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Castle Game: pep!pep!

[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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[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.]

[Discuss your decision here.

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

[ rubs his hands over his face and just groans. ] I hate this. I hate everything about this.

Is... anyone else starting to think they have maybe... one idea?

I had a feeling the next game was going to be bad. It's like they cut us a break and lulled us into a false sense of security and just... [ he shakes his head. ]

Mm... it's sort-of a pattern, isn't it?

Mm... [ he sucks in a sharp breath, trying to keep his emotions in check. ] They never make it easy.

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Now, now the Disciplinary Committee can hardly endorse theft. This game is rigged.

What game isn't rigged, at least to some degree? [ all. games. suck. ]

Seems someone got the jump on Talon's plan.

Seems like...

So dos that mean that those selections no longer apply as priorities?

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[Reads the rules...

...Looks around the room to see who's here.]

Anyone have any strong feelings on how to play? Because I do.

... yes.

How do you want to play this one?

[Wednesday opens her mouth. She closes it. She takes a deep, stiffening breath.]

As little as possible.

[I'm not going to give in this time.]

Yeah, I. Yeah.

Me too.

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[ raises his hand. ] I do.

[ he's not sure how well received this is going to be but here goes. ] I, ah, I'm kind of sick of seeing our friends die. We each talked about who we wanted to save and even then... even then we couldn't protect them all. But this [ he motions to the map. ] we have the resources to save our friends... But that also... [ he's not going to look anybody in the face. ] but that means we... well... yeah.

I'm. I'm still... I'm still so angry. About that last game. Not just because of how things shook out at the end, but how powerless I felt, and how frustrated I was about watching friends die, again. I'm sick of it.

I don't mind playing light. If you're okay with whatever the consequences might be, then I'm right there with you.

M- Me too. [ he remembers the last few minutes in the room, sitting alongside cobalt, hand in hand, and his heart just breaking as the minutes turned to seconds turned to game end. ] I want to help out friends, not hurt them, I'm so sick of having to walk into end game and watch everybody pick up the pieces.

If... if this is how we're going to play, then we should discuss how we're allotting our resources.

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You already know where I stand.

It sounds like Yugi, Wednesday, and I all want to play light, regardless of the consequences.

How do you feel about that?

... You know I hate the idea of seeing you guys hurt, especially Yugi. But I said I'd listen to how everyone wants to play. I'd be an asshole if I went back on that now.

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[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.]

Gift 1 bundle to Heart Soldier Senshi
Gift 1 bundle to future is now
Gift 1 bundle to BAD END=DEAD END

Keep nothing.

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