TIAMAT

[soulping]

[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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QUESTIONS

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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!

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[awhiterose]

. . . Well! At least nobody's getting eaten.

SUBMIT

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Re: SUBMIT

[awhiterose]

Can you trust those you're with?
I'unno. Maybe? I trust Lucky, at least.

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

What do you think makes up your team?
Weirdos.

Re: SUBMIT

[carptricks]

Can you trust those you're with?
Sure! I don't really have much of a choice, do I? But they've all proven to be pretty trustworthy so far. If there's anyone I'm wary of here, it's not my team.

Who is the person you dislike the most within your team?
Er, no one? In order to dislike someone the most, you've gotta actually dislike 'em first. And I don't dislike anyone on Tiamat.

What do you think makes up your team?
Peeeeeeople? And a sheep.

Re: SUBMIT

[fuhrinkaed]

Can you trust those you're with?
Absolutely! We're friends, after all!

Who is the person you dislike the most within your team?
I like everyone on my team the most. So... I can't answer that.

What do you think makes up your team?
Friends! A lot of friends, with a lot of talents, who are all cool in a lot of ways.

TIAMAT'S ANSWERS

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Who are your biggest competitors?
Everybody else here! Teams and Echoes!

You can choose three of ten items. Choose wisely! The might be able to help you when the time comes:
The rope, the hook, and the mirror.

ROUND ONE

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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!]

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[fuhrinkaed]

...Guys, I don't think the mirror is going to do much here.

SUBMIT

[soulping]

Re: SUBMIT

[awhiterose]

[WE ARE CLIMBING]

ROUND TWO

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Once you're on top of the cliff, you can see that you can cross over by skipping over the rocks. But there's a bit an issue here. There seems to be jumping trout?

Unless you're really agile you might fall in and... down a waterfall?!

But on the other side is definitely where you want to be. You can see the practice dummies from here.

DISCUSSION

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SUBMIT

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ROUND THREE

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Your plan works!

What waits for you is a field of practice dummies. They seem harmless. Most of them have arrows or swords sticking out of their guts or neck, but at least it's not a person.

But entering further makes the stilts on them move! They begin to weave around and block your path no matter what you do. Maybe if you were fast enough...?

To make matters worse your sense of direction seems to be skewered a bit. Which way did you need to go again? You can't tell because all that seems to be around is the field itself!

What do you guys decide to do?

DISCUSSION

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SUBMIT

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ROUND FOUR

[soulping]

That seems to have done the trick, at least! Or you smashed through a bunch of dummies, but that's the important part.

Now on the other side you're back in a grassy area. That's nice at least, right? And nothing but a cottage seems to be around...

But maybe that's the bad part. Because in just a few minutes you'll hear a growl. There seems to be a hungry tiger on the prowl!

You can either turn back, head into the field, or try breaking-and-entering as your best bets. Or maybe you're the type to take a tiger head on.

DISCUSSION

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SUBMIT

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ROUND FIVE

[soulping]

You make it just in time because is that the tiger's roar right behind you?!

It sounds like it's clawing on the door, too!

Once inside you'll find that there's not much to see. It's a one room house with a cot, a table, and a couple of cooking pots. On the far shelf is a bookshelf filled with scrolls. There's no other way out besides the one window and the door. The door that still suspiciously sounds like a tiger is just outside of it.

A dead end?

DISCUSSION

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SUBMIT

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