[gm card room - bluebell]

[crittersheep]

[You find yourselves seated around a table in the middle of a small room. You can’t really perceive any walls, just heavy black velvet curtains on all sides. If you push them aside looking for a way out, you just keep finding more curtains behind them.

There is a crystal ball in the middle of the table and a spread of six large cards arranged around it, currently facedown. Their backs are a plain matte black.

You are aware that powers are all off for card rounds but will be on for the punishment round. You have whatever items are normally on your person.]

Comments

[card round rules - known ic]

[crittersheep]

PUNISHMENT CARDS:

• For each card round, your team receives a hand of six Punishment Cards. Each Punishment Card holds a hint to the punishment it will give, an indication of how many people it will affect, and an indication of how many points it is worth.
• Every team begins with a bank of 20 points by default. They gain points by playing cards on others, and lose points by having cards played on them (e.g. if Daffodil plays a 4-point Punishment Card on Clover, then Daffodil will gain 4 points and Clover will lose 4).
• Each card round, your team will be required to choose who to punish from three other teams. You are NOT ALLOWED to play your own Punishment Cards on yourselves.
• You must play a minimum of TWO cards per round from your hand, on a minimum of TWO teams. You may play a maximum of FOUR cards per round.
• If a round ends and a team has not played the minimum requirement for the round, the gamerunner will RNG FOUR cards from your hand, and play them on your selection of teams at random.

OPTIONAL CARDS:

• Teams may also choose to spend points and purchase the following:
  • SHUFFLE - COSTS 5 POINTS - replace 3 Punishment Cards of your choice in your current hand with new ones.
  • SUPPORT - COSTS 15 POINTS - adds 10 points to the bank of another team you choose, during the current round.
  • VOID - COSTS 15 POINTS - negates one Punishment Card placed on another team of your choice. This will be picked from the cards of LOWEST point value played upon them that round.
• You may only purchase each type of Optional Card once per round (so maximum 1 Shuffle, 1 Support, 1 Void.) PING ME right away if you play either Shuffle or Support since they will take effect immediately! Void can be played with your punishment card turn-in and will be taken into account while sorting punishments.
• Teams may go into the negatives from having Punishment Cards played on them, but not from buying Optional Cards. So if you start a round with only 5 points, you can purchase SHUFFLE, but not SUPPORT or VOID. If you start with less than 5 points, you can’t purchase Optional Cards at all.

OTHER:

• When you have locked in your choices, post them under Turn In and ping me in #game-alerts. You are OOCly free to go after that, as results won’t be up until a couple of hours after turn in. Just note the start time for the next round!
• Teams ICly are stuck in their rooms until all card rounds are over. Teams will also not learn what punishments are in detail, until the card rounds are over and the punishment round begins.
• If you do anything crazy and out of bounds ping me. I will try to be around for the entirety of each card round, but I do have some RL stuff I may need to take care of as well so I may respond a little slower if I'm on mobile.
• One winner will be determined by the card rounds! The team with the highest total point bank at the end takes this win slot.
• In the punishment round, you will have to enact the punishments you played on other teams with your own hands. Up to three additional winners will be determined based on your enthusiasm, commitment and creativity regarding the punishments.

ROUND 1

[crittersheep]

This round runs Friday Jul 19 5 PM PST-9 PM PST, with your answers due by 9 PM PST. Results will be up by the next morning before Card Round 2 begins.

[hand]

[crittersheep]

The demon’s voice issues from the crystal ball, and the names of your three potential targets glimmer into existence inside it. You know it’s time to flip your cards and see what you’ve got to play.

Begin.

Your current point bank is: 20 points.

The teams for you to punish this round are ROSE, THISTLE, CLOVER

Your six-card hand is as follows:



(While the subject matter is clearly gruesome, all card images are heavily stylized cartoons, in blacks and whites.)

[discussion]

[crittersheep]

Re: [discussion]

[heavyliesthecrown]

[ . . . Bluebell will be tortured and die horribly again, won't they? Closing his eyes, he draws a deep breath.]

I... I cannot bring myself to choose either Clover or Rose. My cousin is on Clover, and of course... Rose is my home away from home.

[He dearly loves Thistle. But there is no winning in a game like this.]

No matter what happens, I really truly cannot stomach any of the punishments that are worth more than four points though.

Re: [discussion]

[jerkalope]

[ looking around and, after discovering he's with Bluebell, gives a long-suffering sigh ]

Ah, might as well accept I'm getting tortured to death today.

Re: [discussion]

[heavyliesthecrown]

Your confidence in us is awe-inspiring.

[turn in]

[crittersheep]

Re: [turn in]

[heavyliesthecrown]

You are disgusting. But after agonizing for a while, we have opted to use the Reflection of the Past upon Rose, and the Confession upon Thistle.

Re: [turn in]

[crittersheep]

Thank you for your kind words and your play, Bluebell.

[a deck of ordinary cards, a jug of nonalcoholic sangria, and some cups appear on the table, if Cres and Warden want to occupy themselves with those until next round.]

ROUND 2

[crittersheep]

This round runs Saturday Jul 20 9 AM PST-1 PM PST, with your answers due by 1 PM PST. Results will be up by 3 PM PST.

[r1 result]

[crittersheep]

Collectively, the flocks played 13 4-point punishments, 3 6-point punishments, 2 10-point punishments, and 1 cross-team optional card this round.

You have received the following punishments, but do not know who played what:

THE CIRCLET OF THORNS (a spiky crown on a bloody skull) / 4 pts / 1 TARGET
THE CONFESSION (a figure knelt in front of a confessional. a sinister shadow is emerging from the door.) / 4 pts / 1 TARGET
THE STRANGLING (a ropy serpentine creature wrapping up a humanoid figure) / 4 pts / 1 TARGET

[hand]

[crittersheep]

Three new targets and a fresh hand of cards appear.

Interesting…keep going, won’t you?

Your current point bank is: 16 points.

The teams for you to punish this round are DAFFODIL, LILY, PEONY

Your six-card hand is as follows:



(While the subject matter is clearly gruesome, all card images are heavily stylized cartoons, in blacks and whites.)

[discussion]

[crittersheep]

Re: [discussion]

[heavyliesthecrown]

These 'lighter' point cards seem a little less light this round.

Re: [discussion]

[jerkalope]

[ taking this all in analytically and keeping his annoyingly jovial tone ]

Hmm, "Bounds of Reason" implies a madness card. Some might find that a more relieving punishment than the disemboweling. Especially if they get a two-fer!

Re: [discussion]

[featherduster]

[ APPEARING LIKE 'WHAT THE FUCK NOW' ]

No...

Re: [discussion]

[heavyliesthecrown]

[ . . . . . ]

Get out.

Re: [discussion]

[jerkalope]

[ looking up from his cards and sippy cup ]

Yo~ Just in time for a new round of Indian Poker.

Re: [discussion]

[chasseurdebeaute]

[Did get here at some point and got himself caught up on the situation, but to others it might seem like he only just showed up and picked up the Beholding card...]

Re: [discussion]

[heavyliesthecrown]

[BLINKS.]

. . . Rubato-senpai? When did you appear?

Re: [discussion]

[jerkalope]

Have any insight to that one?

[turn in]

[crittersheep]

Re: [turn in]

[featherduster]

The Beholding - Daffodil
The Adventure - Peony

Support - Lily

[r2 results]

[crittersheep]

Collectively, the flocks played 11 4-point punishments, 4 6-point punishments, 3 10-point punishments, and 1 cross-team optional card this round.

You have received the following punishments, but do not know who played what:

THE GRAND CEREMONY (an ornate magic circle with screaming, indistinct figures around it) / 10 pts / FULL TEAM
THE HYSTERIA (a figure writhing on the ground, face contorted into a cross between a smile and a scream) / 6 pts / 2 TARGETS
THE REFLECTION OF THE PAST (a bloodied mirror) / 4 pts / 1 TARGET

Your final point bank is: -9

The curtains around you draw away into empty space, leaving you in the pasture…