Week 1, Saturday

[foundationmods]

This whole post contains a blanket CONTENT WARNING for gallows and hanging imagery.

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[Once again, right at noon, the Contestants are invited to the studio to participate in another exciting game. The set has changed entirely since the last time they were there, with the mountain climber game replaced by a large board of some sort. Several prinnies are near it, carrying large cards with random letters written on them. It seems as though they might be helping out for this game. But there is something else off to the side too...(CW: gallows)

As always, Dazai is there, waiting on stage for everyone to sit down. He's dressed in his usual black suit getup, but his smile seems a bit forced today.]

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Sign-ups

[foundationmods]

Please comment here to get one of the special spots in the game. As a warning, choosing to volunteer here means your character stands a good chance of dying! This is OOC volunteering only, ICly the names will be drawn randomly.

We need 2 volunteers total, and this comment will be open until 12:40 EST. If we get more than 2 volunteers, we will RNG from all who volunteered. If we get less than 2, we will RNG from all contestants.

[georgeous]

xoxo

Putting George up for elimination!

Re: Sign-ups

[momsters]

H!

Game rules

[guileturncoat]

SO! This is how the game is played:

One random contestant will get to go up and stand on our special platform there. I know it's a bit high up, but don't worry, it's completely safe!

Up on that board, my prinny assistants will display several blank spaces to form a word, phrase, or sentence. Everyone will take turns guessing letters to fill in the spots on the board. The words are in English, by the way, with American spellings.

For every letter you guess that's up on the board, the game continues. However! If you guess a letter that is not on the board, I take this handy tool-

[He picks up a nearby baseball bat.]

-and take out one of those support pegs down there.

[Using the bat, he points to just underneath the gallows, where nine wooden poles can be seen.]

If all nine of those are taken out, then it's game over! And I don't think I need to tell you what happens to the poor volunteer in that case.

Also, you can try to guess the phrase on the board at any time, but an incorrect guess will also take out a support peg. The round is over when either the board is filled in, someone guesses the phrase, or the volunteer dies.

Any questions?

Re: Game rules

[oceanicbutterfly]

[hm, bad.]

Could you define what constitutes a guess?

Re: Game rules

[dereban]

[ raises hand ]

Why Wheel of Fortune?

[scarsnstripes]

[This is... Atsushi feels a lead weight in his stomach.]

Only nine chances for error?

[...Eight, technically. the ninth would be fatal for whoever--

...They couldn't let it get that far.]

[darkova]

sure!

[guileturncoat]

You will need to specify that it is a guess. You're allowed to discuss answers before you guess, so I will wait for that confirmation before accepting a guess.

[Translation: there will be a special header just for guesses, so as not to confuse what is discussion and what is a guess.]

[iblistriggered]

[ Oh that’s a yikes from Silver, dawg ]

U-um... do we get a hint about the category of the phrase...?

[guileturncoat]

It's not Wheel of Fortune, that's copy-written. It's Hangman!

[guileturncoat]

Eight, actually. Because the ninth error is death.

[houndumb]

Hmph, at least it’s easier than the stupid math puzzles. Though I bet there’s goin’ to be tricks to these, too!!

[He’s keeping a beady eye on you and the Prinnies, Dazai.]

[guileturncoat]

[...hmm.]

Tell you what: If someone can make a significant sacrifice, I will give a clue for each round.

That doesn't mean sacrificing one's life, by the way.

[scarsnstripes]

[Dazai why are you like this--]

That just makes it worse!!

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Karen nods, satisfied.]

Thank you. I just wanted to make sure we weren't at risk of having things like "I see" counted against us.

[arraignments]

Could you give us an example of one...?

[scarsnstripes]

What kind of sacrifice?

[...Is there anything this idiot won't to help people though--]

[darkremnants]

[ ah. that's why. there's a moment before he points the bat. ]

Taking volunteers to knock out the poles?

[oceanicbutterfly]

What kind of sacrifice?

[Simultaneously. ]

[houndumb]

See, I knew there was a stupid catch to it.

[Also simultaneously!]

[guileturncoat]

[He'll answer both Atsushi and Akechi at once:]

Something permanent, and something noticeable. For example, you could sacrifice an eye or an arm, or your memories of a certain someone, or you could sacrifice your freedom and become my personal lap dog for the rest of the game.

But if it's something like 'memories' I can't take that now, that'll have to happen later when I have the drugs from the Foundation to do so. Also I'm going to say no if I don't think what you're offering is enough of a sacrifice.

[visionem]

Is there more than one round?

[prayerwheel]

Oh, my.

[ jesus christ this setup

And she sees that forced smile, dazai!!! ]

Dazai, are you...? [ okay?? Dude?? ]

[darkova]

I see... Will we have to agree blindly?