JASPER

[dramatispersonae]

[The room is circular and surrounded by a series of ionic columns, the floor and ceiling stretching overhead fashioned out of cracked, white stone. The area beyond the columns is pitch black, and the room itself is lit only by dimly flickering candles. The candles rest on top of a stone table, which sits in the middle of the room.

And next to the candles rest four numbered boxes]

Comments

Re: Discussion

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Perhaps, perhaps not. Well then, how about in order to find out the truth of this world?

They're all better reasons than "it would be the most fair thing if everyone did it."

Re: Discussion

[rebells]

You're making progressively less sense. How is killing people remotely necessary to learning about this world?

And it's not about fairness.

Re: Discussion

[thinkoutsidethebox]

If you can't imagine a circumstance that would be necessary in, I'm not sure I can help you.

Then what is it about?

Re: Discussion

[rebells]

. . . it's about creating an environment where people can trust one another. Where everyone will work to do the least harm to everyone, instead of only their own. I've seen that happen, in a game. But it requires a kind of faith. And every time we lash out onto another team, we contribute to destroying that faith.

No one team can change things alone. But the contribution each of us makes, either way, in each game, isn't negligible, even by itself. Besides, I'm choosing myself over someone else here. Isn't that the definition of selfishness?