dramatispersonae | Game Post

[The doors along the veranda suddenly snap open, revealing one room for every team. Each team's room is marked with a small banner in their color.]

Coral	Ruby	Jasper	Citrine
Carnelian	Tiger's Eye	Heliodor	Peridot
Emerald	Turquoise	Sapphire	Iolite
Amethyst	Kunzite	Sterling	Onyx

Poll #11904 Suspicion Poll

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

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Row One

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Coral
8 (53.3%)

Ruby
4 (26.7%)

Jasper
2 (13.3%)

Citrine
1 (6.7%)

Row Two

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Carnelian
3 (20.0%)

Tiger's Eye
1 (6.7%)

Heliodor
7 (46.7%)

Peridot
4 (26.7%)

Row Three

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Emerald
1 (6.7%)

Turquoise
0 (0.0%)

Sapphire
5 (33.3%)

Iolite
9 (60.0%)

Row Four

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Amethyst
3 (20.0%)

Kunzite
8 (53.3%)

Sterling
3 (20.0%)

Onyx
1 (6.7%)

Instructions: I have heard of the games before, wolves and sheep. They didn't seem much fun. This time, it is just a game and perhaps something much quicker. How does this sound—I've picked four teams to be my special foxes. It is their job to work together and stay hidden. The rest of you against them (do I have to call you anything, since you're just normal?) will try to find them within the next three hours.

But to make things more fair, there will be a clue. You see all the teams arranged just so? In each row and each column, there will be only one fox team. That helps, doesn't it? I think it should.

When your team thinks it knows who's a fox, place a vote on them. You have one vote per team, per row. If you have not voted when time runs out, then I won't be able to score you for whether you were right or not...

Foxes will receive points for every team who doesn't vote for them and a large bonus if no fox teams are considered the most suspicious, so it's to their benefit to work together.

The rest of you will get points for guessing right and a large bonus if you get all four teams right.

On the other hand...

There might be some bonuses for other things as well—but it's more fun if you don't know everything, right?

It is a game, so it should be fun.

((Reply directly to this post for discussion!

ETA: Absent teams MAY be foxes, or may not be.))

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Sounds like fun.

You think so?

I like solving mysteries. Call it an old past time.

[looks him over]

How old are we talking here?

Probably just in the last seven years or so. I don't remember it, but I worked with the world's best at it.

I see. Does this really count as a mystery, though?

In my book, it does. There aren't guesses involved once you talk to enough people.

Really?

Hypothetically. It depends on how good people are at hiding, and without much at stake, they might be very good at it.

I guess... it's not like they're lying about anything big.

Right, unless someone's really desperate for a memory.

You think that would make them more nervous or something?

Trickier, probably.

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[pauses]

Um... I know it's time for the game, but... Would it be alright if we spoke afterwards?

I'll consider it.

[nods]

Alright.

Good luck.

There is a game to play, though.

I know. I'm not used to playing alone, so I don't think I'll be any good at it.

Yeah, and you guys don't give a damn about winning, do you?

Um... I care about the rest of the team getting their memories back... but everyone on Peridot usually has a backlog of memories... I'm pretty sure I do, too.

Oh, yeah, so that's why you can be dicks to other people wanting to win.

Makes sense.

That's why I wanted to talk to you.

Uh huh. And I'm still deciding.

... Alright. I'll find you after the game.

You still haven't told me if you're secretly sporting ears and a tail.

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