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

[garudynamic]

[He's nursing the tea Aqua brought him, looking small and humiliated]

I know. I know but... it could happen. I dunno about everyone else but-

[He's putting a lot together, about how the fog shifts from the TV world to the real one. If it could filter out. If Teddie could escape, couldn't the entire horde of monsters do the same?]

[kingmakereffect]

One question at a time, please.

[kingmakereffect]

Whether they will or not is up to them. Each of you has to make your own decision about what you will do here.

[amygdalae]

[Fine, he supposes he can let that slide. For now, anyway.]

Alright. Why is the price for this freedom that you're granting have to be in the form of another person's life?

[Bruce is really... trying not to use the M word here.]

[wokeupdead]

[RRRR. Fine.]

Can you share anything about who's behind all this? Other than you.

[notjustawriter]

Don't... don't believe it. He's lying; this is some sick game to him.

[kingmakereffect]

It's alright if you can't believe me. The option of escape is still there, should you wish to take it.

[kingmakereffect]

Because those are the rules.

[kingmakereffect]

It's just me.

[amygdalae]

[Wow.]

And those rules have a reason to be there. You were the one who made these rules, did you not?

[goodforsomething]

Do you have any idea how people work? That ain't even a choice.

Anyway, if you were so worried about that, you might've asked us about coming here in the first place.

[cherryblooded]

Would be happier if there was some way to prove you wrong not involving murder.

[kingmakereffect]

Yes, that's correct.

[wokeupdead]

[THAT'S A LOAD OF BULL.

And she's officially too done with all these wishy washy LIES. Cause the have to be. Bye!! And she stomps off.]

[garudynamic]

[He gives them both a weak and grateful smile]

But... all this, for just some game?

[kingmakereffect]

Would you have preferred it if I left you to die?

[amygdalae]

Then what made you decide on that rule in particular?

[wokeupdead]

I wasn't even asleep when it happened! I didn't even plan to sleep that night!! Everything about this is just too shady!

[isafraid]

It's a sick game, more or less. Sick like the plague.

[prismbloom]

But bringing so many people here, just for a game? That's excessive.

[kingmakereffect]

I'm afraid I can't tell you that.

[ignorantly]

He's just sayin' all that stuff to mess with us.

[ He grits his teeth, his hands clenching at his sides. There's no possible way that could be true. He refuses to believe it. ]

[prismbloom]

I don't believe it, either. How could it have ended so quickly?

[ The other Masters wouldn't have let it, would they? ]

[psychoh]

[glances up, then shakes his head.]

It's... It can't be true, can it? Who's ever, who's ever even heard of something like that, of a whole world getting destroyed? That's not something that happens outside of, of movies--

[a pause, and then, more to himself] I'll never forgive myself if I'm the one to survive, while Mother...

[garudynamic]

[He nods a little too fast]

Yeah... yeah.