thefoundation | RECORDING 4: THE SECOND WEEK

A second week in this place begins, with less of your number among you. With first blood - and oil - spilled, it now seems as if it'll only be a matter of time before the worse eventually happens once more. Thankfully, it seems as if the Miasma is content to remain at the same levels it did before, so arguments are unlikely to break out, though tensions are surely high after everything that's already occurred.

Speaking of which, the temperature remains a consistent comfortable early to mid 70's in the house. It appears at least that you'll be here in comfort..? Though it appears that the rooms have changed, so hopefully you kept anything essential in the static area.

Yet, something feels...wrong. The house feels as if it is laughing at you, when you awake...

...What new horrors await you this week?

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Blackjack it is. The square root of 441 is the goal! [he shuffles the deck again] Ah, but what's a card game without some stakes? Though you have zero things I want...

Truth or dare, then.

Loser has to either answer a 'truth' or do a 'dare', winner's choice. Rules for the truth or dare: nothing to do with harming, killing or hurting each other or the vessel. If I lose, asking me to do something like lightly punching another person in our group is OK. The reverse is not. Things that involve other people is also OK, as long as it's safe. Ah, and no R-related dares.

Is that good enough for stakes? Feel free to add to them as you like.

Wow. Zetta dull. But better than null. It'll do. [he shuffles the deck again and then sits down at the table] I'm the house. Obviously. Let's play.

[he deals himself two cards, one face up and one face down. The face up card is the Queen of Hearts. Rin gets two face up cards, the 7 of clubs and the 4 of spades] So. What'll it be?

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Hmm.

[her expression doesn't change in the slightest bit]

Hit.

... Ah. Lady Luck has your back, today.

[he tosses her the King of Spades.]

Blackjack. Unless... it's a tie?

[he flips over his card. Nope. It's a 6. 21 vs 16, player wins. He takes the cards and reshuffles them.]

Guess you get to go first.

That was an easy win. Although Lady Luck on the first draw is nothing. Let's see if we can get a streak going, hm?

But since I won, a truth or dare...

Let's see. I'll ask a question, then: tell me something you enjoyed during your life.

[she's actually being quite nice for once]

You can talk while we deal the next hand.

Tch. You could force me to spill my darkest secrets and you ask that?

[he shuffles the cards again, but his answer comes quickly]

Making art. You zeroes don't get it, or think it's pointless, or whatever, but it's the only thing that ever made me happy.

[his answer is simple, and he deals again. 6 diamonds and 9 clubs for Rin, and a Queen of Clubs for himself]

It's true that I could, but why would I do that when you're like that?

[she has some courtesy]

I wouldn't say that making art is necessarily pointless.

Hit.

No. But you think my art is.

[3 of spades] Hit, or stay?

I will admit that it is pointless. . . in this particular situation. But that's different.

Stay.

[he flips his card -- 9 of diamonds] 19 > 18. House win!

And I want a truth. [shuffling the cards while he thinks] .... Do you really think there's any chance this mission won't be a failure?

To put it in your terms: the probability is not zero. And as long as there's even a sliver of a chance, then yes, I'll believe that it won't be a failure.

We don't necessarily need to destroy the miasma, you know?

There's only one thing that needs to be done, and as long as that task is fulfilled, this mission won't be considered a failure, no matter how many lives are lost.

[he sneers a bit] Is that what you think? Well. Alright then.

[since we're shuffling every round the suit doesn't matter WOW FISH GOOD JOB so Rin gets 10 and 7 and Sho has 4]

Of course.

I'll stay this time.

[Sho takes a card and reveals his hand -- 9, 4, and 2] Rrrgh. 15 < 17. Your turn again.

Hmhm... maybe I'll do something a little meaner...

Tell me an embarrassing story about yourself.

Embarrassing... huh.... Oh. The way I died the first time. Did you know that the third rail on subway carries in excess of 600 volts of electricity? And it only takes 42 to kill a human, give or take some based on the current. I did know that. What I didn't know was that the sector of rail that I was trespassing on was less decommissioned than I thought it was. A fatal miscalculation.

One more hand.

[2 and King for Rin, 5 for Sho]

Hmm.

Okay, yes, hit.

"Hmm"? Is that all? Fibonacci's left nut... [ok. Here's a 6 for you, Rin] Hit, or stay?

I just didn't expect it, is all.

That the embarrassment would come in death.

I'll stay.

Dying because I didn't know something is the most embarrassing thing I can think of.

[he looks at his hand, which comes to 16. He groans and leans back in the chair] UGH! I'm zetta done!

I don't know about that, but okay.

[laughs at his loss, though]

. . . Okay.

I have to ask - top five people you want to survive here?

[he shuffles the cards, just for fun this time, as he thinks]

Sissel. Giovanni. Yachi.

[he pauses, trying to think of two more]

.... Eh. The rest is an empty set.