Polls Close at Ten
Scenes, absolute scenes at Polling Station 9. Turnout is one tortoise, and he hasn't moved since breakfast.
OBJECTIVE
Get a stamped ballot into the sealed ballot box.
Three things: a ballot, the stamp's mark on it, and a way into a sealed box. All of it sits on Plodd's side of the table, behind Plodd.
THE KEEPER
Aldous Plodd · Presiding Officer, Polling Station 9
45 HP · moods: Unhurried, Procedural, Suspicious, Snapping
YOUR CALLING
Poll Watcher · Lv 1 · STR 2 · DEX 3 · INT 3 · MAG 1 · CHA 3
YOUR KIT
- Polling Card Addressed to a B. Gloomwater. Deceased. Ish.
- Vote Nobody Rosette Nobody has never broken a promise.
- Clock Key Winds the station clock. Forwards, mostly.
THE SHOWRUNNER
Good morning, contestants. Welcome to Polling Station 9, where the polls close at ten and the only voter in sight is a tortoise who has not moved since breakfast. Aldous Plodd, Presiding Officer, is ready to assist you, and he would like it noted that he is not in a hurry.
HOW THE DAY WENT
| Escaped | 27 % |
|---|---|
| Most-tried move | Persuasion. Three and a half thousand pleas, all echoing inside a shell. |
| Top style | a departed contestant, style 100: “Democracy in Polling Station 9 has been upheld, one unhurried signature at a time. Congratulations, contestant.” |
The day before reached prime time, so the sponsors stepped in: +1 on every check that day, for everyone.
THE ROOM REMEMBERS
- Plodd has dragged the trestle table snug against his shell. Swings hit furniture first.
- Plodd has propped the ballot pad against the register. A very small privacy screen.
- Plodd has moved the rubber stamp under the lamp, beside the box. It is now spotlit.
- Plodd has had the wall clock hung a foot higher. Ten o'clock is now harder to reach.
- Plodd has pulled his head halfway into his shell. Flattery now echoes and goes nowhere.
SCRATCHED INTO THE WALL
- “Rules are your friend.” · @dresdencypher
- “Just ask” · @errant_errata
- “Tortoise is a total dork.” · @dragoncaller88
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