CITRINE

[dramatispersonae]

This small, thin tent does little to keep out the cold, but at least you're dry. It's dark, and hunger lurks in the pit of your stomach. Fortunately, you have a few items to give you warmth and tend to your needs. Right?

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INSTRUCTIONS

[dramatispersonae]

You start with these items: two blankets (which keep you warm), three bowls of hot stew (which sate hunger and provide a little bit of warmth), and three lanterns (which provide light and a tiny bit of warmth).

You instinctively know the following:
♦ the Duckling and Faith will not allow any harm worse than discomfort to come to you.
♦ there will be three rounds of this game, in which the goal is to amass and keep the most items...or is it?
♦ blankets are worth the most points and lanterns the least, with bowls of stew in between.
♦ if you run out of any single item, you will suffer a minor status effect.

Each round, you have the option to take certain actions as a team.

You must take one or two of the following separate actions, no more than once each:
⇒FETCH an item of your choice from the storehouse outside the tent. This action has a 50% chance of failing, since it's dark and snowy outside and you might get lost and wind up turned around back at the tent.
⇒STEAL an item of your choice from another team of your choice. This has a 100% success rate, unless the team in question is watching out for your team in particular (see below).
⇒USE an item of your choice currently in your possession; this adds its points to your total permanently, even if another team tries to steal from you in the future...but it removes the item from your stock, risking a status effect if you lose the rest.
⇒GIVE an item of your choice currently in your possession to another team of your choice; you lose the item and the points associated with it, but the other team is more comfortable...and something might happen? The Personae aren't telling, but this option is there...

You may also take as many of the following actions as you want per round, or none at all, but no more than once each:
⇒ENCOURAGE a single team of your choice with warm feelings. Does this have an effect on the game? Who knows.
⇒TAUNT a single team of your choice mockingly. What effect could that have on the game?
⇒WATCH OUT FOR a single team of your choice, making it impossible for that team to steal from you.

ROUND ONE

[dramatispersonae]

You're cold, hungry, and in the dark. Choose your actions.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstflower]

Should we use a blanket now or the lantern?

Re: DISCUSSION

[saviorsoul]

We should use the blanket last since we only have two. The lantern might help us get more stuff though.

Re: DISCUSSION

[shockingability]

[oh hey, apparently someone can at least be around for games; mulling over the rules and crossing his arms]

I bet this is one of those "either play like a complete douchebag or play like a total sap" games.

Re: DISCUSSION

[saviorsoul]

Can't we alternate?

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstflower]

What's a 'douchebag'?

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: SUBMISSION

[shockingability]

- Giving stew to Kunzite
- Fetching a blanket
- Encouraging Sapphire

RESULTS

[dramatispersonae]

A wave of warm feelings rolls over you from the direction of Sapphire and Heliodor.

You fail to fetch a blanket and wind up back at the tent instead...

You give away a bowl of stew to Kunzite.

You now have two blankets, two bowls of stew, and three lanterns.

ROUND TWO

[dramatispersonae]

You're still cold, hungry, and in the dark. Choose your actions.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[saviorsoul]

Well what now?

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstflower]

I'm hungry. Can we eat stew?

Re: DISCUSSION

[shockingability]

Nobody stole from us, so we can keep up with the same strategy, right?

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: SUBMISSION

[shockingability]

- Use stew
- Give a lantern to Iolite
- Encourage Tiger's Eye/Turquoise

RESULTS

[dramatispersonae]

A wave of warm feelings rolls over you from the direction of Peridot.

You use up a bowl of stew. It was warm and delicious.

You give away a lantern to Iolite.

You now have two blankets, one bowl of stew, and two lanterns.

ROUND THREE

[dramatispersonae]

You're still cold, hungry, and in the dark. Choose your actions.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[shockingability]

See, nobody's going after us.

Fetch stew, give a blanket or lantern?

Re: DISCUSSION

[saviorsoul]

Blanket I guess.

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: SUBMISSION

[shockingability]

- Give a blanket to Emerald
- Fetch stew
- Encourage Carnelian