[hotdogs - rose]

[crittersheep]

[ you’re in a kitchen, with wide-silled windows set into every wall and framed by flock-colored curtains! you’re seated at a table with a tablecloth in the same colors. it’s a little strange here; the counters and cabinets are made of rubber, as are your chairs and the table, and everything squeaks or jingles like a bell when you sit down in it. warm sunlight streams through the windows; it’s very bright and cheerful in this room, though the shadows are equivalently deep and dark.

in the dead center of the table sits a plate of . . . ten perfect, delicious-looking hot dogs.

you thought this was a competition for points? no — you know instinctively that these are what you compete for, a measurement equivalent to points yet infinitely superior. these are your treasure. this is the hoard you must expand and defend. are you all ready for this? ]

INSTRUCTIONS | ROUND HEADINGS

Comments

(frozen comment) instructions

[crittersheep]

[ each action you take requires you to give a certain number of hot dogs to one of your runners so they’ll help you complete it. each round, you can choose any combination of zero or one Category A activities, zero or one Category B activities, and either zero, one, or two Category C activities, or you may pass and keep your existing pile of hot dogs.

you have thirty minutes per round! if you run down the clock without making a decision, the results may be . . . unpredictable. ♥]

Category A
2 HOT DOGS: RECONNYAISANCE (Tater and the Cat Demon will spy on all the other teams for you, giving you the hot dog total of the 2 highest and 2 lowest scorers from the previous round.)

1 HOT DOG: REBARKABLE DONATION ( Tot and the Dog Demon will graciously carry up to 6 hot dogs to a team of your choice, for a small fee.)


Category B
2 HOT DOGS: SNEAK ATTACK (Tater sneaks into another team’s stash of hot dogs and brings back 6! will FAIL if your target has also used a sneak attack or guarded.)

2 HOT DOGS: BOLD ATTACK (Tot storms your enemy’s gates and steals 6 hot dogs from them! will FAIL if your target has also used a bold attack or guarded.)


Category C
4 HOT DOGS: ...HURK... (The Cat Demon eats 4 of your hot dogs and... uh... either that’s it or they puke them back up, leaving your originals plus 4 more strangely unscathed hot dogs for your pile. 50/50 shot. this video of a cat hurking has been replaced by a kitten sleeping, that’s gross.)

6 HOT DOGS: STALWART GUARD (no one else can get through the Dog Demon to steal your hot dogs this round!) ]

[r1]

[crittersheep]

[discussion]

[crittersheep]

[decision]

[crittersheep]

[results]

[crittersheep]

[r2]

[crittersheep]

[discussion]

[crittersheep]

[ with a slightly disturbing wet splat, 4 fresh hot dogs fall out of a trapdoor in the ceiling! don't worry about it.

YOUR NEW TOTAL IS: 8 hotdogs ]

[decision]

[crittersheep]

[results]

[crittersheep]

[r3]

[crittersheep]

[discussion]

[crittersheep]

[ with a slightly disturbing wet splat, 4 MORE fresh hot dogs fall out of a trapdoor in the ceiling! it's so great you still aren't worried about it.

(the process seems to be automated -- this isn't affected by the previous round. hot dog UBI!)

YOUR NEW TOTAL IS: 10 hotdogs ]

[decision]

[crittersheep]

[results]

[crittersheep]

[r4]

[crittersheep]

[discussion]

[crittersheep]

[ with a slightly disturbing wet splat, 4 MORE fresh hot dogs fall out of a trapdoor in the ceiling! it's so great you still aren't worried about it.

(the process seems to be automated -- this isn't affected by the previous round. hot dog UBI!)

YOUR NEW TOTAL IS: 10 hotdogs ]

[decision]

[crittersheep]

[results]

[crittersheep]

[r5]

[crittersheep]

[discussion]

[crittersheep]

[ with a slightly disturbing wet splat, 4 MORE fresh hot dogs fall out of a trapdoor in the ceiling! it's so great you still aren't worried about it.

(the process seems to be automated -- this isn't affected by the previous round. hot dog UBI!)

YOUR NEW TOTAL IS: 1 hotdog ]

[decision]

[crittersheep]

[results]

[crittersheep]

[final decision]

[crittersheep]

[ the food bowls on the stage loom ever larger. who reigns supreme in your hearts in this age-old conflict? do you take the side of the CATS and put your final pile of hotdogs in TATER’S bowl? or do you take the side of the DOGS and put it in TOT’S?

if the answer is neither and you want to pull something wacky here instead that’s ok too, but ping your runners.

once you have made your decision feel free to go to endgame! ]

FINAL DECISION: ROSE REFUSES TO PICK A FAVORITE CHILD

[finalbows]

_{[ but stay tuned in this subthread because we have opted to chatter at our sheep children about it ]}

Re: [final decision]

[finalbows]

We made sure there weren't any hotdogs left over at the end, dears, because we didn't want to make either of you feel like we liked one over the other.

<sub>[ ...

that's all the sweet nice boy speech he has in him PLEASE tag him out-- ]</sub>

Re: [final decision]

[pleasantmisery]

[after Angel Devil and Fafnir have said their piece]

Tater... Tot... I just wanted to say that I'm really proud of you guys! It made me so happy to see you up here, with personalities and volition and everything! I don't really approve of making infernal pacts with demons, but since you did it, I hope you both made sure to get a really good deal and cleaned out the demons for everything they're worth.

I hope you enjoyed your hot dogs (even the ones you threw up), and...even though we don't have a big pot of hot dogs to give to both of you, just know that even if we'd had all the hot dogs in the world, we could have never picked one of you as our favorite and would've split them between both of you. You're both our favorites! Good job, guys!