crittersheep | GAME 5

This VIP room would probably be welcoming under any other circumstance. As is, it's poorly lit and doesn't appear to have a door. There is a fully stocked cabinet of alcohol in the back as well as a circular couch. There's snacks as well, but nothing really substantial . . . except for maybe the goat cheese balls.

Before you on a table sits a marble plate with dips for placing things. Nearby is a small notecard with instructions written in flourish:

Place a secret in the corresponding spot while speaking the name of the person you want it to apply to on that flock. Point values can be found on the back of each secret stone. The walls will not come down until at least three secrets have been played. Failure to earn at least three points will result in an automatic loss.

Secrets that have been guessed correctly will be on display for all at the after party. ♥

Nearby, in a small dish, your secret stones can be found. A list of names can also be found on a sheet of paper on the table, with a little note on the side: Choose wisely.

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Take a nap on the couches here.

And make you guys do all the hard work? What a terrible leader I'd be.

Who said you have to be leader? Tyr can do all the hard work, we'll make him randomly draw names out of a hat to guess.

Hn? Is that how you want to play this?

Do we have to play seriously?

[immediately]

Not at all.

. . . but if we don't, then we need to be prepared for the possible consequences of losing.

Huh? What are the consequences, it just says that if we correctly guess secrets they'll be shown. But if we don't guess, won't they show nothing?

"If you score under three points, you automatically lose."

. . . to me, that suggests there are consequences for losing. Something like. . . having our own secrets revealed, maybe.

[it's ON THEME]

Which-- don't get me wrong, I don't care if my secrets get blasted to the public. And if you guys don't mind either, then we can just do the bare minimum.

. . .

[oh no]

S, so, it's reveal others to the public or get ours shown... and if someone else happens to guess ours right they'll be shown anyway......

. . . yeah. Maybe.

[emphasis on "maybe"]

But I don't know for sure.

[head in hands]

I don't want toooooooooo.

[crouches down to rest his hand on Yata's head :(]

. . . we don't have to.

We don't have to do anything we don't want to do.

Yes we do, the secrets are right there. I don't want my secrets to be right there!

[HE WISHES HE HAD SOME ENCOURAGING THINGS TO SAY. HE FEELS LIKE HE MADE THIS WORSE. HE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE RIGHT AND LOSING MIGHT NOT MEAN HAVING SECRETS REVEALED AFTER ALL?? WHAT IF HE IS MAKING YATA WORRY FOR NO REASON--]

. . . c'mere.

[bundling Yata into a hug!]

[crashes against him with a big whine, fussy!!]

Do we still have any spray paint, can we just graffiti over any secret revealing signs.

[ruffles his hair with a grin]

We've got a ton of spray paint for all secret revealing graffiti purposes.

And I have an idea, too-- if we don't play seriously and lose and wind up having our secrets revealed, we'll just break a ton of bottles and be super loud so nobody can hear our secrets.

How is that?