AMETHYST

[dramatispersonae]

There is cauldron in the center over your area. The walls are tinged in your team's colors, but besides the cauldron, it's bare.

The water in the cauldron is glowing faintly.

Then, Nimue speaks, and as she speaks, the cauldron begins to reflect her vision.

"There lies a kingdom in ruin... Through no fault of its own. All of its inhabitants dead, or lost to the world. Though it lies in ruin, you can see the the faint remnants of the beauty it once contained."

A pause, her voice sounds fainter now.

"Heroes... you have choices that we do not. How... would you use them...?"

Comments

Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"What would you do for this kingdom now?"

"You may choose as you see fit the fate that you would believe... it deserves."

"You may ask me any questions."

"And I, in turn, may ask you questions for your answer."

Re: Scenario One

[artificialcommand]

If the kingdom is already a ruin, there isn't anything to be done for it, is there?

Re: Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"Then you would leave it?"

Re: Scenario One

[artificialcommand]

[...]

We're allowed options you're not, aren't we? Then I would turn back time, to when the inhabitants were still alive and the land was beautiful. And find a way to stop whatever caused its decline.

Re: Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"You may have options that I do not... but it would be unfair to those people to give them a frivolous answer."

"Can you turn back time...?"

Re: Scenario One

[artificialcommand]

I cannot. So you want a feasible answer, then? I don't think I have one. What's lost is lost. There isn't a way to bring it back. But it can at least be memorialized with what's left.

Re: Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"How...?"

Re: Scenario One

[artificialcommand]

That sort of thing is typically...museums and such. Restoring what is still left, and putting a memorial to the fallen there. So people can see what once was, and understand how to not make the same mistakes. But still be able to appreciate what used to be there.

Re: Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"How would you build a memorial...? How would you tell what was once there...?"

Re: Scenario One

[artificialcommand]

That would all depend on what actually happened there. I couldn't say with only such basic information, and it would seem disingenuous of me to propose a memorial without all of the facts and without having known any of the fallen myself.

Re: Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"Mm... Then who would build it?"

Re: Scenario One

[artificialcommand]

Someone qualified to build something. Architects, designers, construction workers; it would take more than one person at least.

Re: Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"I see... What sort of memorial, what sort of place would they build?"

Re: Scenario One

[artificialcommand]

That's the same as before. I can't know unless I know what happened there. It would be tailored to the event, you could say.

Re: Scenario One

[dramatispersonae]

"Mm... I see..."

Scenario two

[dramatispersonae]

"The kingdom was once a great kingdom, filled with loyal subjects, and guarded by a fair king and his chivalrous knights."

The cauldron begins to reflect this, rewinding in time.

"However, there is a traitor in their midst, who seeks to destroy them. How would you prevent this?"

Re: Scenario two

[artificialcommand]

Find the traitor and get rid of him.

Re: Scenario two

[dramatispersonae]

"How?"

Re: Scenario two

[artificialcommand]

You know there's a traitor, so that's a start. Find someone acting suspicious.

Re: Scenario two

[dramatispersonae]

"What would you deem suspicious...?"

Re: Scenario two

[artificialcommand]

Shifty, untrustworthy behavior.

Re: Scenario two

[dramatispersonae]

"A common thief would display that. Is he our grand traitor?"

Re: Scenario two

[artificialcommand]

Someone closer to the king, obviously.

Re: Scenario two

[dramatispersonae]

"And if none... act this way...?"

Re: Scenario two

[artificialcommand]

Investigate those close to the king one by one.

Re: Scenario two

[dramatispersonae]

"And once you've found him...?"

Re: Scenario two

[artificialcommand]

Get rid of him.

Re: Scenario two

[dramatispersonae]

"I see..."

Final Question

[dramatispersonae]

"Our king is but a young boy-- barely able to lift a sword... and yet he now bears the weight of a mighty kingdom on his shoulders."

The image in the cauldron is of a young boy, awkward and gawky, yet he wears a crown upon his head, even as he seems a bit ill at ease.

"What... would you tell this young boy?"

Re: Final Question

[artificialcommand]

Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless. Protect the rights of everyone within your reach.

Re: Final Question

[dramatispersonae]

You are able to return to the ring...