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LEO

[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.))

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It's a good strategy, but I doubt we'll be the only ones to think of it. We need to pick three names just in case, right? It shouldn't be all three from the same team.

[We did it last time.]

Because they might be the popular choice?

[ THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW ]

Yes. There's a good chance most people will pick at least one person from that team, so if we pick everyone from that team, we might have to waste further time picking another name later.

...true.

And one of them looked rather young. It'd be better not to get him.

Pisces is short people, too. Clouds?

No. Clouds is from Aather, as is Euphy. If we'll hit Pisces, it'll have to be Razzy or Sion.

Edited (JUST REMEMBERED HE NEVER MET SION) 2012-07-08 23:16 (UTC)

Razzy, then?

Sion is from Aather.

The only one not in Aather colors after the first round was a kid.

Edited 2012-07-08 23:20 (UTC)

... Leaving only people from Aather will work best for us for the next rounds. Even if it's a kid, we can't hesitate too much.

There are still plenty not from Aather. And it's a kid.

And our mouth is a newbie.

[ not going to insist because eating a kid doesn't sit all that well with him either ]

I know. I'm holding on the hope most other teams aren't going for newbies as well.

[I'm amoral, but death is one of the few I can't deal with well. Other factors does not make it easier.]

I was thinking more the mental stress factor on ours. At least an adult isn't quite as horrifying. The less guilt the meal will give, the better.

And he gets a bigger meal.

... Ah.

[glancing at Cassim]

You're right. I hadn't considered the guilt factor for him.

[I've been watching that kid, there's definitely crazy brewing in there and I'm not comfortable assuming it's ALL hunger.]

...it's easy to miss, with how he's been acting. But we do know his mind has been affected. It'll probably come crashing down when this is over.