BARGHEST

[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

[neverendingstory]

[ HISSSSS SNAKES EVERYWHERE ]

I presume these relate to the teams?

Re: DISCUSSION

[efflorescere]

[that is a lot of snakes.]

Maybe? [...] Do you have any preference, Ophi?

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

[ dog-eared, tailed, and--fanged, but that is way not important.

warily staring at the jars. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

None.

Re: DISCUSSION

[neverendingstory]

That is not an option, Alya.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

If we choose something, it's probably gonna hurt someone else.

So I choose none.

Re: DISCUSSION

[efflorescere]

[...]

I think they've already been harmed.

[LOOKING AT THOSE JARS OF CHOPPED ANIMALS...]

Re: DISCUSSION

[neverendingstory]

From what I have heard of these types of games, if we choose nothing it will probably hurt us. I will not allow that to happen.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

. . not those. The teams they relate to.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

I'm not gonna hurt someone else just to play into whatever this stupid echo is doing!

Re: DISCUSSION

[neverendingstory]

I am not going to allow my family to be hurt because you want to be a hero.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

. . Ren's my family, too. So's Mika, and Hank. Aster's a great friend, there's a really cool dragon on Henwen, I wanted to become good friends with them. On Rata. . whatever it is, there's a girl. She's really nice, I like her. I promised Canis I'd protect Takshaka for him. There's. . a couple people on Vanara I can't hurt again, too.

I won't choose one family over the other.

Re: DISCUSSION

[neverendingstory]

That is exactly what you are doing right now.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

If stuff comes back on us, I'll take it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[efflorescere]

Oh.

[listening to you two argue for a bit!]

...I don't want you or Ophi to be harmed.

Re: DISCUSSION

[neverendingstory]

You don't know if it's possible for only you to take it. What if something happens to Taurus or Andromeda?

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

I can take it, I've done it before.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

It won't.

Re: DISCUSSION

[efflorescere]

I don't care?

[why would it matter that you can take it that's not the problem he has with this??]

Re: DISCUSSION

[neverendingstory]

Alya.

[ HISSSSS ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

So I've been in Barghest longest outta you and Ophi and Meda and me anyway.

I'm fine. I'm not gonna let any of you get hurt.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

I'm not going to feed any of them to anything.