Takshaka + Meow

[soulping]

- This is a very silly game where you’ll be assigned certain roles and get certain powers, and your goal is to rescue the kingdom! Only those who signed up earlier will be able to play.

- This is an 100% non-trauma game! No NPCs can be really injured, not even if you try, because they’re all ghosts playing along. NPCs also can’t harm you, so you’ll be absolutely fine even if the narration talks about your tragic death by dragon. Violent in-fighting will lead to automatic removal, so you can’t fight other teams either!

- This is a mixed game! To try and keep something vaguely resembling a number balance, you’re grouped up as follows:

Dawon + Gulgallana + Diego
Amalthea + Ratatoskr + Armin
Alectryon + Henwen
Barghest + Ometotchtli
Tiamat + Panther
Takshaka + Meow
Vanara + Sparkler

- It’s a mix of exploradora and story...dora. You’ll be presented with situations, and you’ll have to interact with the environment creatively to come up with solutions and make a heroic story. You’ll be rewarded for creativity, ICly playing along with your roles and enthusiasm.

- You won’t be able to use any of your normal, shard-based skills or powers! Any attempts will just fizzle out. You will be able to use your special powers from the sign-ups post.

Fey corgi are literally, physically transformed into corgi. However, all fey corgi can still speak.

- You can only use one special ability per round, and each character can only use theirs once in the entire game. You can’t have everyone spam their abilities in one turn, and characters only get one use of their special ability. Use them wisely (or hilariously).

When using your power, please indicate this in the comment. I need to know whether your grand speech is part of using your powers, or whether you’re just really melodramatic!
All these rules (esp. the violence ones) are understood ICly.

Comments

ROUND 1

[soulping]

[ Welcome to the land of Grindia, brave heroes. You stand in the opulent palace of King Junior IX, who has summoned you for a grave duty. In between quaffing his wine from his golden goblet, the king reveals that the dragon Rodgrot rampages across his lands, and only you can stop it from destroying the kingdom itself.

To help you on your quest, the king has given you a moth-eaten map indicating you should probably travel north, and three copper bits. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

I have basically no icons that fit this role. lawlz

[withmyownfists]

[ trying not very subtly to steal the three copper bits ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[freewilly]

Arr, this map not be in good condition!

[ looking over the map?? ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[notenoughgazing]

[This tiny armored corgi over here apparently has more pressing matters to attend to than discussing kings and dragons. He's... attempting to master the art of walking around on four legs.

And failing miserably, of course.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

[ holy shit i'm tinier than usual ]

So... we're going north?

Re: DISCUSSION

[hopefullybetter]

[WHY AM I THE WISE MENTOR AS THE YOUNGEST PERSON HERE PROBABLY]

... So... we can go north? That's what the map says.

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[hopefullybetter]

We're—heading north. Because I said so.

Round 2

[soulping]

[ You’ve reached the first stop on the road out the kingdom, the bawdy road of taverns and ladies offering good times - And by good times, they mean live storybook reading and a room full of kittens. There are children in this game, after all. But the taverns are very, very real, and very, very full of ale.

Which has led to a street brawl blocking your path. At least a dozen Manly Men flail at each other with stools and scripted wrestling moves. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

ROUND 3

[soulping]

[ The manly men are distracted by the corgi, stopping the brawl.

BUT, OH NO. The manly men are now attempting to take the corgi home, because corgis are beautiful creatures. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

ROUND 4

[soulping]

[ THE PIRATE IS NOW SMASHED alongside the Manly Men, who end up giggling in the gutters. The corgis are retrieved and you successfully steal a bag of silver from the hard-working kitten and booze business.

The road to the North is open. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Round 5

[soulping]

[ On the road to the North, you pass an apple orchard, each of the fifty trees blooming with ripe apples. Delicious, delicious apples. An old lady sits weeping on the side of the road.

The road continues northward. The old lady continues to cry. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

ROUND 6

[soulping]

[ The lady explains that her donkey has run away, along with her workers, and now there is no one to pluck her apples and pay back her debts. If they aren’t all gathered, she wails, each and every one, she shall not be able to pay off the taxman who comes this evening. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Round 7

[soulping]

[ Though you do not make it to the dragon, you save the woman from the taxes of this month.

Proceed to end game. ]