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[boutant]

[ From the look of things, Ariadne appears to be in the Inception House's kitchen, staring intently at a piece of paper in front of a cookie jar. There's a pen in her hand, the tip pressed to the paper, but every time she goes to write something, she ends up shaking her head and stilling. This continues for several minutes before she finally starts to write. Once she's finished, the pen is set down and the paper held up so the camera can see what she wrote: Pancake. Once the camera has seen it, she begins to whisper. ]

I'm sorry Pancake, but I can't afford to let you turn against me and vote with Arthur because he offered you more treats. I have to vote you off the island.

[ With that said, Ariadne folds the paper in half and places it in the cookie jar, the feeding cutting out as she turns her back. ]

Comments

[boutant]

Yes. That's what we're doing right now. Then the jury will pick between the final three.

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[boutant]

I suppose I look more like someone who'd own a corgi anyway...

[boutant]

Because that's not how the game works. You have to vote and strategize and win competitions.

and then I forgot to delete the title like a real winner

[boutant]

Hi Danish.

[ Ariadne wiggles her fingers in a little wave for the kitten. ]

[hexuality]

And, er, how do you play? Sounds a bit serious for a puppy.

[boutant]

You take a bunch of people and put them in the wilderness and they compete for rewards, supplies, and money. Someone is voted off every few days and at the end, the last half or so of the people voted off get together and vote for the winner out of the final three.

[hexuality]

And that's supposed to be entertaining?

[boutant]

It gets to be very dramatic.

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[metaman]

This is true. And in shows like this, you don't want the character types to go against audience expectations.

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[boutant]

I've probably tested them enough with that, too. I mean, I'm an architect. It's a male-dominated field.

[hexuality]

Well, I suppose if you get attached to certain, er, contestants.

I'd imagine Pancake's a fairly popular one. What with being adorable and all.

[pratful]

[ aha! Something he can understand ] I see. And shouldn't the competitions decide who the winner is? The choice should be obvious.

nbd I forgot to switch anna out of 'bloody and distressed looking'

[flensing]

I hope Pancake will be able to forgive you for your vote.

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[metaman]

Are you the only woman in your office?

[boutant]

Oh, probably. Biscuit, too. Rhada was voted out early so I'm the only girl left now.

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[boutant]

In the City, yes. Head of the department, too.

[boutant]

The competitions provide the rewards and immunity against the vote. Part of the challenge is building alliances within the group and strategizing that way.

maybe the cat scratched her...

[boutant]

I think he will. He's pretty resilient like that.

/the latest prancer hoofs in circles /)_(\

[dropkick]

[ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooo.... ]

But he can't swim.

[ Taking it. too. literally. cries. ]

/feeds oats out of hand :D

[boutant]

He's a dog, of course he can swim.

[ ... wait ]

Arthur! You're not supposed to know who voted!

[ Ariadne has it ever occurred to you that you may be the only one "on the show"? No? Okay. ]

/INAHLES i-i mean...nibbles u.u!!! ♥ ;-; ;klfsdok;lsd omg oats sound good...

[dropkick]

[ there's the START of a sound like he's going to say one thing then stops, the kind where you just KNOW he's having one of those fish-face open/close/open/close moments.....gif ]

'cause when we tried to take him out past the part where his paws still touch the ground he just kind of...blubbed.

[ WHICH ISN'T to say Pancake isn't just LEGENDARY in his laziness...but the world may never know. Because Arthur is a whipped pet owner..... ]

And what's this voting business anyway?

[ here's the part where they discover that last-woman standing thing re ONLY CONTESTANT....

does this mean she won?lmdflsfdsflks ]

yes no choking on your oats :CCC man i really want oatmeal now...

[boutant]

He blubbed?

[ She's trying not to laugh because she is trying to be mad at you for knowing who she voted for, Arthur. Cheater.

Not that she should be surprised, considering how they met. ]

Did you forget that we're on Survivor?

[ ... yes. yes it does. CONGRATULATIONS, ARIADNE ]

/nibbles, chews thirty times ;u; omg oatmeallll omg i love it.../hoofs own fais off

[dropkick]

Well-- [ he sounds sort of not defensive, but that tone when someone is relatively sure that's an accurate word but not...completely. A PAUSE... ] There were bubbles. Though he seemed fine when I picked him up...

...on...is that...

[ Oh wait. CHECKING THE NETWORK you know like not-the-boss...oh... ]

Wait a second. How'd Pancake even qualify to be a contestant in the first place?

[ This isn't Sparta. AREN'T THERE RULES ABOUT THIS.....

Cough.

Maybe this should not be what he focuses on but the idiosyncrasies of curses seem unending. He wonders if there's ever any real logic so much as the delight certain entities might get from randomness.

Still if she wins, he wonders if she gets some City equivalent to their rainbow money...

Once she's un-cursed maybe he'll suggest she check her account. Er. Just out of curiosity. ]

[hexuality]

What can help you stay?

YOU CAN'T EAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FACE

[boutant]

Maybe he farted.

[ this is the most ridiculous thread ]

I have no idea. Maybe the City is more lenient about it than people back home. I mean, Biscuit's on too, and so were Rhada and Waffle until they were voted off.

[ Sparta, the City... close enough. ]