KUNZITE

[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 1

[dramatispersonae]

[Pandora’s voice is solemn, yet firm. You can’t quite tell where it’s coming from, though it fills the entire room. . .]

The chilled steel of a knife, the bitter taste of poison. . . perhaps both are made colder and sharper when they come from the hand of someone you trusted.

Which will you choose?

[There are four boxes waiting for you on the table, heroes and knights. Pick one]

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Decision

[dramatispersonae]

Round 2

[dramatispersonae]

[It’s Pandora again, and this time she sounds almost. . . angry]

With the desire for power may come the desire to conquer and destroy, which leaves those targeted only one choice: to fight back with all of their might. But in conflict, there can only be one victor.

Choose.

[The boxes from last round disappear in a waft of smoke. Four new ones appear soon after]

Round 3

[dramatispersonae]

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?]

Round 4

[dramatispersonae]

Sometimes, we gain nothing without giving something up in return. This is your final task, heroes and knights.

Choose wisely.

[The final four boxes appear on your table. You’re so close, you can taste it. . . !]

Re: Discussion

[isfet]

A game of luck, is it?

Re: Discussion

[sightunseen]

Do you feel lucky...?

Re: Discussion

[isfet]

Hah! I like strategy games better. But what kind of a strategy can there be to a game like this?

Re: Discussion

[surefire]

I have to say, I prefer games with an allowance for a little more strategy.

Re: Discussion

[sightunseen]

There are ways to use strategy based on what we get.

Re: Discussion

[isfet]

Same here. Complete guessing isn't my style.

Re: Discussion

[sightunseen]

Maybe there will be more as the game goes along.

Re: Discussion

[isfet]

True. I guess it's like blindly drawing cards from a deck. What number should we go with?

Re: Discussion

[sightunseen]

We can pick randomly. Ah, I wish we had dice...

Re: Discussion

[surefire]

There's nothing very engaging about random chance.

Re: Discussion

[surefire]

Perhaps. Though for now I think the most we can do is just close our eyes and pick one at random.

Re: Discussion

[sightunseen]

[shakes her head disapprovingly and closes her eyes :I this game is dumb!!]

Eeny, meeny, miney, moe...

Re: Decision

[sightunseen]

Box 1!

Re: Discussion

[isfet]

Even I don't have dice right now.

Re: Decision

[dramatispersonae]

[Inside the box is a small vial filled with purple liquid. Upon picking it up, you instinctively know that whoever drinks this will be poisoned with the side effects of fever, violent coughing and shivering]

Drink this, or pass it to another team to move on.

Re: Discussion

[isfet]

I'll say.

Re: Decision

[sightunseen]

[picks it up and makes a face at it :I]

Re: Decision

[isfet]

Poison, huh.

Re: Decision

[surefire]

I wonder how bad these can get.