RATATOSKR

[soulping]

[You land in a boat in the midst of the sea. The boat itself is simple enough, with only two embellisments; a masthead in the shape of a rat’s head, and a clunky-looking cannon sitting right in the middle. Fog surrounds you; you can barely see past the edge of the boat.

There are also a collection of rather sparkly Ratatoskr-coloured cannon balls at your feet.]

Comments

[Starting Position]

[soulping]

[Where do you land?]

[BEGIN]

[soulping]

[your cannon sits ready]

Re: [BEGIN]

[echomyheart]

Ooooh, this looks fun!

Re: [Starting Position]

[echomyheart]

Square 6!

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

[ Did you mean stupid. ]

Whatever. [ Leaning over the edge of the ship. ] Think there's anything in the water?

[echomyheart]

Why would there be?

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Incentive to do better.

[ They had zombies on a train last game. ]

[echomyheart]

I guess we'll find out, if we miss, then.

I guess it doesn't matter where we shoot this round, right? Let's just hit square 5, 'cause it's in the middle.

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Sounds 'bout right.

They'll be able to determine where we are after a shot, so pick a spot that's least likely to be hit.

[echomyheart]

We'll shoot at 5, and then move to 3.

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Into a corner huh?

Not bad... everyone's likely to move to five because of it's position.

[soulping]

[Your cannon fires with a boom, shot hurtling off towards five... splash.

But then another cannon sounds from further off in that direction. You hear something smack into the water ahead of you. Miss.]

[echomyheart]

Huh...ahead of us...?

That means we're definitely safe, now! They won't shoot the same spot twice!

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Guess so...

Where do you think they went to?

[echomyheart]

You said it's likely for people to move to 5, right? And I bet they'll think the same thing about us not hitting the same spot twice....

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Five does provide the best movement on the map, but if we've figured that out... they likely have too is all I'm saying.

[echomyheart]

In that case, they'd be going around the edges, too...so either 1 or 7.

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Both are corner pieces...

[ Which means if they don't hit one, there's a better chance to determine where they are next round.

Probably. ]

So which one do you feel luckier with?

[echomyheart]

[ shrug ]

We're kinda bad at luck, so might as well choose a random one. Where should we move to? I think going back could be a good idea.

[soulping]

[your cannon sounds, booming into the distance... and there's a resounding SPLAT! sounds like you hit.

the answering shot splashes into the water to your left.]

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Oh, we actually hit them.

[ Surprise. ] Which means we have a one in three shot to hit them again to end this.

[echomyheart]

Ah, yes! Let's keep moving forward to 2. Do you think they're gonna try to run?

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Yes, they might go back to 5 for a better escape route... but there's still 2 and 4.

They likely have figured out we're in 3 so moving to 2 would be wise. If we hear them, then we can likely pursue them.

[echomyheart]

Yeah. I say we hit 5, since if they reach it we'll lose them too easily. Even if we miss we're still a shot ahead.

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

Good call. So we'll fire at 5 and then move to 2.

[soulping]

[your cannon fires... splash.

the answering shot comes from left in the distance.]

[echomyheart]

So...they're here too, then? They'll probably move to 3, since they haven't changed direction at all this whole time.