Team A
"Is there a way that I can contact you from the other side? If there is I'll go first."
I'm willing to go through first
"Conta- No! I-I mean I don't think so. The transportation circle on the other side will not work. Not without me or someone else there who can power it.""What if we cut off a piece of you?""What? No! I-I have to be alive! You have to keep me alive!""You can stay alive with a few fingers missing.""No! No. It won't work. You have to take me with you."
"Look, I can go through with you. Then when you see everything is fine I can go back and bring her to the other side as well. That would work, right?"Gah. This would be so much easier if you could just read her mind.
"Sure, sound goo...hey, wait a minute. How do AI know this won't steal my soul or destroy it or that this isn't the sacrifice you need for ultimate power or some junk? Or that when you say 'free' you mean soulless and obliterated from existence?"
Bit more talking. How am I doing on energy? Close to enough to transform, or stab this guy if he shows up?
Physically, you still feel a bit shitty, but you could try transforming. Might work.
"You do not know. But your blood, spilled willingly, is needed.
Your blood will flow into the circles. It will activate the magic.
You do not have to accept my offer. You can stay here."As if to punctuate his statement, a floating part of the building is obliterated with a fiery explosion, leaving behind an otherworldly light that feels unpleasant to look at.
"Bah. Do you think I care that it's impossible?"
Kosak lets out another laugh... then he charges the tin can man. Target: one of the tin can man's legs. Kosak selects a weak point on that targeted leg, then hits it repeatedly while dodging the tin can man's attacks. Soon it will fall.
: So be it! I will be your end! : he screams as he raises his tin can's remaining hand to strike you.
You can't really walk to approach the thing with the damage on your legs, so you resort to simply throwing your pole towards it.
He twists his hand to block the strike. The ball of plasma goes through the hand, through the tin can and through the wall behind it, leaving a giant hole of vaporized flesh and metal behind. The hollow tin can has no choice but to collapse.
"The only end you'll be is the end of my pole." is what you
could had replied if you still had a working mouth.
Unfortunately, you appear to be melting due to fire, so now is probably not the time for clever quips and witticisms. Or maybe it is, if you want to have some famous last words.
I really don't see how one could survive such serious burns, but you managed to remain conscious, so you get to have an action and a chance to do something.
Staging Area
Vomit.
"Ugh. Cleanup on table 3."<I can't understand why some people drink when they clearly can't hold their liqueur.>Okay... you're pretty sure your vomit is
not supposed to glow.
"Well. I'll get to the point. What, exactly, am I here for, and why am I here for it?"
"'What are you here for?' Oh, I understand what the misunderstanding is now. No, 'buddy', you're not here because of something you did. You're not here to be punished for anything. This isn't the afterlife or meddling aliens or the realm of angels. This is the devil's work. Who you are and what you did is mostly irrelevant. What matters is what you are and what you can give us."
"You have some special quality. Something one of us found good enough for the games. And that is why you are here. You're here because we want to have some fun. To watch you flail around, trying to compete in the challenges we create. And you'll stay here as long as we want to."I Sit in the lotus Position until something/Anything Happens.
Poke him.
Poke him? You hardly know him!
You spend several seconds hovering your finger close to him.
"Not touching! Not touching! You can't do anything to me if I'm not touching you! Nu uh, no touching! Woop woop woop! Here it comes! Here it comes! Getting closer! Hah, psych! Not tou- Oh. Whoops. Touched you."
I Sit in the lotus Position until something/Anything Happens.
Poke him.
Punch em in the face.
You crossed my line of death!Actually, this is kinda fun!
Shoot more bullets! Full Spray!
Duck.
"Quaaaaack."
Actually, this is kinda fun!
Shoot more bullets! Full Spray!
Engage peacekeeping mode. Summon a ballista. Fire it at him. Repeatedly.
The room seems to erupt into chaos for some reason. People poking other people with their fists, people shooting at people, people going around pretending they are ducks and the bartender throwing bottles at everyone. The fungi-band hangs a sign saying 'Don't shoot the pianist or other musicians, they are doing their best.' and switches to something
more fitting to the situation.
John blinked. Final? Huh.
"Okay, well let's start with the obvious question: what is the final challenge? What does it entail? What do I get for winning... or losing?"
: The final challenge is the final challenge a player will participate in. After it, the player is removed from the games. If the player succeeds, they are free to return to their home world. :
: Final challenges are awarded special privileges. The entity responsible for choosing one is bound by few rules when it comes to selecting its nature, its target, its environment and its objectives. Almost all targets are valid, although the worlds of entities not participating in the games are not valid targets. No other entity has to be informed. Special systems provide protection from detection and retaliation from the entities of those worlds, although on rare occasions some may chose to cheat and attempt to override those protections. :
: The player is completely isolated for their duration. That means that no help, equipment or instructions can be provided after the mission has started by the entity interfering with that world directly. Because of that, it is common for objectives covering many contingencies or a piece of equipment that can help with that problem to be provided. On rare cases an entity might chose to accompany the player with one of its avatars. :
: The lack of protection systems also means that death is permanent. :
: The final challenge will continue until the player has succeeded or failed. :
: The specific details of your challenge cannot be revealed at this time. Doing so could lead to dangerous information being released. And I have not yet decided the exact nature of the challenge. That will depend on my assessment and the options available at the time. : ((In OOC terms, once you've succeeded your final challenge, you get in the Hall of Fame and get to create a new character with some extra points, a New Game + if you will.
You can also get some extra, negotiable perks if you so wish. Want to control an entity of your own or an NPC? Want to alter something? Want to have a big question answered? If you want something more as a reward, it can be discussed, even if it sounds crazy.
This is not forced upon you. You are the one that chooses when to participate in the final challenge. Although when you have participated in enough missions, you will be forced to do so. Mostly to prevent really high level characters from dominating the game or making missions incredibly hard for newbies.))
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