GULGALLANA

[soulping]

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THE SNOW PLAINS

[soulping]

[The first thing you notice is snow. It's everywhere, and boy, is it ever cold. There's a five inch deep layer covering the ground, and it's still falling in huge, tennis ball-sized clumps.]

[In the distance, you can just make out a door; it sparkles pretty, winking like a gemstone catching the light. On the ground halfway between you and said door, half buried in the snow, are three large, shivering, super sad plush toys … of three team animals?? Yours, Dawon's, and Ometotchtli's. By your feet is a warm, snuggly blanket.]

[Isabel's voice echoes from above:] Your first task is BLANKETFIC! Tee hee. But your blanket can only fit around two of the toys—one of them is going to have to be left out in the cold. What do you do?

DISCUSS

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSS

[naturen]

D-Darn it, not more cold.

Re: DISCUSS

[purrtylittlewires]

[What is a blanketfic...]

Well, this is interesting.

SUBMIT

[soulping]

Re: SUBMIT

[debate_avenger]

...Gulgallana and Dawon with the blanket.

RESULTS

[soulping]

[Yeesh, it's cold enough to rattle your bones! … and the only way to get warm again is through enthusiastic physical affection. Better get snuggling, guys.]

Re: RESULTS

[naturen]

[ face in hands. ] Of course this came right after Katie...!

Re: RESULTS

[purrtylittlewires]

[Wait what.]

Re: RESULTS

[debate_avenger]

[Sigh.]

That's about what I was expecting from this Echo, yes.

THE GLITTERING CAVE

[soulping]

[You step through the sparkling door, and find yourself in an equally sparkling cavern. It's warm in here, though not so warm that it dispels the chill you may still be feeling from the snow plains. In a circle of torch like are twelve team colored treasure chests: only yours is open, and it contains 11 beautiful crystals.

But you may be paying more attention to the bigass hot pink dragon lounging on an outcropping high above. It's hard to tell in the faint, flickering light, but there's something weird about its scales … is that … is that gummy candy?

Isabel's voice once again echoes from above:]

You made it! Whoo, whoo! Now it's time for Isabel's Dragon Challenge. It's, like, super easy, don't worry! Every team starts this round with eleven gemstones, see? What you've gotta do is steal one or two from the other teams. Just tap the teams' chest and say how many you're gonna steal—you can steal once from two different teams, twice from the same team, just plain ol' once, or not at all!

The three teams with the lowest score are dragon chow, bwahahaha! Seriously though don't worry they'll be, like, just fine, you know.

… and, uh, if you all end with eleven, that counts as everybody losing, 'kay?

DISCUSS

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSS

[purrtylittlewires]

....

Is that...gummy candy?

Re: DISCUSS

[debate_avenger]

Well then... How should we make our move? Historically, we've tended to target Barghest or Alectryon. Henwen and Vanara are options that we don't have strong connections to as well, though I believe we've been giving them a sort of "new team protection".

Re: DISCUSS

[cihuatlatoani]

[Well, she got here at some point.

By the gods, it's cold, though. She vainly tries to rub her hands together, but she can't stop shivering.]

S-so, it is as if we are a conquering army, plundering our foes. But w-without the glorious b-battles.

SUBMIT

[soulping]

[You may:
+ Steal once from two different teams.
+ Steal once from one team.
+ Steal twice from one team.
+ Choose not to steal.

Comment here with what you're stealing and from whom you're stealing it!]

Re: SUBMIT

[debate_avenger]

Steal twice from Barghest.

RESULTS

[soulping]

[Nothing happens! It looks like you're free to move on—there's a door up ahead.]

THE CLASSROOM

[soulping]

[This time you find yourself stepping into a classroom! It's very bland, very typical … there are lots of textbooks, ranging from "Boringness 101" or "Lamestacular Lecture 5000" to "HECK YEAH GIANT LIZARDS" or "Tip Top Makeup Tips!" There's also a whiteboard and pen at the front of the class.]

[Isabel speaks up:]

School is ssssoooo boring, right? Let's spice things up by spreading some rumors about the other teams!

So, like, all you've gotta do is write down the rumors you wanna spread and who they're about, and good ol' Isabel will take care of the rest! You can spread up to three, and I guess if you wanna be super whoa they could all be about the same team …

DISCUSS

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSS

[naturen]

I... uh... I have actual rumors that used to be spread about Belt, but... I shouldn't do that, huh?

Re: DISCUSS

[cihuatlatoani]

[Although she knows from memories that school frequently is very much the drag, she is also a mother who has children in school herself, and is quite irritated to hear this talk. So she chides the Echo, who isn't even there anyway.]

Do not make light of education! It is through education that civilization exists!

Re: DISCUSS

[debate_avenger]

[...Siiigh.]

...I suppose I should have expected this kind of thing.

SUBMIT

[soulping]

[Comment here with up to three rumors and who they're about!]

RESULTS

[soulping]

[A door at the other side of the room springs open. Engame awaits.]