soulping | GULGALLANA

[. . . you wake up laying prone on your stomach on a swaying hanging bird cage. The entire room around you is dark, making it impossible to tell what your surroundings are. The cage is plenty large enough to fit you and your team, and the iron bars are far too tough to be broken. The cage is suspended by rickety chains over a large pit of fire]

[NEEDLESS TO SAY. . . falling would not be a pleasant experience]

[You can see the other team cages suspended in the air around you. They're far enough away that you can easily hold a private conversation with your team, but close enough that if you yell really loudly, you may be able to talk to them]

[The strange voice speaks up again]

If your oh so caring Haunt is light, then you may consider me d̗͙͊͗a̯̽̒͆ͥ̅r̬̺̙̠͖̠̥ͥk̰̦̲̄n̞̰̠̲͍͍̿̇̎͋͑̆e̜̰ͤͥ̇́̂͌s͚ͤ͗s͔̯͉̰͍͍̥̏ͦ̇͆ͩ̋͋. I will be running this game now-- my name is of no importance to you sorry lot. Listen up, and listen up well.

See those chains? Ah yes, the ones that are keeping you from plummeting to your deaths below. They're old, rickety, and weak. Too much weight will surely break them. So what do you think your goal is? That's right! Try to break the other teams' chains, while keeping yours safe! Ahahaha! Let's see how well you all do!

Ah. . . right. And one last thing.

If every team winds up with the exact same amount of stones, then I'll make sure e̺̪ͥ̽̉̽̈́̈́̌ ́́͗v͂ͭ̐ͫͭ̾ ̰̦͎̬͚ͮ͒̍e̳̼͔̤̼͐̓ͨ̍ͤ̏ ͌̏̓̑͊̉r̭̗̰̬̫͕ͯ ̜̲̩̠̪̥̱͐̿͑͋͐̅̀y̘̓͌ ̪̻̲̪͎̰̤o̺̮͇͇̒̅ ̣̟̞̜̥̪̰̊ͧ̅n͍̺͎̯̰̠ ̤͔̘͉͉̼e̜͚̤͕̻͊͐̈́̒̂̃ͣ ̤̝̦̦͈̹ͯ̓̅̎̈̆̀'̣̞̯ ̝͈̭̪̤̇̈ͮ͑͛ͮ̋s̗̠͚̦̤̭̥̔̈́͌ͪͯ̈̎ chains break.

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[There's a small, circular weight tray hanging from the ceiling of the cage. You can see that there are THREE stones sitting within it]

[Who will you send them to?]

[. . . pushes himself up, carefully, so he's seated instead, crosslegged]

Of course.

Yeah, I saw this coming.

[But yes, also moving to sit.]

I didn't see it coming, really, but I can't say I'm surprised.

Edited 2014-10-01 23:27 (UTC)

The one who was "running it" didn't send out the call. Reasoning indicates that she was running the game with someone else. And whoever it was established the rules for the game.

It seems that way, mm. This one hasn't shown up before, have they?

Not that I know of, but obviously Haunt was in contact with them -- the non-interference rule exists to prevent this kind of thing from happening, which means that whoever it is, had permission to do so.

That doesn't really change our situation, though.

One has to wonder if Haunt has this planned, or if the other took over.

But no, it doesn't. [he really doesn't want to do this, dammit]

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2 to Ratatoskr
1 to Tiamat

[CLUNK. The sound of stones falling into your weight tray reaches your ears. When it stops, you see that there is 1 stone sitting within it.]

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[even if Miles isn't here WOW THERE WENT ONE OF HIS PROTECTED TEAMS]

[...Yeah, sorry about that.]

...We couldn't help them. From this point on, at least four more teams will go down, too. More if they're tied with them at the end.

. . . [he nods, after a moment]

We only have one this time. Who are we giving it to?

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We might need to be more careful form here on. We need to figure out how many stones are still in play. If there are only a few...

. . . do you think Ratatoskr's play at the end had any impact?

It may have, but not necessarily in a positive way. I believe there are going to be at least six deaths total no matter what. In the event of a tie for those bottom six, they'll kill everyone at that level. Removing the stones could have potentially killed everyone.

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1 on Amalthea.

[CLUNK. The sound of stones falling into your weight tray reaches your ears. When it stops, you see that there are one stone sitting within it.]

We only have one stone... It's hard to tell if that's enough right now, though.

Y-Yeah . . . [christ, three teams]

. . . Takshaka's offering themselves again. Should we - see if anyone will swap again?

Well, that's certainly the plan. We need to know who's on three, though. If Takshaka's going to sacrifice themselves, that's fine, but I'd like to make sure they don't take anyone else with them.

Barghest, Alectryon, and Dawon so far.

Ideally one of them would send us a stone, but in the worst case scenario, I'll have to ask to put the stone on Takshaka. If they want to be killed so badly, I'm not opposed to helping them out with it.

. . . I'm opposed to it.

If they want to die, then - then there isn't anything I can do about it. But I don't want to contribute to it.

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1 on Alectryon.

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