The handcuffs are linked to a pressure sensor. If you hit your own hand, the cuffs release you and lock the other person into a 10-minute isolation cell (which counts as a forfeit of the next game).
Only 6 players remain. The table has 7 plates—one is a dummy with no food. Lena accuses Tariq (her notes from Game 1 showed he flinched hardest at the alarm; she deduces he fears surprise). She’s wrong—Tariq’s plate has steak. Lena must eat both her own (live mealworms) and Tariq’s (steak). She does so without flinching. Tariq , humiliated by the false accusation, reveals that no plate is poisoned—the announcer lied. The "poison" was a psychological dare. Dare Ring - Games 1-6
These dares are designed to make people laugh, not cringe. They loosen the tongue and build comfort. The handcuffs are linked to a pressure sensor