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

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[thankyouverymooch]

What are you trying to say, exactly?

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[shednotearsformagic]

I'm saying that if they are selected by another team, I'll be able to calm down by the next round.

I just can't take choosing them myself.

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[thankyouverymooch]

Coral is a team I want to protect. "Aquarius" isn't.

[doesn't bother clarifying]

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[shednotearsformagic]

[Ah, there it is.]

...I'm fine with that too.

It's only been a short time and those other two weren't kids. It shouldn't be too damaging.

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[thankyouverymooch]

That's unless either of them are the hearts. We can't ask directly, but we need to find a way to make sure.

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[shednotearsformagic]

...I have a reason to drap on Kit and Cub. Shark tensed up before. [Like Cassim.] So he is probably a mouth. I can see if either of them do it.

If one of them is also a mouth, they're probably not the heart. We can act friendly to the other two and see if they react? We can pull off touchy people. [Since we kind of are.]

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[thankyouverymooch]

[thinking for a moment]

Can I leave the task to you?

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[shednotearsformagic]

I can do it. [What is personal space.]

We should also observe what's left of the other teams. How the loss of a heart affects them.

[Kunzite thinking, winning doesn't matter if you keep down the trauma. And who even knows what they're winning ANYWAY.]

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[thankyouverymooch]

[nodding]

Good thinking.

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[shednotearsformagic]

If it's not terrible, then it may be worth risking the heart anyway. We might not even get a prize worth all this trouble.

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[thankyouverymooch]

I'd rather not put too much hopes on "if it's not terrible".

Re: [ROUND 2 DISCUSSION]

[shednotearsformagic]

There's some things that are workable, some things that aren't. It may be the only incentive to not lose deliberately is to avoid that punishment.