DRAMA

[principals]

[You step into a small room, reasonably comfortable room with plenty of chairs for you to sit on, and the door promptly locks behind you. Everything is decorated in your team colors, with splashes of neutral cream.]

On one wall is a huge, laminated poster bearing your instructions. On the lone table in the middle of the room, you find a tall glass cylinder labelled "Bank"; it contains 15 small orbs in your team color. You also find: four buttons (Hand, Shield, Lunch, Kit) that you can press should you wish to make a purchase; the six cards that are to be your starting hand; and five card-shaped, team-colored slots. Your team color is notably missing.

Everything is utterly indestructible, no matter what you try to do.]

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[clocksandroses]

... Okay. We'll do our best.

Re: DISCUSSION

[anoblecaws]

Wouldn't doubt it!

...So what are you guys doing?

Re: DISCUSSION

[clocksandroses]

The only thing we've decided so far is that we're playing the Slow Kill card on Math. I want to get it out of our hand, and Math will definitely block it—Zaniah knows me too well not to.

Outside of that ... the only two teams left for us to target are Art and History. We don't wanna hit either of them, especially with any of the cards we have right now ... but we don't have a choice. So we're trying to decide on one.

Re: DISCUSSION

[anoblecaws]

[Henry's mouth twitches, and gives a little heh, at the mention of History. It's blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but it's there.]

Well, isn't half of History already dead? They're probably gonna be attacking as many people as possible.

[You know, because you're supposed to go out with a bang and all that.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[clocksandroses]

[ She's used to dealing poker facing guys, so she doesn't miss it. ]

That's exactly why I don't wanna play on them. They've suffered so much already ...

Re: DISCUSSION

[anoblecaws]

But wait. Don't effects get blocked out if both teams play a side? We didn't get hit at all -- if they attack us, then we can safely block it. And if they don't block us, well, it's not like anyone else will know.

Re: DISCUSSION

[clocksandroses]

We'd know.

[ S... SIGH ]

Well, I guess ... it can't be helped, for now.

Re: DISCUSSION

[anoblecaws]

Oh, right. You still have all those hangups on killing people.

[He may be acting a bit too oblivious. Is he? Quietly, Henry contemplates that.]

[But yes, the sooner this conversation is over, the sooner he can just move on from everything he saw today. After all, he'll forget about it in time -- he always does.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[clocksandroses]

Hangups is ... one word for it, yeah.

[ you are acting very off but idk how to poke you into talking ]

Well, I'll see what the others want to do.

Re: DISCUSSION

[anoblecaws]

[Stubborn denial is not the best way to make friends, but it's totally the best way to avoid thinking about bad things, don'cha know.]

Okay! See you tomorrow... hopefully. Nya ha ha!

[And then, without even waiting for her to wander off, he drops the conversation and goes back to his string. Except now he's just staring at it...]