Citrine

[dramatispersonae]

[Upon entering your team's cloud of mist, you find yourselves transported to a bare stone room with a single stone table and chairs. (The chairs have been bolted to the floor.) On the table are a 16 red stones, 8 blue stones, and a 2 black stones. There are also indentations around the edge of the table, each one marked in the color of one of the teams.]

Comments

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

... We can put them on teams we're worried about, or the ones we're attacking if we really want to. But I want at least one blue stone on Jasper and Emerald.

Re: Discussion

[lightmyfire]

One probably isn't going to do much of anything. We should load all of them onto one team.

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

Can we all agree on what team to put them on, though? ... Hazel wants one on Ruby. And I want them on other ones. What about you?

Re: Discussion

[lightmyfire]

I could agree on one, yeah. ... I don't have a preference for this one. I'll tiebreak if I need to.

Re: Discussion

[gravitysrainbow]

[... '^']

I think... if we're loading them all onto one team, um... I'll... I'll go with what everyone else wants.

Re: Discussion

[mythlology]

At least one on each of the new guys.

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

I want to protect Emerald and Jasper. So two for each? ... With one extra.

Re: Discussion

[mythlology]

Ruby for Vriska.

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

[tch.]

. . . Fine.

And black stones?

Re: Discussion

[mythlology]

... I dunno. Um.

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

. . . Both on Sapphire? I don't know any of the four other teams well. Might as well.

Re: Discussion

[gravitysrainbow]

... I hope nobody plays a lot of stones on them, if we do that.

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

It'll work out.

[maybe]

Re: Discussion

[gravitysrainbow]

['^']

... I hope so.

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

[hairruffle hairruffle]

The most important thing is trying to keep Citrine safe. We can attempt at least that much.

Re: Discussion

[gravitysrainbow]

[nod]

Yeah. That's the important thing.

Re: Discussion

[lightmyfire]

I don't want to use the blackstones at all, especially not all on one team.

Re: Discussion

[mythlology]

I'm okay with that.

[ It'll keep them safe. ]

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

We can't defend ourselves unless we use the black stones. And there's absolutely no reason we can be confident anyone else will protect us or won't target us.

Re: Discussion

[lightmyfire]

Well how are other people going to defend themselves if people throw around black stones! And someone might throw a black stone at us anyway!

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

That's the point. People will use black stones, so we might as well try to protect ourselves! Even if someone uses a black stone at us, we might have a chance of negating the defense we lose if we take enough defense! It's not complicated.

Re: Discussion

[lightmyfire]

Drift, just using black stones because other people might--that's bullshit. That's the kind of attitude that will make people use them. I don't want to contribute to that. I don't want to set that standard.

Re: Discussion

[mythlology]

'Cause we're heroes.

That's Citrine.

Re: Discussion

[gravitysrainbow]

[not saying anything but making a face over here like if we die i'm gonna be so upset]

Re: Discussion

[toolate]

What, are you worried about setting a bad example? Protecting Citrine is more important than virtuous pretense. And it's not like it's strange for other teams to want to protect themselves. Protecting your team doesn't make you malicious, it just means you care about your team.

Listen, there's no way we're going to escape uninjured, because at least one team will try to spread out the stones. I just want to minimize the damage. And I doubt I'm the only one to think that, either.