EPONA

[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:
Kneecapping (7)
Steal a pair of shoes (1)
Swift Kill (10)
Twelve Lashes (6)
Loss of all skills (9)
Beat unconscious (5)

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[it takes less than a second for him to look at the rules, and the cards, and then go pale as death.]

I know this game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ Blade + that expression = oh boy we are in some deep shit aren't we. ]

We've had it before?

target selection yay!!

[dirtdevil]

[ again, he knows Star's pissed off at him, but he's kinda used to that on account of being a dick. he still told her she could choose who gets which card, and the offer stands regardless of any saltiness she may feel. he also has no significant ties to other teams, so he won't be hard to work with about this.

he eyes the slitted box, still sullen. ]

So...

Re: target selection yay!!

[feytality]

[STILL MAD.]

We can steal shoes from practically anyone. Hank... he doesn't even need his shoes.

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[feytality]

Steal a pair of shoes (1) - Gulgallana
Loss of all skills (9) - Vanara

ROUND 2

[soulping]

Bank: 18
Hand:
Kneecapping (7)
Swift Kill (10)
Twelve Lashes (6)
Beat unconscious (5)
Donate a pint of blood (5)
Remove a limb (9)
Physical deage (2)

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

[ Well. These all look great.

Just quietly looking the cards over at first, and reordering a few of them... ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[feytality]

[Jiii]

... They're all awful...

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[grandstanding]

Beat unconscious (5) - Ratatoskr
Donate a pint of blood (5) - Henwen
Physical deage (2) - Tiamat

ROUND 3

[soulping]

Bank: 30
Hand:
Kneecapping (7)
Swift Kill (10)
Twelve Lashes (6)
Remove a limb (9)
Raptor in the dorm (9)
Remove an eye (7)
Beat unconscious (5)

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[...he lets out a breath, relieved.]

We can get that shield.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ he's all about that shield, buuut... ]

So that'd leave us with five. And all these cards are shit.

[ helpful as usual. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[feytality]

[Looking exhausted and miffed]

We could have played the two pointer this round if we still had it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[after that interlude of pointing fingers at multiple jerks...]

Okay. Which team?

DECISION

[soulping]

Re: DECISION

[grandstanding]

Beat unconscious (5) - Vanara

And they are buying the SHIELD for 25 crystals.

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: 10

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

[grandstanding]

[he sets his jaw]

Revivals cost a lot. Are any teams going to be able to afford one on their own?

Re: END

[feytality]

[sup, i might have jumped down a tree and also gotten slightly stabbed]

Maybe Takshaka.... I don't think they got hit a lot.