EPONA + AMALTHEA

[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 pair of horse and goat’s heads, 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 Epona and Amalthea-coloured cannon balls at your feet.]

Comments

[gandere]

Fine, that's a low enough percentage at any rate.

[ Is it even accurate? She's figuring out the math slowly in her mind due to her own education level. ]

[goodbyenurse]

I agree...

Schooler, was it not? Takshaka prides themselves on being a team of foolish heroes. Let us crush them swiftly and efficiently.

[gandere]

[ Trying so hard to not be upset about firing at Takshaka, but... Swan is with his team so he'll help them. ]

Yes, let's do that.

[soulping]

[Your cannon fires, shot hurtling off into the fog, so far you can't hear anything when it finally lands. Nothing at all.

Another cannon booms somewhere south of you... something splashes into the water on the right.]

[gandere]

... Hm, you do know what that tells us, don't you?

[goodbyenurse]

[Thinkinggggg.]

They did not hit us. Moreover, the shot came from the south. 5 and 9 would be southeast... thus we are looking at 4, 7, and possibly 8. Of them, the squares to be moved to are 'all of them, aside 3.'

However, if we look at the distribution between the possible moves, and assume Takshaka did move after their first shot, the squares with the highest odds of having them will be either 5 or 7. Additionally, I believe we should move south, to 4.

Is that also what it told you?

[gandere]

It told me that we can't hear if we fire off that much into the distance which means every time we do hear something, they're not that far away.

I think we should aim to shoot at 7. There's no way they would have moved to 5 knowing that it's such a valuable position.

[goodbyenurse]

Seven it is. Then we will move to four ourselves, and next turn head to five.

[gandere]

We're not going to get anywhere if we keep trying to out maneuver them. They need to be drawn into a trap into giving away their position somehow.

[soulping]

[your cannon fires, whump-ing off to 7... a faint splash. the answering cannon shot booms from somewhere more south-east.

the enemy shot splashes into the water behind you.]

[goodbyenurse]

We could simply move into square five. Doing so will ensure we know exactly where the shot comes from.

They will know where we were, but our escape capabilities will be such that they have a 1 in 8 chance of finding us. Our odds of hitting them will be far higher than theirs of us.

[gandere]

[ Oh, they're actually getting pretty close to figuring out where they are then. She worries on the inside, but: ]

Let's do it.

The sooner we end this, the better.

[acemedium]

[hay gaiz what's going on in this thread]

[stumbling in...]

[goodbyenurse]

...Ah, Eveningstar. Good day to you--we are apparently working together.

We should fire at square five. If my guess is correct, they moved to five themselves--thus we should target square... 6 or 8. This way we have covered if their opening action was 8 to 9, as well.

[acemedium]

Huh... Are we playing battleship?

[gandere]

[ Not really amused to see Eveningstar here since they are going against a team she likes. ]

We've got it covered, so just sit down and pretend you're not here.

[goodbyenurse]

...no. She knows Takshaka very well. She may be able to determine their actions.

[gandere]

Everyone knows Takshaka well. They're the most obvious team out there.

[goodbyenurse]

Yes, but we cannot follow their line of thought accurately. Star is far better for doing that.

[gandere]

[ Star is also the most peaceful pony of them all. ]

Fine, if you want to let her sabotage us in order to play nice with a team she likes, then by all means.

[goodbyenurse]

I will ask her for advice, not necessarily follow it. We are about to have a very definite idea of where they are.

[acemedium]

[...]

Gee, I'm happy to see you too, Schooler.

[gandere]

[ She's not the one wearing their uniform to their home dorms okay. ]

[acemedium]

[So you wanted her to come home naked??? Her uniform was torn to shreds]

[gandere]

[ So was her's, but she somehow only managed with one of their capes! It just sends the wrong message to the team, that's all! ]