GAME 10 - SAGE

[teamposts]

[You are ushered into a small cave. Once you're there, bars drop down in front of the entrance. You can't see any of the other teams, but you can still speak to Dragon.]

Comments

[havesomedecency]

So you'd be fine with bearing the burden of the team that dies in our place?

[lackspresence]

In a place where we can't afford to look after the well being of other teams, it's not something that we have much of a choice in.

Besides, it's not that we are sending those people to their deaths; whether we win or lose doesn't have any bearing on them. If a team dies, it will be because they performed poorly. Sabotaging ourselves will not save them, Elliot-san. As much as it brings a bad taste to my mouth to be speaking like this, I would prefer we live over another team, and surely, other teams feel the same way.

[havesomedecency]

And if we play to win but die regardless you're fine with putting your own life at the whims of this damn beast?

[lackspresence]

If I play to win and end up losing, it's because I didn't play well enough, and whether I am fine with that or not is meaningless; it'll happen anyway.

Which is why I would rather play to win, rather than giving myself up to such a fate. Winning the only way to survive in this game, and I want to go home alive.

[virgitarian]

Just so you know, your milk has been stolen and replaced.

Also, another team has generously gifted you with sugar.

[lackspresence]

[ ....

HOW DO WE MAKE HOT COCOA WITHOUT MILK ]

[virgitarian]

That look is unnecessary. The milk was stolen, but soon afterward it was replaced by milk from another team.

[lackspresence]

.. -- Ah.

It's possible to give items to other teams, then?

[virgitarian]

Not by you. This team is unable to give or take from others.

[lackspresence]

.. Ah... [ he's kind of relieved but kind of ??? ]

Why is that?

[virgitarian]

Because I have declared it so.

You have lost your extra sugar, but you still have an adequate amount of sugar to get the job done.

[lackspresence]

Ah, I see.

Alright then, Dragon-san. It's the same amount as the beginning of the game, so this is better.

[havesomedecency]

This isn't just about playing a damn game well enough, you're betting your life against someone else's in a competition where you don't even know the rules!

[lackspresence]

Then what would you have us do, Elliot-san?

[havesomedecency]

Tch—it looks like we don't have a damn choice after all.

[lackspresence]

[ just kind of stares at you. ]

[havesomedecency]

Do whatever the hell you like!

[lackspresence]

Elliot-san is a good person. [ pats ]

[havesomedecency]

[slaps his hand away]

Don't touch me.

[lackspresence]

[ oh no are you mad ): ]

Then, I'll be talking to Aster-san and Shirayuki-san about the instructions.

[havesomedecency]

Tch—[stalking over to the bars at the entrance]