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[When the game starts you find yourselves on a platform. At least this part is pretty relaxing as it's large enough to fit a table with six (or seven) chairs around and that may be the place you want to sit at for now. There's several pieces of parchment laying on the table and a box in the center.

Of course, if you were careful you might want to pay attention to what's before you. Because immediately after the platform is a slide that ends in a pit of water? That turns into a dark forest. In what looks like a mile across is another large platform, presumably the end. Though that's all you can see right now.]

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There will be a slip of paper for each member of the team. On this one each member will need to answer three questions. You cannot converse about these answers among each other. Somehow, it also feels like you don't have long to answer these ones.
Can you trust those you're with?
Who is the person you dislike the most within your team?
What do you think makes up your team?

There also seems to be another slip of paper once those ones are finished. This one is for your team as whole to answer.
Who are your biggest competitors?
You can choose three of ten items. Choose wisely! The might be able to help you when the time comes:
a rope, a sword, a mirror, a paracute, a shield, a book, a grappling hook, a tent, a fruit, a torch (seemingly magically lighted)

OOC: As a note, all questions must be answered honestly! No matter what the will feel the compulsion to sa what's on their mind. The only ones this might really effect is the competitors question because all others will be unsaid to each other. Even if you look at someone else's paper you won't be able to see what they wrote!

[Thinking for a moment.]

Versatile and multi-purpose items should be our priority.

Our greatest competitors... Tch. I wonder what effect that will have.

The grappling hook will work as a rope and have some of the use that a sword would, depending on how strong it is. And if there's something it can reach, it can potentially take the place of a parachute, too. But that's only if there's something close enough if we were falling somewhere.

A grappling hook, the parachute, and a tree could also make a tent. Those two items are excellent options. For the third, I would recommend the torch.

I do not want to risk procuring one in the field, and it can be used defensively in the event of an animal attack.

Can you trust those you're with?
I must not voice a great number of my thoughts with the others around. Save Tart, I cannot trust any of them with anything beyond pleasantries. They are trustworthy enough to not sabotage us during the games, however.

Who is the person you dislike the most within your team?
Rook.

What do you think makes up your team?
Individuals with varied talents, all capable of dealing in specialized areas in order to succeed as a coherent unit. Unfortunately, we are nothing beyond that.

Edited 2014-02-05 00:09 (UTC)

I wonder what we'd need a tent for... a shield would double up as a mirror, too. But only if it's not wooden.

1) For the most part. It depends on what we're talking about or what we need ... but still. We want to able to help each other as much as we can, and I want to help other people while we do that, too. So it's good to do my best to trust them enough to not betray that. As long as that's there, that's important.

2) It's hard to talk to Belt, but ... I don't want to not like people I should trust.

3) We all want similar ends, to help people and to help each other to do that. We can all also do different things that helps for different games.

...I suppose I shall defer the item choices to you, regardless.

Anything should be a boon... though I would like having a torch, just in case.

[Or OOCly: I gotta afk a while anyways. /o/]

Well, a shield could also help us dig ... if we need to do that. And it'd be a gamble as to what kind of shield we get as to it seconding as something with a reflective surface like a mirror. Without knowing what's in there, it's hard to choose.

But a torch is definitely a good idea to take, too.

Who is your biggest competitors?
Ratatotskr.

What three items would you like?
Shield, Grappling Hook, Torch.

You will find on your table the three items you've chosen as well as a bracelet. The papers have disappered as have the chairs. Once you pick up the items the table, too, will disappear leaving just your team and the slide before you.
Pressing the button will allow you to effectively "pause" the course. This can only be used to go back to the main field and talk to other teams. It can work for one member or all of your teammates. You can easily leave and return with this method. Talking to other teams will not give you a penalty if you choose to use this. (This can also account for members of the team coming and going with player availability)

You can also quit at any time! If you wish to quit all you have to say is Osmar's name and it will end the game for you. Asking to quit will not penalize you, but if you end early that means your out of at leas one win type.
For now, you can just slide down. There's nothing more to do here.

But once you're in the water it seems to be wider than you thought! It gets deeper quickly, too, and the torrent is rough. You're fine in the shallow end, but maybe you should find another way across?

To the left is a small cliff. It doesn't look bad to climb up and maybe it will give you a better idea of if you want to go into the river or not.

To the right is what seems to be an empty part of the field. A few steps in will show that there's patches of mud where you seem to sink. Not quite quick-sand, but you might want to take a moment to consider your options.

Or you can just go forward. You won't drown, but you might end up way more off course than you thought.

[When you submit please answer with which way you go and a method you choose to use against this part of the course!]
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[ checking the shield and grappling hook to see how heavy they are at first, and then turning to Belt. ]

One of us should hold on to either one of these, just in case. So neither of us lack offense and defense. The torch seems light enough.

I suppose so...

[THINKING...]

Regarding our path, I am torn between our obvious answers. We could use the hook to climb the mountain, or the shield to check the path ahead of us for mud as we walk the field.

...I do not believe crossing directly would be wise.

I think I have pretty good aim, so I can hold into the hook if we need to hit or grab onto something.

[ offering her the shield. ]

I agree, though I wonder how hard it'd be to get to the other side. The hook could help with crossing directly depending on its distance and if we can latch onto something on the other side when we're close enough...

The shield would help with testing how hard or soft the mud is. If it seems like it's too much and too far spread out and uncrossable, we could always double back and try the cliffs.

Then, for the moment, we use the shield to avoid the mud and carry forward.

Agreed?

Yeah, agreed.

[USING THE SHIELD TO TEST THE GROUND BEFORE THEM, OUR INTREPID HEROES NAVIGATE THE FIELD OF MUD PITS CAREFULLY TO ADVANCE.]

You probably get stuck once or twice, but make it through alright.

Once on the other side of all the mud, you're in front of a horse and charioteer's carriage? It can fit the both of you in it just fine and it seems to be the quickest way across.

But there also seems to be several other carriages next to it. If you choose to use that method then phantom charioteer's will join in. And what better way to do a chariot race than with trying to knock each other out of them? One of you should focus on driving it while the other protects you!

No matter if you decide to race or walk (which does not seem all that appealing since, what, doesn't it look like several miles from here?) you will have the side effect of UNITY. Basically meaning that you want to work together really hard! Which may or may not have any effect.

Edited 2014-02-05 03:37 (UTC)

[...dammit why do I want to work with you more than usual. GUH.]

We could set the other chariots on fire prior to getting into our own.

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