LEO

[fluffydoom]

[You are in a generously sized room divided into two unequal sections. The largest half is all stone, albiet lavishly decorated with tapestries in your team color. All of them depict a lion gorged lion sprawling on a heap of mangled bodies. The floor is plain in comparison, save for your team's zodiac symbol—perhaps measuring 6 foot by 6 foot—gouged deep and smooth into the stone.

The smaller section is blocked off by a solid wall of what looks like thick, strong glass. There are no visible entrances.

Embedded into one of the walls is a large screen showing this information.]

((Handy diagram.))

Comments

HEART

[fluffydoom]

Re: HEART

[thankyouverymooch]

[I guess I shall be chilling in here]

DECISION

[fluffydoom]

((Make a seperate reply to this comment every round, even if you're choosing to abstain.))

Re: DECISION

[brightblinded]

Cornelius on Virgo.

let's pretend this was always here

[brightblinded]

Ellery on Virgo.

Re: DECISION

[brightblinded]

Autumn on Taurus.

MINGLE

[fluffydoom]

Re: MINGLE

[brightblinded]

That Dragonfly guy's going to have a fit about these decorations.

Re: MINGLE

[lemonades]

[examining the screen]

Awfully strange menu . . .

Re: MINGLE

[shednotearsformagic]

[Eying these decorations, looking just kind of wary about this set up.]

INSTRUCTIONS

[aequivocus]

[when your gracious, disembodied voice of a host speaks up, she sounds a whole lot less spacey than she did before.]

Choose for yourselves the Heart of your team. Should you decline, I will choose for you… Just as I have chosen your two Mouths. Once chosen, the Heart will be protected. Forbid yourselves, as I have forbidden you, from revealing your identities to your prey.

You will, every round, have a choice…: On whom will your Mouths feast? Choose one—and perhaps a second, and a third. Just in case… Some items on the menu are popular~, you know? When you've decided, tell me, but if you have too much trouble, I may~ help.

But, mm, you should be careful: should you eat their Heart, their life will be yours; but should you try to eat a Mouth…

[there is a pause, and you can hear the smile] Beware the rules of this feast. Self-sacrifice, cheating, and rule-bending will be punished severely, with permanent~ consequences~, for yourselves, those you cherish, others…

[The itch you've felt since you entered the Dome deepens to a burn, slowly, as a brand—your team symbol once more—surfaces somewhere on your body. With it comes a light but nagging hunger; and for two of you, it just keeps getting worse. You're ravenous. Starving. Why is there no food? You need food, oh god—]

You have until the timers run out.

((OOC: You have a maximum 40 minutes to choose your Heart. Exceed this time limit, and the NPC will choose for you. As soon as they've been picked, hearts disappear and reappear here.
- Both counters go down at the same time.
- Attempts to break down the walls—including the glass one—or the door will not work. Characters may end up with broken hands if they're really determined.
- Once you've chosen your dinner, comment to the decision header.
- Bear with me '-'b))

Re: INSTRUCTIONS

[brightblinded]

... Hahh... Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha--

Re: INSTRUCTIONS

[thankyouverymooch]

[oh my god]

—You're kidding.

Re: INSTRUCTIONS

[lemonades]

[WHAT IN THE BLAZES]

What kind of experiment is this?!

Re: INSTRUCTIONS

[tocatchafallingapple]

--damnit!

Re: INSTRUCTIONS

[shednotearsformagic]

[Oh...oh, THESE instructions.]

[Expression has just...shut down, really only the gritting of teeth being obvious.]

Re: INSTRUCTIONS

[potato_lacrimosa]

[ THE POTATO AWAKENS ]

—What happened? How long was I out?

Re: INSTRUCTIONS

[aequivocus]

[AND THEN YOUR SPUD VANISHED]

[ROUND 1 OMNOM]

[aequivocus]

[Annnnd here's your dinner!]

Re: [ROUND 1 OMNOM]

[brightblinded]

[ welp

drops down on all fours and TURNS INTO A DRAGON :U ]

[ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[aequivocus]

[Poor Mouths, aren't you starving…? The hunger gnaws at you more voraciously than ever.]

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[thankyouverymooch]

[ I guess I am in my little heart room again ]

Let's make it fast. We should aim to take out as many people that aren't from Aather as soon as possible. People from Sabra might be risky, so newbies would be the better choice.

[ROUND 2 OMNOM]

[aequivocus]

[Your dinner is served!]

Re: [ROUND 2 OMNOM]

[brightblinded]

[ my stomach is ready ]

[ROUND 3 DISCUSSION]

[aequivocus]

Re: [ROUND 3 DISCUSSION]

[brightblinded]

When did the old man die?

[ROUND 3 OMNOM]

[aequivocus]

[DINNERTIME]