Induction.

[kingmakereffect]

There's a good amount of confusion, and rightfully so. After all, aside from the rules in purple listed on the wall, there isn't much to explain how you got here or why you're here. Don't worry though. It seems like you won't be left to your own devices for very long. There's a brief moment of static - not loud enough to be particularly grating, but enough to let you know that something's about to happen - before a voice addresses all of you from somewhere unseen. "Hello. I hope you all slept well. I was a bit worried after..." It sounds like it's coming from somewhere above you. There doesn't appear to be anything it's coming from, however. There's a brief pause before the voice resumes speaking. "I'm sure you all have a lot of questions for me. I don't mind answering them. Before you ask anything, I'd like you to examine the rules again. They're posted in every room." The voice is masculine, but there isn't anything to note about it otherwise. "I am the Kingmaker. Welcome to the Vault."

[OOC: You can be heard just fine through the PA system, so feel free to ask any questions your little heart desires; brackets are fine, you don't need to use prose!]

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[kingmakereffect]

Are you saying you would rather be dead?

[clubleader]

If you say so. [ She lets it go, deciding to ask something else. ]

So those rules... what happens if we break one? What's the punishment?

[amygdalae]

[He can tell when somebody wants to end the conversation.]

Alright. But before you go, I just have one request, if I may ask of it--you said you'd provide for our needs?

[kingmakereffect]

Whether you believe me or not is your choice, Conscious.

[isafraid]

Telling someone that right when they're worrying for their family... it's just insane.

[There's tinge of doubt in his voice, but he swallows it.] And there's no way we'll know for sure anyhow.

[garudynamic]

A lot of bullshit.

[Please pretend his hurl isn't still sitting there, being gross]

[isafraid]

You're right... there's children...

[Uuuughh]

This is madness!

[paidinblood]

...How did you bring us here in the first place?

[kingmakereffect]

Are you that eager to find out? The rules are in place for a reason. Don't break them and you won't be punished.

1/2

[neverafters]

............

2/2

[neverafters]

The King thinks the "King" in Kingmaker is a waste. Kings should look out for their people.

[ratingspoint]

Well, you must have thought I was worth saving for a reason.

[kingmakereffect]

That's not important. What's important is that you're here and you have a choice to make.

[kingmakereffect]

Whether they should or not isn't my concern. I'm not a king.

[kingmakereffect]

Maybe I should have given you the title "Egotistic"...

[isafraid]

[He's trying. Trust him, Yosuke. He's trying.]

There's got to be an explanation for it. Trust us, and we'll get down to whatever it is.

[There's that heart beginning to show. Sad people do that.]

[penduli]

[ ...so, if Kingmaker's telling the truth, their worlds are destroyed.

Well, considering the last thing he remembers--that really, really isn't implausible. It does hurt, but it's not implausible at all.

And... okay, maybe he's a little calm for all this, considering everyone else, but a large part of it comes out of pure hopelessness. He can believe his world is gone, that he'll never see his sister or his parents again...

(But why him?) ]

How long are we expected to stay here? After all, the rules state that if we want to end the exercise early, we'd just have to... [ kill someone--but it's a phrase he can't work his tongue around right now. ] Um, we'd have to be sneaky about our involvement in anything... less than nice towards someone else here. They also mention a duration, so I'd assume there's a time limit to this too?

[ unless "time limit" is "your lifespan" in which case WELLLLLLLLLLL ]

[captainobnoxious]

[Well this is hell in a handbasket. Several of them. Who knew they'd need so many? And the people's reactions are probably all that guy needs too.]

So you're some kind of genius that's put this all together and decided to make one of us royalty, huh?

[Listening to other people's questions works out well, but she's got one of her own.]

That aside, how is it that you did all this, know so much about us, and thought we'd be okay with knowing everyone we cared about was gone?

[For her, that's a sizable amount of people -- her mom, her dad, every brother and sister in arm, the people she'd sworn to protect from the Illness -- and judging from the catch of characters they'd got here it's just the same.]

That's not the one I want answered though. [Though she's seemed easy-going to the people she's talked to, there's a keenness to her that speaks a loud difference.]

I understand taking responsibility more than anyone. Death is an occupational hazard for any of my comrades and I. [It's sad. It's something you grow used to seeing and experiencing.] But why does our surviving group include an overdressed turkey and a good looking tinman?

['Cause lbr Sigrun knows she's good enough to be picked, she's top of the line here, but really. Everyone else is asking the questions she'd want answered anyway let's get this one out of the way.]

[ratingspoint]

[He just laughs at that, holy shit.]

Well, I didn't say it had to be a particularly good reason! But I'm not going to argue if you want to flatter me, either, darling!

[clubleader]

It's always important to know what you're in for ahead of time. [ But... definitely noted. ]

[kingmakereffect]

Should you choose to live here peacefully, you will remain here for the rest of your lives.

[well okay then]

[garudynamic]

[He blinks, then nods]

Heh, you kinds remind me of someone back home. Okay, I'll try my best too.

[notjustawriter]

Yeah. It certainly is.

[kingmakereffect]

Do you have a problem with your fellow Survivors? Unfortunately, you're stuck with them. Unless you'd prefer to attempt to escape, of course.

[notjustawriter]

You lookin' to crown a king?