Spades Day 6

[digiteyesed]

[TEAM MEETING TIME AGAIN LET'S GO PEOPLE. ENE'S GOT A CHART OF WHICH TEAMS HAVE HOW MANY VOTES FOR DEMONSTRATIVE PURPOSES.]

Hey everyone! Let's co-ordinate our votes this time, okay? We've got nine votes on our team between six people. Battler and Aqua don't have any votes, I can cover Battler but somebody else needs to vote for Aqua because I voted for her last round.

And make sure we don't give more than three votes away! I think our best strategy is to give one to team D and two to Team F, any objections?

Comments

[locktouching]

[Let's just lay it out on the table.]

I want to trade with Aoi and give to Odin.

[digiteyesed]

[Scribbles that down on the chart next to his name] Okay! By the way, I want to vote for Shintaro, so that's our two to Team F.

[ibedeadpeople]

I don't mind giving one away to D. But I wonder... There's only what, 29 votes? So not everyone's getting out this time even if we play it "right." What...what're we supposed to do about that?

[jinglebros]

Let me vote for Corrin. I don't care otherwise.

[digiteyesed]

[DISREGARD I HAD A NUMBER WRONG]

...What we do is make sure the people most important to us are safe, Maya.

[digiteyesed]

Ah, yeah, I had a feeling that might be the case. So Niles and Corrin for you? [Scribbles that in next to his name]

[jinglebros]

Can't trust anyone else with it, can I?

[digiteyesed]

...That's pretty sad. You know you can't vote for him every time.

[ibedeadpeople]

That's still deciding who doesn't stay safe, isn't it?

[jinglebros]

Niles can vote for him when I can't.

[ when he has votes ]

[digiteyesed]

I'm sorry Maya. We're not in a position to save everyone right now. Team A, or Team F... Mm. Can you vote for Aqua? We can trade votes too. Aoi and Niles already decided their votes, so that's the way we can help our team.

[digiteyesed]

What about Corrin's own team? Isn't Leo on it? Aren't they all looking out for each other? You must have noticed they're the only team that hasn't lost a single person so far.

[jinglebros]

I have trust issues when it comes to votes.

[ at least he's straight about it ]

[digiteyesed]

Mmhmm, mmhmm, after hearing about what happened the last game I can understand that. But here's the thing. Everyone flinging their votes around at other teams without consulting each other last round nearly got Aqua killed, and I had to change my vote last minute to chain with Maya to save her. I don't begrudge you wanting to protect Corrin, I have people on other teams I want to save too, but if we don't talk to each other before deciding our votes, we're going to kill each other.

[jinglebros]

So that's why we're talking now, right?

I'm sorry I threw mine at Rohan before asking. I should have talked it through first. I won't make that mistake again. But this is kind of a vote you're gonna have to deal with from me.

...I don't want Aqua nearly dying again, though. Or anyone else in here.

[digiteyesed]

That is exactly why I called this meeting, yes. I want to believe you'll fight to save this team, Aoi, and when Corrin's team needs an extra vote it's fine. But this idea that you can't trust anyone else, that nobody on his team is good enough to vote for him, what happens when his team has more than enough votes for themselves? What happens if you only have one vote, and Corrin doesn't have any? Would you throw away a chance to secure a vote for yourself to save him? It's not just the others I worry about, it's you too. You told me yourself you didn't expect to win many votes yesterday, and lucky for you you did. But you're trapping yourself with this thought. And what if, god forbid, we're a loser team one round and Corrin's team wins? How can you or Niles vote for him then? You need to have some kind of backup.

[ibedeadpeople]

[opens her mouth, then closes it] ...Sure, I can vote for Aqua.

[digiteyesed]

...Is there anyone specific you're worried about on another team?

[ibedeadpeople]

...Not this time, I don't think. So it's fine. But next time... There'll be even fewer votes, right? It might be worth making a plan for it, is all.

[jinglebros]

I wouldn't throw away that chance. He's tried to do that before and we made him not do it. I wouldn't be hypocritical.

I can at least promise that.

[ Sighs. ]

You're right with your points. I'm trapped in my fucking thinking.

[digiteyesed]

[The problem is Ene can't think of anything to do in that situation other than protect the ones she loves, what happens if they keep losing votes like that? She doesn't know how they can possibly save everyone.] Do you have something in mind?

[digiteyesed]

[Absolutely believes Aoi would be hypocritical tho?] You need to find some contingency for it. Corrin is his team's heaviest hitter, so it benefits them to have him around, right? And Leo is from the same place as you guys and has the same investment in keeping him safe. Have you talked to anyone from Team D? I mean apart from Beatrice, who of course we all know is terrible.

[jinglebros]

...no...

[ hates to admit it. ]

I guess that Gumshoe guy looks like a nice guy, at least.

[digiteyesed]

And he seems pretty competent at getting votes, he might be a good backup. Should we try and make friends with him to see how reliable he is? [And also make sure you're not isolating yourself out of paranoia.]

[jinglebros]

[ He talks to plenty of people, they just all don't apparently tend to be on team D. WTF. ]

Okay. That's fair.

I can do that.