RE: Vox Mentis
03-31-2015, 02:00 PM
(03-31-2015, 01:31 PM)AgentBlue Wrote: »Fall down, clutching your leg. Scream in pain and, to combat the bystander effect, yell at the girl to come over here.
"Ow! Shit! Aaah!" You fall over, grabbing your leg. "Help! Miss, please help!"
The woman stops, checks traffic, and heads across the road.
"Feigning injury to summon aid," says Jane, retreating to the shade of a clothes store awning. "One."
The jogger reaches you, blond and sweaty. "Are you okay?"
"Sorry," you say. "False alarm." The woman gives you a dirty look and plugs her earbuds back in. You stand up. "How many do I need to pass?"
"I'm afraid I can't divulge that. But if you're interested, the record is thirty-six."
"Jesus."
"Eliot, actually. Attention, please. Here comes another."
A nondescript man walks down the opposite sidewalk.
The woman stops, checks traffic, and heads across the road.
"Feigning injury to summon aid," says Jane, retreating to the shade of a clothes store awning. "One."
The jogger reaches you, blond and sweaty. "Are you okay?"
"Sorry," you say. "False alarm." The woman gives you a dirty look and plugs her earbuds back in. You stand up. "How many do I need to pass?"
"I'm afraid I can't divulge that. But if you're interested, the record is thirty-six."
"Jesus."
"Eliot, actually. Attention, please. Here comes another."
A nondescript man walks down the opposite sidewalk.