Game 2 - Lily

[crittersheep]

[A lily 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

[ohlord]

. . . of course it's a fucking snake.

[VASH THE STAMPEDE, DID YOU LITERALLY FALL FOR THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE CHRISTIAN BOOK???]

Re: DISCUSSION

[hardpity]

Why is there a snaaaaake

[terraria]

I wonder how it tastes...

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

Do not answer in haste. Demons are unreasonable, but rarely without logic.

[lily power hour]

[endsjustified]

[Charon beckons everyone into a circle -- so the middle is shielded from both Death/the snake's gaze and the flower they're stuck to -- and holds out a note:

Snake tempted Bluebell to eat poison. I have a piece of it.

Poison and blood opens the way. Modified sigil; a door from death back to life. I have others' blood if we wish not to use ours, but ours may be most effective.

We can attempt to call Bluebell back through, while death and the demon's attention is on this.]

[terraria]

( so this is awkward.

it didn't even click for him until everyone started dying. of course he can't die to poison even here. failsafes are undying. )

It's kind of funny that the first time I want to die, I don't get to.

( BITTER )

POST-REVIVAL

[ohlord]

[guess we should get back to discussing these questions, huh?]

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[WHENEVER YALL GET FUCKING BACK]

[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.]

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[a voice echoes from your flower]

WHO WOULD *YOU* KILL?

... I guess it doesn't really matter anymore since that bastard's already dead, but if he weren't... Yeah, there was someone.

[.....ALL OF LILY (except persi? and aqua?? IDK EVERYONE WHO IS A BASTARD)will suddenly find themselves surrounded by wolf skulls, their jaws lined with fangs. Without warning, they bite down hard, on their arm, torso, OR leg. Blood gushes as they tear out your flesh. However, you won't die from it. . .yet.

A seal appears near your wounds. You cannot be healed during the game.]

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.]

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[a voice echos from the flower:]

WHO WOULD YOU MOURN?

I- would morn those that I know and care for. I know that- that there's a limit to my empathy and I cannot truly mourn those I have not known. E-even if someone's hurt others- but was kind to me- I'd miss them-

[Styx, Persi, and Cerby will suddenly feel as if they are choking, straining for breath. Should someone stare intently, or feel around their throats, they'll find invisible hands made of air strangling them. If they aren't removed or dispersed, they will fall unconscious.]

PENALTY

[wooliefrand]

[a voice echoes from your flower:

WHO WOULD *YOU* KILL?

I've killed plenty of people before.

...but I'll make sure that doctor dies by my hand, if it's the last thing I do.

NYX Will suddenly be hit with several strikes of razor sharp wind, slicing deep gashes in various area. Each receives a seal--these cannot be healed during the game.]

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.]

QUESTION 1

[crittersheep]

WHO IS DESERVING OF DEATH?

Who deserves to die? The weak and elderly? The young, too pure for this wretched world? A murderer, or his victim, a cruel being? There are many evils in this world, and many who do not deserve its suffering.

Who deserves to die in your eyes?

[terraria]

There is no one who "deserves" to die. Death is a constant. It is the answer to everyone, eventually.

QUESTION 2

[crittersheep]

WHO WOULD YOU MOURN?

Would you mourn a man who's committed many an evil, but benefitted you? An ailing grandmother, alone in her home, but you have never met and will never think about once in your blessed lives.

There are many in this world a pitiful eye will never see.

Who would you mourn?

[lapdogged]

[Considering Cerby's canon where he does just that for Hyoubu-]

Yeah, I'd mourn a guy who does evil shit. Good people do bad things for certain reasons, just like bad people do good things. Anyway, it's human nature to give a shit about someone you actually know and who's done something for you? How am I meant to mourn someone I've never met? This question's kinda dumb.

QUESTION 3

[crittersheep]

WOULD YOU JUDGE A LIFE TAKEN WILLINGLY?

Death is a blessing, an escape, for many a mortal. They take their own lives to escape suffering, out of guilt, or a foolish sense of nobility. But in the end, they are no different from a murderer or the murdered. What then, was the point?

Can you see a reason to do it? Would you take your own?

Re: QUESTION 3

[hardpity]

[ we killed ourselves ten minutes ago ]

...


We killed ourselves ten minutes ago.

Re: QUESTION 3

[ohlord]

So. Easy, considerin'. No reason to judge anyone for the way they handle their lives, for one. For another, life sucks and then ya die and some people prefer choosin' the way they do, so...

[shrugs? i mean. yeah, we did just all die.]

Plus, yeah, what Aides said.

Re: QUESTION 3

[terraria]

( simply - )

There are some horrors worse than death. It's understandable that some would take their own lives than be subject to them. The ones to blame aren't the people themselves, but the cruel and unjust world that forces them to make such a decision.

Re: QUESTION 3

[endsjustified]

What changes in the mortal plane as a result of a person's death? Do the ones their death touched deem it worth it? Do they? Of course it is judged and weighted, by them and others. Of course it is with reason.

There are mirrors to every example you've set here. To escape suffering is to find peace. Guilt and reparation rebalance scales. Nobility saves lives, or gives the world a taste of hope where it would otherwise starve.

Our conviction in this, we have already proven with action. But I won't inflict a true death on myself yet, either. I'm not ready for that, yet.

[HE SAYS, WITH 0.833333333333% OF LILY WOUNDED HORRIBLY INCLUDING HIM]

QUESTION 4

[crittersheep]

WHO WOULD *YOU* KILL?

You curse death, you fear death, you spit in my eyes. Yet out of anger, out of foolishness, mortals take lives with their own hands. For vengeance, for survival, for love, countless sins are committed by your hands.

So I ask you, what man would you look at and kill yourself?

Re: QUESTION 4

[endsjustified]

I could kill anyone. You want honesty, so I will give you this. I could kill every team and sheep and other beast in this pasture, including my own, including myself. I could kill gods and things like gods, given world enough and time. Death is a tool to shape the world as much as life is. Change is built on birth and renewal; it is built on hard work and happy accident; and it is built on blood and bones. I could kill whoever I saw fit, to make the changes I wished to see.

...

Could is not the same as would, dread lady.

At this moment, of all those assembled here, I would kill none but the serpent that's seized you.

QUESTION 5

[crittersheep]

[You know instinctively, as the final question is asked, that Death's Eye will only take one answer.

You must answer as a group.]

WHAT IS THE VALUE OF LIFE?

[lapdogged]

We talking money wise or...?