CORAL

[dramatispersonae]

[ Once everyone is through the door it swings shut behind you. You find yourself in a narrow room, about two people across and eight people deep. On the back of the door is a stylized sun with six rays of light spiraling out of the center. In the center of the sun is a pair of lips and they begin speaking: ]

Each team is in a room like this. You will choose which teams to attack and which teams to defend. Tell me when you have reached your decision.

Your options are as follows: Ruby, Citrine, Tiger's Eye, Emerald, Turquoise and Sapphire.

You have fifteen "points" to attack with. You may use these in bundles of five or more.

You have five "points" to defend with. You may use these in either two and three or all five at once.

You may not defend or attack yourself. And you may not decline to play.

(ooc: CHOOSE WHICH TEAM(S) TO ATTACK AND WHICH TEAM(S) TO DEFEND.

You can attack in any combination of points that adds up to 15 as long as the smallest amount you use is 5. (So, for instance you can attack Team A for 15 points. Or attack Team A for 8 and Team B for 7. Or attack Team D for all 15)

You can defend in either all 5 points to one team, or 2 points to one team and 3 to another. (Defend Team Z for 5 or defend Team Y for 2 and Team F for 3).

Comments

[iwantcandy]

I know.

How many teams are there?

[scalesfromeyes]

Ah… [tears her eyes away from the bodies.] There's Emerald, Citrine, Ruby, Tiger's Eye, Turquoise, and Sapphire… six.

[iwantcandy]

And twenty-seven . . . I can't make sense of it. We weren't targeted by everyone, were we?

[scalesfromeyes]

Maybe someone attacked us with all fifteen of their points. Ah, but we should focus on deciding what to do.

[iwantcandy]

Or ten. I do not know.

[holding her hands and looking down at them] We can do as they have done . . . Or we can use all of ours.

[scalesfromeyes]

[hesitates, then nods.] If we do that, we won't know who to target, but it might spare some of the others.

[iwantcandy]

If we are told that they are no longer playing. If not, then the game could continue for as long as that woman wishes.

[scalesfromeyes]

[nods.] I don't want to attack Emerald. It's… they've been through enough. Aside from that, whatever is necessary.

[iwantcandy]

They chose Tiger's Eye before. And we could defend Emerald.

[scalesfromeyes]

Are you all right with that?

[iwantcandy]

No.

But we can't choose not to.

[suicidewatch]

...I can put in the choices.

[scalesfromeyes]

Ah, I didn't mean… No, we wouldn't be doing this if we didn't have to.

It's decided, then.

[iwantcandy]

Mmhm.

[suicidewatch]

We should split it up like before and defend the ones we hit! Making it less hard.

[scalesfromeyes]

Even after what happened to us? You really think that would be best?

[iwantcandy]

Not even that . . . We could stop it. It's possible.

[suicidewatch]

There are seven teams. All of them are playing. All of them are probably hurt. If we spread it out it just...

Stop it?

[iwantcandy]

We know the results. And there must be a winner. It would be better to end it quickly.

[scalesfromeyes]

Ah. Yes.

[suicidewatch]

[dread]

You're thinking that the last team alive will win.

[iwantcandy]

I don't want any of us to be left alone with the others like this. I would want someone else to do the same for us.

[suicidewatch]

You're suggesting to put all the points into one team... so they won't be left alone?

[scalesfromeyes]

And it would spare the others.

[iwantcandy]

[slow nod]

Would you want this for another, Hound? Someone alone with their team dead?