TAKSHAKA

[soulping]

You step into a small airy room made entirely of porcelain and frosted glass. Squishy armchairs — the old fashioned type; pretty velvet affairs with patterns of roses in your team’s color and legs of dark wood — line the walls.

Pride of place in the center of the room is a table, upon which rests: a list of instructions; a spread of cards; and a box made out of mirrored glass with eleven slits in the top. Each slit is outlined in a team color.

Beyond the table is a huge, floor to ceiling hourglass. A certain number of blood red crystals reside at the bottom ...

Comments

ROUND 1

[soulping]

Bank: 15
Hand:
Itching powder (1)
Physical hypersensitivity (3)
Slow Kill (10)
Steal two mattresses and their bedding (2)
Paranoia Boost (3)
Kneecapping (7)

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[experiencepoints]

... This game again...?

[hasn't actually. read the cards yet.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

This again...

[ staring at the cards with her hands in tight fists ]

We can't play Slow Kill.

Re: DISCUSSION

[areyoukittenme]

[ Twelve damn it. At least they have a range of numbers, yet that alone-- What else could be played on them? ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[hopefullybetter]

...



Seriously?

Re: DISCUSSION

[withmyownfists]

What . . . are these instructions? Things we . . . have to do?

Re: DISCUSSION

[piechemist]

Um... what are these cards?

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[experiencepoints]

Itching powder (1) - Gulgallana
Steal two mattresses and their bedding (2) - Ratatoskr

ROUND 2

[soulping]

Bank: 18
Hand:
Physical hypersensitivity (3)
Slow Kill (10)
Paranoia Boost (3)
Kneecapping (7)
Kneecapping (7)
Beat unconscious (5)
Twelve Lashes (6)

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

Shit, we need a new hand.

[ even their lowest cards would be catastrophic ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[experiencepoints]

... Shit. If we buy a new hand, does that count as our play for the round?

Re: DISCUSSION

[withmyownfists]

Agreed.

[ pause ]

Do you all know about the cats?

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

[ AND AFTER THEY GET A NEW HAND... ]

Fuck!

Re: DISCUSSION

[experiencepoints]

[ONCE WE HAVE A NEW HAND]

... Physical deage and... Loss of skills isn't that bad. It sounds like skills won't help us in this anyway.

DECISION

[soulping]

ROUND 3

[soulping]

Bank: 21
Hand:
Slow Kill (10)
Remove a limb (9)
Physical deage (2)
Remove a minor body part (8)
Remove an eye (7)
Splash with acid (3)
Remove an eye (7)
Swift Kill (10)

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

DECISION

[soulping]

END

[soulping]

[You come back into your room to find that your hands are empty and your crystals (if you have any) are spread across the table.

BANK: 13

Also present is a list:

- Revival: 20 crystals
- Lost Limbs: 15 crystals
- Eyes and Minor Body Parts: 10 crystals
- Reaging: 5 crystals
- Save a Cat: 5 crystals
- Lost Memories and Relationships: 5 crystals

The door remains open behind you.]

Re: END

[experiencepoints]

[Staring at those totals in horror. How did i even get here while kneecapped? Who knows.]

There's... not enough...

Re: END

[withmyownfists]

S-save a cat?

[ From what? Aren't they more powerful than all of them? ]

[ ooc: not sure how she got here either considering she was last paralyzed, ALSO not sure how traumatized but. will have to just roll with ]

Re: END

[piechemist]

[the team that gets kneecapped together sticks together? bonds together? however that works. no clue how she got here, either, but have a placeholdery comment while i'm at work]

We don't have enough...