Flowers of Heaven: sensitIV

[idolpro]

Something nudges at your ankles.

When you look down, you see you’re being headbutted by… a number of fluffy white, red-eyed rabbits that, unsettlingly, seem to have small human hands for front paws. They're doing their best to herd you toward an arched doorway that has opened in the thick brambles and leads to a winding path beyond.

Once you cross through, a gate closes behind you, and the voices of your fellow idols fade from your ears. It seems as if you’re on your own, now.

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Here, the brambles that surround your path have bits of torn lace caught in their thorns. Some of the fabric is splattered with what appears to be fresh blood.

It seems that the rabbits are carrying some things for you: a collection of sixteen different flowers, a small lantern of blue flame, and a wreath woven from gorse, Star of Bethlehem flowers, and water lilies.

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Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

[ A N Y W A Y clearing his throat ]

Two Water Lilies, two Acacia, two Gorse, two Wild Oats. Those are our overlap.

Star of Bethlehem, Chamomile, Lotus, Oak, Aconite, Honeysuckle, Clematis, Hollyhock - those are the ones that don't have any overlap.

There are four flowers we can burn in total outside of our own: Vervain, Wild Rose, Mimulus, and Alyssum.

First: Who will wear the crown to be protected?

Second: What flowers will we burn, if we burn any at all?

[bondsofsuffering]

Looks like Persephone and I can cover two of those overlaps.

[sancrimony]

Artemis-san, too.

If three obstacles represent three rounds, then we can handily have you three wear the crowns to cover more ground efficiently . . . although, we should also consider which flowers might be more common among all of us.

[heavenlyvisitor]

Does it not make the most sense to burn the ones that won't effect us first? While this is SensitIV, sticking out necks out right away isn't going to get us anywhere.

[crystallinelore]

That does seem wisest...

[bondsofsuffering]

"While this is SensitIV" huh...

[sancrimony]

If we burn the ones we're protecting, we'll be able to effectively make that flower immune - provided others vote for it as well.

[nihilmancy]

If it means protecting you all... I'll advocate burning what we must.

Re: DISCUSSION

[backstory]

I would rather not burn too many. Afterall... harming someone's soul or sense of self is... not something I am keen on doing if it can be helped.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crystallinelore]

We should likely discuss how far we wish to go in service of protecting ourselves.

Re: DISCUSSION

[backstory]

I agree. I do not wish for us to lose ourselves. But if we can protect others, that is important to me as well.

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

We can burn the ones we're protectin', right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[forgottenmercy]

I was, ah, considering that. Though I do not, ah, know if we should stick to one in that case, or both.

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

Both makes sense, doesn't it? 'Cause -- let's say only ten or so people got those specific flowers -- that stops four flowers bein' burned right there.

Re: DISCUSSION

[forgottenmercy]

Both, ah, then...

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

...If we're going to burn anyway, we might as well.

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

[ nods ]

Gets us off to a good start, hopefully.

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

Mmhm.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crystallinelore]

We need to choose three flowers, correct? What about the two we are protecting and a third none of us has?

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

I like that plan!

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

It is required that three must be voted to burn out of all of this city, but there is nothing that says we must choose three.

Re: DISCUSSION

[forgottenmercy]

That is, ah, a good plan...

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

Right. It might be prudent to burn the ones that seem the most common - if others have voted for them too, then others are likely to protect them as well.

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

[ nods ]

What'd you guess would be most common?

Re: DISCUSSION

[backstory]

I agree as well...the most common seems to be what people would focus on the most.

Looking at our crossovers here seems like the best ideas in regards to that, doesn't it?