Day 86: Kyriakos Traumaprom with Tora

[glorious]

[Well this is going to be fun.]

Comments

DISCUSSION

[glorious]

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[It sure is! Tora, predictably, starts trying to cast Artes on the walls--]

O twisted door, open wide! Negative Gate!

[NOTHING]

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

[allows her to do so, then sighs heavily when it doesn't work]

It seems we'll have to play their game to get out.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[SHE KEEPS TRYING--]

I'm not playing! I hate this game! I hate them!

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

They'll likely kill you if you don't participate.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

Then I'll kill them, too! I'll kill all of them!

[this is like a psychotic tantrum]

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

[...moves to put a hand on her head]

We will kill them. We just need to survive this game and act afterwards.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[she starts to calm down, but it's not immediate]

I hate them, I hate them!

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

[focusing on gently stroking her hair for now]

I hate them too. We'll put a stop to them somehow.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[settling down, though she's still upset]

Commandant...

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

Tora...

What do you want to do? Try and play to survive, or not bother with it?

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

Commandant... [There's a pause, like she's waiting for his orders, but:]

I don't want us... I don't want us to die. I want to protect you...

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

Then we'll think of something to offer them. Something of worth.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

What...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

...I can offer my sword. It came with me when I arrived, so it must be something of value.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

Mmm... I don't have my doll. I don't know what to offer.

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

We'll think of something. What things do you have?

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

I hunt...

[that's really it though]

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

...Perhaps you could offer to hunt for her for a set period of time and bring her the prey you take down. You could even bring it to her alive and kill it in front of her, if she wants to watch something die that much.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fightorflight]

[She really isn't sure, but she's very inclined to listen to him]

And we won't die?

Re: DISCUSSION

[glorious]

...I can't guarantee that, but I imagine it should help. We just need to offer something better than half of what everyone else is offering.

DECISION

[glorious]

Re: DECISION

[glorious]

To you Echoes running this farce of a game, I offer you two things.

The first offer I have is the sword that arrived with me when I returned to existence in this place. It has stayed in my position since I came to wield it back home. It may be only a blade, but it is my blade; and should you allow us to live it will then become yours.

The second offer is our feeling of hatred. As you need this hatred to sustain yourself with, it seems best to give the emotion to you like this directly. Between both myself and Tora, we have a great deal of hatred to offer you. I hope that the hatred we have for you in particular is especially...appetizing.

However, you can only have these things should you allow us to survive. You won't receive anything from our corpses after all, so you should take great care when deciding who lives and who dies in this game.

[ooc: For Van, the sword is 9 as it is very important to him, but the hatred is closer to a 5 and is more to sweeten the deal on his end.]

[fightorflight]

I'm the sacrifice. [IF THEIR SWEET DEAL IS NOT ENOUGH] But I'll give up all of my hatred... All of it! I'll give it to you!

[AND JUST KILL YOU IN COLD BLOOD INSTEAD]

[But difficult for Tora is like 8-9 (8.5 let's round it) for her hatred alone!]

RESULTS

[infiniteregress]

[Congratulations! Your offering was ACCEPTED.]

[The words “Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.” appear on the ground before you in glowing green, bursting into a magic circle which engulfs you both in light. Whatever you chose to sacrifice is gone (unless you stipulated that you would do it yourself, in which case the necessary implements will appear before you), and if it was a body part the circle isn’t kind enough to make it painless, even if it does make sure you don’t bleed out.]

[Once it’s done, a glowing portal appears before you, letting you finally leave the book.]