Castle Game: Heart Soldier Senshi

[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

[mapsio]

[ Are. WE????? in danger.

yeah. ]

What do we doooo....

[ PEP IS AT ZERO, AND. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Yeah. ]

Stealing three is our only shot.

[ He's not counting on any gifts, since, y'know

But also, pep!pep!.... ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[mapsio]

People would be stealing this round from the bigger units, and...possibly the bigger unit could steal from the smaller. If we still wanted to attempt getting Pep Pep above zero....

[ THIS IS A STRETCH. ]

Then we give two to them, and keep one for us.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

We could give them three, honestly. The larger points units probably will steal amongst each other--or target Pep!Pep! again, considering we've held steady. Sometime might also give us a pack since we're one of the smaller ones.

But either way, we're probably not looking at being able to climb out of the hole we're in to greater safety--but we could potentially get Pep!Pep! out of theirs.

Re: DISCUSSION

[mapsio]

[ ...you know what, nodding. ]

I'm okay with that. It's a tough decision. But not doing anything...will make it harder.

[ HARDER TO...accept, that is. That they didn't try. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

It likely won't be pleasant. ... However, as long as we're not in the lowest bracket, we should be okay. And for King....

Re: DISCUSSION

[mapsio]

I don't think we will end up in the lowest bracket, I think with some luck....we might come out okay.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

...and it's worth the gamble, if we can keep everyone from that last one.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Honestly just looking

very grateful to Hiryuu right now ]

You already know this is how I would prefer to play this.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

I know.

[ reaches out and pats his hand ]

Let's see what we can do.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

[ ... He turns his hand to catch hers, holding onto it. ]

Thank you.

Re: DISCUSSION

[inspiteful]

[ This is the face of someone who is in a deep struggle between 'being the reasonable, mature adult' and 'wanting to fucking scream' and 'what if, I just be selfish this time'. ]

No.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Oh dear. ]

... The odds that we're going to die are high, Eclipse. No one is helping Pep!Pep! enough to save them since they're giving away all of theirs. ... Wouldn't it be better if we all escaped the very worst possible outcome...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[inspiteful]

Don't tell me pep pep has been giving away what they have without knowing they're going to suffer consequences for it. They can't control people stealing from them but they can control how much they're giving. If they were aiming to survive they wouldn't be giving it all away.

I'd rather fucking steal, and I don't care if we give one or two, but if we give it all away then we're not even fucking trying any more! How the hell am I supposed to trust any of you when I'm right here and all of you don't even try!

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Since this just shot straight into FuckYouville -- ]

Just because they're playing to protect their friends and not themselves doesn't mean we should consign them to the worst possible punishment when there's something we could do about it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[mapsio]

I have a compromise.


I know you don't want us to fail either, and I haven't forgotten the conversation we all had. So...what if we keep one bundle for ourselves, and two to Pep Pep? If we could....at
least get them out of the lowest tier.

[ fret fret fret. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[inspiteful]

[ Give him a second he needs to like. Breathe.

It turns out being angry is tiring? ]

...Like...Like I said, I'd be fine with giving one or two. I just...I just don't want to give it all away.

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Yyyeah, he was expecting this.]

...you vetoing?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

[ WHAT IF WE GAVE THEM ALL THREE-- ]

...

Are you really alright with that?

[ There's no way they're winning with this strategy. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean. I am, long's there's no vetoes.

If we can keep everyone out of that bottom tier...

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

If we do nothing to help Pep!Pep! they certainly won't make it.

[ s. sorry to be blunt like that when it's your boyfriend but like. SHE NEEDS TO BE SURE ]

Are you really okay with that?

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

Not even remotely.

[ SORRY TO ALSO BE BLUNT!!!! ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Don't be sorry. ]

Then please be honest with yourself and don't suggest stealing.

Re: DISCUSSION

[puzzlekeeper]

... Playing hard enough to preserve our lives is the agreement we made before.

Obviously my personal feelings are different.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonheartedgirl]

Even if we stole all three, it's obvious at least someone has been stealing from us a little along the way--we've held steady at four when we ought to have seven by now. It's theoretically possible that we could steal all three from someone and still lose enough not to make it to the next tier.