CORAL

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself inside an elegant room, lit with a crystal chandelier shaped like a swan’s wings. Inside, there are just enough couches and chairs to seat you all. The room is bracketed on all sides by glittering golden bars, which flare inward and taper off at the ceiling. All along the bars hang the portraits of your fellow Heroes and Knights, each with an indentation along the bottom of the frame.

In the middle of the room, there is a table, and on that table are several clusters of perfect tear-shaped rubies. Six for each of you. As with memories, you instinctively know which of the gems are yours. If someone should touch one that isn’t theirs, it will disappear from their hand, and appear in that of their rightful owner.

Comments

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[digitalemperor]

Odile. Can the kings and queens use their extra points on others if they wish?

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

"Patience. The time will come."

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[becoming_hope]

Shark? That sounds like a yes!

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[digitalemperor]

Then... Let's work with what we have for now.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

[clenches his jaw, but relaxes some]

Let's make a list of those who have three or less points that we wanna protect. We have 16 stones. We can save a few of 'em.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[digitalemperor]

Ling-san, Apollo-san, Jet-san needs two, Viridian-san, Tsuruume-san, Red-kun and Spitfire...

Euphemia-san and Haruki-san both need two. Pascal-san..? And Hunter would need two.

....But that would be fifteen. And doesn't take into account the important people of everyone I think...

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[becoming_hope]

Then let's do that.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

Alena. Riku, on Citrine.

[d-do not want Berry to have to deal with teammate death]

And no, that isn't everyone. But she said the time would come for Anemone and Dragonfly to use their extra stones to protect others.

[tosses a stone in the air and catches it, nodding at Madoka]

Let's protect those we can now, and we'll let you and Dragonfly do the rest, okay?

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[pitching]

. . . of course.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[becoming_hope]

[nods]

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[digitalemperor]

I can't put another on Euphemia-san... I'd like us to protect Haruki-san if possible but... That's two stones. And there should be others to look out for him.

Our priorities are Jet-san, Viridian-san and Apollo-san right? And to me, Hunter as well.

I can place a stone on Viridian-san, Jet-san or Apollo-san, if we want to split those between us.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

I'll play a stone on Jet. [laying them on in his palm and poking at them with his index finger]

I need to protect Alena, too. And Berry's teammate, Riku. And-- [hesitates, gaze flickering to the portraits and back] Red.

Jet, Alena, Riku and Red.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[pitching]

I wanna help Shes on Kunzite too . . . he doesn't have a lot and there aren't many teammates to help him out. Kunzite's important to me.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

[WHOOPS pretend Jet up there said Lynx]

Shes. . . if you play one on Red for me, I can play one on Apollo instead.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[pitching]

[nods]

I can do that.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

And the last two. . . on Hunter? For Shark.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[pitching]

Anemone's got it . . . so . . .

One for Oz and one for Crown, maybe? They only have one point each. I wanna help the others but . . .

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

[slides a hand down his arm, and takes his hand]

You'll have your chance later, right? Odile said so.

Oz and Crown are good choices.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[becoming_hope]

I can put stones on, um... Jet-san, Kitsunebi-san, Euphy-san and Sleuth-san. How's that?

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[digitalemperor]

I can't put any more on Hunter....

So I'll put one on Apollo-san and one on Viridian-san.

Let me... Think about the other two.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[becoming_hope]

How many more does Hunter-san need. Maybe I could put two points on him, and you could put points on two of mine.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[digitalemperor]

...I would do that. He just needs the one point. I can take Apollo-san, Viridian-san, Kitsunebi-san and Jet-san in that case.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

[waves a hand]

I have Apollo. S'likely Heliodor will play a stone to save him, too.

You pick someone else. [glances at the list again]

Pascal.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[becoming_hope]

[nods] All right, then I've got Hunter-san, Sleuth-san and Euphy-san.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[blackjacked]

[relaxes at that list, and nods]

That's a good list. We might be able to get Dragonfly to play his last two on Hunter.