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]

[Because he's a big stupid idiot who does things like this all the time.]

Zett Takajo, volunteering to save Enoch of room 3-18!

[kindofademon]

[Oh man, he totally wants to get into this experiment.]

Volunteer!

[...right he gets to save someone... huh, who does he pick...]

I guess I'll save... Dr. Richtofen? Yeah, this isn't his type of thing, is it?

[alephbet]

Aleph Sinclair, volunteering to save April Sinclair.

[He's going to get lectured for this so hard, but really, there's no one who comes close in his worry about what could happen.]

[heavenscorpse]

Volunteering to save Yosuke Hanamura, please?

[technologic]

[So did someone say lecture-]

W-w-what the hell?!

[alephbet]

Knew that was coming.

[technologic]

T-t-then why did you do it?!

[alephbet]

For the same reason that if you got to the network first, you would have done it for me.

[technologic]

[He does have a point. Not that April is going to stop arguing.]

... B-b-but you s-shouldn't volunteer y-yourself! You already go through e-enough here!

[alephbet]

So do you. I can take anything if it's for your sake.

[sunflowerfairy]

Um..Yotsbua's gonna par..par..join in and save Lucifel!

[scentofmakai]

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

[ajealouswind]

[There's no question that he'll volunteer himself to spare someone else pain. What takes longer to consider is who. Who, of those he knew, deserved it the most?]

I volunteer. Spare Tohko Amano in exchange for my participation.

[technologic]

B-b-but you don't have t-to! ... I don't w-want you to get hurt b-because of me...

[alephbet]

I don't want you to get hurt when I can do something about it.

[technologic]

I-I can take anything they do to me, I've been hurt before! But you shouldn't... [She shakes her head and takes a moment to steel her nerves again.] ... Y-y-you shouldn't f-feel like you have to do s-stuff like this for me.

[alephbet]

...Honestly, if it hadn't been for you, it would have been for someone else. There's no way I can just sit back and let other people take this all on their shoulders.

[warriorscribe]

Zett.

*No, kid, just. No. That's not how this works, he protects kids not the other way around.*

[tohko_amano]

[And have a very surprised Book Girl, Kain.]

Oh! Kain, you don't have to do this..but thanks. Really, you don't have to worry about me.

[technologic]

[She sighs quietly, but she can't argue with that. Since she would do the same.]

T-then pick someone else.

[scentofmakai]

How mad are you at me right now?

[alephbet]

No. I don't want to.

[tohko_amano]

[The problem with Tohko was that there were way too many people that she wanted to save, so choosing one was difficult at best. But, after some thinking, she nodded and smiled to herself.]

Alright then! I volunteer! In exchange, please help out either Enoch, or, if you can't do that, then I'll save Ryoji!

[..This is becoming a habit.]

[technologic]

[If April were any less mature, she probably would have stomped her foot in irritation. Instead, she just huffs with a frown and narrows her eyes.]

W-why?

[alephbet]

Nobody's as important as you to me. It's that simple.