idolpro | ROUND 9

Entry tags:

- exael

ROUND 9

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

The temple has a large bell in the center, inscribed with laws-- many of them archaic, irrelevant to your situation here. Laws involving food preparation, laws involving cattle trade, laws involving how deeply one must bow to a father-in-law... But in each of the four cardinal directions there are four long scrolls unfurled and hanging like tapestries.

The four large scrolls of oaths on the walls read:

Oath of the Loyal: For so long as you swear loyalty to me and stay by my side, may you be granted glory and strength.
Oath of the Gentle: I undertake this vow-- for if I raise a blade against another, may I be pained in kind.
Oath of the Brave: I swear I am no coward- for so long as the battle rages, I will not turn tail and flee.
Oath of the Lover: By this vow I am bound- should you or I be harmed, let us share the pain and halve our burden.

Beneath those oaths are smears of blood, thumbprints and handprints. This might be a really good or really bad place to meet one of Taisho Roman Revolution.

Mechanics
If a member of Taisho who has the Swear on Your Honor ability gets another to sign their name or smear their blood on one of those contracts, the following effects will be granted or inflicted:

Oath of the Loyal: +2 strength for as long as the signee stays in the same area as their contractor, without betraying them.

Oath of the Gentle: Any damage the signee does with a blade damages them too. Damage dealt barehanded, through skill use, or with any non-bladed tools or weapons is unaffected.

Oath of the Brave: Characters that sign this contract cannot attempt to retreat from combat until the other party surrenders, flees, etc.

Oath of the Lover: When either the signee or the contractor takes damage, the damage is halved, with half the damage going to the other contracted party.

[AGAIN WITH THIS!!!!

PULLING DOWN ALL THE TAPESTRIES WITH SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY AND POCKETING THEM AFTER SHRINKING

leaves curse potion again

going to center!!]

[ okay this is better than the tunnels. gonna stand back on to a wall and wait for a bit. ]

[WELL]

[THREE HSS FOLKS ARE ENTERING SOON AFTER]

[Mars slows to a stop when he sees her, rifle propped against his shoulder]

Should we go someplace else?

[ this is. likely going to end in a fight with someone dead, right? ]

[Gladiolus is LiliS, so. . .]

Yeah.

I don't want to fight her.

Good.

[. . . nods at her, informs Gladiolus that they intend to move on, annnnd slowly drifts towards the left. he'll head that way unless Ecplise or Hiryuu object]

[ THE LABYRINTH ]

[ COMES TO A HALT right behind Mars.

She hasn't drawn either of them, but she has a pistol and a gun. ]

Oh. There's someone already here?

[ why does this always happen? ]

[ The child has a rifle slung over his shoulder but he's immediately putting his hands up to his sides, next to Hiryuu. ]

Uh. Hi?

[

NVM THIS ISN'T BETTER THAN THE TUNNELS.

Gladiolus has an axe in one hand and some throwing knives in the other and gets a little tense the moment they walk in. she recognizes Mars but doesn't feel quite comfy with so many guns in the room. ]

...Hi. Are you planning on staying here?

[raises his free hand up, palm facing forward]

No. We're just passing through.

[Gladiolus is LiliS and LiliS is Lily's team, so. . . he'd rather not fight]

Edited 2019-01-05 04:41 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you, Miss. We'll keep going.

No it's- Okay if you wanted to stay, I'll be going.

[ doesn't want to drive them out, really, and really doesn't want to fight with Mars or his unit so going to start sidling away to the right. ]