soulping | CATS

[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?

[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 … ]

((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

Edited 2015-06-13 00:23 (UTC)

[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.

[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.]

Edited 2015-06-13 02:26 (UTC)

((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.))

♬

[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.]

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.]

Edited 2015-06-13 04:18 (UTC)

((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!))