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

[goodbyenurse]

[AGREED. PLAYING CHANCES IS ONLY FUN WHEN THERES A REALISTIC CHANCE OF HITTING THE JACKPOT. :T]

[gandere]

[ Maybe I'm just too stupid to figure out a failsafe way to win. LOOKING TO HER LOGIC SIS.

THERE'S NO WAY TO GUARANTEE A WIN, RIGHT? ]

[goodbyenurse]

[SHAKING HER HEAD NO.]

[THIS GAME IS, AT ITS CORE, CHANCE.]

[gandere]

[ Today the valuable lesson of brainpower conquering all was conquered itself. ]

[goodbyenurse]

[Well, for you maybe.]

[I knew it was luck based, I just tried to figure out what the most likely guesses were like on a roulette table.]

[It's not my fault the snakeball wouldn't land.]

[gandere]

[ She just wants to try to be smart because she remembers being smart, it's just not working out as well as she remembered!! ]

[goodbyenurse]

...It has been fun, Schooler. Perhaps I shall see you later.

[gandere]

[ Maybe next time she'll have her shit together. ]

Ugh... yeah, you've proven you're worth getting to know at least.

[goodbyenurse]

Likewise. You are rather interesting.

[gandere]

[ Even when she flips her shit? ]

It's just... Takshaka is a difficult team to go against when it comes to chance.

[goodbyenurse]

[Well... because of it. Easy to read emotions mean easy to learn emotions!]

As a whole, then, they are lucky.

That would explain their tendency to win.

[gandere]

Do you think that's how they pull it off every time? Luck?

[goodbyenurse]

No. At least once I can confirm they did it by being ruthlessly willing to kill themselves.

[gandere]

That sort of self-sacrifice...

There's something seriously wrong with a team that would do that.

[goodbyenurse]

They are stupid heroes.

[gandere]

There's nothing heroic about dying...

[goodbyenurse]

They find that it is heroic for them to die if the act lets others live.

[gandere]

--But that's stupid because most of the time they can't control that. Any other team could ruin the chance they spared another team and cripple them even further.

[goodbyenurse]

It is not my policy. I simply strive to win as efficiently as possible.

Sadly, chance was simply not with us today.

[gandere]

It's all right. It wasn't with any of us. [ Schooler is a bad luck charm. ]

They win a lot of games... so does Ratatoskr now that I'm thinking about it.

[goodbyenurse]

It is true. Whether it is for luck or ruthlessness, they do tend to win.

[gandere]

In the end, I suppose their tenacity pays off no matter what direction it takes.

[goodbyenurse]

It is irksome.

[gandere]

Are you envious of their winning streak?

[goodbyenurse]

Not at all.

I am quite excellent myself.