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[dramatispersonae]

[ This room is small. There is one window with a narrow, railless balcony. The walls are stone and it's quite clear that you're in one of the towers of the castle looking out over Aather. From this vantage point you can see all the normal landscape but you can also see the statue people as well as a looming cloud hanging over the fringes of the forest.

There is a small table with no chairs inside of the room. One button is dark gray and the other button is light gray.

It should be noted, for the observant, that every few minutes the cloud outside grows and gets closer. A darkness is slowly falling. ]

Comments

general discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: general discussion

[maidofmagdalene]

[lookin' kind of gray herself]

Re: general discussion

[brotagonist]

. . .

Re: general discussion

[playfreebird]

[off to one side, considering quietly :|a]

Re: general discussion

[aberdevine]

Oh boy.

Re: general discussion

[tsundead]

Our life, huh.

Do nothing, sacrifice someone else, sacrifice yourself.

Re: general discussion

[aberdevine]

No ribbons this time, either.

Re: general discussion

[tsundead]

Not even a single ribbon.

Re: general discussion

[brotagonist]

. . . ribbons?

Re: general discussion

[maidofmagdalene]

And doing nothing... Well, you saw what Beauty looked like out there. And I've heard others have been attacked as well. Doing nothing might be sacrificing them. And I know a lot of people don't trust them. I don't always trust them, but...

Re: general discussion

[tsundead]

I have friends among them. Trust doesn't have to come into it when it's about protecting the people you care for.

Re: general discussion

[ganbareist]

I for one will fight if that's an option.

Re: general discussion

[brotagonist]

[leans on]

Re: general discussion

[ganbareist]

Hey...

Re: general discussion

[highasakite]

I don't want to sacrifice others.

Re: general discussion

[ganbareist]

... I don't know what sacrifice this will yield. However we got here, I'd rather protect the world I'm living on, and the people in it, than do nothing.

Re: general discussion

[highasakite]

Yeah. All I've done is to protect my friends. I don't want to see them get hurt.

the choice given

[dramatispersonae]

[ Beauty's voice is quiet, but easily heard. ]

This is a desperate place. Everything you've done has been so . . . strong. But the Darkness is also strong. Soon it will come upon us.

You may choose to do nothing, and I will do my best to protect you. But it will be hard and I do not know what the result will be. We did -- . . . before I summoned you here, we did our best to protect and fight the darkness. You see the result.

You may choose to press the light colored button. This will draw energy from . . . it's . . . I can only redirect energy that has no owner, those who were taken or lost.

Or you may choose to press the dark colored button, and fight the darkness with your life.

Re: the choice given

[brotagonist]

...Beauty. If we put our lives on the line, will we definitely die? How does that work—?

Re: the choice given

[highasakite]

. . . I want to know that, too.

Re: the choice given

[dramatispersonae]

It is a death, but I . . . will do my best to revive you.

decision

[dramatispersonae]

Re: decision

[aberdevine]

[pushes the dark button.]

consequence

[dramatispersonae]

Re: consequence

[dramatispersonae]

[ The world stretches before your eyes and it feels like you're getting pulled in 400 directions. The black cloud is suddenly at the window and streams in. You can fight it, but as it touches you your skin blisters and freezes and then you die. ]