AMALTHEA

[soulping]

[You suddenly find yourselves standing at the beginning of a large hedge maze, one with walls that extend so far above your head you're not quite certain where they end. There is no entrance behind you, and the bushes are so thick and full of thorns that attempting to crawl through them will result in numerous scratches]

[There is no way to go but forward]

Comments

ROUND ONE

[soulping]

[On your right you find a large, wooden shelf with twelve jars sitting on top of it]

- A jar of rat tails
- A jar of tiger eyes
- A jar of rabbit feet
- A jar of dragon hearts
- A jar of snake tongues
- A jar of horse stomachs
- A jar of goat horns
- A jar of monkey fingers
- A jar of rooster claws
- A jar of pig ears

[Each jar is clearly labeled, and the contents are exactly what the labels purport them to be. Choose three!]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[goodbyenurse]

[hum.]

Which three do you think are likely to be useful?

Re: DISCUSSION

[whoslaughingmeow]

[FIDGETING.]

Dragon Hearts and Horse Stomachs.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldsaving]

[ it takes nearly a minute for her to make out enough of what's in the jars to understand what she's looking at: that there ARE jars, that there's animal bits inside them. unhelpfully, because that's basically gonna be her for the entirety of this game, ] He's making a joke out of it.

[ like that weren't already clear ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[forthemackerel]

[ hooves for hands and feet right now, hair like so, except black ]

Useful for what is a better question...

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[unguilded]

Dragon hearts!
Horse stomachs!
Tiger eyes!

ROUND TWO

[soulping]

[You move forward through the maze, the hedges looming ominously around you. And thankfully, it isn't long before you run into your first checkpoint]

[In front of you, and stretched across the path, is a large sphinx with a striped lioness' body. her wings are tucked at her sides, and she regards the group with a lazy, bored expression]

Mmmm. . . I'd like something that can crush and pound and destroy. Do you have that for me, dears?

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unguilded]

Crush, pound and destroy...

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[unguilded]

OFFERING ... THE HORSE STOMACHS??

ROUND THREE

[soulping]

[You walk through the maze's pathways for quite some time, taking sharp turns to the point of where you feel like you're going in circles. But eventually. . .]

[You stumble across another sphinx. Large, with blue fur and black hair, tiny wings protruding from his shoulders like stubs. he grumps at you all, chest puffed out formally.]

Give me something that will tell me whether my snack is delicious or not.

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unguilded]

...

Tongue.

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[goodbyenurse]

Rather than pay with whatever item you are wanting, you may increase my less savory instincts, per the rules.

ROUND FOUR

[soulping]

[You walk, and walk, and walk some more, until your feet begin to hurt and you start to wonder. . . how long is this maze anyway?]

[Until you find them. The last phoenix, crouched low on all fours and watching you with golden eyes. its lips are curled back in a snarl, but it doesn't pounce]

Something that loves sweet-smelling flowers. Immediately!

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[whoslaughingmeow]

...

A nose.

Re: DISCUSSION

[goodbyenurse]

[sorry I'm just over here on the ground staring at the floor and not doing much else aside holding a hand to my temple.]

[nobody here's psionic right??]

[because her thoughts rn are a spree of pre-emptive 'DELETED's]

Re: DISCUSSION

[unguilded]

[ Rook is over -----------------> there because someone else is going to have to hold Belt down if she starts freaking because if I accidentally vine her or anyone really I'm gonna want more blood too. ]

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[whoslaughingmeow]

...I'm going to take the bloodlust. Make me a monster.

[He's sitting there, hands in his lap, getting ready to try and hold it back as hard as he ever had.]