Among Us

There is a new game which the girls are playing now, with their papa.. it's called "Among Us". It takes place in a facility whereby various characters in safety suits/ astronaut suits (in all probability, they could be in space).

When the bell rings everybody will start doing their respective tasks, except one (traitor). This person's task is to murder the others. And once a body is found, all members in the team will vote: on who they think is the killer. In other words the objective of the game is to find the traitor (among us). 

In Malay we use the phrase "gunting dalam lipatan". Directly translated it means "a pair of scissors in the folds (of cloth)". Within the fold of cloths which one thinks is harmless, lies a sharp object >> this phrase refers to the presence of an enemy in our midst. [Incidentally this may be used to describe the political situation in the country, but let's not go there].

So here the girls were... communicating in game & in person, trying to guess the traitor, while doing their assigned tasks & at the risk of getting killed by a rogue player, at any time. The players do not get any weapons, so they're unable to defend themselves from the traitor. While playing they are fully engrossed and participative; I wish all my classes were like this! (Can it be? Probably).

I suppose the 'thrill' is in guessing who the traitor is. There is a lot of communication (guesses) and justifications given. The traitor instigates or sets someone up (whom he will not kill) and tries to throw everyone off his scent by pretending to be busy with tasks.. or by making a remark about being scared/ concerned/ frazzled.

After 3 or 4 unsuccessful votes the traitor will be revealed as the "winner". So engrossed are they with this game, this is probably the one game that they agree to play together without squabbling.