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[ You find yourself in a section of the maze walled off by hedges sporting glowing pink flowers. Several tree stumps with rich velvet cushions on them surround a much larger stump, upon which lie a number of cards... ]

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[ There are now sixteen cards upon the table--the same as before, minus the last one you chose. You get the feeling you'll need to proceed just as you did in the last round. ]

[Weakly standing and trying to grab for another card, any card.]

[ grabbing her hand ]

No.

[Trying to yank free.]

It's fine, I'm fine, so just....!

No! Just-- just stay there, and rest.

[ holding firm, her hand trembling. ]

I don't need to rest! It's fine if it's me, Bengal, okay?

[Yanking harder, eyes gaining a touch of wild hysteria.]

No it's not!

It isn't. It isn't.

[don't you give me shit too]

Why doesn't anyone understand....?! I can do it! I want to do it!

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[ JESUS. okay. i was doing good not freaking out for a bit but. well. at least i'm trying. ]

I'll-- take it, next.

... You sure?

I can take it, too.

... I'm sure.

I don't... I don't want to see that, again.

No! NO!

Save your breath.

[okay she won't scream

she'll just try to knock you over]

[EXCEPT: now you have a tiny wind mage slamming into you]

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I'll take the round after you, then.

And we're gonna be here for you.

[ looks... unsure, at that. but she nods, and goes to look at the cards ]

[ Who picks, and which card? ]

Bengal chooses the Hermit.

[ The other people around you become strangely insubstantial to your eyes as you take hold of this card, like ghosts, until they disappear entirely. The world around you becomes grey and empty of anyone but you. An unshakable conviction strikes you: never again will you see another soul. You alone are left in this world and any other, for an eternity. ]

[ How long do you tolerate the effect of the card, up to a maximum of thirty minutes? ]

Thirty minutes!

[ After thirty minutes, the card dissolves into ash, and oh, joy! With some more awful little clattering noises, your bodies start to mend themselves about halfway, and the shape on the table empties out of about half its little coins, down to being a tenth full! ...once again, for all of two or three seconds, until the shape fills back up to twenty percent. One of your eyes makes a weird squelching noise, and then that side of your vision goes dark as it abruptly flattens into a shiny golden coin. ]

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