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

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

[wonderlandgirl]

But our friends... the other units. They have to matter more, don't they?

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

Than some holograms? Of course.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

They just want us to change our minds.

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

They just want us to be unsettled the whole time. It's head games.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

Do you think we could tell them we don't need the help?

[Wednesday giggles.

[It's slightly hysterical.

[It goes on for a little too long.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

[ Grabs shoulders firmly but not roughly ]

Hey, hey, calm down. Forget them. Just focus on what we're trying to do. Keep our friends safe.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

I'm scared, Sunshine...!

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

[ Shifts to take both bands ]

I know. Nothing's wrong with that. But these assholes don't deserve your fear, not when this is your choice.

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

[wonderlandgirl]

[Sorry, Yugi.

[Wednesday snatches for his hand.]

We'd never make the ground up now, anyway.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

[ he squeezes her hand. ]

I know this is probably stupid, given the current state of things, but I... kind of feel pretty okay. I'm happy to be... helping... [ just going to stare at the stupid table. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

Mm. I... I can cope with this, Yugi-kun. I mean, afterwards. I'm going to be okay.

[Eventually.

[Eventually. It's going to be okay.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

No matter what happens we all have each other.

A- And even if it's a bit difficult afterward we're strong, all of us, and we'll get through it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

[She nods. Squeezes his hand.]

It's time we did that, too. It's all we can do, isn't it?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

[ he squeezes her hand right back. ]

I know that these sorts of games don't really ever have a "winner", but, yeah, if we can keep some other from getting hurt, [ or dying. ] then it's time we did that.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

I hope LiLiS will be okay. They always get hurt badly in these games. I hope they just keep everything, and look after themselves.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

Me too. Like FiN I didn't want to have to hurt them in the last game, but... [ hss takes priority. ] But I definitely think our gift will help, especially if they decide to play a bit tougher this round.