Game 2 - Clover

[crittersheep]

[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.]

Comments

DISCUSSION

[crittersheep]

[teams may discuss answers here]

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathollow]

...

( THE DEEPEST SIGH )

Re: DISCUSSION

[aididitmyway]

[ALSO THE DEEPEST SIGH]

I have some feelings about it, but I don't like talking about them. Even aside from... what's probably obvious.

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathollow]

... I'm going to apologize preemptively for some of my answers. I know they're things people won't want to hear.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabrawler]

[ understandably, she's mostly pretty unsettled by this ]

What's with this stupid place's obsession with dying...

Re: DISCUSSION

[eonsadrift]

It might have something to do with the fact that they can all interact with their world's death god...

Either way, it's irritating that we keep getting dragged into it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabrawler]

[ understatement of the year ]

I think I'm starting to see why you don't like gods much.

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathollow]

( a gentle shoulder squeeze for spinel... )

Re: DISCUSSION

[adorabrawler]

[ ... ]

It's fine. You don't have to worry about me.

Re: DISCUSSION

[aididitmyway]

I wish I knew. It's weird.

MID-DISCUSSION OBSERVING THE CHAOS

[beathollow]

... Oh.



So. One of Lily's members was trying to... fight the snake? And. Died. And also all of Lily is also dead.

( JUST. DEAD IN THE DISTANCE )

Re: MID-DISCUSSION OBSERVING THE CHAOS

[eonsadrift]

I don't even know what to say anymore.

Re: MID-DISCUSSION OBSERVING THE CHAOS

[aididitmyway]

[she wasn't even LOOKING OVER THERE]





Did you just say what I thought you said?

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[a voice echos from their flower:]

WHO WOULD YOU MOURN?

... One who lived and died solely at the whims of another, unable to see past the misguided loyalty ingrained in their blood.

[One member of the flock will suddenly feel a heavy weight on their backs, as if being stepped on. And then, your arm (of your choice) bends backward horrifically, until the bone is snapped. It will not kill you, but you will shed tears uncontrollably.

A seal appears on your arm. It cannot be healed during the game.]

Re: PENALTY

[beathollow]

Ah-?

( there's a strange force- and no visible source. if only that were the only concerning thing, but even a part of her knows this is just the beginning. it's her left arm that's pulled back, snaps with a sickening sound-

and sonata can only scream for a moment before she buckles, curling in on herself as she shakes. )

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[a voice echoes from the flower

WHO WOULD *YOU* KILL?

I'm not kidding myself and answering anything but "anyone" to this, because that would be insulting both of our intelligence. I know well that which I am capable of.

A crystal pair of dice appear.

You instinctively know you must roll to decide who will be the 'anyone' to take the punishment.]

Re: PENALTY

[aididitmyway]

[Lyra is going to roll—

And it's Sonata.]

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[a voice echoes from the flower:

WHO WOULD *YOU* KILL?


I'd kill any god or deity who thinks they're better than mortals-- who thinks they can use their divinity to stagnate humanity's progression and growth, or keep them imprisoned with fear and despair.

I'd kill any demon who thinks they're owed a sacrifice, and who treats mortals as nothing but pawns or prisoners, tools for their own selfish desires and not living, feeling, free beings who have the right to live their lives on their own terms.

I've killed gods before-- gods who looked down on humanity because they thought it was a lost cause, completely blind to humanity's pure and untapped potential. And I'd do it it again, if I had to.

. . . and if any of that meant trying to kill you, Death-- then I'd do it.

Zenith will suddenly be struck with a lightning bolt, badly burning a limb of his choice. A seal appears; this wound cannot be healed during the game.]

Re: PENALTY

[eonsadrift]

[ well, that's specific

He's struck down by lightning (because of course it's lightning), collapsing to his knees and clutching his smoldering left arm. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathollow]

( as the last question is answered, between punishments and attempted healing and everything going wrong: )

We- we have to come to an agreement on the last one-

What is the value of life?

Re: DISCUSSION

[aididitmyway]

But—you can't put a value on it, can you? Everyone's life—or lives are different.

[She's trying real hard to not look at Lily, and her voice is hoarse from hacking up all that blood earlier.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[eonsadrift]

Nothing. There is no value.

[ He's feeling a lot less like playing along after being smited. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[lullabyonacloudynight]

...if somebody starts assigning value to lives, then that's when they start declaring some of those lives to be more "worthless" than others. And anyway! We'll all return to the- the same dust, in the end.

[Cacophonie is getting his head back on for like 5 seconds. The power of needing to consider a philosophical question instead of something personal. He does still look like he's got a bad migraine or smth tho.]

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[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.]

Re: PENALTY

[aididitmyway]

[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.]