❧ Ruby (Game 23)

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourselves in an ornate garden maze, hedges towering high above your head. If you continue to look up, you’ll see a dark sky, glittering with bright stars in unrecognizable constellations. The moon is full and bright. The leaves of the hedges are dense and dark green, riddled with bunches of tiny white flowers and the occasional cluster of red berries.

There are four exits around in the hedge around you, and a gazebo hung heavily with blossoming vines in the center of the small clearing. The air is hushed and quiet; your voices are clear, but other sounds are muffled, as if unwilling to break the silence.

Comments

Re: ❧ start

[unfortunateson]

I would rather not be faced with a ruthless task.

Re: ❧ start

[adharma]

[ :)! ]

That's fine.

Re: ❧ start

[unfortunateson]

. . . I am all right with reason and ingenuity, if all of us agree.

Re: ❧ start

[forcryingoutloud]

... Th-those sound fine.

Re: ❧ start

[unfortunateson]

You are sure?

Re: ❧ start

[forcryingoutloud]

[nods!]

F-from what you guys were talking about, "ingenuity" sounds fine too.

Re: ❧ start

[adharma]

Is that your ideal preference?

Re: ❧ start

[unfortunateson]

If I were alone in this garden, it is not what I would have chosen, but I am not, and I am happy with it. My ideal preference--is something that suits all of us, not only me.

Re: ❧ start

[adharma]

I believe we would all make different choices if alone.

Re: ❧ start

[unfortunateson]

But we are not. Shall we open these?

Re: ❧ start

[adharma]

Sure.

Re: ❧ start

[righthandsmoke]

I'm fine with that.

Re: ❧ start

[unfortunateson]

[nods] All right.