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[. . . 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?]

[what the fuck just happened.]

[gripping the bars]

What have you done with Haunt!?

...Wait, echoes can do that? I didn't know it was possible for echoes to take over other echoes' games... Wasn't there a non-interference rule or something?

Edited 2014-10-01 23:29 (UTC)

[the voice. . . is distant]

Hahaha! Play my game, fool, and perhaps you'll f͊̉̂͐̽i̟̟̯n̫̙͌ͬ̋̈́dͮ͂ͩͣ ͇̞̬ͪ̉̅̚ȍ̩̦̰̖ͧ̆u̪͈̣͇̼ͤt̓ͣ̆͂̓̂

H-Haunt -

[Ok. Calm down. It's not like.... anything would've happened to her permanently. Right. All they have to do is win.

She tries to tell herself that but her nails are bending a little from the way she's gripping the bars oops]

Where is she? What happened to her?

[congratulations on reaching the top of my shitlist immediately]

I don't know. Once this game is over, I will find it.

Please calm down. We have to think...

It doesn't matter. It's certainly very nice to see you again, but what is important is what's at stake in this game.

. . .

[lets go of the bars to face her]

This 'game'. . . who do you think they will be giving their stones to?

Well, I'll help you out however I can. After all, if there really is something that messes with the system here, it's kind of my job to figure out how to fix it. I'll see what I can get together from help with the other Cats, too. Maybe someone who's been here longer can figure something out.

I don't know. Because Haunt is our patron, it's likely that we may be targeted, so we should at least be certain to be rid of our own stones.

That's true, yeah... We need to make sure that not everything's equal, without going too low... The hard part is figuring out how everyone else will play.

Is there anything that you could possibly tell us about the other teams? Who is most likely to minimize damage dealt in games of this type?

[ rubs at his head . . . ]

. . . oh, wow. We're really high up.

Non interference rule?

I'm afraid I don't really know much about the other teams -- I usually end up with your team, actually. I know Ratatoskr tends to play aggressively from what I've seen, though.

That's just it. They will be targeting us.

[a pause, momentarily conflicted]

Knowing that there is a high chance we will lose, perhaps we should only give away one stone.

[so hey how about falling into a pit of fire together]

Basically, echoes aren't supposed to be able to mess with another echo's games. It's the reason why the Queen can't stop these kinds of games altogether.

Which doesn't really answer the question of how this new one's controlling it.

If we are going to die at the hands of this creature, then I would rather do so in an attempt to kill the others as well. If we fail, then we die together, but if we succeed, then...

Perhaps we may be able to save Haunt.

It's not the other teams I want to kill, it's the one who took Haunt. I've no interest in playing their game, much less giving the competition any more reason to be against us.

Then they're a potential threat? We should take them into consideration, then... It's important, I think, to be rid of the weak and the threatening equally. If there's anything that you recall prior to our decision, please tell us.

Oh, my.

[ oh

that's actually kinda true... she pauses ]

... But we won't be able to do that if we die here. What if another team kills it for us?

...Yeah, sorry, I've got nothing. I'll bring over the recipes when all of this is over, though. I tried to cover a variety of options in there, so there's always something even if some of your teammates have allergies or problems digesting things.

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