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

[evenimprobable]

[. . . a Kaito not on his game is actually kind of worrying]

I was attacked outside of a game.

[do you understand the humor in our cards now]

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[He was too busy worrying about other things :(]

By who?

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

I don't remember his name, but he was on Ophiuchus. He was doing a mission for one of the Judges.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

. . . Ophi-what? Were they like knights?

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

. . . from what I've heard about your knights, no, they weren't. They worked for the Judges and basically carried out whatever they wanted.

In games like this? They're the ones who go to each team and play out the cards we pick.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[. . . he makes a face]

So, what? Were your gracious hosts too much of a chicken to do it themselves?

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

No, they weren't.

They just shared the fun.

[said in the most deadpanned tone possible]

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

Well, with so much of it going around, of course they had to share some of it.

[wry]

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

Nothing like removing body parts to bring gods and psychopaths together.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[. . . snorts in laughter, why is that so funny]

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

[because everything else is terrible]

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[With another snort, he waves his hand at the cards]

Anyway. . . two cards this round? Physical deage and prosopagnosia. History and Science.

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

That's fine. I think we should play three, but . . . we'll see what happens.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

. . . there's a good chance we won't get hit very hard. I don't know that for sure, but. . .

[shrugs]

We can play three cards next round, depending on what happens.

[Because there will certainly be a next round]

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

. . . I just worry that when it comes down to the cards no one wants to play, we won't have enough to defend.

But like I said, we'll see what happens. I'm fine with two.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

I'm banking on us not having a need to defend.

[Iris and Coral were always shielded from the worst of the damage, after all]

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

[he gives Kit a long, searching look before he looks away]

Then you're being too optimistic.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[light laugh]

Rue said that too.

[Slumps against the wall]

Between Coco and I, we have teammates on every team here but History. I don't know for certain what they'll do, but. . .

[shrugs]

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

It must be nice, to at least have that.

[he says it mildly; he isn't so lucky] All I know is what it's like to be on the team everyone targeted. So that's how I plan to play.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

Depends on your definition of nice.

[. . . but he says nothing about the second part, becuase ha ha ha, always being on the team that people wanted to protect most]

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

You aren't here alone, are you?

[and before he can reply:] Is everyone agreed on those two cards to start?

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[Deep breath, and points to the 'beat until unconscious' card]

Coco's thinking we should play this one instead of the deage one.

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

Ah . . . that's fine. [dryly] I can say from experience things are more difficult when you're physically half your age.

Re: DISCUSSION

[carptricks]

[aha ha]

I'd rather do the least amount of physical damage as possible, but if I'm outnumbered. . .

[light shrug]

Re: DISCUSSION

[evenimprobable]

The one would only last a round; the other may last the entire game.