TIGER'S EYE

[dramatispersonae]

[The room is circular and surrounded by a series of ionic columns, the floor and ceiling stretching overhead fashioned out of cracked, white stone. The area beyond the columns is pitch black, and the room itself is lit only by dimly flickering candles. The candles rest on top of a stone table, which sits in the middle of the room.

And next to the candles rest four numbered boxes]

Comments

Round 3

[dramatispersonae]

[the pain from Raven's poison is slowly getting worse. it might be a little difficult to move now. . .]

Flesh, blood, and bone only do so much to protect us from injury. In the end, we are all mortal.

Choose. You have come so far-- the end is in sight.

[Four more boxes replaced the ones from the previous round. Are you ready, heroes and knights?]

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[telltaleheart]

[wincing]

...Should I pick this time?

Re: Discussion

[genderbinary]

Is it getting worse? ... I'll do it if you're experiencing difficulty.

Re: Discussion

[telltaleheart]

It's worse, but I'm still alright.

Re: Discussion

[genderbinary]

... then go ahead.

Re: Discussion

[telltaleheart]

Sure...

[reaches for the boxes with some difficulty]

Re: Discussion

[genderbinary]

[holds out her arm]

Brace yourself if you need to.

Decision

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

[Opening box #3!]

Re: Decision

[dramatispersonae]

[Inside the box is a small vial filled with a thick, red liquid. Upon picking it up, you instinctively know that it is a vial of blood]

One of you must suffer a life-threatening injury. Accept this, or pass it to another team.

Re: Decision

[genderbinary]

[hngh]

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

...

Re: Decision

[genderbinary]

... "life-threatening" does not necessarily equate death, but the specifics are rather vague.

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

Yeah... Again, my heart might heal me, but...

Re: Decision

[genderbinary]

You have already taken an injury. And, even if either of us were to receive it, we would have no way of knowing how treatable the wound would be.

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

We don't know if anyone else would be able to deal with it any better, either.

Re: Decision

[genderbinary]

Precisely.

... I'll take it.

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

No.

Re: Decision

[genderbinary]

My chances of survival are approximately the same as anyone else besides our team. Yours, however, are not.

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

Yeah, because mine are better. I know for a fact my heart can save me from life-threatening injuries. We don't know that magic poison would make me any more likely to die from an injury.

Re: Decision

[genderbinary]

[.......]

Are you certain you're willing to take that risk?

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

... [rubs at his eyes]

I'm not going to foist it off on you or anyone else.

Re: Decision

[genderbinary]

[sighs]

Sometimes I think you do far too much for this team.

[hands over the vial]

Re: Decision

[telltaleheart]

[takes the vial quietly, but pauses before he opens it, just looking down at it]