EPONA

[soulping]

[The room you step into looks like it could be a miniature ballroom, complete with stained glass windows and vast, ornate mirrors.

Your team's column is set into one wall, easily accessible but as impregnable as ever. One of the mirrors may prove almost as interesting, if you can tear your eyes away from your trapped teammate. Through it, you are somehow able to see every other team's column and what is inside, though nothing beyond that.

The floor beneath your feet polished, patterned wood, inlaid with the pattern of a grand sundial in your team's colors. In the center of the pattern stands a pedestal, upon which sits a collection of colorful glass ornaments. It looks like there's room for other items, but there's nothing else to be found just yet . . . ]

Comments

Round 3

[soulping]

[The water slowly begins to rise again . . . ]

Discussion

[soulping]

[acemedium]

[Looks over at the other hostage tanks, a few of them are worryingly high...]

[but theirs seem to be the lowest.]

[gandere]

[ It sucks being this short.

Also it sucks that her skirt won't stay down unless she's holding it down with her hands. ]

[acemedium]

[At least there are no guys here]

Hang in there, Schooler...

[gandere]

[ It'll still be weird for a girl to see her panties too! ]

I'm fine. [ Spoken with as much grace as she can have right now. ]

[acemedium]

[Nods....]

[She tries to rip off a bit of her outfit to wrap on her nose]

[gandere]

[ It's growing increasingly difficult to keep her own emotions in check here, but seeing her ruin her clothing to try to patch up her nose reminds her of the pain she must be in. ]

[moderndaywhitemage]

Are you doing alright, Schooler?

[gandere]

I'm not the one bleeding. [ Which is to say she's not fine at all. ]

[moderndaywhitemage]

But you're in there...

[gandere]

It's just water.

[ She'll splash a hand around as if to emphasize this. In reality, she's scared to death of drowning. Of all the ways to die, wouldn't choking on water be awful? It wouldn't be elegant and then her skirt will float up without her hands to keep it down...

How embarrassing. This isn't a death fit for someone like her. ]

[acemedium]

[Nudges and points to the ornaments for her to pick this time]

[moderndaywhitemage]

Um, o-okay... What about the die?

[acemedium]

[Nods]

If it rolls a good number maybe we'll get off easy....

Choice

[soulping]

[moderndaywhitemage]

[time to smash us a green die]

[infiniteregress]

[The ornament shatters, releasing a fine mist. When it clears, you find . . . a coin.

Nyssa speaks up:] Well, well! Your task now is to make me an offer. What would you choose to give up to save your teammate? Be aware that I will not accept just any offer.

You have two chances. Do make it count, yes?

[acemedium]

Ah.... W-What are we supposed to offer?

[infiniteregress]

As long as it's worth as much as the tasks you've been doing, exactly what you offer is up to you.

[acemedium]

Cut a pattern and sew a sense shut.....

[What else can she do?]

[moderndaywhitemage]

Oh...

[gandere]

[ Is it just her or are these choices growing more dire each round? ]

[acemedium]

....

Results

[soulping]

[The SUDDENLY COLD water slows to a stop at 75%.]