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TNDG Day 6

[Lotus is in her dressing room sitting at the vanity as the robot arm touches up her makeup. Nice thick mascara in case somebody dies that she'd have to look sad about in public. The door is cracked. In her peripheral vision, she sees the flash of purple coming towards her.]

What's up, June? Want to use my makeup machine, going for a more "hot" look?

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Good.

I know that you're good with computers, but when Zelda asks for volunteers who say they are, I'd suggest you don't say that. If you know anyone else who is also good with computers, you might want to tell them that admitting it would make it more likely for them to be sent to the 【hotel】, at least for this round.

Zelda and I have been talking about trying to see if Ene would or could be sent to the hotel, to try to hack the machinery that's in there and maybe let the rest of us out, but if someone says they're better with computers than her then it might not work.

[She looks like she was just about to get in her car for a group project meeting and then found out it was rescheduled. Lotus extends her leg and nudges her heel against the door to close it entirely.]

It's not like it didn't come up with a couple people already... I didn't hear about anyone who has a chance against me in a hack-off. I don't want to make up some career that'll get called out or sound sketchy about not admitting what I do at all. [Lotus you're already fucking unemployed right now.] I never said it to Zelda. Can't I just stay here until the voting's over?

I'm not saying to hide what you do, exactly, just if you're asked not to say if you think you'd be better than anyone else at trying to hack the computers in the hotel.

You can just stay here, I don't see what the problem with that would be. If you don't want to stay here, and you end up in the group, just say that Ene would be more qualified than you would be to try to change the programs in the hotel. You might want to do that anyway, so that Zelda can be sure that Ene is the most qualified person available.

I mean, it's completely correct that I think I have no chance of hacking the hardware here or in the hotel. Given any way of accessing the software, sort of good chance, but [she waves her hand at her own tablet on the dressing room table] there's no guarantee that this has a connection to that. Maybe I can stop them from viewing us or registering votes, but our bodies would still be inside this death trap with all those automatic crushing mechanisms. And the hotel might be similarly secure.

Do you actually know anything about Ene? I have no idea if she's a human brain in an advanced cyborg body or a really simple babysitting drone or anything in between. Is there an actual chance or are you just saying what you think Zelda needs to hear the same way we thought about telling the girls that Ene had copies?

No, I don't know very much about her. Still, if anyone would be capable of physically interfacing with anything, the one who could probably be the hardware herself at need seems like she'd have a better chance than any of the rest of us.

I have no idea if she's the most qualified here. I just know that if she's trying to get people to leave members of our group to die in cruel ways like that, I want her somewhere else.

What, like we can screw off her head and connect wires from her neck into the mainframe? Might as well try~ If she doesn't come back on again, no harm--

[The image came into her head fully formed as a viable idea for some reason but once her shoulders are actually shaking with the laughter, there's a spark of guilt in her eyes - Lotus realizes that she's actually joked about something incredibly ruthless and morbid.]

Man... I feel bad wanting her gone, but it's for the best. There's not really an alternative.

[June laughs a little as well, just at the absurdity of the image. It probably shouldn't be laughed at, really. Oh well.]

I was thinking of something a little less permanent, honestly, but that would be the idea.

I am pretty surprised that someone could go to the hotel this round at all. It's really good if it works out, sets a foundation for us to openly do it next round with more "communication from the community". You're not already pitching it as something over half a dozen of your allies agree with, are you?

Of course I'm not. I've only talked to Zelda, and all I did was point out that we were given less votes this round, and that they might continue to give us less if we didn't "play by the rules" that they provided. Also that if none of us were able to escape, we would need to send someone to the hotel every week to make sure that as many people did survive as possible, if that was the goal.

Then I said that Ene might be able to help us escape if she was sent to the hotel. I don't know if it will happen, but the idea is certainly there, and I wanted to make sure you knew.

Then thank you, June. You're really putting good ideas out there, and I appreciate that I didn't have to do it myself.

I'm not sure that anything will come of it, but it is somewhere to start....

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TNDG Day 6

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decapitation cw

woW LOTUS

ZTD JUST HAS SO MUCH EVOCATIVE IMAGERY

i mean. yes.

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