soulping | ALECTRYON

[. . . 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?]

[ Well this won't stop him from BANGING AGAINST THE IRON BARS in a futile attempt to break them. ]

—Like hell! What the fuck do you think you're trying to pull?!

[WHAT THE HELL]

[headbutting the cage!!]

[ trying to break them too!! ]

Hey, Tora! Y'think these'll eventually give in?!

[She's whining and continuing to do it, though it super isn't effective]

We need to escape! My artes... My artes won't work!

[ Likewise. He also has no idea wtf artes are, but he can save that question for later. ]

I know! We just— [ BANG, BANG ] —gotta try harder!

[BANG BANG, BANG BANG]

[She's only hurting herself]

I hate this--!

[ this sure is getting us nowhere. ]

C'mon, come on! Fucking break already!

Would you two calm down? You're going to knock us down before everyone else has the chance!

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All three stones to Ometotchtli.

[The round begins. . . and your weight tray is empty! Lucky you, it seems like no teams played stones you on this past round!]

[But don't get too comfortable. After a moment, you hear three loud CLUNKS of stones falling into the tray. . . which is soon followed by the mysterious voice]

Hahaha! No one wanted to share with you last round, huh? No matter! Here's three extra stones on me. Free of charge. Aren't I generous?

[Well. . . now you have three more stones to distribute]

[ yay?? not really, he still feels awful about this. ]

...

Those idiots...

Okay. Let me do the talking.

What are you thinking this time?

We tell them we have one stone, then we play all three on whichever team decides to martyr themselves this time around.

—Huh? Why would you lie about that?

Because if we tell the truth, it'll be obvious we were the ones who played on Ometotchtli.

Why can't we just send them on anyone?

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I don't understand...

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All three to Vanara.

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

[. . . the mysterious voice speaks up]

Impressive stunt last round, R̲̐ō̪̟̔̓̈̈́͒̀õ̻ͩͮͮ̾ͮs̙̳̗̣͉̗ͦͧͧͅt̺̞̟̻̗ͅͅe̘̪̭̿̽r͎̿̋̑́̅͐ͅṡ͍̣͇͓ͬ̋̇ͫ̃̈.͇̭̰̭͈̤ͣ͒̑̔̚ͅ I think I like you.

[:)]

Yeah? Well fuck you, asshole!

[ ... Only two stones though this time, uhm. ]

Yes, fuck you.

... There's still one more team to pick.

[ and by a goddamned stroke of luck: ]

Hey, we're sending two to Gulgallana!

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