dramatispersonae | TIGER'S EYE

[ Reality twangs uncomfortably in the Ring around you, and next thing you know, you're standing with your teammates beneath an apple tree. No one else is anywhere to be seen.

Faith's voice sounds. ]

You believe in so many--

[ The crackling of paper, the turning of pages. ]

--so many things. Tell me, which of these would you pick to believe in? To save you and fulfill you.

[ Fourteen scrolls materialize around you, with words on them. Approach, and the words will echo in your head: ]

"Our team." "Ourselves and our ability to persist in being as such, as long as we live and breathe; our own reality." "Kindness." "Family, our own blood." "Bravery, determination, and adventure." "The little things in life." "Change and growth." "Being at the top." "Happy endings." "Justice." "Inner strength." "Friends and friendship." "Delicious pie." "Our own personal truths."

[ At the foot of the apple tree, a silver box appears. It can fit exactly three scrolls. ]

[looks things over]

Inner strength sounds like a good place to start.

Right. Given my team is safe outside of the game, I don't think I need 'our team'. Bravery might be useful

Either the second or the last one?

You mean the ones about being true to yourself and stuff?

Yeah. Maybe the last one is better at saying it.

The first one sounds a bit like denying what's really going on for pretty lies.

Yeah. I want the flexibility.

Same here.

So, that's three?

It should be.

Let's get this over with, then.

Right.

[ looks somewhat agitated. fuck this game already ]

[dammit, you shouldn't have come]

Did you see anyone else from the team?

[ shakes his head ]

I knew you were playing, though.

So you had to come help bail me out.

Thanks.

I'd call you a dumbass, but I'm far too aware that I'd do the same damn thing. So we're both dumbasses.

[ snorts ]

We're a team of dumbasses.

Yeah, yeah we are.

[ whoops ]

. . . . tch.

Pick three of the ideals presented to you.

Bravery.

Inner strength.

Personal truths.

[ The box snaps shut. In the distance, there's a sound like faint thunder or the turning of pages--funny, aren't those very different sounds? For now, nothing else happens. ]

TIGER'S EYE

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