Monkey See, Monkey Doom

[Things are looking pretty dire for the A-team. Now's the time for Simon to pull out another plan, right? ...right? Surely he will stop sulking in the corner and do something useful just like, any minute now. Surely.]

[Simon's gathered the girls in the library, where he's also got himself a big old platter of sandwiches.]

We should probably hide out in here as much as we can today. Me especially...

[Back to the set for some truth serum shenanigans!]

I want us to get as many votes as possible this time, but I do do a lot of lying in a normal day, so...

[shrug!]

[How's it going, team? At some point when you've all headed back to the set, your tablets light up. Take a look and you can see Simon, sitting in a hospital bed, with a sort of metal cuff on his arm where the chunk was taken out of it.]

Hi guys! Say hi, Bargie!

[The dog is not visible on screen, but she barks.]

Sorry about ditching you this round... but that's one less vote to coordinate, right? I'm pretty bored in here just watching everything on my tablet, so if you need me, I'm here to help.

[At some point Simon drags Aoi into his dressing room, because why not? He gestures to some neatly-packaged food he's piled up on his makeup desk.]

Hey there, buddy! I brought you some food. I figure Corrin probably also brought you food, but why the hell should we leave food for anyone else, those rotten bastards?

By the way, who are your like, top five people you'd be upset if they die when I eventually go on a murder spree?

Hahahaha!

Just kidding.

Mostly.

[He's. He's having a bad day.]

[Simon is looking frazzled, and his plastered-on smile could not be any further from his eyes right now.]

Excuse me, everyone, if it's not too much trouble, could we have a little talk? I feel like I've been trying really hard to help you guys out, but then people just ignore me and do things like, for example, going off on suicide missions, and it kind of hurts my feelings.

So can we maybe just confirm that nobody else is going to try to escape? No more big heroes who want to throw your lives away and make things harder for the rest of us? I'd really appreciate it.

Also, here's what I have for voting:

Simon: Rai
Rai: Yuzu
Yuzu: Simon
Rudolf: Haru

Rudolf, Ange can either vote for you or trade for a vote for you, right? Can you commit to helping out Haru or do you need to ask your kids' permission first?

[Simon is a little drunk and worn-down as he drags Matt into his dressing room, which is what happens when one spends their time drinking and fashioning props into makeshift weapons instead of eating or sleeping.]

Ugh, I'm so sick of all of this! I want to blow off a little steam.

[At some point when there's a lull in scavenger-hunting, Simon beckons for Aoi to join him in his dressing room.]

...Hey. I might need to ask your help with something.

[Off we go to some secluded area in the studio for their ~clearly romantic date~]

It's good to see you in one piece. I wasn't sure we would, after you got snapped up by the King like that.