ALECTRYON

[soulping]

[ Once you enter the train, it takes off...moving for only a few moments before coming to a stop in the midst of the void Delriza's realm floats in.

There's still no sign of the echo herself, but fortunately it's at this point that the rules of the game burn themselves into your mind, like you always knew what you were supposed to be coming here for. ]

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RULES

[soulping]

WELCOME TO GIRLFRIEND SAVING SIMULATOR 2014.

In this game, you will attempt to save your girlfriend. A scenario will be presented to you each round, and you will discuss among yourselves and try to present a solution that you as a team believe will result in your girlfriend not dying. You are allowed to use anything described in the scenario as well as any skills or powers you may possess as part of your solution. Once it is turned in, you will receive your result at the end of the round.

In addition, you have in your possession the MOON card and WHEEL OF FORTUNE card.

Playing the MOON card must be done at the beginning of the round, and will erase the current scenario and give you a new one. The WHEEL OF FORTUNE card must also be played at the beginning of the round, and will instantly result in a complete success for the round but cause one other random team to fail.

IN EVEN MORE ADDITION, each team begins with one fate point. At the end of each round, you must, along with turning in your solution, choose a team or teams to send at least one fate point to (for example, you must always send one, but if you have more than that you do not have to send all of them. If you have three, you can keep one, send one to one team, and send one to another team). For each fate point a team has, the harder their scenario will be.

BUCKLE UP

ROUND 1

[soulping]

You are a princess, and your most loyal knight will be accompanying you on a journey through the Rogue's Wood. You are travelling to the castle of an enemy while on a mission of peace. You are extremely confident that you will be safe, yourself, but that's only because you know she will absolutely sacrifice herself to ensure your survival.

You don't want that.

The rogues of the wood most often employ ranged weapons, and usually lay traps on the most traveled paths through the wood such as caltrops or bladed traps designed for crippling horses, or magical bombs designed to damage carriages beyond use, before firing on those who do not surrender from the trees and brush.

You are taking with you, aside from your knight, a decoy carriage with your court magician, who specializes in EXPLOSION MAGIC, a priestess, and five additional warriors.

TURN-IN

[soulping]

[lifehacker]

Send that decoy in and have the warriors follow it to pick off any little shitstain rogues that go after the carriage and fail to get blown up.

[fightorflight]

[SUPER CALMLY:]

If they attack us, we kill them.

[notsuperman]

The decoy carriage is certainly the most useful item in this scenario, yeah.

[lifehacker]

Obviously. I'm not here to make friends.

[lifehacker]

Sucks this is some simulator - if it were actually me I'd go right to their base and slaughter them and solve the problem at the source.

[murimurimuri]

We should put the warriors on point. We don't want anyone to get suspicious of what's in that carriage.

[lifehacker]

So, what, have 'em follow but further away?

[fightorflight]

[Damn skippy]

But we have to be careful of traps, too.

[notsuperman]

...Well, if we hadn't been given a princess, that scenario could have been a little more plausible. But alas.

[lifehacker]

We sure do, little lady. Especially after the recent shitstorm where people weren't healing properly.

[lifehacker]

Yeeeeep.

What's the priestess even do? Like, healing magic? Is this an RPG? Or could she chase after them, foaming at the mouth yelling HAVE YOU HEARD THE WORD OF JESUS CHRIST.

[notsuperman]

...That's a good point. They'll need to be guarding the carriage as though the princess were really in it, if we want the decoy to be believable.

[fightorflight]

Mm, but we should kill the rogues...

[notsuperman]

...I was thinking she could be used to distract and convert a bunch of "heathens," but a healer's probably more likely, with the whole magic theme.

[murimurimuri]

Just the opposite; they should be as close as possible. It doesn't look real if they aren't.

[fightorflight]

I don't want to get hurt in a stupid game like this. [if only there were monsters in this game she could get to kill all the rogues!!!]

If we go on another path.... there won't be as many traps.

[murimurimuri]

We'll probably lose the ones in front, but the others can regroup around the carriage to lure in more rogues for the fire...

Come to think of it, can't we just use our explosion magic to raze their woods? That would give them something bigger to think about than one little princess.

[lifehacker]

Oh shit, I like that.

[fightorflight]

...Mm. [NO MONSTERS OR ANIMALS, SO]

We should burn it down, if they're going to attack us.

[murimurimuri]

Don't worry, we will.

[notsuperman]

...I think it depends on whether or not the woods are considered part of the enemy's territory. We're supposed to be coming in peace, but if we destroy their property it could cause a war.

Which, obviously, would have its own issues.

[fightorflight]

They're attacking us.