Sacrifices must be made.

[heavenscorpse]

The administrators have made an announcement on the network with simple rules.

-There are two experiments coming up: the first is based on volunteers, and the second based on randomly selected tower residents.

-If you volunteer for the first experiment, you may 'save' another resident from being chosen for the second experiment by publicly listing their name when you volunteer.

-Volunteers cannot be chosen for the second experiment.

Of course you could choose not to volunteer, and perhaps you won't be chosen for either. After all, there's no telling what either of these experiments are...

[Volunteer. React to people volunteering with 'you stupid idiot' or the like. Laugh and popcorn.]

Comments

[scentofmakai]

You shouldn't do everything I do. I'm older than you.

[sunflowerfairy]

But I can be a support, even if you're older! I'm not cop..copying you! I wanna help Luci!

[scentofmakai]

It's going to upset him that he can't help you this way.

[sunflowerfairy]

[This fact was true, and thinking about it and the fact that she wanted to help Lucifel-especially since he wasn't feeling well recently-made her frown a little.]

Oh..but I'll be sad if he gets hurt too!

[scentofmakai]

I know. But if he got hurt in the experiment, wouldn't it be better if you were able to take care of him?

[sunflowerfairy]

No! I don't want him to get hurt at all!

[scentofmakai]

Then you shouldn't volunteer, because he'll be sad and hurt and have to take care of you.

[sunflowerfairy]

But then I can cheer him up and be a big girl and show him that I didn't cry and was brave!

[scentofmakai]

You didn't have to be this kind of brave, Yotsuba. Sometimes it's better to protect yourself, or you can't protect other people.

[sunflowerfairy]

I didn't have to be, but I want to be! I don't know what they're gonna do, so if I don't support Luci he's going to get even sadder! I'll be able to help him afterwards!

[scentofmakai]

I guess there's nothing we can do about it right now, huh...? I'll talk to you about this after the experiments are over, and we'll see how it turned out.

[sunflowerfairy]

Nope! You're not gonna stop me! But we can talk later after the ex..expirament! Even if it hurts a lot, I'll support Lucifel! What will you do?!

[scentofmakai]

I'm going to get in so much trouble, you won't even believe how much.

[sunflowerfairy]

How come?! What are you doing, Zett? Getting in trouble is bad!

[scentofmakai]

When you do a thing that adults don't like you can get into trouble.

[sunflowerfairy]

But grown-ups usually have a reason why they don't like you to do something..

[scentofmakai]

Uncle Enoch doesn't like me protecting him because he thinks he should protect me.

[sunflowerfairy]

Oh..but if you don't protect him, Enoch'll get hurt and that's not good! We can protect Enoch and Lucifel!

[scentofmakai]

I'm willing to get in trouble, but I'm setting a bad example here. Don't be like Zett.

[sunflowerfairy]

Why not? You're doing a good thing! And what's an example?!

[scentofmakai]

When you do something like something else. If someone shows you how to set up a game by setting up the game, that's the example.

[sunflowerfairy]

Oh! Okay then! But I didn't know that you were going to save Enoch, so you didn't set an example for me!

[scentofmakai]

Alright, I believe you.

[sunflowerfairy]

Good! So we'll save both Enoch and Lucifel!

[scentofmakai]

And then they'll get mad at us.