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[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE LOGGING YOU IN . . . FIREWALL AL-2955 visits you, as if she's followed you through the tubes and connections aboard The Pygmalion. She waits in your room, as though she were tipped from the basins held by the twin angels into existence. She is patient, but instructs you to return to the conference room. Her hologram flickers, and she zips out of existence, back into the basins, back through the connections. Entering the conference room, you see that a small holographic terminal has lit up and is waiting for you. A list of the remaining participants displays itself, images of them staring back at you. The dead are blacked out, gone but not forgotten. Only hours ago did you vote on execution in this very room, and now AL-2955's robotic voice commands you to select one player to be safe for the week. Selecting a player you've already chosen simply does not work, and she urges you, coolly, to choose another participant. Make your choice. firewall rules taken characters information cards

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WEEK 1

[al2955]

[Once Jessie has arrived in the conference room, AL-2995 will appear in front of her.]

Good evening, Jessie. You have been chosen to be the Firewall. If you would check your datapad for me, you will see that it has been updated with the instructions to your role.

You will not officially start your role until next week, but for now, I am here to take any questions you may have.

[toprotecttheworld]

Go, Arbok!

[Those are the first two words she needs to say. She launches her Pokéball and her companion emerges from within, the ball bouncing back into her hand. She's wearing different clothes than before, but she's not wearing her uniform.

Arbok slithers around her protectively. She's not stupid enough to attack the AI. Yet. He hisses a "Chawwbawk!" at AL-2995, but otherwise he does not move, almost as if Jessie instructed him to guard her earlier.]

What's the meaning of this?! [She finally looks up from her notepad (it takes her a while to figure this out).] First you order me to kill someone, and now you're asking me to save someone?! Explain yourself!

[al2955]

[ AL-2955 does not flinch nor bat an eyelash at arbok, perhaps because she does not have eyes. ]

You do not have to worry, Jessie. I will not cause you or Arbok any harm. You have been chosen for the expressed purpose of carrying out a role. In particular, your role is a protective one. Each week, a list will be compiled of players who are protected for that respective week, but we can not ensure that the algorithms I have in place will select these players flawlessly. As such, we require an outside opinion on who should be protected each week — a human one. That is why you have been picked, Jessie.

WEEK 2

[al2955]

[Once Jessie enters the room, her datapad will display the list of currently living players.]

Who will you protect this week?

(OOC: Please get your vote in by 3PM EST Monday!]

1/2

[toprotecttheworld]

It's time to prepare for trouble, and we'll make it double!

[Like before, she has Arbok in tow.]

To protect the space station from devastation!
To unite one person with some death evasion!
To denounce the evils of truth and love,
I extend my reach to the stars above!

Jessie!
Chawbark!

Team Rocket, already in space at the speed of light!
Surrender now, or prepare to fight, that's right!

[toprotecttheworld]

What was that all about?!

They almost all voted to kill me! If it weren't for that needle, I'd have been a flying-type kebab by now!

[Arbok whines loudly and "hugs" Jessie because that would be an awful fate.]

G-get off, not so close. Well?! Answer me!

[al2955]

You are not exempt from being a player in the game, Jessie. The fact that you survived is a testament to your innocence and your wits.

Who will you choose to protect?

WEEK 3

[al2955]

[Once Jessie enters the room, her datapad will display the list of currently living players.]

Who will you protect this week?

(OOC: Please get your vote in by 3PM EST Monday)

1/2

[toprotecttheworld]

It's time to prepare for trouble, and we'll make it double!

[Like before, she has Arbok in tow.]

To protect the space station from devastation!
To unite one person with some death evasion!
To denounce the evils of truth and love,
I extend my reach to the stars above!

Jessie!
Chawbark!

Team Rocket, already in space at the speed of light!
Surrender now, or prepare to fight, that's right!

[toprotecttheworld]

Why are you making me work so hard?! That wasn't easy!

WEEK 4

[al2955]

[Once Jessie enters the room, her datapad will display the list of currently living players.]

Who will you protect this week?

(OOC: Please get your vote in by 3PM EST Monday)

[toprotecttheworld]

It's time to prepare for trouble, and we'll make it double!

[Like before, she has Arbok in tow.]

To protect the space station from devastation!
To unite one person with some death evasion!
To denounce the evils of truth and love,
I extend my reach to the stars above!

Jessie!
Chawbark!

Team Rocket, already in space at the speed of light!
Surrender now, or prepare to fight, that's right!

[toprotecttheworld]

This is so exhausting.

WEEK 6

[al2955]

[Once Jessie enters the room, her datapad will display the list of currently living players.]

Who will you protect this week?

(OOC: Please get your vote in by 3PM EST Monday)

1/2

[toprotecttheworld]

It's time to prepare for trouble, and we'll make it double!

[Like before, she has Arbok in tow.]

To protect the space station from devastation!
To unite one person with some death evasion!
To denounce the evils of truth and love,
I extend my reach to the stars above!

Jessie!
Chawbark!

Team Rocket, already in space at the speed of light!
Surrender now, or prepare to fight, that's right!

[toprotecttheworld]

What a rotten person.

[It's bad when Jessie thinks that, isn't it.]

Ready to get this over with, Alice? I'm not sure I should be talking so casually with you after destroying my item like that.

[What an upsetting trial, in other words. #CartaDeservedBetter than that shitty rat-kid death.]

WEEK 7

[toprotecttheworld]

[Arbok enters the room at the appropriate time. He needs to protect a living player in Jessie's stead, but Alice will probably need to provide an alternate way for him to choose. She probably wasn't expecting him, whatever.]

Chawbark!

(OOC: I'll get my vote in by 3PM EST Monday)

[al2955]

Arbok. I was not expecting to see you here. Have you come in Jessie's stead?

WEEK 8

[al2955]

[Once Jessie enters the room, her datapad will display the list of currently living players.]

Who will you protect this week?

(OOC: Please get your vote in by 3PM EST Monday)

[toprotecttheworld]

[This was decided to be Elizabeth in an OOC discussion with the mods.]

WEEK 9

[al2955]

[Once Jessie enters the room, her datapad will display the list of currently living players.]

Who will you protect this week?

(OOC: Please get your vote in by 3PM EST Monday)

1/2

[toprotecttheworld]

It's time to prepare for trouble, and we'll make it double!

[Like before, she has Arbok in tow.]

To protect the space station from devastation!
To unite one person with some death evasion!
To denounce the evils of truth and love,
I extend my reach to the stars above!

Jessie!
Chawbark!

Team Rocket, already in space at the speed of light!
Surrender now, or prepare to fight, that's right!

[toprotecttheworld]

These trial charades get more and more tiring each week!

[She crosses her arms.]

Well, Alice. You're trying to understand us, aren't you? Do you want to try guessing who I'm going to pick?

[al2955]

[Once Jessie enters the room, her datapad will display the list of currently living players.]

Who will you protect this week? Only one this time, Jessie.

((OOC: Please get your vote in by 3PM EST Monday)

[toprotecttheworld]

[We're handwaving the motto, but she already said it.]

Well, Alice, aren't you going to ask if I have anything interesting for you? I'm a little hurt.