VLDR: Convention of the Minds - WORST ENDING

[Cyantic]

Nah, I won. I suppose stretching my legs can't hurt, but I dunno what the point would be.

[Hawkwing425]

[Inteus sighs.]
At... at the very least, we know Nicole's a dissenter. I wish she'd just debate it with us instead of avoiding us.

[Knockoff]

Yes, I’d like a third if possible. From a brief glance over there, there was some sort of machine that required three people to use properly.

[ChubbyMooshroom9]

(was busy with rl stuff)

Given that we can escape if everyone agrees, I suspect they purposefully selected some who would had incentive to stay. Johnson said as much. I’m not opposed to forming a coalition and leaving this place myself.

Out of curiosity, how did you solve the puzzle, Pam?

Just had to fully load the gun, and shoot the mannequins. A loophole in the rules is the best I can put it.

I'll go to Comms with you if you're interested. I checked it out earlier myself, simply to see if there was a flashlight or way to turn the lights on. Long shot, but whatever.

[leeten]

Well, we do need three to operate it, if the Wizard of Oz was telling us the truth. Mark, you and the doc can probably find us there later, or we'll meet you back here.

[Cyantic]

What sort of machine?

[Knockoff]

It was a radio transmission and retrieval system.

[leeten]

Pam, you seem to have a good head on your shoulders. If you've already solved the puzzle, do you know if there's anything else in this room that you might be able to unravel?

[Cyantic]

That's a bit old tech, isn't it? Man, this place makes no sense.

[ChubbyMooshroom9]

Pam, you seem to have a good head on your shoulders. If you've already solved the puzzle, do you know if there's anything else in this room that you might be able to unravel?

She shakes her head

No.

[leeten]

It really doesn't.

I guess the four of us should head out to comms then, right? Doc and Mark are here, so they have a pair if they want to head off.

Tom, I know you don't care about running around alone, but I'd rather not break the laws if we can avoid it, no matter how arbitrary they seem.

[Hawkwing425]

What do you think, Mark?

[Cyantic]

He shrugs.

It's just a logic puzzle, in the end. Who can be seen if one is alone? Who can fine you if no one else is around? Unenforceable, and just the sort of paranoia inducing shit these people would like.

[leeten]

Fair enough. With Big Brother overhead though, it's likely he has some sort of power.

Off to communications?

[Cyantic]

Yeah, yeah, I'm coming.

[Knockoff]

Yes, I’m not completely certain of the true function of the machine in communications.

And I’m ready to head out whenever.

[ChubbyMooshroom9]

On you guys.

(waitin on poly basically)

[leeten]

Well, considering the intercom message, there must be something important. The puppetmaster would only push us to it if there were.

Speaking of which, I bet that we're likely to run into the strays there.

[leeten]

[Peter moves to the door, ready to head out.]

[PolyesterHomes]

Tom, Abner, Pam, and Peter leave. Partys over, to PMs.

[PolyesterHomes]

Mark and Jooan enter the room as the machine whirs to life from the power switch.

[Cyantic]

Listen - let's just take everything slow, here. If these are public radios we can hijack or connect too... no telling what happens. If there's a civil war or whatever, we'd be connecting to some really dangerous places. Assuming our options are public radio and military instalments... neither sound like good ideas. Either we can accidentally blunder into causing a mass panic or something much, much, much worse.

And I'm not typically one to be cautious, but this could be playing with fire.

[Arckas]

Hey, look at that. I suddenly feel like this is a critical piece of machinery to the game that we will lose a lot on if nobody uses it.

[leeten]

Man, okay. There's a bunch of switches here with acronyms. Someone theorized that they were airport codes and the like.

[Peter glances back at the dash and reads out the codes.]

Set 1 is YPR, MPR, WPR, and ARCEB. Set 2 is WSMR, MAFB, FEWAFB, CLNAWS.

First half looks like radios. Second half--military bases?

[PolyesterHomes]

Set 1:
YPR
MPR
WPR
ARCEB

Set 2:
WSMR
MAFB
FEWAFB
CLNAWS