soulping ([personal profile] soulping) wrote2016-06-25 09:18 am

Tiamat

[ When the game starts, there's very little fanfare - the wood opens up into a pit beneath you, and you fall into a disused room.

It's an old, dusty room, gloomily lit through a narrow window. There's not much else in it besides you.

Just a single pen and and a single sheet of paper. ]

ETA: [ By the way, if you try to climb out the window and escape: While the window is open and you can escape, outside is snow and empty trees. The water is murky and around four feet high. No matter how far you look, how far you wander, there’s nothing but trees and trees and…

Disturbing ripples in the water, if you venture too far or splash too long. Some things get more hungry during winter. That, of course, is if you don’t freeze to death first in ice cold waters. ]
golden_dream: (Suspicion)

[personal profile] golden_dream 2016-06-24 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[just, reading and staring, blank shock on her face]
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (bad news)

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2016-06-24 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't be serious.

[ but of course she is. this echo is always deadly serious. ]
carptricks: (Back and forth)

[personal profile] carptricks 2016-06-24 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
. . .

[despite everything, he seems almost eerily calm over here]
golden_dream: (Corridor of the Sands of Purgatory)

[personal profile] golden_dream 2016-06-24 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...

Why would we attack ourselves?
tatsumi_textiles: (Well uh)

[personal profile] tatsumi_textiles 2016-06-24 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ochre knows what he'd do, but- ]

It's yer call, Kaito.
golden_dream: (White Shadow)

[personal profile] golden_dream 2016-06-24 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaito, I know it's hard to listen to, but... it's okay.

We'll... we'll be lucky. I know we will.
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (tense)

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2016-06-24 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It probably means we can't choose not to attack at all.

...

It... would be a way of avoiding deliberately hurting our friends, though.
carptricks: (Yeah but frankly)

[personal profile] carptricks 2016-06-24 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[hrrrrgh. there are so many moving pieces to this situation. there's a chance for a total victory, hanging in front of them like a glimmer of hope that's just out of reach, but. . .]

[rakes a hand through his hair and lets out a breath]


What teams d'you think are most likely to attack us?
withmyownfists: by kimmeh & verisimilitude @ plurk (worried)

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2016-06-24 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaito.

[ there's a whole lot more that she wants to say than just his name, but

it's just so much, where should she begin? ]
carptricks: (When we walk)

[personal profile] carptricks 2016-06-24 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ame. . .?

[blinks at her for a bit, before he ducks his head and lets out a wry chuckle]

No. That's not at all what I'm worried about right now.
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (say it isn't so)

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2016-06-24 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ....

oh god. it's suddenly dawning on her-- ]


We never told you about bad games, did we?
carptricks: (And you were looking)

[personal profile] carptricks 2016-06-24 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[tilts his head towards her, and gosh he sure is keeping his expression carefully neutral]

Sabre.

Are there any teams you think are more likely to attack us than others?
tatsumi_textiles: (Well uh)

[personal profile] tatsumi_textiles 2016-06-24 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno.

Mosta our alliances were with teams that ain't here anymore, or were because'a Ed.

Ratatoskr, probably. If there's anyone who remembers our deal.
radioactivesharpei: (014)

[personal profile] radioactivesharpei 2016-06-24 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhhhh, dude, how are you staying so calm?

[Because he's barely able to stay calm]

This entire thing is bullshit and I want a reroll for the Echo that's running this.
golden_dream: (Mirage Coordinator)

[personal profile] golden_dream 2016-06-24 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? It sounds... it sounds like we can just 'not attack', doesn't it?

Nothing will happen then, right?
carptricks: (I'll tell ya about the magic)

[personal profile] carptricks 2016-06-24 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Practice.

[he says wryly. truthfully it's because he's no stranger to Kyriakos death, but. . .]

Ha. And believe me, if we could have a do-over for today's game, I'd totally take that opportunity myself.
carptricks: (And see)

[personal profile] carptricks 2016-06-24 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[lets out a frustrated puff of air]

I never really paid attention to any formal "alliances." I just always thought we had teams we liked, and teams we didn't know very well.
tatsumi_textiles: (right no)

[personal profile] tatsumi_textiles 2016-06-24 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I think Ratatoskr's the only one that's with a team that's left, and it ain't even an alliance, it's just knowin' we're both able ta take what we can throw at each other.

[ Brought about because of Knight, and Nyssa's game ]
radioactivesharpei: (Default)

[personal profile] radioactivesharpei 2016-06-24 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Any chance we could get a switch? Or... I get the chance to run to the dorm come back and you've got that regeneration shard in your mirror instead of mine?

[Would that work even if it was possible?]
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (i'm too kind that's literally my charact)

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2016-06-24 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure.

...

In some of these games, the whole team--or other teams--will be punished if we try to refuse.
golden_dream: (Organ short #600 million in C minor)

[personal profile] golden_dream 2016-06-24 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
...What is it, then?

[dying is supposed to be something you worry about... isn't it?]
withmyownfists: by verisimilitude @ plurk (hands into fists)

[personal profile] withmyownfists 2016-06-24 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I think we're on good terms with everyone. Aren't we?

...

And even if there's people who have problems with us... they wouldn't want one of us dead.

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