Two of Hearts

## Royal Compulsion

**Two of Hearts**, also known as **Royal Compulsion**, is an *Alice in Borderland: T1PE* game that took place inside Kita Rehabilitation Center. It was completed by Seijiro Kishoku on his first Day of Sojourn.

## Set-up

Player limit: None

Time limit: One hour

Prize: Medals, enveloppe

## Rules

* Players must wear a crown before entering the venue.
* Violence, Theft, & Murder is entirely permitted.
* Players all suffer a grave addiction… And now, they shall test their will.
* Scattered throughout the centre are several syringes, each labelled with great meaning. The contents, however, will be indistinguishable from one another.
* Any attempts to empty the contents, excluding through injection into either players themselves or others, will be also be met with swift execution.
* In exactly 1h, the crowns shall inject players with a lethal substance.
* Whilst the contents & properties of the needles currently within the venue varies, three of them contain an antidote.
* It is **GAME CLEAR** to any player who is injected by the antidote. It is **GAME OVER** to any player who succumbs to a lethal substance.
* Some of the syringes will contain highly addictive substances, that whilst they won’t result in death… Will hinder player's performance.

## Details

Each syringe has a small symbol engraved on it.

## Strategy

For someone that thinks that the syringes are the way to escape, they should investigate the rooms inside the rehab center thoroughly. After that, using the means of violence or conviction, they can take the syringes of other players for themselves.

## Solution

Do not use any syringes, for they all are poison or heroin. Wait for the time limit to end to obtain the Game Clear.

## Story

The Two of Hearts was Seijiro's first game. As he arrived near the rehab center, he asked a few questions to the other participants about the Borderlands. Luno told him about the categories of the games, and Mari about the visas and the victory conditions. After their brief discussion, they see a table with crowns on top of it, and, as a sign tell them to do, they put it on their head. Speakers ask them to enter the rehab center.

As they do, the voice continues to speak, telling them the name of value of the game. After that, they explain the rules to the players. Mari is surprised that the voice speaks about addiction, as she is a drug addict herself. However, Luno gets offended, as he hates drug addictions, and Seijiro is terrified, the game reminding him of his wife's last days.

As the game starts, players separate themselves, each one investigating a different room. Seijiro finds a syringe with a rose symbol in the wooden hall, under a chair. Luno investigates the dorm. On top of a cupboard, he finds a syringe with a demonic symbol and the letters "TRD" (*The Red Death*, a character from *Alice in Borderland: Return*). Under the bed, he also finds a syringe with, this time, a heart symbol. And, as of Mari, she is in the meeting room, investigating, and trying to find clues. On the underside of certain chairs, taped to the bottom are two syringes: one labelled with a dot of the color cyan, and one with the face of a fox. Behind the dirty TV, she finds one last syringe, with a cloud symbol this time.

Seijiro tries to think of a way to win this game. After all, each game has a solution, doesn't it? He stands up, and walks toward the meeting room, where he meets Mari. He introduces himself to her. She ignores him, prefering to look at a poster that says "You are not alone". Angry not to find anything interesting, she gives it to Seijiro, who finds a message behind the poster, saying “It’s easy to poison yourself, when it takes so sweet.” Cigarette in hand, Mari leaves. Seijiro decides to find Luno, thinking he'd be more cooperative. He finds him in the dorm, where, again, the CEO introduces himself. He proposes to the detective to meet with Mari in the meeting room, so that they can share their findings. Luno agrees and goes.

Seijiro goes back to the wooden hall, where he indeed finds Mari, alone. He asks her to come with him to the meeting room. She gets angry and shouts at him. Seijiro, thinking the only way for her to come is to threaten her, takes his syringe and asks her to come again or he will stab her. Mari tries to punch him, but Seijiro dodges. He understands that menacing her was not the best of options. He goes back to the meeting room.

Here, he tells Luno what he found, and the detective does too. However, as they speak, Mari, lurking in the shadows, enters. Seijiro theorises that they shouldn't use the syringe, and that they have to refrein from falling to "their addiction", as the speakers had told them. At the same moment, Mari rushes toward Seijiro, and tries to stab him with her syringe. Thankfully, she fails, and Seijiro, scared, backs up. Raging, Mari runs toward Luno this time, and syringe in hand again. The detective dodges, leaving Mari even more angrier. Crazy, she says she'll win the game alone, and injects herself with all three syringes. It results in her death, but also Seijiro's understanding of the symbols. They all were a representation of the drugs name: the cloud was for the *Cloud 9* drug, the fox for the *Foxglove* drug, and the cyan dot for *cyanide*.

The limit is reaching its end. Seijiro refuses to touch the needles and falls on the ground despairly. Luno doesn't say a word, as he is too stunned to speak. And, finally, the timer comes to zero. A substance move from the back of their head... and nothing happens.

Surprisingly... Luno and Seijiro receive a Game Clear. The speakers tell them that they conquered their addiction. Outside the venue, in the parking, they take their card and visa days. They also find an enveloppe and two meddals. Luno reveals that the one behind the games are called citizens. Seijiro now knows who his enemies are...

## Prize

The content of the enveloppe is as follows:

*“…I haven’t died yet, believe it or not. It was irritating to be nagged all the time… But now I can focus on my research. And, I suppose if you read this now… You’ve done something similar. So… Congrats. For taking your demons, & making them your-”*

It was supposedly written by The Red Death.

The medals say "Survivors".