6 999s + 3 Ushiromiyas (TNDG Day 6)

[keybroad]

((CONTENT WARNING: Extremely dubious and detailed discussion of teenager's assisted suicide in the Help A Robot thread??? There is also a lot of yelling in some of the other threads that has dubious properties due to domestic context IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE THIS LOG AND I WASN'T IN ALL THE THREADS SO PEOPLE PLEASE HELP ME IF THERE ARE CONTENT WARNINGS I AM NOT INCLUDING...))

[It is the morning after the tattoo game and the ominous vote distribution. Breakfast of milkshakes and whatever else people brought is set out on a conference table in the sci-fi set. Through the doorways, from the room where these people all sleep, there is a faint smoke from the candle at the shrine for Seven, a counter with a portrait, water, and fruit.

Lotus lifts her eyebrows once everyone is there.]

Hip hip hooray, let's face the day.

Comments

[jinglebros]

Yeah, you heard me exactly right.

[golden_dream]

Why?

[jinglebros]

[ He shrugs and spreads his palms in front of him. ]

Because 'someone has to volunteer'.

[golden_dream]

...She can convince everyone herself, can't she?

[jinglebros]

I think she believes I have more influence than she does.

[ Santa snorts. ]

[golden_dream]

... It sounds like she might be trying to trick you.

[jinglebros]

Pessimistic but realistic. Tell me more.

[golden_dream]

If you publicly say "Ene wants to be allowed to die," then you'll sound like a monster and everyone will think maybe you need to be allowed to die.

Even if Ene is standing there agreeing with you.

[jinglebros]

Oh, I'm not publicly saying that. I'm not a stupid asshole.

But then, how else do we convince people? You've got a point there.

[golden_dream]

There isn't a way, unless you privately met with everyone.

But, Ene can do that herself, can't she?

[jinglebros]

So basically, she recognized I have a weakness today and fucked with me.

[ Santa rolls his eyes. ]

Grand.

[golden_dream]

Weakness? What weakness?

[exequte]

She might be, but what advantage would that be to her? She's not voting for any of us, I think.

[golden_dream]

Someone will step up to 'save' her, and Santa will look like a jerk and everyone will blame him for nothing.

Classic misdirection.

[keybroad]

Then we should keep it at misdirection. Just don't vote for her and keep suggesting that others vote for other people. It's not immediately likely that someone will vote for her right now to repay a debt. She's voted for Aku who has no votes to repay her and Mary who is currently voting for Ib. Even if Mary knew... could she really vote for her over Ib?

[golden_dream]

...Speaking of Ib...

I had an idea, if we happen to get a sudden death which gives us one more vote than we have people.

But, I'm not sure it's the best idea... Can I tell you just to hear what you think about it?

[keybroad]

[Smiling, like a bear]

I'm listening.

[exequte]

That would only work if she asked him to specifically ask in front of everyone that we let her be voted out. I don't think that would work very well anyway, because why would anyone listen to him more than they did to her? Either way, I don't think that's what he's going to do.

If we really come down to it, the only person she really needs to convince is Zelda, though, since Zelda is always the one who organizes the votes. If she doesn't want anyone to vote for her, Zelda can just put her name at the bottom of the list of who she's trying to find votes for.

[meatitfeedson]

That's right, if she makes Santa do it, then it becomes Santa's fault. But if she tells Zelda what she told him, then it's more likely to happen without anyone even noticing.

[unexpectedboner]

...What if you told someone else? Made it their problem? For example...bring it up with somebody like Rhys, or Dennis. Work it as part of some kind of trade, like you're trying to get in with them but are afraid that too many people here would get angry at you to do it yourself.

[jinglebros]

I'll do this shit if you don't do this shit kinda thing, huh?

[unexpectedboner]

Yeah. Get them to quietly say they'll do it, for vote managing purposes. Then they can vote for someone else, or something.

[jinglebros]

And if she's been planning this as a way to manipulate others against me or us?

[unexpectedboner]

If you can get one of them to do the promising, then it's less likely to reflect back on you.

...I guess you could always just wait it out.

[jinglebros]

That's true.

The whole thing just stinks.