TAKSHAKA/AMALTHEA/VANARA

[soulping]

( roots twist around your legs to yank through the swamp water into. . . oh yes, another swamp. wonderful!! everyone loves the swamp! at least there is civilisation here. you've found yourself in a quaint little village with a fancy new set of duds and. . .?

ah, yes. this stranger that you immediately recognise as your squad captain. )

Comments

ROUND ONE

[soulping]

[ Your squad captain, an older woman with scars on her face, leads you into a shack set on stilts above the mirelands. On the door, a symbol has been carved into the wood: ⏀, and all of the tapestries and flags are GREEN. Inside on a large table, weapons have been grouped together: swords and shields, bows and arrows, and magic staves. ]

Listen up, pups. The first stage of your mission is to explore the village yonder. But just because we've been assigned to protect them doesn't mean all those natives are going to be friendly. This is a war zone. Arm yourselves accordingly—as a unit.

[ And just in case it isn't immediately clear what she means by that, it would seem that there's exactly the same number of weapons as there are people in your squad. ]

Re: ROUND ONE

[experiencepoints]

My vote's for the magic.

Re: ROUND ONE

[ofbelief]

[ ???????

She is 99% sure she'll stab herself with anything pointy. ]

Re: ROUND ONE

[unguilded]

[ Hold please, because Rook just had a VERY BRIEF LOOK OF PANIC WHEN THOSE ROOTS GRABBED HIS LEG. Bad plant pings.

When he regains his composure, he looks around at the weapons after the captain finishes speaking as he takes in a breath to calm himself down completely. ]

Does anybody not know how to use a sword? I can teach you!

Re: ROUND ONE

[freewilly]

Wait, wha--?

Re: ROUND ONE

[barrette]

[ ALSO HAD A BADPING WHEN GRABBED BY THE ROOTS but calms down quickly ]

So we all have to use the same kind...

Re: ROUND ONE

[shitstarter]

[ frankly speaking these shoulderpads look fucking ridiculous on me, but pulling his hood up and immediately inspecting the weapons ]

Re: ROUND ONE

[overfull]

I'd like to use the swords, if that's all right...

[But on the other hand, if they get the staves they can use them for other stuff too, but then they don't have anything sharp to use?

She seems very deep in thought.]

ROUND ONE: DECISION

[soulping]

ROUND TWO

[soulping]

[ Having made your selection as a team, the commanding officer gathers your attention to make an announcement. ]

We have received intelligence from one of our scouts that the blue and yellow armies have made camp near the village. Word has gotten to the villagers, and the people are frightened: rumors abound that an attack is imminent. I ask that you all agree, as a unit, upon what you believe is the best course of action to use against these forces: will you attack or defend?

Should you choose to defend, you may either station four guards around the village or place a magical barrier there using a talisman. If you wish to attack, you may cast blind, petrify, thunder, or blizzard on our enemy. The effects are self-explanatory. Be forewarned—once you have committed an action once, you may not repeat it again later, as our enemies will be aware of our tactics and talismans may be used only once.

Re: ROUND TWO

[experiencepoints]

We should defend and use the guards.

Re: ROUND TWO

[barrette]

We should defend. If we attack them when they're not planning anything, then we'll be the ones who made things go badly.

Re: ROUND TWO

[unguilded]

If our flags are green ... there's no telling who's behind the other ones, if they're other teams here.

I think we should defend, to play it safe.

Re: ROUND TWO

[ofbelief]

Starting something's not going to help.

Re: ROUND TWO

[shitstarter]

This is stupid. While it would no longer be tactically advantageous for us in that we would lose the element of surprise, it's stupid that we would not be able to use an attack again after the first time we use it. Especially so if it's incredibly effective; even if they knew we could petrify them, what could they do to stop us? What could they do to stop a blizzard? Unless they broke our staffs, though in that case it would be because they knew of our magic already, and if it isn't already obvious due to us not having anything but sticks on our person then it would already be, in terms of these rules, tactically disadvantageous to use any sort of magic at all after using magic the first time. In fact, we might as well just beat people with these sticks until we decide to shoot lightning from them to lower their guards.

DECISION

[soulping]

ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[soulping]

[ You assign guards to protect the entrances of the village, however enterprising individuals have decided to take advantage of the situation by donning yellow and sneaking into the village.

Each of your posted guards have been stabbed somewhere in the ensuing skirmish with a sword. The strike against Arachne has proven fatal, the sword running right through her. Once again, you must all decide how to defend the village. ]

Re: ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[barrette]

What- Who?!

[ looks absolutely horrified ]

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[unguilded]

[ Oh shit.

Oh no. ]

--we have to help them first, while we decide. Who else knows standard first aid?

Re: ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[experiencepoints]

[WELL

now i've been stabbed through the gut but at least i'm not dead]

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[freewilly]

[ gasping as he holds his hand to his side, trying to stop the blood flow there ]

Re: ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[ofbelief]

[ you know what was easier about the last two games like this? one she didn't feel the other she died first.


so i'm sorry


if this tiny is perpetually useless. and trying not to hyperventilate okay. ][ ]

Re: ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[forthemackerel]

[ wincing and holding onto his shoulder, gritting his teeth and eyes quickly darting around to see who else is injured. ]

Re: ROUND THREE / ROUND TWO RESULTS

[shitstarter]

[ no ]

ROUND FOUR / THREE'S RESULTS

[soulping]

[ Unfortunately, your attempts to blind the yellow forces are unsuccessful. Furthermore, because of his pursuit of the stray soldiers, Damien and Sparrow are kidnapped by the bandits remaining in the area. the villagers are starting to talk with open hostility about your ineptitude. once again, you must decide how to defend the village—and what do about your lost comrades. ]

Re: ROUND FOUR / THREE'S RESULTS

[experiencepoints]

-- Sparrow! We have to get her back!

[AND THAT OTHER KID TOO I GUESS]