dramatispersonae

Peridot

[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.]

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[YOU WERE NOT MAKING THAT VERY CLEAR. sets his jaw at that though and pulls a breath in]

We can't ever do anything right with him!

Is this the only way he has conversations? High pressure games?

He's always mad.

I want to talk to him. How long will he be out?

Don't ask me.

Alright.

[god i hope we're done. GETTING STABBED WILL PROBABLY BE NICER THAN THIS]

[yes that is basically preferable]

Shut up. I can take responsibility for my own actions!

[kneels down where you are pinned]

Good. What's your name?

Michel.

Well, Michel. Why didn't you speak up?

Because they wouldn't have listened.

We're probably a few seconds away from being full of spears and who knows what else, so I'll ask this first. Do you swap in at will? Can I talk to you when this game is over?