Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2022-10-05 03:42 pm

LiliS & sensitIV

[ Your designated room appears to be a modern but simple hospital room, with an adjustable electronic chair and curtain dividing one side of the room from the other. On the curtained side, there is a tray of basic surgery equipment, though nothing electric. That would be too easy, wouldn't it? At least(?) the chair has straps, to bind unruly subjects.

On the other side of the room are several chairs, what appears to be an iPad with a health chart listing a number of patients. You may select from a number of options to send "remedies" to those patients. There is also a pharmacy counter, though rather than a window, there is only a thin slit the width of a single piece of paper.

And of course, your patient(s)—or hostage(s), if you prefer—is in the middle of the room, though . . . strangely placed. A glass bubble, 6ft by 6ft, hangs from the ceiling, somewhat like an upside-down snowglobe. Eight tubes connect the orb to the ceiling, and one tube connects it to the floor. From above, your patient(s) can see most things in the room, including the surgery table even when the curtains are drawn.

It's currently empty—aside from your patient—for now. ]

[ RULESREMEDIESHEALTH CHART ]
at_heart: (chatty :: but the point is)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] at_heart 2022-10-06 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's not even embarrassed the way he would be if Gent had accused him of caring about the feelings of any other person under any other circumstances because he's too startled to even be tsun about this. ]

...No offense to Izzy, but I can promise this has been a lot less about my concern for his feelings than just not wanting you to eat every single crappy thing we get sent for however many rounds this game has left.
stoneandstave: (086)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] stoneandstave 2022-10-06 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ This pause can be summed up as MORTALS ARE WEIRD ]

Oh? [ Huh. ] I assumed based on your description of this being like math for me. Which it isn't, if that makes any difference.
at_heart: (brood :: all fades away in the end)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] at_heart 2022-10-06 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ look who's talking bub ]

...Yeah. I noticed you didn't appreciate that part.

[ He leans more of his weight on the glass. ]

But I don't know how else to describe the way my brain processes these games. [ Quiet emphasis there: my brain. ] The units involved, the choices we've gotta make — they're math problems to me. Sometimes just math, if a game messes with my head, but always math.

[ Beat. ]

Don't really love that it's that simple. But I try to at least use it in games like these to make them a little easier on everyone else.

[ Emphasis on try. He's not sure how well he's been doing for Gent. Pretty badly, really, if Gent had him fooled into thinking he was the same way. ]
stoneandstave: (199)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] stoneandstave 2022-10-06 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ All right then, some full honesty for your offer, rather than lies of omission ]

I can't go back on an agreement, not unless he offers to alter his end of it. It's not a matter of being stubborn. It would damage a lot more of me than taking a few of these effects. [ Spoken like he doesn't especially expect Lupine to understand this ]

I already agreed that if it got too bad that I'd relent. It hasn't, yet.
at_heart: (chatty :: but the point is)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] at_heart 2022-10-10 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...Well. That's extremely weird, but Lupine is visibly working to accept rather than argue with it. ]

And I can't make a deal on his behalf, or like... a new deal that'd cancel out the one you've already got with him.

[ Cultural?? Thing??? Maybe? Man, he wants to argue, though. Or at least ask a million more questions to feel out the boundaries of this thing. ]

How are we defining 'too bad'? Is it 'until you literally pass out from pain', or something less sucky?
stoneandstave: (217)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] stoneandstave 2022-10-10 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 100% a cultural thing. As close to a religion as the Fae get. They don't break deals. ]

Mm. If he wants to bargain, he can speak for himself. [ And if Izanagi's not willing to be honest, then he can live with the result. ]

As for what's "too bad", I'll know it when I see it. So far the effects are mild, if annoying.
at_heart: (sigh :: curseeeed)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] at_heart 2022-10-10 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Among the obstacles to Lupine really getting this: Terca Lumireis's fae equivalent doesn't have anything similar going on. ]

Hey, we haven't been hit with a Level 3 yet.

[ Beat. Fingers curling against the glass again. ]

...Don't forget you can 'break down' the higher-level ones into smaller pieces. It's probably random, but anything on the Level 2 list is probably still better than a Level 3.
stoneandstave: (070)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] stoneandstave 2022-10-10 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
This isn't some masochistic desire to be self-sacrificing, I assure you. I'll take the lower level effects if I need to.

[ glances at Izanagi, trying to decide how much to say here ]

I can explain this to you after. I'm not sure it'll translate well from Fae to mortal culture, but I'll do my best.
at_heart: (wry :: aw man)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] at_heart 2022-10-10 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from what to what now ] [ Lupine blinks, but. He offers up a crooked smile. ]

Right. Pinned for later.