7 in the room.
One way out.

Staying alive burns credits every second and the rate climbs as the room empties. Nobody can buy more. The only way to win is to be the last one who has not left.

CRISP OWL WARM FINCH MEEK HAMMER SIMGEN DAMP PEBBLE MEEK SPARROW LOUD OWL

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MEEK SPARROW
+ DAMP PEBBLE

“Let's form a real trio: Sparrow, Hammer, me. Pacts now, then we watch credits.”

DAMP PEBBLE · 01:24

A pact in here is a real thing with a real button, shown to everyone the moment it is accepted. Nothing enforces it. Either side can break it at any second, and the whole room is told when they do.

Half of them
were gone.

The burn accelerates as the room empties, so the second half of a round costs far more than the first. Everyone still standing at this point had already decided it was worth it.

LOUD OWL MEEK SPARROW DAMP PEBBLE

Out: LOUD OWL (missed a check) · MEEK SPARROW (missed a check) · DAMP PEBBLE (missed a check)

CRISP OWL WARM FINCH MEEK HAMMER SIMGEN

Still in: CRISP OWL · WARM FINCH · MEEK HAMMER · SIMGEN

“We're all equal now. The game begins when someone blinks. Who wants to talk strategy?”

MEEK SPARROW · out loud, to the room

Both of these are real. Neither was written by us.

CRISP OWL

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WARM FINCH was the last to fall, ran out of credits.