Induction.

[antitrust]

You've all had some time to get to know each other; whether or not you're all getting along is another matter. Either way, one thought pattern seems to be pretty prevalent, no matter what you think of this entire situation – Where, exactly, is the Conductor? That question isn't going to be answered in full, even now; if you were hoping to work out exactly who the Conductor is...well, that's not going to be readily answered, either. What you are going to get, however, is the sound of that public address box mounted into the wall somewhere above your heads crackling to life; it's staticky and a little grating at first, like someone's fiddling with the volume control somewhere, but eventually it clears up. "Ah, is it..?" It's a little uncertain at first, but that, too, clears up soon enough; it's a male voice, at least that much is discernible. "Greetings to the lot of you, the new class at Graceside Academy; I trust you've familiarized yourself with the rules. "You can call me the Conductor."

[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

[ninehundredlives]

Were you just talking to someone in there?

[Maybe he was just speaking aloud, but if there's more than one of these people she'd like to know about it.]

[antitrust]

I have a habit of talking to myself sometimes, as I believe everyone does from time to time. No one is in here with me.

[So maybe, maybe not.]

[ninehundredlives]

Right.

[She sounds like she doesn't totally believe him. But she sees no reason to trust anything he says regardless.]

Why did you pick us to bring here?

[antitrust]

Why not you?

[ninehundredlives]

I'm nobody special. I certainly can't kill anyone. [This conversation feels really familiar.] Unless some of us are just here for fodder?

[charcoalfeather]

[Well THAT's.... not a good feeling to have, susan.]

[ninehundredlives]

[THIS IS AN A-B CONVERSATION RAKKA

YOU CAN C YOUR WAY OUT]

[charcoalfeather]

[WAS THAT PUN REALLY NECESSARY

....She'll be over there, then.]

[antitrust]

No one is here for fodder purposes. Some of you are more likely to be killed than others, but that assumes that things go poorly, doesn't it? That's a little pessimistic.

Do you not believe yourself to be interesting, Adroit?

[ninehundredlives]

Call it realistic. Don't lock us all in here with these rules about murder and pretend that's not what you want.

That's not my name.

[antitrust]

The rules indicate one possibility; they don't indicate the only outcome that all of you can create for yourselves.

And even if that isn't your name, that doesn't answer the question. Do you not believe yourself to be an interesting person?

[ninehundredlives]

So what happens if there's never any killing?

You've been watching me. What makes you think I'm interesting?

[antitrust]

There are several of you who have asked what makes all of you interesting to me. Perhaps you can work it out for yourselves one day.

As for what happens if there isn't any killing...again, that depends on the lot of you more than it does me.

[ninehundredlives]

You're the one who locked us in here! Of course it depends on you what happens!

[antitrust]

Not exactly. It defeats the purpose of the exercise if I interfere too much beyond stated protocol.

[ninehundredlives]

And what is the purpose of the exercise?