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!)

Comments

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!]

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: DISCUSSION

[underperforming]

....

[This all seems very strange honestly.]

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

[backstory]

And we don't know what the consequences are of losing in the end.

[ He... sort of assumes that it's probably not all that good, though. ]

[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?

[underperforming]

Do you think they'll be bad?

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...]

[underperforming]

...I would like to protect this unit, as a preference.

[nihilmancy]

I would, ah, like to give some materials to others, but we will ultimately need to, um, steal, as well.

Re: DISCUSSION

[underperforming]

If we built with two and gave one each round that could be some compromise.

My priority is this unit, but there are those on Baritones and Avante I....

Well. I'll defer to everyone else, however.

[backstory]

I do.

[Frowning...]

These games aren't known for being gentle. And normally, there is only death or pain waiting at the end for the losing team.

[backstory]

I would like to protect our own unit as a preference as well. Because I think our abilities may be needed afterward. We will be useless to help people if we do.

But if we were to gift, I would prefer to gift to Heart Soldier Senshi.

[underperforming]

Then should we not prioritize protecting each other?

[underperforming]

Ah. Of course.

[backstory]

Do you think that would be wise? I would also like to gift to certain teams. But at the same time, I fear that if we gift instead of steal, we may be useless come the end of the game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

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

[sancrimony]

. . . There will most certainly be a need for our ability after this.

Strategically speaking, trying to help anyone is out of the question, simply by virtue of the fact that there will not be enough for us even if we did not steal from anyone. In fact - perhaps it would be best to neither help nor harm anyone, and simply keep to our own.

Re: DISCUSSION

[underperforming]

What are your thoughts Lucifel-san?

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

. . . Likely, people will avoid targeting us even if they steal from other units, simply so that we can make it out and heal others.

So then, it's simply a matter of whether we will choose to . . .

To help people now or help people later.

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

...I know. When I first came here, I wanted to be distant, but, that immediately went out the window.

It would be difficult for me to choose as well, but- I do not disagree with those choices.

But Leviathan will also want to protect HSS and Pep!Pep! If Lucifel were here, he would want to protect ☆ZRAEL and possibly LiliS. Persephone would want to protect LiliS. Nya and Anubis would prioritize Bad End. Do you see how difficult this is?

Re: DISCUSSION

[underperforming]

I see. Then would not keeping entirely to ourselves prevent any conflict over it?

[nihilmancy]

Mm. So we remain neutral, then, and hope that is enough to survive?

Re: DISCUSSION

[underperforming]

From Sekmet-san's analysis helping later would prevent the most internal conflict for us now. Is that incorrect?

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

[She nods slowly.]

It probably will not be enough to win- these sort of games want us to fight if we're going to achieve victory.

Nut hopefully we will be alright enough to heal others in the endgame, if we make this choice.