won't you take me to flavortown

[theoversaw]

[At the end of that one hour (that seemed so much longer than just one hour could be), hopefully everyone's gathered in the cafeteria. The doors to the other side of the space station open to reveal two figures, a man and a woman. The woman is dressed in sharp business clothes, tapping away on some kind of a device that looks similar to but sleeker than a smart phone. The man with her has a circle beard and bleached blond hair, shorter but thick with muscle, wearing a checked button-up shirt with a gold chain peeking through the collar and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He scratches at his non-dominant forearm (which, nonetheless, is bare).]

Welcome, Champions, to the...

Champion Excellence Program.

Yeah, the Champion Excellence Program. As you may have noticed reading the rules, there's only one way out of here: Rule 7. But just in case going home isn't enough for you, we've decided to add an extra incentive.

[The woman barely looks up from her phone, like she's doing a headcount of the Champions.] The Champion who successfully proves their Excellence by murdering a fellow Champion and escaping punishment will receive an all-expenses-paid space cruise to the Vegas Quadrant.

[The man gives his companion a deadpan look and then looks at the Champions.]

Any questions?

Comments

[hellahighwater]

...You're fucking with me. You're fucking with me? Holy shit, I'm--

[ chloe wants to smash ]

[andjerry]

[and he just eeeeeedges closer even though he's trying to stay far away]

Let's- we should hear them out first.

[hellahighwater]

Are you seriously saying that? Their rules have done all the hearing I want to. Aren't you supposed to be a law-man?

[andjerry]

One of them could have a knife, or a gun, or- if you try to start something it could end up with someone else getting hurt.

[hellahighwater]

I am not just gonna take this lying down. [ She raises her voice to speak to the Overseers. ] Hey! Assholes! Bitchface and Blaze-it, look at me!

[andjerry]

[aaaand he questions how this is going to end, but steps back just far enough that their captors try to answer Chloe instead of himself, a warning already dead on his tongue.]