AMETHYST

[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

[featherfetch]

How is it affected by the fact that I have three points now?

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

"It is not. You shall die as you would with no points of protection, and you will gain one ruby with which to protect your team. Should you receive more points of protection, you will continue to gain one ruby with every other point."

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[euphanasia]

Pascal, please don't.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[featherfetch]

[hrrf Teito will hit me againnn]

Is––is there any way to do it without dying like that? I can pay any price, even one outside of this game. . .

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

"I have set you a bargain. If you are set on pursuing the path of sacrifice rather than gain, then it is the only bargain I shall offer you."

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[featherfetch]

. . .Dying for only one point does not seem very fair. Why can't they keep their value?

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

"If you wish for fairness, hero, retain what little power you have rather than throwing it away. This is not a game of foolish sacrifice."

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[featherfetch]

But it is a game of sacrifice already!

[okok with all the points Amethyst is spending on itself i can... probably get two more points out of this...???]

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[featherfetch]

[Quietly]

Alright. Protect my team, please.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

A huff of laughter. "Very well."

With a soft hum, the block of color beneath your portrait flickers red, and the number counts back zero. It then shudders and dispenses a ruby into your hand.

Re: Round 2 - Discussion

[featherfetch]

Do I play this. . .?