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CARNELIAN

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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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.

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

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

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

[ Shivering a little. ]

...I guess we have to decide if we want to play nice or play for items, huh...

What do you think?

Ummm...I think it might be nice to be nice to other people, but it depends on what you want, too.

Stiles did just tell me to be less selfless but... I think you're right. Why not. I'm used to a little discomfort.

Mm...I'm glad. We can still probably use some of our items, too, if we need to.

Yeah.

So what do you want to do first?

Maybe...give one of our lanterns to another team, since we have three of those, and then try to fetch a new item to replace it? Something like that, I think.

We can start with that, sure.

Emerald?

Mm, Emerald works for me.

Should we encourage a team, too? To go along with the giving...

Sure. You pick, since I picked Emerald.

Hmmm...maybe Sapphire? I've met a few nice people on that team.

Deal.

Okay, then I think we have our plan.

We're going to GIVE a lantern to Emerald, FETCH a lantern to replace it, and ENCOURAGE Sapphire.

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

You successfully fetch a lantern from the storehouse outside.

You give away a lantern to Emerald. Sapphire and Heliodor have given you a blanket!

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

Oh...they gave us a blanket. That's very nice of them.

Maybe we should give blankets away too. We have more than we need.

Mm, that's a good idea...we can always try to fetch for them, too, so we shouldn't run out anytime soon.

Do you want to spread out our generosity or stay with Emerald and Sapphire? Emerald seems to be helping us.

It's up to you...they both helped us last time, so I don't mind doing things for them again.

Let's be consistent then.

Okay. Do you want to give to Emerald and encourage Sapphire again, or the other order?

Other order. Give a blanket to Sapphire and encourage Emerald?

Mhm, that's okay with me.

Sounds like a plan.

This time, we'll GIVE a blanket to Sapphire, FETCH another blanket, and ENCOURAGE Emerald.

You successfully fetch a blanket from the storehouse outside.

You give away a blanket to Sapphire and Heliodor. Emerald has given you a bowl of stew!

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

A bowl of stew to Emerald and good feelings to Sapphire?

Mm, it'll keep with the pattern, so it sounds good.

Do you want to try to fetch again, or should we use one of our extra items?

Use the stew, maybe?

Yeah, okay. It should help with the hunger a little, at least.

I just don't want Emerald's contribution to go to waste.

We're going to GIVE stew to Emerald, USE a stew, and ENCOURAGE Sapphire again.

...You're really close to them, aren't you?

Sangria's been really good to me.

Then I'm glad we get to help them out in return, even a little.

A wave of warm feelings rolls over you from the direction of Heliodor and Sapphire, another one from the direction of Emerald, and one more from the direction of Citrine.

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

You give away a bowl of stew to Emerald.

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

The snow dies down a little outside, and you can go to endgame.

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CARNELIAN

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