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 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 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]

[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!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

Mmmmmmmm.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

Cobalt?

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

Bad End and Heart Soldier aren't looking so good....

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

And I'm sure people will steal from them... [ still. bitter. about. the trial. ] We need to help them both.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

... we don't have to worry about Sensitiv, Cobalt-san. It's okay.

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

[staring at the results, hands sweating]

Are you sure?

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

I'm sure.

[She swallows.]

I'm absolutely sure.</i?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

[ he's just going to stare at the results. hss. hss. ] Most teams are doing well, ... [ but hss! and bad end... g- guys. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh no. Yugi-kun... what if everyone tries to help us, and not them?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

I am so sick of people holding a grudge. [ sucks in a sharp breath. ] Bad End and HSS don't deserve this!

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

It... is this about the trial again? But it wasn't their fault...!

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

[ Pacing now and looking very much like a tense cat ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

...Hey.

What do you want to do?

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

[ Looking away from Cobalt and trying to think... ]

... Units who play hard are going to target teams most likely to be gifted. That's us, maybe, the punks or the heroes. That means they get whatever is shared.

Re: DISCUSSION

[we_meet_again]

Doesn't that just mean we should share more to compensate?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

Sunshine..?

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

.,. it's one thing to protect others, it's another to willingly kill yourselves. They're going to steal. They want that 10.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlers]

To keep some of the other higher units from winning they might very well all start stealing from each other. It's going to be a photo finish...

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

We can't do it again, Sunshine-san. We can't do it again!

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

I don't think they're going to let us help Bad End or Heart Soldier at this point. They're going to take it all.

Re: DISCUSSION

[wonderlandgirl]

But... even if they do...

At least we'll know we didn't.

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.]

Re: DECISION

[we_meet_again]

1 for Bad End
2 for HSS