[Tuesday starts off like any other day. Boring, monotonous, smelly. The morning passes uneventfully.
Then, at noon, the televisions come to life in a flurry of static. Those who are in rooms without televisions find themselves staring at tubes schllllorrrrping out of the walls as Zero's mask pops into view.
Even from here, one can feel the utter bemusement. Can hear it in their voice as they speak.]
What is the price of a life? Some would say the value of a life is far too esoteric to measure. Others will tell you that a millions lives are a mere statistic, nothing more. Still others might say that the value of the life itself is irrelevant regardless-it is all about what you get out of it that counts.
Fifty dollars. A ticket to the theme park of your choice. A cheeseburger. All three put together...that is the current offer, good until the end of the week. Kill one of your fellow passengers, get away with it, and the price offered is yours, along with the X-Passes needed to return home to enjoy the...fruits of your labor, so to speak.
Ridiculous, I hear you say. Utterly insulting. Grasping for straws. Surely that is not the limit of Zero's power to compel us to bloodshed!
But I must wonder. Is that really true? People have killed for less, after all.
The choice is yours. Remember-you have until the end of the week.
MOTIVE: The Price of Life
Then, at noon, the televisions come to life in a flurry of static. Those who are in rooms without televisions find themselves staring at tubes schllllorrrrping out of the walls as Zero's mask pops into view.
Even from here, one can feel the utter bemusement. Can hear it in their voice as they speak.]
What is the price of a life? Some would say the value of a life is far too esoteric to measure. Others will tell you that a millions lives are a mere statistic, nothing more. Still others might say that the value of the life itself is irrelevant regardless-it is all about what you get out of it that counts.
Fifty dollars. A ticket to the theme park of your choice. A cheeseburger. All three put together...that is the current offer, good until the end of the week. Kill one of your fellow passengers, get away with it, and the price offered is yours, along with the X-Passes needed to return home to enjoy the...fruits of your labor, so to speak.
Ridiculous, I hear you say. Utterly insulting. Grasping for straws. Surely that is not the limit of Zero's power to compel us to bloodshed!
But I must wonder. Is that really true? People have killed for less, after all.
The choice is yours. Remember-you have until the end of the week.
[kzzzsht]