TIGERS

[soulping]

You are in what looks to be a large operating room (actually cleaned and sterilized!). In the center is a standard operating table, and on either side are two... humanoid beings. Alchemical automatons, made out of metal, flesh, wire, a paper substance - all kinds of substances put together. Their cold, dead black eyes gaze at you. Staring. Empty.

Along the edges of the room are large tubes - containers filled with an odd fluid. Most are empty, except for two - in two are body parts.

Comments

RULES

[soulping]

The two automatons are here to help you BUILD A BODY!

Goals:
1. Build a body: Head, Torso, Arms, Legs, and a Heart.
2. The quality of the parts are Excellent, Normal, and Poor. You want the best quality body for your creation!

Each automaton can do one task per round. Delegate!
Part quality can be increased!

Tasks for the automatons:
- Steal part from another team: there is a 20% chance of failure, and organ quality upon successful theft is 40% Poor, 30% Normal, 10% Excellent.
- Collect parts: there is a 10% chance of failure, and organ quality upon successful collection is 40% Poor, 30% Normal, 20% Excellent.
- Improve quality: automatons can spend a turn making a selected part better! There is a 5% chance of failure. If the part is Poor quality, there is a 5% chance of it going directly to Excellent quality.
- Trade: Send an automaton to another team to trade organs! Tell it the message you want it to relay and which part to bring with it. THE OTHER TEAM DOES NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT, and the automaton will return with the part it had.

ROUND 1

[soulping]

In the containers: Poor Legs, Excellent Heart

DISCUSS

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSS

[bloodbiter]

[looking at everything with a frown]

[soulping]

[ The automatons can't frown back. :c ]

Re: DISCUSS

[loveinvein]

What's wrong? This seems fun.

Re: DISCUSS

[bloodbiter]

It's this echo I object to, not the game. But - we can talk about that later. Let's decide what to do.

Re: DISCUSS

[loveinvein]

... alright, but tell me more about the Echo later.

Shall we send both robots to collect parts this round?

Re: DISCUSS

[bloodbiter]

I will, I promise.

That's fine with me, yes.

Re: TURN IN

[loveinvein]

[ Both automatons are being sent to collect parts! ]

ROUND 2

[soulping]

Automaton 1 returns from their venture with Poor Heart!
Automaton 2 returns from their venture with Good Torso!

Current parts:
Poor Legs, Poor Heart, Good Torso, Excellent Heart

DISCUSS

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSS

[loveinvein]

Should we try to improve the poor legs and poor heart, and try to trade that poor heart later?

[soulping]

[ Sepsis' player forgot to mention that the poor heart looks like it's not been... alive for a while. The good torso is cold - frozen in storage someplace, perhaps? ]

Re: DISCUSS

[bloodbiter]

I think we should send at least one of them to collect parts once more. I've no preference as to what we do with the other, though.

[loveinvein]

[ On closer look ]

... these are gross.

Re: DISCUSS

[loveinvein]

Then let's try to improve the legs at least.

Re: DISCUSS

[bloodbiter]

I agree.

Re: TURN IN

[loveinvein]

[ One automaton will be sent to find more parts! The other will work on improving the poor legs ]

SPECIAL ROUND

[soulping]

An automaton bearing a ribbon of Tiamat's colours has come with a Good Head in a jar.

"Legs or Heart?"

Re: SPECIAL ROUND

[loveinvein]

... I feel a little guilty, but we could give them our poor heart in return for a good head. Out legs need work too anyway.

Re: SPECIAL ROUND

[bloodbiter]

[a nod]

A poor heart is better than none.

Re: SPECIAL ROUND

[loveinvein]

Then we'll trade it.

[ TRADE COMMENCE! ]

[soulping]

The automaton nods, before carefully swapping the head and heart in the storage containers. It departs when the task is complete.

ROUND 3

[soulping]

Automaton 1 returns from their venture with Poor Torso! It looks like this has been buried for a bit...
Automaton 2 is successful in improving the legs! They now smell and look way less... rotten.

Current parts:
Poor Torso, Good Head, Good Legs, Good Torso, Excellent Heart

DISCUSS

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[loveinvein]

[ ... lets improve that torso so it can be used for trading later. ]

[ And considering the risks, let's go go collecting more parts and hope for arms. ]

ROUND 4

[soulping]

Automaton 1 returns from their venture with Good Arms! They look like they were frozen recently...
Automaton 2 is successful in improving the torso! It now smells and looks way less... rotten.

Current parts:
Good Arms, Good Head, Good Legs, Good Torsox2, Excellent Heart

DISCUSS

[soulping]

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[loveinvein]

[ WELL THEN. In that case, let's improve the head and the legs. ]

END

[soulping]

Both the head and legs are improved!

Current parts:
Excellent Head, Excellent Legs, Good Torsox2, Good Arms, Excellent Heart

As Dawon has successfully assembled a complete body, the best parts are selected. The two automatons pull out each of the five parts and place them on the central operating table, both gathering around it to slowly tug and stitch and sew... and the body gives a low groan of pain and suffering before everyone is ejected from the room.