AMALTHEA

[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 . . . ]

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Re: Choice

[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 anything.

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

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

Give up?

[ he thinks he sees where this is going... ]

Two chances...

Re: Choice

[unlocksmith]

[listening in on this]

That's pretty vague. . .

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

It is, but my guess is that I'll be giving something up for this turn.

Truthfully, I'd put myself there instead of him. But somehow I don't think she'll allow that.

Re: Choice

[unlocksmith]

Probably not. But if you're a fancy wordsmith, you might be able to get away with somethin' simple by makin' it look significant.

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

That's true.

Sight is pretty important, isn't it? If it's for Blaze, I can get through this game without it with the rest of you here.

Re: Choice

[unlocksmith]

[. . . frowns]

What about when this poor excuse for a game ends?

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

I'm not sure.

Hey--! What happens if I choose something like that?

[doublefangs]

It's going to have to be something big, isn't it?

[unguilded]

Probably. If I can choose, maybe it can be something I can still get through the rest of this game without.

[doublefangs]

What if it's permanent?

[unguilded]

Let's find out.

[ CAUSE I'M ASKIN. ]

[doublefangs]

[ LISTENING IN UP THERE ]

...Are you sure we can trust them?

[unguilded]

... No. But if it's not something she thinks is enough, Blaze will be in trouble.

Re: Choice

[snappingturtle]

What're you thinking?

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

I'm not sure ... if she takes my sight through the rest of the game, the rest of you will be able to take care of everything else, right?

Re: Choice

[snappingturtle]

What if she doesn't give it back?

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

She said it won't be permanent.

Though I don't know what that means exactly, either.

Re: Choice

[snappingturtle]

. . . If it's for Blaze then . . .

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

And she wants to make it count ... so she probably won't allow something that lets us off easily.

Re: Choice

[storybreaking]

Not a physical sacrifice. We've seen enough blood today with the last task.

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

I'll see if I can find a middle ground.

Remember, she said to make it count.

Re: Choice

[storybreaking]

Yeah, or you could suggest something harmless with a play on numbers.

Re: Choice

[unguilded]

Like what?

Re: Choice

[storybreaking]

. . . Ha, I'm bad at this. The best I can think of is counting the words in each sentence you speak until we get Blaze out of there and saying it every time you finish speaking.

Losing your eyesight for a while would be less of a bother than something like that.