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

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ hello I have been here the whole time, shhh ]

Who would they even be "donating" it to?

[ does it matter? not really. ]

Yeah, let's play it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

[ PUTS IT OFF TO ONE SIDE.

sliiiides the "beating unconscious" one over to it. ]

That's 10 points.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ eyes the card. eyes Yato. ]

You really wanna use that?

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

You only wanna play one card?

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ maybe he just doesn't get why deaging someone would be so bad, isn't everyone here already a baby... ]

Who would we play it on?

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

[ because two points is laaaaaame ]

Who d'you think played the punching card on us??

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

How the hell should I know? Did you piss someone off recently?

[ stupid question. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

No-!

[ yes ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ have an even, disbelieving glare. buullshiiiiit. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

[ WHATEVER. IGNORING YOUR WEIRD, UNIDENTIFIABLE FACE. ]

Do you have a better idea?

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

We got off pretty easy last time, so I'd like to think no one's inclined to hit us hard.

[ buuut then he glances back down at the beatings card. ]

...On the other hand, if someone does and we don't play enough points, we're fucked.

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

I know.

If other teams got hit hard last time, they'll play harder now, won't they?

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

I don't know. I only heard about Alya.

[ loudly and often. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

There was another dead body in the square.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ ...oh. well, fuck. ]

Did you see who it was?

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

No. But it was the cow team, I think. [ whatever the fuck they're called. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

[ shit. that's Cross's team. shiiiiit. maybe he's the dead one... ]

Fine. Let's play it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[sweatypalms]

Getting knocked out's better than a lot of these.

[ like getting kneecapped. or killed. ]

We could have twelve points...

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[he nods]

We used our cards on Vanara and Gulgallana last time. That leaves us with nine choices for teams this time.

Re: DISCUSSION

[feytality]

[Not arguing but she sure is making sad faces]

Do you guys really want to play three cards...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[dirtdevil]

I'm not sure we need to.

[ there, now stop being mad at me!! ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[hello I was also here the whole time, just concussed.]

If we want a chance at getting that shield, we should.

Re: DISCUSSION

[feytality]

[She's not mad anymore, she's sad]

I don't think we need to, either...

Re: DISCUSSION

[grandstanding]

[looking at the points.]

If our ten went through, then that means someone played seven points worth of cards on us last time.

Re: DISCUSSION

[feytality]

We didn't get hit as hard as the other teams...

[Poor cows]