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HENWEN

[. . . 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?]

B-but I don't wanna! I don't wanna!

Sunstone...it's okay...

[ pats for the dragon :( ]

We don't have to do anything we don't want to.

But you'll all die if we don't do anything!

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Well.. we don't have to give away more than one stone..

[Assuming we'd.. like to die, of course..

But he doesn't say that, he just pats Sunstone.]

Okay...

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Then what's your idea?

Something else! Something else!

Edited 2014-10-01 23:31 (UTC)

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Sadistic bastard!

What the fuck? This is bullshit!

[Oh god we're totally going to fucking die.]

This is.. monstrous.

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There didn't need to be so much fire!

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[OKAY ONCE I STOP BEING ANGRY.]

..Alright, I'm not gonna lie.

It's very likely we're going to lose. We're new, and haven't made many.. friends, yet.

So we have two choices.

We can try to play as aggressively as possible, or we can accept the likely outcome and try not to hurt anyone else.

I...would rather not die, but I'd also rather not hurt anyone else. But you guys have the right to want to try as hard as we can to stay alive. So what do you want to do.

Whatever you guys want.

Silver...

[ reaching for your hand ]

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Henwen is sending ONE STONE to Takshaka!

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

[Opens eyes.]

...

[VERY sharp exhale.]

We-- we're alive. We're alive!

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Are we dead yet?

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[after a long while, quietly]

So what now?

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[screamed, raw]

Fuck you!

[ FUCKING ROARING ]

YEAH, FUCK YOU!

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Sending ONE stone to VANARA

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

[The chains above you begin to creak, and your entire cage shudders. . .]

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