CATS

[soulping]

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ROUND 1

[soulping]

[You’re in a very small, very white room. There are no exits. There is nothing here, except for you and your fellow Cats. Your clothes are dry, you are dry, but you swear you can feel the heavy sway of water weighing upon your limbs. But — the temperature feels normal, and you can breathe fine. Maybe you’re imagining things … ]

My dearest Cats, your time will come. For now, sit tight, and ask yourselves: what is the sum and worth of a life?

Re: ROUND 1

[endsintheocean]

...That's a very complicated question.

Re: ROUND 1

[featherduster]

I think she's already decided the answer anyway.

[ Shittiest debate ever ]

Re: ROUND 1

[justichthys]

[ Nope. Nope. ]

[ Angles her head to hide her expression, running a hand through her hair. SAYING NOTHING. NOTHING AT ALL. ]

Re: ROUND 1

[nodo]

[ Sitting and waiting is the absolute shit. Who enjoys this? Certainly not him. ]

I feel like I've been asked this question far too often.

[youfilth]

Fuck you.

ROUND 2

[soulping]

[The heaviness lingers … and is it just you, or can you feel a niggling tightness in your chest? A difficulty drawing breath? Maybe, just maybe, just for a second here and there, you feel water in your mouth and nose.

Before you can think too hard on it, you feel something clamp around your neck — tightly, but not so tight that you can’t breathe — and tug. The world fades away … ]

ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

[soulping]

((Please proceed directly to round 2!))

Ratatoskr + Panther
Gulgallana + Sparkler
Dawon + Coyote
Ometochtli + Coyote
Tiamat + Aoko
Takshaka + Vash
Epona + Panther
Amalthea + Armin
Vanara + Sparkler
Alectryon + Armin
Barghest + Bengal
Henwen + Vash

ROUND 2 INSTRUCTIONS

[soulping]

((At the start of this round, this becomes intuitive knowledge.

Cats may choose to do one of the following — with or without the consent of the team they’re with:

- Heal the effects of a previous trial by taking it upon themselves.
- Elect to take the effects of an upcoming round upon themselves. This will be played out in this locked room when the time comes.

Please note that while they may assist a team with their tasks in round 2, they are not guaranteed to be rewarded for it!))

ROUND 3

[soulping]

[You’re wracked by icy shivers, even though you know — you know — that it’s pleasantly warm in here. You know that you can’t breathe, that there’s water in your mouth, nose, ears, in your throat, choking you; that the water is weighing you down —

— You’re back in that very small, very white room, surrounded by your fellow Cats. Your collars are gone, and so are the chains. But if you were lucky enough to be gifted with a key, it’s still there, in your hand.]

Now, my darlings, I have a treat for you! Listen carefully, and remember: each one of you may, individually, do one of the following.

If you were given a key, you may choose to keep it for the benefit of yourself and your fellows … or pass it along to another team of your choosing.

You may steal one key from a team of your choice … and keep it for the Cats.

You may steal one key from a team of your choice, and generously donate it to another team of your choice. Goodness knows they may need the help.

… Or, you may choose to do nothing at all. The choice, my favoured felines, is entirely in your hands.

For those who took a future task ...

[soulping]

[WATCH THIS SPACE it'll be edited as the teams submit!]

FOR ARMIN
Paranoia builds slowly, subtly, twisting the words and intentions of those around you, no matter how much you care about them. Fear, too, begins to rise — you see flickers in the corner of your eyes, and you know they’re there, you know they’re real, no matter what anybody tries to tell you.

By the start of the fourth round, you will find yourself suffering hyperrealistic hallucinations of your worst fears.]

SUBMIT

[soulping]

((Comment here with what your Cat has decided to do, even if what they decide to do is nothing.

If they decide to start stealing and/or swapping keys, tell me who they're taking it from and where it's going. Remember, each person can only move one key.))

Re: ROUND 3

[endsintheocean]

[and now i'm a paranoid cannibal and everything is horrible]

[youfilth]

[ Coughing and horking up chunks of blood, barely able to breathe... and them eating them, while slowly chewing chunks off his own hand.

He's obviously hiding in a corner, avoiding contact with others. ]

Re: ROUND 3

[featherduster]

[ +1 more hyperventilating, choking, wheezing, wigging out Cat, also plastered to the far wall. How long before we run out of corners to hide in, y'all ]

Re: ROUND 3

[unlimitedcoffee]

[ almost drowning is a trip. thanks, you bitch.

he's also got a nice wound on his arm and is bleeding. hope he doesn't attract the cannibals ]

How many keys do we have?

[ trying to remain slightly calm here... ]

Re: ROUND 3

[justichthys]

[ Aoko's huddling in a corner, with her head between her knees, but— ]

D-Does … does anybody mind if I donate one of our keys to Tiamat?

[ Her voice is thick, like she's trying her level best not to throw up. ]

Re: ROUND 3

[nodo]

[ HELLO EVERYONE.

Here's someone who has a missing chunk in his arm and some gross bug that's still sort of crawling inside of him and doing who knows what. He's not really in the mood to talk but who is in this room? ]

ROUND 4

[soulping]

♬

[You’re going to run out of air. You know that, now, though the sensations come and go. You need to get out; there’s not long left until you drown.

… But all you can do is wait.]

For those who took a future task ...

[soulping]

AOKO
[You will feel a sudden, sharp pain — just as blood starts pouring from your eyes. Something just stabbed both of them, blinding your.]

PANTHER
[You’ve been stabbing in the back by a six inch blade, and for a moment, it’s almost like you can feel the hilt digging into you as well. But there’s nothing there save for a bloody, gaping wound.]

[youfilth]

[ He ate.

His face is bloody. Everything is bloody. And he has a thousand-yard stare. ]

Re: ROUND 4

[justichthys]

[ THERE'S A LOT OF SCREAMING AND CLUTCHING HER FACE GOING ON HERE ]

Re: ROUND 4

[featherduster]

[ UNCONSCIOUS BECAUSE PANTHER DID HIM A SOLID

Please don't implode, team, holy shit ]

Re: ROUND 4

[nodo]

[ Well, somewhere between the eaten arm, awful hell bug inside of him (still), and the now gaping bleeding wound in his back... Panther's no doubt lost more than the blood than he really should have. Not to mention all he can feel at this point is numbness as his body protects him from the pain and shock. Drowning? Was that even a concern?

Now whether he's alive or dead, who really knows. What is known is that he's definitely not moving an inch after being "struck" with the blade and instead is just gonna fall to the ground like a limp doll.

Did he do a good though? ]

...

[soulping]

[Your final key count is 12!]

[Head to ENDGAME]