AMALTHEA

[soulping]

[ You find yourself in a section of the maze walled off by hedges sporting glowing teal 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

[glorious]

...I would highly suggest avoiding cards that look outright terrible or seem too pleasant.

Re: DISCUSSION

[menially]

[L-laughs weakly....]

Hah, that's... ruling out an awful lot of them, isn't it?

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

...At the very least we can avoid cards with too much metal. He seems to be going for literal interpretations.

Re: DISCUSSION

[menially]

It... makes sense, sure. But why the comment about playing with our minds, if what we choose will be taken literally?

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

I strongly suspect he's toying with us...He could just as easily intend to replace our brain with flowers for all I understand of this nonsense.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morbirdinterest]

[there is a soft birdie noise of horror as Shuu overhears that. NOT THE BRAIN!!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

[...lowering his voice.]

I probably shouldn't be giving them ideas, should I?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morbirdinterest]

...Yes, do try to refrain from doing so.

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

I'll try to avoid it then.

Re: DISCUSSION

[menially]

Oh, he probably is.

[Shifts uncomfortably, trying to hold himself up against the table with his palms to see if it... makes this feel any better. It doesn't.]

The, ah.... the last time he had us in a game, he had pretty much everyone solving some obscure riddles while doing other tasks.

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

So that would explain the cards...I can see terrible potential with all of these.

Re: DISCUSSION

[menially]

Yeah. And if the choice is going to physically twist us, regardless of whether we take it literally or not...

[Glancing painfully at Swoop, then back at the cards.]

...I knew something didn't feel right about this.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morbirdinterest]

Y...Yes... I think that would be wise to try.

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

I suppose I could go this round since I argued so strongly for the cups, unless you feel one of these cards was a safe enough bet for you or your team to try.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morbirdinterest]

Most of them seem rather ambiguous, truth be told. Swoop has already volunteered, but if you wish to argue with him for the honor of going first, I have no objection.

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

If he's insistent, I'll allow him. It's not an honor I'm particularly enthused about.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morbirdinterest]

Very well. It is between the two of you, then.