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"Excellent, I'd give you a cookie, but I don't seem to have any."

Theta four was neither intimidated nor moved by the words of either of the other two betas. His arms folded over his chest, eyes narrowing.

"And what would you rather I have him do, run into a wall? Attack someone else? How do you know this isn't exactly what we're supposed to be doing?"

They had been given these pendants for a reason, they were being watched, -someone- wanted them to do something with these pendants or they wouldn't have been given the ability to command another. Whether this was all a game, some experiment, or both was yet to be seen.

"You, stay on your guard, I have a bad feeling about this."

Bee glanced at Before as he spoke and couldn't help but give a wan smile "Thanks for the support Before" She said before turning her attention back to Theta-4 she realized having only now noticed the number on his suit. "They told us to test the pendants..not embarrass our partners. If we're going to end up working with one another - I don't know about you but I think I want my partner operating at the best of their abilities" She stated with a shrug - because clearly the more humane plea hadn't done much to sway the other person. Time to take the logical route then.

She had to agree with the whole bad feeing bit though and glanced around uneasily herself before commenting almost off handedly "His name is Bix..you know..B-6 mashed together"

Delta Nine shook her head. "Believe me, I have no interest in making you look like a fool. I think it's safe to say that we're both in a position we'd much rather not be in." Whether they wanted to be in this situation or not was inconsequential here. "I'm Delta Nine," she added softly, "Nice to meet you, I guess."

After a moment of silence, Delta Nine waved a gloved hand. "I guess we should practice using this thing," she said, quiet for another moment before she added, "Make a fist. Start off simple."

"Asking someone to do what they would already do normally is hardly an effective test."

Ask someone to raise their hand or walk across the room, and there was no way to know if they had acted on the order or had decided to do so on their own, There was no risk involved in either activity and it was something the other person may have been thinking of doing anyway. But ask someone to do something silly or embarrassing, something they weren't so likely to do on their own, and it was far more likely they were acting under the influence of the command.

"We've already seen the pendant can fail, I for one would like to have -some- idea of when and how that could happen."

For example if the will of the one under the control had an effect on how well it worked. But he was done making his partner do stupid tricks, for now, instead for the moment he was more concerned with whatever was coming next, because they had -not- been brought here just to play silly games and stare at red and blue crystals.

A brow raised, his gaze turned to Before. Thor? Seriously? Seriously?! Fine, whatever, for all he knew his own name could have been even dumber. If they wanted to call him Thor, he didn't care.

"I suggest trying decaf."

Beta Four listened stubbornly trying to refute Thor's words but was obviously coming up short. So instead, he pouted and folded his arms across his chest. "You could've just gone into specifics or something. At least you didn't make him take off his pants and jacket."

Before looked partially taken aback by Theta Four's suggestion and partially confused as evidenced by the scratching of his head. "You rather we call you Decaf instead of Thor?" The pout deepened as he squeaked the sole of his boot against the gym's floor, "How'd you even get to Decaf anyway? Golf would've made more sense," he mumbled to himself.

Logic is clearly not Before's strong suit. Why did the Betas put up with him again? Oh yeah, willing meatshield.

Thyme gamely bumped his knuckles against Fedora's. "Oh, good. Dying isn't on my to-do list either. Dying for a game is never a priority." He leaned in to catch the quieter words. "It's possible. Am I foolish to hope we won't have to?" he murmured back, his voice just loud enough for her. Then he glanced over the others, shrugging a shoulder. "Well, you recognize the Gammas and the Eta on the beach as well as I do, I think. While we didn't make a formal pact, I'm reluctant to go against them."

Her second question made him shake his head. "I haven't," he admitted. "I don't think she's here at all. She probably made it all the way to town before getting the cell phone message. We'll find her after we're done here, sound good?"

"Whomever is connected to my pendant, please come to me?" Gamma Eight asked, looking around the room. This was a bizarre test, she thought, and undoubtedly one that would end in bloodshed. The others she had been with at the beach were here as well, and she had all plans to avoid them, but there was little she could do. First she would find out who she was ordering around, and then they could deal with teh issue of strategy together.