Castle Game: LiliS

[idolpro]

[Suddenly, you hear the wailing of a horn. Outside, tension is turning to panic. You can't see anything, but you can hear people gathering up their things, sobbing in fear or speaking in harsh whispers. A lone voice calls from the distance:

The enemy approaches!

Upon the map, an unfamiliar geography appears -- several small nations, clustered together. Outside of them, an endless sea of enemy forces, identified only by a symbol of a cracked skull. Each of the small nations is marked with a flag in one unit's colour, and a tiny model of a castle.

You are at war. How will you protect your people and yourself?]


(Rules & questions are here. Cleo is your gamerunner!)

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ her gaze drops to the side ]

If we can protect avante, I would do so.

[ a pause, and she drags a hand through her hair ] Gods, Wednesday and Cobalt...

[ but it is what it is. this is a war. ] If you're asking for productive thefts, though, I am inclined to target ZRAEL.

Re: DISCUSSION

[theyregooddogs]

Zrael has an idiot on their unit. Avante is actually popular. I would wager Avante getting donations before Zrael.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ her mouth thins a moment, but— ]

....You'll have to be more specific than just the one idiot. Do you refer to Doodle, or to Maki?

As for avante, I have spoken with them too strongly of the possibility of some kind of secondary alliance with us to feel a theft from them is appropriate if we can possibly avoid it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[theyregooddogs]

Maki. Doodle is actually charming among the psychopathic community here.

[. . . considering her]

Do you want this? You can have this.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

"This."

[ a deep sigh, though she doesn't look away ]

I cared about avante before Cardigan and I began... whatever it is that we are to each other, now.
If it came to it, I would kill them to protect LiliS, but... yes, I want "this." To not target them short of a last resort.

Re: DISCUSSION

[theyregooddogs]

[going cold pretty quickly]

Forget that I asked.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ a different sort of sigh, now; lighter and more simply tired ]

...Not if I answered an entirely different question.
I'd rather know what you mean.

Re: DISCUSSION

[theyregooddogs]

You can be in charge of this. [gesturing at everyone] You weren't here when we started, so.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

You're doing well. [ stated simply ]

I'm ill-suited as a foot soldier, but I still support your stepping forward.
I think we ought to let them argue down the aggression, if it's what they want, but we can set them up with a sort of... permission, by opening with it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[theyregooddogs]

Great. I need this all on my head.

[said with spite but also ... it's true too?? getting some bourbon to gulp down between this round and next]

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

Mela's tits, John.

I can and will handle this, if you don't actually want it.
But otherwise, you can rely on me to support you. They can blame us both.

Re: DISCUSSION

[theyregooddogs]

No, too messy.

[offering??? his water bottle of bourbon? want a drink?

Re: DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ She would absolutely like a drink; she accepts the makeshift flask with a wry sort of expression before taking a deep drink without coughing at the burn of it. ]

We'll see.

[ passing it back over ]