TIAMAT

[soulping]

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

Comments

ROUND FOUR

[soulping]

[ There are now fifteen 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. ]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[thank god breathing is easier. but not being able to move his arm or fingers is annoying]

G-geez. . .

Re: DISCUSSION

[showbooty]

Can we even pick up cards like this?

Re: DISCUSSION

[likebigboats]

We've got our mouths.

Re: DISCUSSION

[showbooty]

I don't want my mouth going near anything that came from that guy.

Re: DISCUSSION

[likebigboats]

Like all that food you horked up.

Re: DISCUSSION

[showbooty]

No one warned me this guy did this sort of thing.

[:T!!!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[likebigboats]

We'll just steal more before we leave.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

Ha. I can manage.

Re: DISCUSSION

[showbooty]

All right... Good luck.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

I am going to kill him as soon as I have the chance!

[oh look it's Clover again]

Re: DISCUSSION

[showbooty]

There's a line.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

I do not mind waiting my turn.

CHOICE

[soulping]

[ Who picks, and which card? ]

Re: CHOICE

[carptricks]

[after waffling between two cards for a moment, Kaito eventually goes with The Magician]

Re: CHOICE

[soulping]

[ The instant you lift the card, you feel as if lightning surges into your body from above. Sheer power pours through you relentlessly, or at least that's how it feels. You're vaguely aware that it's just a figment of your imagination, but the pain is all too real. Spikes of energy jangle painfully all around your body. It's a wonder you don't simple blow apart, overloaded. ]

Re: CHOICE

[carptricks]

[DAMN IT I SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH DEATH]

[yells, falling immediately to his knees and curling up into a ball because pain.]

Re: CHOICE

[hyanaimne]

Kaito—!

[pain is never a good thing. Dropping down next to him and laying a hand on his shoulder]

Re: CHOICE

[carptricks]

[he's shaking pretty furiously, but otherwise not responding to her touch. he might also be whimpering a bit]

Re: CHOICE

[likebigboats]

[In a terrible way, watching the others go through this is all getting very numbing.]

Re: CHOICE

[carptricks]

[experience to use for future trauma games :(]

RESULTS

[soulping]

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

Re: RESULTS

[carptricks]

[FULL THIRTY MINUTES only because there's no way he can move to tear that card while in this condition]

Re: RESULTS

[soulping]

[ After thirty minutes, the card dissolves into ash, and what luck! With some morehideous crunching noises, your bodies start to mend themselves about halfway, and the shape on the table empties out of about half its little wands, down to being a tenth full! ...once again, for all of two or three seconds, until the shape fills back up to twenty percent. Your ribs crackle ominously, and then sure enough, several of them too become little wooden wands planted shakily in your chest. They sag alarmingly, no longer able to properly fuse together to protect your lungs and heart. ]