FOUL TOXINS

[lovestained]

Who: Everyone!
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 498

[ Welcome to the Game Tower! On the screen is The Red Sea Witch, who does a curtsy before speaking to the audience: ]

Gyahaha, hello! ✩ Today's show is a game long-time viewers might recognize! The rules are simple: poison others and don't get poisoned! Have fun~✩


RULES | ROOMS | EFFECTS | ENDGAME + WINNERS

Comments

Re: ENDGAME

[at_heart]

[ About that though, ]

I mean, I can let her take the edge off. LiliS is hard to kill.

Re: ENDGAME

[glidinglight]

Are you nuts? How do you think she's going to feel when she's back in her right mind and remembers she doesn't want to use her sword to solve all of her relationship problems?

Re: ENDGAME

[at_heart]

[ .................................which part to say first. ]

I mean. Swords are a pretty regular thing for us, really.

Re: ENDGAME

[glidinglight]

This is a little different, don't you think!?

Re: ENDGAME

[at_heart]

[ ...Yeah, he knows that. Again the brittle amusement seeps out of him. He looks away. ]

—I don't want her to hurt someone else because she couldn't get to me.

Re: ENDGAME

[glidinglight]

[ well, that.... is actually a fairly valid point. The odds that someone will suffer for it no matter what is non-zero. ]

This sucks.

1/

[at_heart]

Not my favorite after-game party.

[ Beat. ]

I really think letting her get some of her anger out's our best option. And I promise I can handle it. Once this wears off, I'll — try to make sure she knows it was okay. And I'll apologize.

[ Because he will very much still owe her one. ]

Re: ENDGAME

[at_heart]

...I was so sure you'd send out poison, too. Knew it might not count if you had enough antidote to cover, but — I thought, best case scenario, we both get a win. Cured after the game. Worst case scenario, pep could fix us. I didn't think—

[ Cuts himself off. Heavily: ]

Not like that makes it any better.

Re: ENDGAME

[glidinglight]

We were tempted to--some of us, anyway. I'm not a fan of getting poisoned, and Reed's brand new, so I didn't want him to have to be more scared than he already was. Aliza insisted, though. Said it would be terrible if someone she loved got a bottle of poison from her and that she wasn't sure she could take it if we did. We didn't exactly want to poison anyone either, so in the end the better choice to make for us was to try to look after her.

I know you said you're going to apologize already, but--you'd better make it a good one.

Re: ENDGAME

[at_heart]

[




someone she what now ]

—I'll try.

Re: ENDGAME

[glidinglight]

[ that's right you absolute walnut, someone she loves. ]

Are you really sure you're going to be able to deal with this? Do you have a backup plan if things get ugly?

Re: ENDGAME

[at_heart]

[ look ]

I'm sure. Our powers are great for playing defense. If I have to, I can always — contain her.

[glidinglight]

Contain her?

[ eyes brows raise ]

You mean like trap her in a box or a cage or something?

[at_heart]

...Only if I have to.

[glidinglight]

She'd probably like it better than hurting anyone.

[at_heart]

[ He just... wants to compromise a little. Between what will make her miserable right now and what will make her miserable when this wears off. ]

We can make this cottage. It's... indestructible.

[glidinglight]

That could work. What are its limitations?

[at_heart]

[ Tiniest reflexive hesitation, but: ]

Well, I need enough space to cast it, so I can't do it in here unless we clear a big patch of floor, and it'll come down in a day.

[glidinglight]

So probably somewhere else is best.

[ there are still people lingering after all. ]

How much space?

[at_heart]

About three meters square.

[ It's also cute inside but he's not gonna bring that part up if he can help it. There's patterns and throw pillows and stuff. ]

[glidinglight]

That shouldn't be too hard. We'll just need to get her someplace away from people.

[ Especially with Lupine being such excellent bait. ]

You think you can put it up in time before she does you serious damage?

[at_heart]

Heh. If there's one thing I'm not worried about, it's that.

[ Punctuates that sentence with Juniper Tree. Magic bark armor all over, it's what's for dinner neat. ]

[glidinglight]

[ Impressive, but ]

Is it invincible? Because I don't think armor's going to be enough to stop her, not with the state she's in.

[at_heart]

More or less.

[ Beat. ]

It's got a weakness she knows, but I can also dodge. I just need to get her outside.

[glidinglight]

Outside? Why outside?