Castle Game: future is now

[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 9. Outside, the citizens are nervous but no longer panicked. You can hear them, muttering to eachother:

It could be alright… couldn't it? Maybe…]

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!]

[justpure]

Danger round...?

[He glances at his unitmates.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Excuse Intensity while he is having a very rare moral dilemma as he is looking at the current scores]

[resonantblue]

Intensity.

[a very Purposeful Look]

I know what I want to do. Do you?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I don't think we're thinking the same thing, but go ahead.

[resonantblue]

Oh.




Silence wants to donate material to pep!pep!.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

...What are you thinking?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Snaps his smug face back on]

Nothing that you'd like.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I could tell that by the look on your face. When we're this close, you're going to risk our victory by giving our materials away?

[asonoficeandfire]

Did pep!pep! give away all their points?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

They have to be trying to lose.

I warned them about Lilith once. Not our problem if they can't fucking listen.

[asonoficeandfire]

What do you want to do?

[nohalation]

Are you okay?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Feelings are bad.

F E E L I N G S are bad.]




Of course.

[nohalation]

...

[tiptoes tiptoes and headpat headpat]

Re: DISCUSSION

[resonantblue]

What is happening to pep!pep!...

[justpure]

That's... What I would like to know...

We only need one more bundle to win, but...

[resonantblue]

...no matter how much we give them, it will not help. They keep giving it away.

Pointless...

[justpure]

...

[He simply shakes his head.]

At least we're in second place. Even if we don't win the top prize, we'll come out of this with minimal damages.

Re: DISCUSSION

[asonoficeandfire]

Danger round?

[also Taisho what...]

Re: DISCUSSION

[resonantblue]

[same feel]

The round before we are attacked. Is it just me, or... is this an expected turn of events?

Re: DISCUSSION

[asonoficeandfire]

It is.

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.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Gift 2 to Heart Soldier Senshi