AMALTHEA

[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

[goodbyenurse]

Our hand is made up of middling cards at best. We are unlikely to beat a team which has superior luck at drawing them.

It is best that we attack the teams likely to attack us, and meanwhile hedge our bets with the lottery.

[codecmoment]

Okay, sure. I was just... surprised you'd take a risky approach. But that makes sense.

Which teams are you thinking, and which cards?

[goodbyenurse]

I was thinking Gulgallana, Barghest, and Epona. Of them, these teams are most likely to hit us.

As for cards... I had not yet decided.

[codecmoment]

Epona, huh? Really? I didn't know we had problems with them, but...

Shardless or Prosopagnosia sound good to use. Shardless doesn't seem to have any adverse effects during the game, let alone outside of it. Especially if a teammate can cover for them.

[goodbyenurse]

We do not have problems with them.

They may still have problems with us after the train game, and the girl who said she would see to a peace treaty is no longer with us.

Prosopagnosia for Epona seems best, then. I would say Reverse for Barghest, and for Gulgallana, Freeze.

[codecmoment]

Oh, you mean Schooler? [ ... ] I'm sorry to hear that. She was a little firecracker.

Works for me. That's a good chunk of points.

[goodbyenurse]

Of course. And a lottery ticket, as well.