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[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE LOGGING YOU IN . . . WEIRDING Your room is not vacant when you return to it, and perhaps you might have expected to see AL-2955 waiting for you. Situated between the carved twins, pieces of her holographic image still seep out of the tipped basins. She disappears, soaked up into the statue once more, and you're compelled to follow her through to the parlor. It is empty, as though all others have been kept from it until your role is carried out. You recollect yourself in front of the minibar. AL-2955's watery figure waits in the background of the tablet's monitor, waiting for your choice. Before her image is a list of tools, and next to that is a list of remaining participants in the game. Select one, she asks, as if you have no choice but to do so. Make it count. weirding rules taken characters information cards

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WEEK 1

[al2955]

[Once Hancock has arrived in the parlor, AL-2995 will appear in front of him.]

Good evening, Hancock. You have been chosen to be the Weirding. 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.

[isodope]

["Weirding"? What the hell's that supposed to mean? He takes a list at the "tools" and grumbles.]

So, uh, what exactly is this mystery device supposed to be?

[al2955]

That would ruin the mystery, would it not? Are you not a fan of surprises, Hancock?

[ She sounds genuinely curious. ]

[isodope]

There's no fun in life without risk, sure. I can agree to that.

Buuut, on the other hand: you, or the people you work for, have kidnapped over 40 people into space and want us to start killing each other. So I think I've had enough fucking surprises to cover me for at least a year.

[al2955]

I see. How interesting. Humans are, by nature, intrigued by mysteries, but a variable is in place to determine when they become cloying. I will do my best to form a function to calculate this, Hancock.

[ Is she fucking with him, or just this courteous? ]

Unfortunately, as it stands, the mystery device remains a mystery. All that I can say is that it would not be on the list if it were not helpful to the participants or benign in some way.

[isodope]

[He just rolls his eyes at her analysis, already hating the tone of it, and sneers at her response.]

So I can't learn fucking anything about it? Not even a little hint about what it could be?

[al2955]

It is a usable item. It has a function.

[ Hence 'device' so this probably isn't particularly helpful. ]

If you are uncomfortable with the existence of the mystery device, you are free to choose any other item on the list.