Week 7

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Well this is all starting to feel incredibly routine. After being trapped here for a month and a half with no sign of rescue, maybe you have just resigned to the idea that you'll never leave this place and that people will keep dying until none of you're are left.

Truthfully, I can't even pretend to make an optimistic about any of this. it's a dark and horrid world you all live in.

There are no new floors today. It seems you finally have access to the whole mansion.

15 people remain]

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[athleticallyinclined]

[ His frown deepens. ]

What's a vote?

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[Blink. Blink.]

Are... you being real right now? Its... you... [The sheer idea of this is honestly making her sweat.]

W-we've done it like five times now. W-we all put down the name of the person that was guil- you've voted Gaston! We all voted!

[That's dire]

it's late i'm tired

[athleticallyinclined]

Oh! That kind of vote!

[ Wait a minute. He frowns. ]

The people...choose their king?

[kickbuttseatnuts]

What do you mean that kind of vo- [inhale. exhale. breathe girl]

Kind of? I mean, there's like... checks and balances and complicated systems to avoid too much damage? But yeah, everyone picks between a group of people and whoever is the most popular is... "king" for a few years.

[athleticallyinclined]

[ "Complicated systems" sounds boring and, well, complicated, so he ignores it. Suddenly he's smiling in a way that doesn't bode well for anyone. ]

Most popular...

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[...wait.

waaaaaiiit.]

Y-yeah. You know, they spend a while talking to people, putting the word out, getting support, the usual...

[Why are you talking why are you talking]

[athleticallyinclined]

[ He's nodding along, looking way too interested in the entire election campaign process. ]

And then...?

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[Allene pauses for a moment. She can feel herself standing on a cliff. On one side, escape from this dangerous journey into the deep she can feel ahead of them. She could escape into the hills towards peace and sanity.

But. The deep end of that cliff has a siren song at the bottom.

1. It'd be kind of funny tho.

2. Puppet government tho]

Well, once you're in change, you have control of the military, the militias, you have the support of the people, you can even influence the laws here and there.

[athleticallyinclined]

[ His eyes actually light up at that. All of it. There's no military here, and no militias...at least not yet.

The support of the people. He can almost taste it.

Allene, you've made a huge mistake. ]

And all I - he needs is a vote?

Even someone who's not royalty?

[kickbuttseatnuts]

If he can convince them he's a good leader, it doesn't matter where he came from.

[She's so down to see where this goes.]

[athleticallyinclined]

I'm a leader.

[ He says it way too quickly. Not like he has anything to prove, or anything. He beams at Allene. ]

I just tell everyone to vote for me? As United States President?

And then they do?

[kickbuttseatnuts]

Assuming they aren't convinced to vote for someone else, sure.

[this is gonna be great, she loves this]

[athleticallyinclined]

Someone else?

[ He frowns, completely mystified. ]

Why would they vote for someone else?

[ Why would anyone, ever, when there's GASTON to vote for? ]

[kickbuttseatnuts]

Who knows! Maybe they just don't know about you yet.

[athleticallyinclined]

Hmmm...I suppose it's possible...

[ After all, he only knows the names of about half the people here at any given time. ]

Then we must...tell them about me!

[kickbuttseatnuts]

What a great idea Gaston. And you know, I gotta say, telling people about yourself is one of your top skills.

[athleticallyinclined]

It is a particular talent of mine.

[ Look he's not gonna deny the truth. Still...the more he thinks about it, the more this sounds suspiciously like work.

... ]

You should help me!

[kickbuttseatnuts]

[....puppet government, puppet government, puppet government]

Well, I do like to consider myself an constant volunteer in the community...

[athleticallyinclined]

That's the spirit!

[ Volunteers are pathetic losers, but they are useful. ]

Where do we start?