Takshaka

[soulping]

[You enter a room made entirely of thick glass and patterned porcelain. Fluffy pillows and beanbags are scattered across the floor, providing plenty of comfortable places to sit, but they probably don't make up for what's on the ceiling (spears of jagged glass, steaming kettles of some boiling liquid), or the view through the floor (a long, long drop down into a pit, wherein weapons glint, sharp and business-ends pointed up towards you).

A round table stands in the middle of the room. Upon it stands six vases, each one the color of one team, and a scattering of gems in three different colors: obsidian, sapphire, and crystals.]

Comments

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

Or we could use the sapphire to counter the attacks we'd use against them.

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

That would still leave six attacks to be used.

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

We could keep them.

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

[ her eyes dart down to the floor and the sight of what waits under it for a moment before she steels herself. being afraid won't help anything. ]

She might make us play them, whether we want to or not, but if we assume that the other teams will play a sapphire for each other team, there's a chance that five of our other attacks would be negated too.

[ she shakes her head. ]

If we could be sure...

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

She said that we can play them as we wish, didn't she? There wouldn't be a vase for Takshaka otherwise.

[clenches her fists by her sides.]

We can't be sure about anything the other teams will do.

Re: Discussion

[barrette]

[ takes a deep breath... ]

If we have to choose, I'd rather play them against ourselves than risk hurting the other teams, but I can't choose for the others.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

I don't think that's how it works.

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

I will not play by her rules!

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Then, where exactly are you going to put those gems to indicate you want to block your own attack?

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

If we placed one sapphire stone on each team, and one obsidian stone, they cancel out.

Then we'd keep the rest for ourselves. She did say we could place them as we wish.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Doesn't putting the sapphire on a team mean we're trying to block their attack?

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

I—I am not sure. We'll have to ask.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Please go ahead. In the meantime, I'll be over here, planning on how to survive.

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

Survive at the expense of other people's lives?

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

It's not like it lasts.

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

It hurts. Coming back is agony. Death is nothing to be treated lightly!

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Of course it hurts. We're here to restore our worlds, right? Did you think that was going to be easy and painless?

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

I'll not turn myself into a murderer, even for the sake of a world. Not when I have a choice.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

...

[She takes a moment to rub her temples.]

I'm outvoted, so I'll play it your way. I've got an idea, but it's an all or nothing gamble. We'll either break this, or definitely lose.

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

"Winning" is never our goal.

What is your idea?

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

... If she hears it, odds are good it won't work.

Re: Discussion

[takewing]

But maybe it will.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

You'll either have to trust me, or have one of them stage a distraction so I can speak without being overheard.

Re: Discussion

[infiniteregress]

The sapphires defend whoever they're played on. It will not block them from attacking you.

Re: Discussion

[experiencepoints]

Oh. So we can stick our necks out for others, but it leaves us defenseless.