Fourth Nonary Game

Left to right: Kazuaki Demura, Inna Petrov, Eloise Boucher, Jake Robinson, Wolfgang Knox, Alex Koel, Ottoline Bellamy, Nobuyuki Oyama, Kaori Ogasawara

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Fifth Nonary Game

The **Fourth Nonary Game** was a deadly game carried out by unknown persons on May 17th 2027.

## Participants

* Wolfgang "Achilles" Knox
* Kaori "Naoko Nakamura" Ogasawara
* Inna Petrov
* Jake Robinson
* Alex "Ollie Wiater" Koel
* Ottoline Bellamy
* Eloise Boucher
* Nobuyuki Oyama
* Kazuaki Demura

## Rounds

### **Round 1**

 **NOBUYUKI** | PAIR
 **BELLAMY** | SOLO

 **OLLIE** | PAIR
 **INNA** | SOLO

 **ELOISE** | PAIR
 **JAKE** | SOLO

### **Round 2**

 **OLLIE** | PAIR
 **ACHILLES** | SOLO

 **NAOKO** | PAIR
 **KAZUAKI** | SOLO

 **BELLAMY** | PAIR
 **NOBUYUKI** | SOLO

### **Round 3**

 **NAOKO** | PAIR
 **INNA** | SOLO

 **NOBUYUKI** | PAIR
 **OLLIE** | SOLO

 **KAZUAKI** | PAIR
 **BELLAMY** | SOLO

### **Round 4**

 **NAOKO** | PAIR
 **ELOISE** | SOLO

 **BELLAMY** | PAIR
 **INNA** | SOLO

 **NOBUYUKI** | PAIR
 **KAZUAKI** | SOLO

## Summary

At the start of the game, each participant gradually emerged from their respective Ambidex room, with Jake leading the pack and the duo of Naoko and Nobuyuki being the final participants to find their way into the warehouse. As slowly people made their way out of the rooms, those that were in the warehouse had began a discussion as to the nature of their participation and what exactly Zero could have meant in his announcement. The three solos; Jake, Inna, and Bellamy, were the earliest arrivals into the warehouse -- introducing themselves to each other albeit reservedly. The atmosphere of the room changed when the pairs began to emerge, starting with Achilles and Eloise. Achilles immediately brought concern to the three solos as he exited his Ambidex room wielding its fire extinguisher as an improvised weapon. Finally when all the participants had completed their initial puzzle, Zero spoke over the intercom in Warehouse A to explain the nature of the game. There were varied reactions to his words, with Eloise refusing to believe anything he said was real and instead claiming that they must be on a TV show, to Bellamy almost breaking down with paranoia and anxiety.

After the initial shockwave of the Nonary Game had subsided, Ollie and Nobuyuki lead discussions into how to split up into the individual groups. The solos were asked if they had any preference on which pair they aligned themselves with, though they all denied having any particular inclination. Achilles spoke up and said that he would prefer not to be paired with Bellamy, claiming that she'd get stressed out and do something stupid. From there it was suggested by Nobuyuki that Bellamy partner up with Naoko and himself, believing he would be able to assist her with her nerves. With Naoko not opposed to the idea and claiming that she understands how Bellamy is feeling, the rest of the pairs were decided based on that decision. Inna would go through the yellow door with Kazuaki and Ollie, and Jake would go through the cyan door with Achilles and Eloise.

In the lounge, Naoko found a newspaper underneath the bar which contained some information about the outside world, relating to the Kaori Ogasawara case as well as an additional story about the attempted suicide of a woman in the custody of Hokkaido police. Bellamy became suspicious of Naoko as she believed her to have reacted strangely to reading out the article on Kaori Ogasawara, while Nobuyuki and Naoko conversed about Nobuyuki's blindness. In the infirmary, during the group's search for the way out, Ollie tried to convince the others to lick the contents of a jar labeled 'SALT' to make sure that it actually was salt and not something else.

Once all the groups were back together again, the vote commenced and all parties except Bellamy voted to ally. With Bellamy betraying Naoko and Nobuyuki, her points rose to 6 and theirs went down to 1 -- everyone else's BP rose to 5. Following the results being read aloud, Bellamy immediately began to aggressively question Naoko and Nobuyuki as to why they hadn't betrayed her. Nobuyuki tried to peacefully mediate the situation, but Naoko became more aggressive and was backed up by Eloise who even tried to approach Bellamy. After a short argument, Bellamy was left alone in the warehouse as almost everyone else headed to the lounge to try to relax and talk before the next round. Achilles and Jake headed to the infirmary and, after mistakenly wandering into the empty crew's quarters, Nobuyuki joined them. In the lounge, a few of the participants drank some alcohol and shared stories about their lives outside the game -- Inna mentioning that she runs a diner, Ollie claiming to be a surgeon, et cetera. Meanwhile in the infirmary the three there spoke about their ideals, particularly focusing on why Nobuyuki wasn't upset about Bellamy betraying him. When their conversation wound to a close, they decided to head back to the warehouse to discuss the groups for the next round and those in the lounge decided to head for the warehouse also.

It was decided that the pair of Inna and Bellamy would go with Nobuyuki, Jake and Ollie would go with Achilles, and Eloise and Naoko would go with Kazuaki. A short while later, they all departed the warehouse for the floor below and their respective rooms that awaited them.