Zero Escape: VLDR - Altered Origins

[Cyantic]

Sure, but good intentions are little comfort when others are not... noble? May I use the word noble?

[Schultz128]

I'd think quick if you want to defuse this situation, Blank and Ted.

[Hawkwing425]

We can be friends. We can ALL be friends. Anyone in here who's hostile is hostile because they think you're going to hurt them or someone else. Just... at least, trust me. We're not sadists. We're humans. People. Regular people who weren't initially thinking, "yeah, I'd like to kill everyone here".

[LordofFail]

Forget about the details Vera. It can be your most trusted ally, or your most hated enemy.

It's the principle, the idea that I am talking about. Of course there will always be exceptions and edge cases but for this hypothetical argument let's just say you don't know who is on the other side.

So consider this: for every person, would you rather betray or be betrayed? And which would you do more often, betray the other or allow the other to betray you?

There are no wrong answers here, and also no right answers, just an open ended discussion.

[Cyantic]

That is paralysis, yes? That option has been on the table, Mister Arvin.


I'd betray.

[Nellyfox]

Blank tosses Arvin a screwdriver.

[Schultz128]

It matters not to me. I'm sure to escape this place regardless of my points.

Thank you Blank, and now for my end.

[Nellyfox]

Arvin tosses the blue chip to Ted.

[LordofFail]

Can one really escape? What even does it mean to escape?

[Schultz128]

Escape the facility, obviously.

[Nellyfox]

Ted takes out a gun that glows pink. He takes out a small pink chip and replaces it with the blue chip. The gun now glows blue.

He points the gun at Vera.

[TheNiceOne16]

Thank god. This is the paralysis fuction. I will shoot if you make hostile movement Vera.

[Cyantic]

Yes, that much was obvious. And I am currently not planning on it. Have you not picked that up? I do not want collateral damage.

[LordofFail]

Yes, escaping the facility is the literal answer, but what then? To escape means that one is trapped, and while yes we are physically trapped, we are not mentally trapped.

We can still discuss thoughts, explore ideas and debate arguments. So what then, are we escaping from?

[Schultz128]

I'm not looking to debate the philosophical, I'm more of a realist.

[Metrion]

They're Anelle. Letter A.

Can, um, someone explain what's happening?

[Nellyfox]

Arvin leaves.

[Cyantic]

As it stands, I wish to kill Emilio. Emilio wishes to kill me. Stopping me from that is that there is currently lots of people I don't want to hurt. I do not know what is stopping Emilio.

[Hawkwing425]

Emilio would be stopped if he could trust that you won't be able to try to kill him. That's what he said.

[Metrion]

B-but why would either of you want to do that?

[Cyantic]

Yes, but I can't trust him not to hurt Miss Fury. You see?

[TheNiceOne16]

Violet wants to Kill Emilio because he threatened Fury. Emilio threatened Fury because he believed her to be a threat.
She believes he will do so while the rest of us only believes he might.

[Hawkwing425]

And I just want to stop anyone from killing.

[LordofFail]

I need to speak with Foster. Does anyone know where he is, or where he last was?

[Hawkwing425]

Physics Lab. I think he should be in there.