IOLITE

[dramatispersonae]

This room is as empty as the ring was, but for a round table with seats for everyone.

You can't see the Lady, but you can feel her presence, as it were.

"I have lost everything... So there is nothing here. This game will test your commitment. And through it, I hope I will learn what belongs."

Comments

TASK 1

[dramatispersonae]

I have asked before... Describe your team bond.

I will be looking for originality and uniqueness...

Honesty, as well.

DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

... Our team bond hm?

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

[sighs]

So it seems.

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

Mm... a bond is difficult to describe...

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

It can be, particularly for a team like ours.

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

Iolite is the obvious part of the bond. The fact that we were placed together to begin with.

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

[:|a]

I imagine she's looking for something somewhat deeper than the fact we were assigned to one another.

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

I know, but... it's a place to start. It is where our bonds began. From there... a reliance on each other... that we will look out for the team's interests and for each other's well being.

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

We understand our responsibility to each other as a team, but is largely and loosely professional...

On the other hand, it varies a great deal by individual.

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

[nods]

Closer to a spider's web than a rope...

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

Disparate.

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

[shrugs]

Unless we decide to see what lying would get us, then that's fine with me.

ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ANSWER

[playfreebird]

Our relationship as a team is a loose and professional one, which varies by individual. We understand our responsibility to each other and Iolite as a whole, but our bonds are not close.

TASK 2

[dramatispersonae]

[a golden chalice appears on the center of the table. There is a liquid inside, colorless and odorless. No matter how you slosh it, it never seems to get less full]

Inside this chalice is a deadly poison. Before you can move forward, it must be drunk.

DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

...

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

[.....SIGH]

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

[sighs as well and shrugs]

Well, I guess we can stay here, play rock paper scissors for it, or both drink.

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

Are you invested in moving forward?

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

Not particularly. It'd be nice to have another memory, but I'm fine without it.

Re: DISCUSS

[playfreebird]

In that case, we don't move forward.

Re: DISCUSS

[fallinflames]

Sounds good to me.

ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ANSWER

[fallinflames]

Haha -- if it's all the same to you, Lady of the Lake, we'll just remain here then.

Re: ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

... For what reason?

Re: ANSWER

[fallinflames]

Because the lives and safety of our team are more important than winning.

Re: ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

... Very well, though the draught must still be drunk.

Re: ANSWER

[fallinflames]

Would you drink it?

Re: ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

...

[appears]

For our prior agreement, yes.

Re: ANSWER

[fallinflames]

[hesitates and nods]

If it must be drunk then I am sorry to ask so much of you, but I thank you also for neither of us would willingly.

Re: ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

[takes the chalice and drinks.]

[you are permitted to move on...]