Lilac

[teamposts]

[While your team tries to figure out what just happened (or waits for something to happen if they were already inside), great ghostly wolves form themselves out of the shadows and mist of the deeper forest. They set themselves down at the edge of the clearing your cabin is in, watching with hungry, predatory looks. These are no simple wolves either: they're huge creatures the size of a large pony.

The presence returns again, curious as ever. It pulls your attention to the wolves outside, as if it wasn't there already. Curious, curious, what will you do with them? There's a sudden, very distinct knowledge that they will attack. They will fight to get into the cabin unless you send them elsewhere. Of course . . . you could simply allow them to struggle against the defenses you've built up, but is it enough to hold them off? It doesn't seem impossible that they might break through . . . Will it be enough to hold off any other beasts sent to your team? If you start to wonder about what they'll do if they get in, an uneasy, heavy feeling of dread floods the area from the mysterious presence; it doesn't seem like it will be anything good.

What will you do?]

Comments

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[acemagician]

I don't think the paintings are very good at warnings. . .

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[aceassistant]

Maybe if we get them some signs, they'll use them . . .

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[acemagician]

Or some whistles, so they can at least make noise beforehand.

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[aceassistant]

Or maybe they could not run these sort of things at all . . .

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[acemagician]

But then how would they award us our memories, and how would we change the thing we came here to change?

[huffs]

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[aceassistant]

Whatever it was, it must have been really important.

[nods]

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[acemagician]

I. . . I hope so.

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[aceassistant]

What are we going to do . . .

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[acemagician]

[glances around their (sadly) fortified cabin :(a]

I don't think my blockades are good enough to keep the wolves away. . .

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[aceassistant]

We're going to have to pick again, aren't we . . .

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[acemagician]

[I hate this, I hate this. . .]

. . . we have three choices. We can pick the two teams that I think have the best defenses. But those two teams are Fawn and Celeste, and. . . um, we picked them last time.

We can pick two teams we don't really know anyone on.

Or. . . we can risk it.

1/3

[aceassistant]

I--I can't let you get hurt, Bella! Absolutely not!

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[aceassistant]

And everyone's wishes are important right . . . ? Even though I don't want to hurt anyone either.

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[aceassistant]

Maybe our best chances are to pick Fawn and Celeste then . . .

But Celeste is kind of popular, aren't they . . .

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[acemagician]

I don't really want to pick Celeste again.

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[aceassistant]

But who else could we pick . . .

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[acemagician]

. . . Cardinal. Or Byzantium.

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[aceassistant]

Are their defenses strong?

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[acemagician]

Cardinal's looked strong. They closed up all the holes in their cabin. I don't know about Byzantium's. . . I didn't get very close.

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[aceassistant]

Then we should maybe pick Cardinal . . .

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[acemagician]

Cardinal. . . okay. And who else?

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[aceassistant]

. . . do you think we should pick Fawn?

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[acemagician]

. . .

I don't really want to pick Fawn, either.

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[aceassistant]

[,_,]

But who else can we pick? Should we just pick one? Did someone else have good defenses?

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[acemagician]

[shakes her head]

I don't want to pick any of the other teams. So. . .

Byzantium.