crittersheep | Game 2

Game 2 - Clover

[A clover shaped crystal rises from the ground. You instinctively know to touch it for Death's Eye to receive your answer.

You are bound to your flock by a thin thread, making it impossible to separate, but you may still answer individually.]

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[A voice echoes from the flower:

WHO WOULD *YOU* KILL?

Oh boy, this is a tough one. Well... The life of an adventurer can be pretty dangerous! Sometimes that means running into dangerous people who want to kill you, for reasons. When that happens... I try to avoid it, but I'd kill someone if it was a choice between their life and mine. I've done it before.

And... While I can't really feel bad about killing people anymore, I also don't really feel good about it. So I'd rather not do it unless it's the only option left.

The most dangerous person on your flock (can be decided oocly) will suddenly be impaled with a bone spear. A seal appears: so long as the bone is not pulled out, they will not bleed out and die.

If it is pulled out, the wound cannot be healed during the game.]

[Well, it's Lyra, because Nadeko decided the one who actually attempted murder is the one getting stabbed versus the MMO boys. And, it goes straight through her abdomen.

There isn't a scream right away, even though her mouth opens to do that, even as her eyes widen. To her, it feels like time slows down, her knees buckling because she can't hold herself up.]

[ AAAAAAA???? ]

—Lyra!

[ in a panic, she goes to catch her before Lyra hits the ground ]

[Once time finally catches up, there's an audible noise of misery and pain that escapes.

She can't get her mind to form any words because of the shock, but she'd be thankful to Mizuki if she could choke anything out.]

[ wow that's the worst one yet ]

...we can't pull it out. We have no way to heal her.

Then what do we do—

[She's really close to panic, okay. She manages to choke the words out, but they're strained at best. She'd been teetering on the edge thanks to her realizing what happened earlier, but this is not helping.]

We-

[ He is so not good at this "comforting" thing. He can only be direct with her. ]

-we have to leave it. Just- breathe.

[Direct is good, and grounding. She is trying to breathe, though—trying to follow whatever breathing exercises Arima taught her before their first stage.]

It hurts—

...yeah, I bet it does.

Keep breathing. You're doing fine.

Easy for you to say.

[Because it feels anything but fine. She might be trying to reach for his good hand, though. She's terrified and she trusts Zenith and she just wants to keep herself from panicking while this is stuck in her.]

[ ...his fingers twitch like he's extremely unused to that kind of warmth, but... he lets her take his hand. And he even squeezes it once she does. ]

Hah... our leader isn't weak enough to lose to something like this, is she?

Of course not.

[Her voice is strained and shaky, but she squeezes his hand hard, her knuckles white.]

That'd be—letting the stupid snake win, wouldn't it?