dramatispersonae | GM

GM - Sterling 1

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.

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Choose a team likely to be avoided by others, perhaps.

. . .I was gonna suggest the other Sterling bunch, but given our roles, we're gonna get slammed, huh?

It would be a fair assumption.

[s o b]

Well in that case, I kinda do wanna go ahead and give them the really light card. They're in the same position we are. The heroes can deal with everything else after we see how this goes.

Thanks, man.

. . . you continue to want to send the other knights the card, after we discussed how they are likely to be targeted by many others?

[you're getting a major side-eye]

[rubs the back of his head]

I know, I know, way to lay it on our own, yeah? But I figure if we hit 'em with a pillow now, we don't bring 'em back up by chance we don't have any choice but to play something a little rougher.

We're separated, but we're still a team. Onyx, too. I won't play favorites with the heroes, but the other knights. . .I want this to be the only thing we ever send their way.

The only thing the rules prevent is hitting the same team more than once in the same day. Tomorrow, we can choose any team again. We do nothing to protect any team by picking them now.

[laughs]

I could be imagining it, but it's starting to sound like you care a lot more than you let on, dude.

Alright, I'll ask the others if we can swap to--Iolite? I actually like them, but hey, like you said, no sense in being hypocritical. How's that sound?