GROUP 1

[soulping]

Rule #1: There can be only one left alive.

There are no other rules.


YOUR FORM OF COMBAT IS: Charades. You are given three guesses to guess the word your opponent is miming. If you cannot guess the word you are ELIMINATED.
-Words only and it must be either a noun or verb. Words must also be universal! Canon specific words other characters wouldn't be able to guess aren't valid.
-You have three guesses to guess what your opponent is miming. If you guess correctly, reverse roles and continue on until someone is unable to guess.

-You may travel through the various locations by moving along the lines of the map (eg mountain can lead to savannah, but not tundra, etc).
-When you encounter eachother you may eliminate one another however you see fit. Losing your chosen form of combat is an instant elimination. You will be immediately ejected to endgame like the graceless loser you are.
-Jack Panther will be stalking the field! He may challenge anyone to whatever form of challenge he sees fit. If he wins you are instantly eliminated! If you manage to defeat him you gain a one time pass on elimination (eg if you lose a challenge or get on the bad end of a trap, you will get a one time save).
-Starting at 8PM EST and every 30 minutes after that one area of the field will experience an event that is an instant elimination for 1/3rd of the people in that area. (eg if there's 3 people, one gets eliminated, 2 people, one gets eliminated, 1 person, you're eliminated sorry).
-The game continues until only one person is left on the field. This will be the game winner for your group.

Comments

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

[inthenude]

[You find yourself in a dark room. It's circular and the door you came through has disappeared. There's no way out. From nowhere in particular you hear La Torre's voice:]

Today I have a story for you. Have you ever heard of Egoism? It's an anarchist theory that those who follow it have no obligation to their fellow man. Their sole duty is to live their lives to completion, taking whatever they desire. By force if necessary. If you are an egoist you are absolved of all conscience to your compatriots. Stirner himself once said: "I do not step shyly back from your property, but look upon it always as my property, in which I respect nothing."

There was a man. And he lived in a country where resources were scarce and a long life scarcer. So he resolved himself to a thing. He resolved himself that of his fellows he should be the only one to have the right to life. You see, he was the smartest, the strongest, the fastest, the most civilized and the most savage. He was the culmination and the pinnacle of human evolution. But how do you deny those around you the right to life?

You've stepped through this door of your own resolve. Why are you killing your companions?

DISCUSSION

[inthenude]

[A piece of paper and a pencil appears in everyone's hands. There are two questions on it:

Why are you killing your companions?
What is your form of combat?]

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Everyone should submit answers to the questions (below under TURN-IN) regardless of whether someone on your team has already submitted or not.
2. The most voted form of combat is how characters will defeat one another in the arena. You can pick anything you like. Dance off, rock-paper-scissors, actual combat. Just get enough votes for what you want if you really want it. If there's no majority La Torre will choose for everyone.
3. Skills are on for this game. In the arena you may use, abuse and cheat with them as you will. Characters know this and may want to keep it in mind when choosing the form of combat for their group.

Re: DISCUSSION

[unlocksmith]

[h. . . huh]

I s'pose "killing" is metaphorical?

TURN-IN

[inthenude]

Why are you killing your companions?
What is your form of combat?

[codecmoment]

Why are you killing your companions? "War never changes."
What is your form of combat? Knowing a lot of random facts.

[unlocksmith]

Why are you killing your companions? For survival
What is your form of combat? Hand-to-hand

Re: TURN-IN

[cihuatlatoani]

Why am I killing my companions? They shall be sacrifices, for the sake of the world that I am fighting for, and the lives I must protect. Their deaths shall honor the gods, and their hearts shall be pleasing to taste.
What is your form of combat? Debate.

[secare]

Why are you killing your companions? I'm not! I refuse to kill them!
What is your form of combat? Board games.

DESERT

[soulping]

You find yourself in front of the ruins of a coliseum. Desert stretches all around it, but the dunes are steep and the sun merciless. It'd be quite the effort to make your way around, but not undoable. The most direct path to the next area is through the ruins.

DECIDUOUS FOREST

[soulping]

A deciduous forest stands before you. You can hear the call of birds, see small animals feeding in the bushes. There's a path to the next area, but it leads straight through the heart of the forest. Where you can see it at least, much of the ground is covered in leaves and sticks from the trees.

[codecmoment]

Well, I'm dead.

[ Sighs, and tries to think what Snake would do... not Naked Snake/Alectryon Snake, since that would involve eating all the animals. He starts taking off his BRIGHT, NON-STEALTHY uniform, so it's just his boots and pants. ]

[soulping]

The animals seem to notice you less. Success?

MOUNTAIN

[soulping]

You find yourself at the foot of a rocky mountain. To get to the next area you'll have to cross it. But there's only one path, the rest of the mountain being too steep and treacherous to cross.

[secare]

( standing there stupidly for a minute before judging that he's really only got one way he can go. following the path forward, he walks at a brisk pace while looking around for some other direction he might able to go. )

EVENT

[soulping]

There's only the one path, but you could always take it away from the mountain if you want rather than over it. As you follow the path thorn bushes encroach upon it. Their thorns look sharp. Do you continue on?

Re: MOUNTAIN

[unlocksmith]

[hm. . . well, it looks like he has no choice but to go through the path. though he takes it just as cautiously as he took the one in the rainforest]

EVENT

[soulping]

Thorn bushes encroach upon the path. Their thorns look sharp. Do you continue on?

FRESHWATER LAKE

[soulping]

You find yourself on the shores of a freshwater lake in autumn. A long table is set out with a literal feast. Ham, turkey, corn muffins, biscuits, mashed potatoes── the list goes on and on. It's a Thanksgiving feast! There's even paper pilgrim hats with comically oversized drawn on buckles. Looks pretty good, no? Do you try some?

TUNDRA

[soulping]

It's a frozen plain covered in snow and hardy winter brush. You'll have to cross it to get to the next area. There's a few places where the brush clumps together, holding off the drifts of snow. If you're looking for easy walking they're your best bet.

SAVANNAH

[soulping]

A mid-day savannah stretches out before you. It's quiet and empty── wait, no. You see movement! It seems lions are on the prowl... And you happen to be the only other piece of meat in sight. Perhaps you'd do best to start running.

Re: SAVANNAH

[cihuatlatoani]

[Well this is something. Not exactly a conventional method of combat. She is sure she can manage somehow, though perhaps it would have been best to work something out with the others.

More importantly, she better get a move on. She doesn't run, because she's worried that would attract attention, but rather walks briskly toward the deciduous forest.]

EVENT

[soulping]

The lions notice you despite your efforts. They begin to stalk closer, making a formation to cut off your advance.

Re: SAVANNAH

[unlocksmith]

[oh hello lions you look hungry today]

[just giving the lions a passing wave and crossing the savannah towards the forest next. he is more at ease in this area than any other he's been in so far]

RAIN FOREST

[soulping]

A beautiful rain forest in the middle of a nighttime storm. Rain beats down, though not very much of it makes it past the canopy. Still it's dark and gloomy and perhaps you'd better follow the path to the next area quick.

Re: RAIN FOREST

[unlocksmith]

[. . . charades. . .]

[but punching people would have been a lot more straightforward. OH WELL. adjusting his knife at his side and immediately attempting to climb a tree]