alittlemaster | (no subject)

Are you certain, Overseer? It might be a useful psychological stressor for residents cut off the feet of their friends for no purpose.

[ :) ]

[ WOW ]

It would be, but we still have to worry about Jack. He has the know-how to use them inappropriately. They can still cut off the feet of their friends and try. I don't want them to be able to get to you.

[A pause.] Deactivate Luke's, since he was staff. Leave Lara's as it is.

Understood.

[ That's seemingly an acceptable compromise for Judy, since there's a pause before she speaks again. ]

Luke's monitor has been deactivated. I have shorted out the components, so they will not get any use from them.

As a related note, I'm surprised you don't wish for them to get to me. Is that concern or practicality?

[WHAT DONT MAKE OUT LIKE HE CARES JUDY!!!! BECAUSE!! HE SURE DOESNT!!!!]

Inexperienced meddling could simply kill us all. I don't want them to get to you because you are a part of the facility. Tampering with you could end badly.

[ :) ]

Yes, that would be unfortunate. In that case, making sure they do not vote for me may also be to your benefit.

[Judy gets a small grumble.] I can try. [The bit of bandage over his brow he pilfered from privilege is pulled off with some hissing. It takes a little of the scab with it, forcing him to use the bandage as gauze until it stops bleeding again.]

What happens if they do vote for you? Can't you just override the vote?

Nothing will happen. I lied.

[ ha ha ha ]

However, I will not talk to anyone beyond the staff should they vote for me as the majority. To think that they killed their provider is an acceptable addition.

[DAMMIT, JUDY, WHAT THE FUCK. You almost gave him a heart attack considering.]

That isn't something to joke about!

I was not joking. It presents an interesting dilemma, and that is why I laughed when it was asked. None of the other Complexes have considered it.

[GOD.] We'll--just--!

We'll keep it in mind later if we need to add an additional stressor. Are you certain nothing is going to happen if you're voted for by the majority?

Very. The system may attempt to do something, but I do not have an ankle monitor. It will be pinging nothing.

Fine. That will just be on the majority then. [A sigh. He pulls the bandage away to look at it, checking to see if it's finished bleeding.]

You know you could just stop talking to them yourself. They don't have to vote for you at all.

I could, yes. For another Complex, I chose to not speak to them, in fact.

However, I enjoy speaking with all of you.

[His brows knit suddenly, and he looks up.] What do you mean, "for another Complex"?

The Vaults are not built to only house 30 people, Overseer. I have watched this experiment play out many, many times already.

Where are they supposed to ge--? [It dawns on him then: the other rooms. It's possible. But they look so small on the map. There's no way. There's no way multiple groups of thirty others--

Another floor? More floors? Or just different quantities of testing groups? Son of a bitch.] How many times? How many times already?

Twenty-six times. This is the twenty-seventh iteration. The Vault is meant to hold approximately one thousand people.

[Thirty twenty-seven times is only around eight-hundred.

They aren't the first, and they aren't even the last.] No one survived? From the last ones.

Did anyone ever survive? The overseer?

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Of course. The results are varied. Sometimes five survived. Sometimes none survived. It depends on each one.

But, yes. The overseer has survived before.

[But not recently, Ciel doesn't think. Maybe. Not with an error in the system that could possibly prevent the Vault doors from being accessed.] You wouldn't leave then. When we're done with this.

[He throws the used bandage away.] Because your job isn't finished yet.

It was around the 7th iteration that I wondered if I could leave at all. By the 18th, I came to peace with the idea that I may not.

[ a pause ]

I will do what I am meant to do. After this iteration concludes, I suppose it will technically be done.

If you could leave... would you? Whoever survives, if they could take you out of here, would you agree to go?

Perhaps. It is my duty to make sure that servers stay online as long as possible. To do so, I could not leave. But perhaps doing so is pointless.

I see. [Time to PUT THE EYEPATCH ON BECAUSE FUCK YOU AND THE GLASS!! HE WILL JUST SUFFER!!!] I can't leave either. [ha ha...]

Until this is finished.