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There has been a lot of discussion about what demands to ask for, as well as some people expressing a desire to keep the NPC scientists as hostages for good and not negotiate at all. In order to make this a little easier to organize, the most popular suggestions (based on the +1 replies and discussion) have been compiled into a list of demands as follows:

1. Working amenities (including plumbing, stoves, electricity)
2. Better supplies (including food, weapons, and medical supplies)
3. Permanent writing without consequences
4. Information about the Yao Corporation and its intentions/designs on the characters
5. Dr. Kite's head
6. The removal of Pyramid Head
7. The ghosts to be released
8. Current Yao employees may be given the opportunity to be released from their contracts without repercussion.

To this end, a poll has been created. Please vote once per character - if you vote 'Yes, but not with these demands', please comment on this post with the changes you would want made. The vote will remain open until 6pm EST tomorrow (Monday 24th), meaning the end of the event will be extended by 24 hours, and then then the majority vote will determined finalized result, which will be used to close the event.

Poll #15139 Negotiations

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 118

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Should the characters negotiate with Yao Corp?

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No, keep the scientists as hostages for good
21 (17.8%)

Yes, the list above looks fine
91 (77.1%)

Yes, but not using the list above for demands
6 (5.1%)

Edit: THE POLL HAS NOW CLOSED!

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Sharon really is fine with the above list, but would also like to suggest that any of the employees who made a contract with Yao be given the choice to be freed from it, without repercussions.

March is in agreement with Sharon there! Or at least to be given immunity when they return.

That's a good stipulation, if...any of their demands are met/stipulations are held to.

lenalee and oz would agree with this too

Edited (FORGOT TO INCLUDE OZ...) 2014-03-24 05:34 (UTC)

Oh, Sharon. You're only going to dig Break's grave deeper for trying.

There's no such things as "no repercussions" with Yao.

Yes, well, a girl can try! At least she's not making binding legal contracts.

Sharon is such a good person for trying, anyway.

That can be added, no problem.

Are they to be presented in that order, with that priority? Because as nice as amenities'd be, priorities.

I.E., he'd rank Pyramid Head and information much higher. (ETA: oh, and writing too.)

Edited 2014-03-24 02:35 (UTC)

Oddly, ditto. Good thing this is oocly.

He's less invested in Kite's head, since

a) if they actually gave it that would suggest some level of being replaceable
b) he is very probably the one they referred to as responsible for their experiment being prolonged aka THEM STILL BEING ALIVE AT ALL

All of Kite, alive and contained, would be better.

...Although a head might still be useful. Especially if can still talk.

Yeaaaaah, and TBH, that (and probably writing, but Hermann did not hear that that is considered the worst of crimes even for Yao employees, and as such would observe that keeping it within "reason" har har might be advisable, wherein reason for him is mostly Kite related) seems the least likely of the demands to be met.

Ideally Yao picks and chooses, rather than rejecting the whole thing based on those that are absolutely worth more than the hostages.

yeah no they probably won't actually give them most of these things. But it would ~~have hilarious and awful consequences~~ be nice!

Oh, re: PH

That would of course be ideally with the instructions that nothing else replaced it, comparable or not. No monsters, no threat, etc.

You know, no matter how many stipulations you add, wishing on the paw at all is the problem.

Getting rid of PH should be much higher up on mu's list, too.

No, that's not a priority ranking, just a list. It would be too much of an organizational nightmare to rank it in priority given the different opinions of every character in the game.