Tiger's Eye

[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

[ferrissaves]

We might not live to see another round, in that instance.

[virtuallyroyalty]

Why do you say that? Aah, we have no guarantee we'd survive any round if it's going to be that type of game.

[ferrissaves]

Of course, but if that's the only means we have of defending ourselves...

[virtuallyroyalty]

Up to you. I'm willing to take the risk though, because it could come in useful if we're in danger later.

[ferrissaves]

Even though we can't use it on ourselves?

[virtuallyroyalty]

Yeah. Not to sound cruel, but if we need help in getting rid of a team attacking us...

[ferrissaves]

[You are talking to the wrong person about empathy]

Why would that be cruel?

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ I'm glad we're sort of on the same level Ferris, but Kazuki does blink in surprise! ]

Uh... cause even if it's self-defense, it's pretty ruthless? These are other people we're talking about, and we don't know what's going through their heads... and I know some people get upset over this stuff.

But if it doesn't bother you then doing that way is fine, right?

[ferrissaves]

Some on the team object a little more than others.

The key will be finding the balance between the two.

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ uuugh in-team conflict makes things complicated ]

You know your team better than me. I'm Blizzard, by the way.

[ferrissaves]

[That's why I stopped giving a crap about it.]

Ferris.

[virtuallyroyalty]

Aah, all this aside, nice to meet someone who kind of gets where I'm coming from!

[ferrissaves]

From what I remember, home was the sort of place where this mindset prevailed.

[virtuallyroyalty]

Did you guys have to battle a lot?

[ferrissaves]

We were in the middle of a war.

[handwave]

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ nods in understanding, he gets that, what with what he remembers from di[e]ce. ]

That's pretty straight forward.

[ferrissaves]

I guess.

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ ... I don't like your team mate playing the LET'S HURT OURSELVES card. ]

Seriously?

[ferrissaves]

She's like that.