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!]

Comments

[psychoh]

... Is that what's going on? If somebody goes through with the, um... the m-murder, and they get away with it... They'll be a king?

[prismbloom]

[ Okay, yes, they're getting some answers (???) but Aqua jumps into action the moment she sees someone suffering. She's quick to return with a cup of ginger tea. It's warm, so he can drink it right away. ]

Here, Yosuke, [ she says, kneeling down and offering it. ] It'll help calm your stomach.

[kingmakereffect]

...It's complicated.

Besides, you don't have to resort to violence. That's just one option.

[kingmakereffect]

As I said, it's just one option. You can remain here peacefully, if you'd like.

[cherryblooded]

[Cherryblod is quiet listening to the rest of the survivors shout at the Kingmaker, and to that little bombshell. When he does speak, it's calmly.]

Define 'destroyed' as it applies to our worlds.

[kingmakereffect]

That's right. Though they won't be ruling anything, it's just a nice title.

[lackinginfaith]

The world can't have ended already, and I'm not going to sit here believing it did.

[ignorantly]

[ Shirazu manages to quell his anger just enough to notice Yosuke bolting off to the corner, and he decides to go after him after a few moments. ]

Don't listen to that fuckhead.

[goodforsomething]

Hey, you!

[Stan's wimp senses are tingling.]

Don't buy this guy's bullshit. He's just jerkin' us around.

[kingmakereffect]

You can't return to your worlds. There's nothing left.

[cherryblooded]

And the people you didn't 'rescue'?

[amygdalae]

Then why even stick that rule in in the first place? You should be aware of what something like that could cause.

[Unless, of course, that was the intention... Bruce has a feeling that it is as such.]

[notjustawriter]

What happened to them? What makes you so certain there's "nothing left"?

[kingmakereffect]

...You don't really need me to confirm that, do you?

[kingmakereffect]

Because there isn't anything left. It really is that simple.

[ratingspoint]

You'd have more of a reason to be proud of it if my magic was working. That'd get you a bonus for the pun.

Unfortunately...

[garudynamic]

[He flinches away from her- not out of fear, but as if he's ashamed of her seeing him like this. He even shuffles in a way to put himself between her and his breakfast]

I...I'm sorry I just...

[kingmakereffect]

I'm giving you all two options. You can take whichever one you'd prefer.

[notjustawriter]

And what caused that?

[wokeupdead]

What's the other option? Just live here like you said earlier? [SHE'S OPTIMISTIC, NOT DUMB.] Someone's going to want to get out of here eventually. Not like I'll let anyone follow through with it but it's written in the rules and everything. Just who's running this place? It cant be you alone.

[psychoh]

That is a nice title...

... But, even if it is, I don't think anybody would... N-Nobody would do something so awful just for something like that. [man he's almost glad Mother didn't come along; everybody in this room would be hella dead already]

[kingmakereffect]

The pun was intentional, of course.

[cherryblooded]

No, I suppose I don't.

I can't believe you, Kingmaker. [It would probably break him.] But on the off chance that you're telling the truth, you made a poor choice of who to bring here.

[kingmakereffect]

I don't know.

[prismbloom]

You don't have to apologize.

[ Her stomach feels pretty queasy, too, honestly... but she's keeping it together for the others. ]

... I don't want to believe it, either.