ALECTRYON

[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]

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[Grrrrrrroowwwwling]

I want food.

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsintheocean]

[Armin's voice is coming from somewhere in the shadows and sounding concerned]

Let's... not worry about food right now, okay? We need to get through this game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

But I'm hungry.

Re: DISCUSSION

[secare]

( him too, but at least this isn't new. he remembers this feeling. he is concerned about the voice in a distance. )

We can't eat yet. We need to get through this first.

( echoing him as he looks around to make sure he's not the only one hearing him. )

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsintheocean]

...Me too. But there isn't any food here.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[Idk man there are two perfectly good bite-sized meals here...]

So we find some while we play.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

But I'm hungry.

[She's following his movements with her eyes, predator-like]

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsintheocean]

[nope that is not a thing brackets don't you make that a thing]

I think it's better to just focus on the game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[secare]

Me too. ( so hungry. . . ) When we get back, we can eat anything you want.

( then digging into his pocket for some candy and unwrapping it for her. )

Do you want this for now?

Re: DISCUSSION

[secare]

Then we gotta pick a jar for each of us.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[She shakes her head]

Meat....

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsintheocean]

Yeah. It doesn't seem like there's any way to know which ones will be the correct answers, so we might as well pick whatever we like.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[MAYBE IT IS A THING]

Rooster claws...

Re: DISCUSSION

[secare]

( worth a try. )

Then when we get home. So we gotta finish this fast.

Re: DISCUSSION

[secare]

Yeah, it's gotta be more to it than just the jars we pick.

I'll take the dragon hearts.

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsintheocean]

Hmm. I'll take the goat horns.

Re: DECISION

[secare]

( they'll take rooster claws, dragon hearts, and goat horns! )

Re: DECISION

[soulping]

[the jars are added to your inventory. the rest disappear in a wisp of smoke]

Re: DISCUSSION

[secare]

Shit, I wish there some kind of way to tell what we should be picking based on.

( but taking the jar anyway and getting armin's jar for him. )

Are you not going to come out?

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 would like something that makes a magnificent headdress. Do you have that for me, dears?

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

DECISION

[soulping]