Castle Game: sensitIV

[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!)

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ROUND ONE

[idolpro]

[As of now, each nation's castle bears the same shape: a tiny, crumbling wooden castle, with an unwalled courtyard full of tents. Above each one hovers the number 0.]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[Discuss your decision here.

Decisions must be turned in by 7:45pm PST!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[underperforming]

....

[This all seems very strange honestly.]

Well... There are only a few I would even know outside this unit...

[backstory]

[ Closing his eyes and releasing a quiet sigh. ]

. . . Do we prioritize ourselves because we are the healing unit? Or do we...choose to try and help our loved ones?

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

[Well, she's already having bad feelings about this. She does not like the violence, being forced to endanger others- and yet the impulse is there, urging her on to do so, much to her own disgust.

So she's just sitting with a stricken look on her face.]

We don't know what the consequences for losing will be- ah, I don't want a lot of teams to dip too low, if possible, but...

[Why does she keep getting close to and having feelings about people on other teams even though she is precisely afraid of these situations...]

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

[ quiet, looking to the rules for a while before looking to the unit. ]

DECISION

[idolpro]

[You have 3 bundles of materials with which to build up your castle. Your options are:

• Use your own materials, remaining neutral.


• Gift some your materials to another unit.


• Steal from another unit.

You may gift some or all of your materials, and may divide your gifts between more than one unit. You may steal from up to three units per round. You may not gift and steal in the same round. Any materials in your possession at the end of the round will be used to improve your castle's defense level.

The enemy will arrive after 3 rounds.]

Re: DECISION

[sancrimony]

Keep/use 3.

ROUND TWO

[idolpro]

[As everyone's decisions are made, the castle models on the map change. The current castle levels are:

LiliS - level 1
sensitIV - level 3
pep!pep! - level 0
Taisho Roman Revolution - level 2
BAD END=DEAD END - level 6
future is now - level 5
WILD CITY - level 8
☆ZRAEL - level 2
Heart Soldier Senshi - level 4
AlcheME! - level 3
avante en garde - level 2
BARiTONES - level 5

WILD CITY has mid-size castle with rough stone walls. Their courtyard is full of wooden buildings.

BAD END=DEAD END, future is now, Heart Soldier Senshi, & BARiTONES have small castles with wooden walls. Their courtyards are full of shacks.

LiliS, sensitIV, pep!pep!, Taisho Roman Revolution, ☆ZRAEL, AlcheME!, & avante en garde have tiny, crumbling wooden castles. Their courtyards have no walls, and consist only of tents.

Your castle is level 3. Outside, the citizens have passed through fear and into fury. There are hands banging at the door, and angry voices:

Who needs such useless lords?! We'll take this into our own hands!]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[Discuss your decision here.

Decisions must be turned in by 9:00pm PST!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[underperforming]

I... I see.

[What happened to pep and wild city??]

Our serfs appear to be rioting.

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

[ c.

closes his eyes.

it seems like the angry voices are really bothering him, from how he winces with every yell and thud against the door. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

[Trying to tune out the voices, repeating to herself that they aren't real, but- seeing one Unit already at zero has her a little shaken.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[backstory]

This... this is not acceptable. It must surely be that Pep is throwing the game...

DECISION

[idolpro]

[You have 3 bundles of materials with which to build up your castle. Your options are:

• Use your own materials, remaining neutral.


• Gift some your materials to another unit.


• Steal from another unit.

You may gift some or all of your materials, and may divide your gifts between more than one unit. You may steal from up to three units per round. You may not gift and steal in the same round. Any materials in your possession at the end of the round will be used to improve your castle's defense level.

The enemy will arrive after 2 rounds.]

Re: DECISION

[sancrimony]

Steal from pep!pep!.

ROUND THREE

[idolpro]

[As everyone's decisions are made, the castle models on the map change. The current castle levels are:

LiliS - level 8
sensitIV - level 8
pep!pep! - level 0
Taisho Roman Revolution - level 10
BAD END=DEAD END - level 4
future is now - level 9
WILD CITY - level 8
☆ZRAEL - level 8
Heart Soldier Senshi - level 4
AlcheME! - level 8
avante en garde - level 8
BARiTONES - level 9

Taisho Roman Revolution has a large, elaborate castle with smooth masonry walls. Their courtyard is full of sturdy stone & timber buildings.

LiliS, sensitIV, future is now, WILD CITY, ☆ZRAEL, AlcheME!, avante en garde, & BARiTONES have mid-size castles with rough stone walls. Their courtyards are full of wooden buildings.

BAD END=DEAD END & Heart Soldier Senshi have small castles with wooden walls. Their courtyards are full of shacks.

pep!pep! has a tiny, crumbling wooden castle. Their courtyard has no walls, and consists only of tents.

Your castle is level 8. Outside, the citizens are nervous but no longer panicked. You can hear them, muttering to eachother:

It could be alright… couldn't it? Maybe…]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

[As discussion begins, your characters receive an alert. The message on your phone simply says:

DANGER ROUND

Discuss your decision here.

Decisions must be turned in by 10:20pm PST!]

DECISION

[idolpro]

[You have 3 bundles of materials with which to build up your castle. Your options are:

• Use your own materials, remaining neutral.


• Gift some your materials to another unit.


• Steal from another unit.

You may gift some or all of your materials, and may divide your gifts between more than one unit. You may steal from up to three units per round. You may not gift and steal in the same round. Any materials in your possession at the end of the round will be used to improve your castle's defense level.

The enemy will arrive after this round.]

RESULTS

[idolpro]

[The enemy has arrived. Your castle is level level 8.

Outside, you hear the screaming of orders and rattling of armor. Then, the clash of steel -- your people are fighting a hard battle.

Hold your positions!

Don't let them overtake us!

Shit-- they've broken through the gate!

Quick, form a bucket chain!

The smell of smoke fills the room, and you hear the crackling of fire. A wall begins to crumble, and flames spread towards you, jumping out to lick at you, scalding and burning your skin and settling patches of clothing alight.

Though the smoke prevents you from seeing the battle, you can see the arrows as they cut through. They pierce you -- fortunately, the wounds aren't fatal, but you've all got at least one or two of them now.

Dread settles in -- you won't win, will you…? You're going to die.

But then, smoke turns to steam, as water splashes onto the flames and puts them out. Though weary, the soldiers outside still have energy to howl in victory, as they finally repel their enemy.

You've suffered losses, but your castle survives.

You may now move to endgame.]

Re: RESULTS

[underperforming]

[That was absolutely terrifying and awful thanks!!]

Re: RESULTS

[sancrimony]

[ fortunately you can't get PTSD if everything is your fault so this is totally fine ]

Re: RESULTS

[forgottenmercy]

[oh. oh.]

Re: RESULTS

[nihilmancy]

[Great she loves this-

she wishes she could have done something at all to protect the other members of her team, but she is also a bit relieved that they survived, even if the pain and wounds are, well, not exactly great either.]

[heavenlyvisitor]

[ The arrow that pierces him cuts through at his stomach, just below his ribs -- It makes him suck in a tight breath of pain and of shock and he buckles to his knees and clasps a hand over his wound. It's --- ... Exactly what everyone else is doing, likely, save for how it looks where there should be blood pouring from his side is a soft glow -- a white-gold, like looking into a lamp. It flows like a liquid, but, surely ------ ]