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TIAMAT

[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.]

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Each team starts with a hand of six cards and 15 points in the bank. At the start of each subsequent round, three new cards will be added to the teams’ hands.

Cards have a point value of between 1 and 10.

Teams may play no less than 1 but no more than 3 cards per round. Each card must target a different team, unless it is Paired. If a team refuses to play, two cards will be randomly selected from their hand and played against them.

Cards only affect one person unless explicitly stated otherwise. Effects will last at least until endgame unless explicitly stated otherwise.

If two teams target each other with Attack Cards in the same round, both cards are negated. You cannot target the same team twice in a row.

There are 3 types of cards!
Defense Cards
Attack Cards - Successful attacks are how you earn points!
Paired Cards - Cards of this type can only be played alongside another Attack Card.

Once per round, a team may also:
Discard their hand and draw six cards from the deck. (5 points)
Buy a lottery ticket. (3 points)
Buy a shield that protects them from all damage for one round. (25 points)

[If you need Nyssa's attention, HOLLA HERE.]

Bank: 15
Hand:
INVERSE. (10) Those under the effect of Inverse will become their True Hearts — their innermost selves, their core; the very essence of who they are.

BLIND. (9) See no evil; this card Inflicts blindness.

SILENCE. (4) Speak no evil. Or anything at all — those afflicted with Silence cannot make a sound.

JIGSAW. (8) One person’s memory will be projected for their entire team to see. The memory will be significant.

SHADOW. (10) Those under the effects of Shadow will feel a presence at their back, visible but intangible, whispering for all to hear — their Shadow, built of all of their repressed thoughts and desires.

[Copypaste the whole card (including title, points value, and effect!) here, along with who you're targeting!]

[...]

This is actually a pretty good hand.

[aha ha ha. . .]

Depends on your definition of "good."

Well... we could play something like Inverse on Ratatotskr. They never say what they're thinking and it'd probably help them if they don't try and hit us.

We should probably use Shadow and Jigsaw, too.

. . . inverse sounds fine, but if we use it then I'd rather we use it on a team that's comfortable with that sorta thing. I don't want to use it on a team where we'd be forcing something out of them.

[frowns and rakes a hand through his hair]

I'd rather not use the other two.

Aww, c'mon, Kaito. We could like, Jigsaw Takshaka because they're so close there's nothing they could see that wouldn't just result in them supporting each other.

And it's not like we won't end up getting hit by the same stuff. Since it's a fight, there's no point holding back! We should give it our all!

This isn't a fight, Ed. And if it were, then the other teams aren't our enemies.

[. . . taps the jigsaw card]

I know what it's like to have things you don't want to talk about forced out of you. [it's still a fresh wound, too] And I remember what happened the last time Nyssa ran a game with "Shadows."

'M not gonna force those sorts of things on people against their will.

Kaito, this is a fight.

Cards, fists, magic, no matter how it's done at the end of the day we're competing for our universes. And while they're not enemies, they are competitors, and you can compete with people even if they're your friends. I know that for sure. This shadow just whispers, and that doesn't hurt anyone like Roxy's did.

Besides, if we just punch people who are gonna' punch us, nothing happens. Right?

It's not a fight.

[a bit more firmly this time]

I enjoy a friendly competition as much as the next person, even when my friends are involved. But preferably the kind of competition that doesn't force secrets out of people or make 'em mad. If I wouldn't wish it on myself, then I'm definitely not gonna wish it on someone else.

It is so.

And I'm not going to sit back and not do my best! My friends... everyone back home is counting on us, so there's no reason to hold back.

[heart game effects still in play: quick to anger. raising his voice a bit]

It's not a fight, Ed! It's also not the only game there is in this place--

[snaps his mouth shut, seeming to realize that he's yelling a bit. taking a deep breath and calming himself down]

If you wanna get competitive, than save it for a game where no one is gonna get hurt. Physically or emotionally.

I want to rebuild my world just as much as you do, but I don't want to do it at the expense of others. I won't do it at their expense.

I'm not trying to hurt them. If any of the three cards I'd want to use got used and hit me, it wouldn't be a problem anyways.

The only people it can hurt are people who are hiding things from other people.

And lying is bad. [Nodnod.]

[ED NO]

[he's managed to wrangle in his irritation and force his tone into something more purposefully neutral, at least. but this is still hitting fairly close to home]

People don't always hide things because they want to. Sometimes they don't have a choice.

And forcing something out of someone against their will is more hurtful than letting them learn how to talk about it themselves.

And if you don't face a problem, it doesn't get any better anyways!

This is a good chance for people to face those problems, plus it saves our universes, plus you don't have to worry about getting hurt again by some other card we don't know about!

I am not seeing the downside, here!

Some people need time to face their problems. And the last thing they need is a game or other people poking and prodding at their secrets before they're ready.

[he knows how that feels]

There are other cards we can play. Like I said, inverse is fine. Silence isn't so bad, either. We're not completely helpless, here.

[hello boys your mediator has arrived]

Boys . . .

This is not a fight, Ed. This is a game of strategy.

I also would rather not force something out of someone who wishes not to, but on the other hand, that card could be played on us as well. And we do not know how open other teams are with one another, either. But if it is only between the team we play it on, then it is far different than if it were to be displayed for all of us to see.

...I want to hold onto blind, in case there's a mix card that makes it hit an entire team. That way we'd be able to stop them from seeing their cards, so they couldn't play as well.

That leaves the 10s and the 8. Silence is too low right now.

[. . . HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE FEELS ABOUT BLINDING AN ENTIRE TEAM BUT. . .]

It's the first round. S'not too low. We don't know how other people are playing yet.

Edited 2014-06-25 23:50 (UTC)

It does not matter at this point how other teams are playing. We should play offensively first, and then determine how the others will act and change according to that.

If you hold back your best spell until your opponent's had a chance to cast it, you might not get a chance to ever use it.

...We can hold on to Jigsaw if you really want for now, though.

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