GM - Onyx

[dramatispersonae]

The room is like any other room, really—a cabin with a door, and windows, and beds. But the fireplace never gets warm, and the beds are hard, and the air is cold.

(Is it familiar, this place? It's hard to tell . . .)

On the table there is food—water, and dry bread, and there is a pot of stew that always stays warm, and full, and smells delicious.

There are also five cards, waiting for your decision.

[full instructions, of which your characters will be ICly aware of the pertinent details]

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

I don't want to die either! But I'm not going to play completely aggressively!

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

Then we only play the card with ten points, one with three and the one with four. I won't accept anything else.

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

You're going to have a hard time convincing the rest of us to make that play.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

You'd be surprised.

[one agreed, at least. one is more or less willing.]

The only way to protect some teams and ourselves is to get rid of the highest cards first, Silver. We need points, assuming we survive the first day. If we do, we will have enough points to either protect ourselves, transfer points or protect another team. We can't protect everybody, we can only make sure Maleficent won't suffer and to keep ourselves from danger for as long as we can.

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

[ughhhhhhhh why are you right]

I'm... willing to consider a strategy that gets us enough points to use a barrier.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

[because he prefers to have a strategy and is still a ninja.]

I reached an agreement with Dino, since he's refusing to use the highest card. The plan so far would be to use the six, four and a three points cards, which would leave us with 13 points. That would amount to 28 for the second day, which isn't enough to protect another team but it might be enough to give us a barrier, and to have some left to work towards a second barrier for the third day.

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

[nods a little, but--]

Wait, the six card? That one's awful!

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

I'm aware, but we have to play it. It might not be fatal and at most it might be fever rather than literally burning.

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

Counting on unclear word choice...

[mmph]

If you agree to Chariot's conditions, then I'll accept it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

I agree to them as long as he agrees to mine.

One more thing. If we lose all our points on the second round because we're hit hard, all of that will be ruled out. Can we agree that our survival, or part of it, comes first?

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

At least one of us has to survive. I agree to that much.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

Then do you agree?

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

... yeah. Broadly speaking.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

That might be enough.

Any teams you want to avoid?

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

Sapphire. The other knights.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

We can add them.

Re: DISCUSSION

[exchanged]

[nods.]

Thanks.