GROUP 3

[soulping]

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

There are no other rules.


YOUR FORM OF COMBAT IS: Tag. A touch the back or the crown of the head is an ELIMINATION. The touch must be done by a hand.
-Tag battles are sorted out between battlers! (eg use your own judgment for if your character would get tagged or not, though if it's a too close to tell battle RNG yourselves and whoever gets highest number wins like a champ)

-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

[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

[goodbyenurse]

I suppose assassination would be considered uncouth.

We should choose some nonlethal test of skill. Perhaps tag?

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsintheocean]

Tag sounds good to me.

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

Tag is...probably for the best.

That way we can can answer that we're 'killing' each other all in good fun and have it be an honest answer.

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

. . tag sounds fun.

Re: DISCUSSION

[lucciola]

Tag?

Re: DISCUSSION

[debate_avenger]

Tag is definitely a good choice, yes.

Re: DISCUSSION

[debate_avenger]

Battle Royale. He's making us do Battle Royale.

[Siiigh.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

What's 'Battle Royale'?

Re: DISCUSSION

[culpa]

And we have to win. Right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsintheocean]

[looking completely and utterly disgusted at that little story though omg]

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

...Sphinx?

Re: DISCUSSION

[lucciola]

[. . . is possibly the farthest away from egoist you can be]

. . . I would not.

TURN-IN

[inthenude]

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

Belt

[goodbyenurse]

Why are you killing your companions?
For a soldier, what is there but war? For an assassin, is there anything but the killing your target with clean, quick efficiency? For an attorney, anything but winning the case before you? Mine is a solitary existence, and my only company is the darkness itself. So it has ever been, so it shall ever be.

What is your form of combat?
We shall play a modified form of tag. A touch to the small of the back or crown of the head from the hand of an opponent will constitute an 'out' for the person so touched.

Re: Belt

[soulping]

You begin in the Tundra.

Armin

[endsintheocean]

Why are you killing your companions?
In order to win the game. It's a despicable premise, but I'll play along as long as I don't have to literally kill anyone.

What is your form of combat?
Tag with touching the small of the back or top of the head of an opponent as the objective.

Re: Armin

[soulping]

You begin on the Mountain.

Elli

[culpa]

Why are you killing your companions? I'm not killing anyone.
What is your form of combat? Tag.

Re: Elli

[soulping]

You begin in the Tundra.

Re: TURN-IN

[debate_avenger]

Why are you killing your companions?
Look, we both know how this works: You pick one of your winners based on if they give an answer that satisfies you. Your question doesn't even have relevance to the situation, as if there was a real threat to their life, I would die before I let them die.

In this situation, I'm "killing" them, because they're not actual in any real danger, and thus it mostly comes down to a game of strategy and skill. There's nothing wrong with "killing" people in a fictitious environment. If anything, this situation can be said to be a form of training. If it's a form of training, going all out helps everyone in the long run.

What is your form of combat?
We're going with a modified form of tag. A touch to the small of the back or crown of the head for the hand of an opponent is an "out".

Re: TURN-IN

[soulping]

You begin on the Mountain.

Lion

[glorious]

Why are you killing your companions?
We're 'killing' each other all in good fun, with the expectation that we'll all happily walk away from our grisly ends in a better mood.

What is your form of combat?
We've chosen the fine and ancient art of the game 'tag', focusing on touches to the back in order to ensure someone is out.

Re: TURN-IN

[lucciola]

Why are you killing your companions? I am not killing anyone here.
What is your form of combat? Tag.