GULGALLANA

[soulping]

[You step into a very comfy, cozy room! A log fire is burning in the hearth, protected by a metal grate patterned with silver rose briars. In the center of the room is a glass table, surrounded by comfy chairs and couches in your team’s color. There is a window, but it’s completely fogged over . . . from the outside.

At the start of the game you’ll find the following items on top of the table:

- a sealed envelope labelled “Instructions.”
- a large glass orb containing 15 team-colored gems. This is in the very center of the table, and cannot be moved, broken, or tampered with in any way. A plaque at the bottom reads “Bank.”
- 6 indestructible cards, currently blank.
- 3 grooves in the glass, each just the right size for you to slot one of those cards into.]

Comments

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[debate_avenger]

So then, how do we intend to play this?

[lifehacker]

Just fuckin' tear into them. None of these cards look painful.

[debate_avenger]

I'd like to hear Punch's opinion before we make a decision, too. No matter what we're doing, I'd like to do it decisively, rather than running into the possibility of changing our minds halfway through.

[lifehacker]

Works for me. No half-assing anything.

[acertaingravitas]

As long as we don't go up against Tiamat, I don't really have a preference here. You're the brains of this outfit, anyway.

[debate_avenger]

Then in this case, I'm inclined to agree with Panther: We go all out to gather as many points as possible.

After that, we need to figure out which teams are acceptable to Target. Everyone here gets the option to pick one team to not target... Though I guess your choice is obvious. I'll pick Dawon to not target, myself. Do you have anyone you would want protected, Panther?

I assume you don't, but sometimes people surprise me.

[lifehacker]

Nah, I don't give two shits. The only people I really like get podded anyways, so they're not here. Just pick the biggest thorns in your side and let lose.

[debate_avenger]

Then, for now I would say... Blindness for Barghest, Jigsaw for Alectryon. I believe those are the two teams our team has theleast investment in overall.

I'd like to stay away from anything mind or sensory altering on Barghest, though. Lupus is... somewhat concerning.

[lifehacker]

What's that mean? She psychotic or something?

[ Because that sounds fun. ]

[debate_avenger]

I would more say schizophrenic, to be honest. It seems like she's prone to losing track of her identity. There have been at least two games where once the game ended, she believed that she was the role the game assigned her.

[lifehacker]

... okay, then. We have crazies of all types.

[acertaingravitas]

One way of puttin' it, I guess...

[Just. Quietly ponders that assertion as it pertains to her.]

[debate_avenger]

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if we're all crazy here. Considering that we all apparently had enough of a force of will to keep ourselves together enough to get a mirror even after our entire universe was destroyed, it's doubtful that any of us are entirely sane.

[Probably not what you want to hear, Punch, but it's still something she suspects.]

[lifehacker]

[ SHRUG. ]

Sounds about right. No boring tools allowed.

Anyways, we turnin' this in?

[debate_avenger]

I think so, yeah... I think I might send Mirage to Amalthea too, though. We might as well try to gain as many points as possible, right?

[And making people look like food probably isn't going to end up sparking a lengthy war with lots of collateral damage.]

[lifehacker]

A'ight, I'm Panther, your sexy Cat helper for the game. What team is this?

Also Jigsaw sounds like the kinda shit this Echo would be into.

[debate_avenger]

You're still you, I see.

[lifehacker]

Heyyyy, it's been a while.

[debate_avenger]

I think I might have passed you a couple times on my way out of the basement, but it's been a while since we spoke, yes.

[Basement, dungeon, same thing.]

[lifehacker]

Yeah, got put in time out with Robocock because I established dominance.

Now he's in a pod. What an asshole.

[debate_avenger]

I heard a bit about that... Something about you getting your arm chopped off?

[lifehacker]

We got into a swordfight, yeah. He took it off, so I shoved it down his throat. Picked flesh bits from his metal teeth for ages after.