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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[amygdalae]

[SIGRUN.........................]

[kingmakereffect]

Do you have a problem with the vending machine? I thought you all might enjoy it.

[psychoh]

[REALITY IS GROSS AS HELL]

[captainobnoxious]

I'm food for something. Whether it's a beast, a troll, or an animal that's stronger than me, if I die and get munched on that's how it is.

It won't happen because I'll kill whatever it is first, but it's a possibility.

[kingmakereffect]

It will connect to me automatically. You can call me or text me, if you'd like.

[penduli]

We'd enjoy a washing machine more, I'm sure.

[prismbloom]

Exactly 27 rooms and exactly 27 people. These rules, the profiles with specific information about us. The fact that they claim our worlds have been destroyed... I agree. It's not a coincidence.

[amygdalae]

Of course not. There's no proof to back up his claims.

[And nobody's life is more valuable than another's.]

[kingmakereffect]

I could, if you'd like. But that's better saved for a later time, don't you think?

[captainobnoxious]

I'm getting the idea that none of you fancy the idea of something happening to the everything in there and us being forced to eat each other for survival.

[kingmakereffect]

Unfortunately, you won't be getting one.

[neverafters]

The world can be very cruel. That is why The King made his Holiday Star perfect, and his citizens are so happy with him.

[ "Are", not "were"! He's not buying that destroyed nonsense until he can see it with his own two eyes, and maybe not even then... ]

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri grits his teeth. The Kingmaker really knew how to be infuriating]

Why do you need a King?

[captainobnoxious]

Give us a week and then ask us how we're doing. That should be enough time to settle into our new life and see who's getting cabin fever first. But I can promise you this, no one is dying. Not on my watch.

[amygdalae]

Of course not.

[Jesus Christ how could you even think that.]

[cherryblooded]

Well, at least you're not hypocritical.

[Still alarming.]

Would prefer not to be eaten any time soon, if it's all the same to you.

[prismbloom]

[ Ugh. Aqua feels exactly the same.

She reaches out, gently touching Yosuke's shoulder. ]

If this person, whoever they are, hurt any one of my friends, I won't take it lightly. None of us will.

But we'll figure this out, Yosuke. I promise we will.

[penduli]

...all right.

[ you may have won this fight but you haven't won the war. #give us a washing machine 2k16 ]

What's in the vending machine?

[captainobnoxious]

Trolls, beasts, and giants. I can't live without them and no one can live with them. So it's up to me to kill them.

[pokexplorer]

[Oh. That explains the 'Survivor' terminology in the rules postings.

...

Well. May as well play the hypothetical game for the time being. After carefully listening to what he's heard thus far...]

All of our worlds at once? That sounds like quite the feat. Were they all destroyed from the same event, then?

[uro_cyon]

You didn't need to give me a new one, I would have answered you on my old one. [ He knows very well why his original phone was taken away, though. But he's still talking to see if he can get any other information-- if there was a connection even if it was one way, there's got to be a network of some sort even if it was an intranet.

Or so he thinks, anyway.]

[kingmakereffect]

I don't. I gave you all the option of staying or leaving.

[isafraid]

I'm certainly not considering it! Outright murder is never worth whatever's being offered.

[Maiming was completely different, technically.]

[amygdalae]

Only you? Nobody else?

[Since there's no dialpad or anything.]

[kingmakereffect]

Your confidence is admirable, Boundless.