I..? Oh! Yes. Prizes! You want to try not dying. That is what the prizes are for. Not dying!’]

Anyways, thanks a ton for your help! [‘...Can you please just forget all about my rambling before? I appreciate it. ^_^;;;’]

THE RULES: OOC Rotten to English Translation

[fangirlitis]

This game will be done in two parts. The first part, due by 7:30 PM CST, is to create a message on the BBS about why your team shouldn’t die. This message can be anything you like, up to and including saying ‘No seriously we want to die let us die.’ The only rule is that it be no more than 210 characters in length, because bizarro echo Plurk has its limits. The messages will all be compiled and posted publicly, and the team names will be attached to the messages.

For the second part, due at 9 PM CST, every team gets to pick one team that isn’t themselves to protect!! Teams that aren’t protected get guro’d. Winners will be chosen from the survivors!

YELL AT VP-TAN (Questions)

[fangirlitis]

[As the TV slides back up, VP-tan bows.]

Anyways… I’m supposed to answer any other questions you have as well. Feel free to ask..!

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

MESSAGE TURN IN

[soulping]

[You only get one message… When you’ve decided what it is, go on and place it in here! Remember that you’re limited to 210 characters--when in doubt see if it’ll fit on Plurk.]

[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.

Re: YELL AT VP-TAN (Questions)

[codecmoment]

Can I just volunteer as one of the models so nobody else has to die? I'm an attractive older man - there's a niche for that, right? I can even be on the bottom. Give me tentacles that I have to... to take. I don't care.

Just... just don't let all the underage ones get involved.

[ His voice cracks. ]

[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.

Re: YELL AT VP-TAN (Questions)

[fangirlitis]

Um... I'm sorry, but you can't volunteer right now.

Once a game's rules are in place, you can't change them normally... you can just pick a message to send, and a team to protect.

[morbirdinterest]

[emotionlessly]

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

[codecmoment]

Disgusting.

You're disgusting.

[ Has never looked so angry before. ]

[codecmoment]

Sure.

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

[fangirlitis]

[BOWS AGAIN.]

Um... yes. I know that I'm a lowly creature.

I'm sorry for offending you, sir.

[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.

[menially]

[HE REALLY WANTS TO PUNCH OTACON but he refrains. Angry face is, instead, directed at VP.]

You're both damn sick.

If she wants subjects for a fetish like that, then she can look for someone else. Maybe someone who's already dead. Don't just line us up and ask for volunteers.