TIAMAT

[soulping]

[The interior of your team cabin is far warmer than the winter outside. Each cabin is outfitted with enough beds for all present, and a table laden with food. Thick, juicy meats. Fatty broths. Congealed blood sausages. The sort of food that gets you through a harsh winter. The sort of food that makes you fat and tasty.]

Comments

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

. . . no.

[not that he remembers, anyway]

I haven't. But does that matter?

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

No.

[ Sighs and clenches her hands between her knees. ]

Guess we'll have to decide who to vote for pretty quick.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

We don't have to vote.

[saying that firmly]

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

[ Can you hear the exasperation already? ]

Lucky...

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

We don't. Not now. What would be the point in voting when we don't have anything to go on except our gut instincts?

[Can she feel his stubbornness and extreme hardheadedness?]

That excuse might not work in other rounds, but it's not unreasonable to claim we ran out of time trying to decide who to vote for in the very first one.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

So what? We let the echo play Russian roulette with our vote?

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

[opens his mouth to say something, but then shuts it again with a tch. . .. letting the Echo play randomly isn't any better than voting themselves]

D'you have a better idea that isn't just "vote for another team?"

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

No, because there isn't any other option. We either vote or let the echo vote for us, but I'm not risking that random vote coming back to bite us.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

[frustrated, raising his voice slightly]

So we let the Echo force us into hurting others because we're afraid of what the consequences are?

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

[ Snapping back at him, though her voice has gotten quieter. ]

What would you suggest? We take the bullet ourselves? That won't break the game, Lucky, that'll just break us.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

We don't have to take any bullets! The others broke that game when we first arrived, didn't they? There's a way to break this one, too!

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

Maybe you're right. Maybe there is a way to break the game. But I'm not risking our lives on a maybe.

You want to discuss alternate plans, fine. But save it for when we have time.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

[reeeeally frustrated now]

Garnet, we'd never get anywhere if we never took chances on a 'maybe.'

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

So what's your plan?

[ Snaps her head up to glare at him, knuckles white between her knees. ]

Do you have one? I don't.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

I don't know!

[-- seems to catch that he's practically yelling, and glances away from her, hands balled into fists at his sides. he's shaking ever so slightly]

I don't. . . I don't know, but I can't-- I can't--

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

Then I'll do it. I'll vote.

[ Stands stiffly, looking away herself. ]

A few more on my kill count won't change much.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

Garnet, you're not the only one who's a part of this team. If you vote, then we all vote.

We don't have to do this!

[but what other choice did they have?]

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

If anyone questions you after this game, tell them it was my decision.

[ There's no point in arguing, is there? ]

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

. . . like hell I'm gonna try to deflect the blame off of myself like that! Garnet--

[IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE TO STOP HER]

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

[ She's even gone out barefoot, she's in such a hurry to get this over with. :') ]

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

[stops to scoop up her shoes, before going after her]

Garnet!

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

[ Shouting over her shoulder, still marching on. ]

What?

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

Why the heck are you going out there without your shoes?

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[onebullet]

[ S-stops and looks down at her feet. ]

... ah, shit.

Re: Discuss (Day - Dusk 1)

[carptricks]

. . .

[stops just short of the cabin exit, and hides the shoes behind his back]

[CAN YOU VOTE WITHOUT SHOES?]