soulping | SEPSIS: COWS

I don't know about that. If the benefit of the shorter path is that it moves faster, then one can only conclude that the winning conditions include "those who reach it to the nearest exit the quickest."

Items are supposed to heal any damage we take, but theoretically we wouldn't need any of those if we manage to avoid damage completely.

So if we play it quickly, and safely, then. . . we might win?

Perhaps. There could be a significant element of randomness, however. It may be difficult to play conservatively.

It might be, but we won't know until we try it. Maybe we could. . . take the short path this round, and the longer ones next round?

Mm, perhaps that may be best. There is also something to say for getting this over with quickly.

I. . . would assume so, yeah! But I'm just a guest, and this is my first game, so. . .

. . .

I'm Felix!

[She clicks her tongue, dismayed for his sake.]

Aya, what a terrible first game this is!

[Extending a hand.]

Montage.

(T-terrible? What does she expect is going to happen?!)

[GIVES HER A DUBIOUS LOOK, but. takes her hand]

Montage. Is that your real name, or. . . did someone here name you?

[Well, it doesn't look good!]

'Tis a title. My true name is Moyolehuani Quetalhuitzil.

Moyo-- Mo-- Que--

. . . it's nice to meet you Montage.

I understand. My name is rather strange to many people here. It is fine to meet you, Felix.

[She bows slightly, and takes his hand.]

[ducks his head in an awkward bow too]

Is it okay if I ask how long you've been here?

Thirty eight days. It has felt like an eternity.

Actually, I notice that we don't seem to have a maximum for most of our stats. I wonder if we can actually restore more than we have.

Oh. . . (Ack! I hadn't thought of that.)

What would the point of that be, though?

At least part of the score is based on our stat totals, so I wouldn't be surprised if we could boost it through careful play.

(She's definitely more used to this kind of competition than I am.)

You're right. . . that possibility had slipped my mind.

But we can't aim for quick play and maxing out our stats at the same time, can we? They seem contradictory to each other.

The big advantage of the short path would actually be that it's easier to stop the traps. If we took the long path, there would be 11 spots to check for traps, while on the short path, we only need to check three.

It's hard to tell how much that's worth in the long run, though.

Yeah. . . I guess so. Well, you're the more experienced one, so I'll defer to what you think here.

[extends his hand]

I'm-- Felix.

Well, we'll take the short path for this round, at least. At the very least, it'll give us an opportunity to see what's going on.

Ah, I'm Dissolve, or Diz.

It's nice to meet you, Diz. And your team is orange?

[someone hasn't gotten team names yet yo]

More or less, yes. We're named Gulgallana, after a legendary bull.

Half the teams have names that are kind of ridiculous to pronounce. You cats are lucky in that respect.

. . . compared to Gulgallana, "Cats" does seem normal.

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