PERIDOT

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[Entering your team-appropriate room, you'll find that it's rather sparsely decorated, all told. There are benches on the sides of the room, enough room for everyone to sit comfortably at least, and there's a small table in the center with another basket of flowers on it.

What's probably more interesting, however, is a chart on the far wall, which lists all of the teams, as well as the number 3 next to each of them.

The white rabbit from earlier comes in through a small hole in the back wall and looks at everyone.]

Hi! I'm Peter Cottontail. I wanted to meet everybunny and get to know you a little, so I thought we'd play a game. Okay?

Comments

RULES

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Each round, you will be paired with another team, and each team will have the following option: Give, or Take. You can't talk to the other team when making this decision. However, the chart on the wall will update after each round with pair-ups, decisions, and final point totals.

If both teams choose Give, both teams get 2 points.

If one team chooses Give and the other chooses Take, the Give team loses 2 points and the Take team gains 3 points.

If both teams choose Take, both teams' point totals remain unchanged.

Oh, and um, if you have negative points, you don't have any to Give, so you can only Take.

The game ends after five rounds, or once at least one team gets to 9 points, whichever comes first.

QUESTIONS FOR THE BUNNY

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ROUND 1

[dramatispersonae]

You are paired with Tiger's Eye!

DISCUSSION

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DECISION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[buryinghatchets]

[hold your horses, distracted by the... talking bunny]

—So cuuuuute...! I want to take him home!!

Re: DISCUSSION

[immaturelycursed]

[talking bunny!!! no, we're both distracted.]

He's very cute.

Re: DISCUSSION

[buryinghatchets]

And did you hear how he even said "everybunny," did you?! Hauuu, that's too adorable...

Re: DISCUSSION

[immaturelycursed]

I heard! I like his name, too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[buryinghatchets]

I know! "Cottontail"... It's perfect!

Re: DISCUSSION

[immaturelycursed]

Aah. It truly is.

But . . . we should focus on the game, though.

Re: DISCUSSION

[buryinghatchets]

Oh... Right! I almost forgot. [laughs a little]

Hmm... I wonder what the best way to play is. Do you know anything about Tiger's Eye? Do you?

Re: DISCUSSION

[immaturelycursed]

I met the guy playing in the game the other day. Ah, I think he might go with "Give". Last time we had a similar game, though, we chose "Take" most of the time.

Re: DISCUSSION

[buryinghatchets]

We can win the most points that way, so that makes sense... And in the worst case, we still wouldn't lose any.

Re: DISCUSSION

[immaturelycursed]

Yeah. So we play to win?

Re: DISCUSSION

[buryinghatchets]

Let's do it!

Re: DISCUSSION

[immaturelycursed]

Okay. I hope they understand.

Re: DECISION

[immaturelycursed]

We've decided to "Take".

Re: DISCUSSION

[buryinghatchets]

Anything goes in a game! We can make it up to them later.

Re: DISCUSSION

[immaturelycursed]

Yeah, you're right.

ROUND 1 RESULTS

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[The chart on the wall suddenly updates itself as soon as everyone's cast their votes. First each matchup that happened, then each decision, then the change in points, followed finally by the new totals. Perhaps it may surprise some of you. Perhaps it may not.]

Coral	Jasper
GIVE	GIVE
+2	+2
5	5
Carnelian	Citrine
GIVE	TAKE
-2	+3
1	6
Tiger's Eye	Peridot
GIVE	TAKE
-2	+3
1	6
Emerald	Turquoise
GIVE	TAKE
-2	+3
1	6
Sapphire	Kunzite
GIVE	GIVE
+2	+2
5	5
Heliodor	Iolite
TAKE	TAKE
0	0
3	3

ROUND 2

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You are paired with Heliodor!

A SURPRISE

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[Peter pops up again.]

Um, um, there's one thing I forgot to mention earlier. In between rounds, like now, you can choose to give one of your points to any other team you want. You don't have to, though. And I won't tell anybunny what any other team decides until the next results go up.

DISCUSSION

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DECISION

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