DAWON

[soulping]

[ 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... ]

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[ofstormandsea]

What is-- I don't... understand...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[pawper]

It's.... [clenching eyes shut for a moment, then opening them]....this is gonna be a bad game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ofstormandsea]

[ making a tremendous effort to try to calm herself down, despite her pounding heart and short-coming breath. ]

What... do you mean? The last time-- even if they attacked, we were not hurt...

Re: DISCUSSION

[pawper]

[her own expression is shifting into something that's all hard lines and careful blankness, an eerie calm that isn't natural at all]

Sometimes....sometimes the Echoes here run games where we can get hurt. Where we will get hurt. Or die.

.....I didn't think that Wilder was the type to do that, though.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ofstormandsea]

... I see.

[ so death must not be permanent. who's to say this isn't, though... ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[pawper]

Sorry that you....got mixed up in this....but I'll try to protect you.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ofstormandsea]

... I-if I am to play, I do not have a choice.

[ ... tho ]

--My job is to... defend, not be defended.

Re: DISCUSSION

[pawper]

[A pained shake of her head.]

You're with us, so....I can't let you get hurt.