Castle Game: pep!pep!

[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 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 0. 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

[puzzlers]

[ he looks over the results and then almost immediately, ] We need to give LiliS something. [ they had been one of the units he was worried about. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

Agreed. Taisho, too...

We can't change tack now.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

[ he's going to ignore what's going on outside. ] Taisho too.

Bad End and FiN look to be alright. [ he's not going to push for hss again just yet, but they're not doing great either.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

Mm... I just hope nobody targets them again. I hope they're playing hard. But... you're right. We have to help LiLiS.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

They're... not real, are they?

[Wednesday has been resting her head on the table; she raises it now.]

They can't be.

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

Probably not. This wouldn't be the first time the game tower generated an entire population just for a game.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

I... can't worry about imaginary people, Cobalt-san. Our friends are out there...!

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

No more than we perceive them to be.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

Mm...

Maybe it's just a recording.

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

They'll be gone after the game ends anyway.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

I'm sure it's just some vid room like hologram nonsense. Don't listen to them. [ he's going to move his chair alongside wednesday's. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

I... we have to stay with this. We have to.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

[ he takes a deep, uneven breath. ] It'll do no good to play the middle ground. [ so let's stick with it. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

Hm! Interesting!

Okay, who's next? Yugi mentioned LiliS, Sunshine and Wednesday wanted Sensitiv, and Wednesday mentioned Taisho.

You guys wanna do one to each?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

I'm ok with LiliS, SensitIV, and Taisho.

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

[rubbing his chin, thoughtfully]

Or I guess we could do two to LiliS, and one to Taisho, since sensitIV seems to be doing okay...?

What do you think?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

[ oh! he kind of forgot it can be like that. he nods. ] I think I like that better. We can try to get them both up to at least three, which is, ah, b- better than, well, where they're at now. But if you guys still want to help SensitIV I won't say no.

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

... The heroes or wizards should protect the knights... And the goths will get protection... We did promise the healers...

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

The rules of this game aren't quite the same as the protection game, since people aren't completely at the mercy of others this time, thank goodness.

I think Leviathan, at least, is going to fight hard to protect his unit. He just seems like that kind of guy. LiliS, on the other hand ...mmm.

What do you think about sending two to LiliS and one to Taisho, then getting sensitIV in the next round if they're looking shaky?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

Mm. Let's do that.

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

Alternatively, we could do two to LiliS and one to Taisho, then get sensitIV in the last round if they're looking rough...

What do you think?

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

[we_meet_again]

2 to LiliS
1 to Taisho Roman Revolution