ANGEL GAME 1: GROUP B

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[You enter the tent to find yourself in what appears to be a conference room in the sky. The walls and ceiling consist of a glass dome, outside of which a raging thunderstorm can be seen. If you approach the wall, you’ll find the room seems to be floating. Down below is a forest, but it’s raining so hard that it’s impossible to make out any details.

The inside of the room has only a large, circular table. In the center is open space, and around the outer edge are high-backed chairs. In front of each chair is a paper with a copy of the rules -- when everyone sits, the game will begin.

In Group B is: senna, jasmine, clover, & hazel.]

Comments

ROUND ONE

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[The floor in the center of the room lowers into darkness. When it comes back, it contains a cage, inside which a shadowy form writhes. The shadow shifts in shape, never quite settling on a form, but it’s roughly person-sized.

The voice from before chimes in, as if from an intercom.]

A town under your protection has experienced a rash of brutal deaths. You have captured a creature near the site of one such attack. It lashes out when approached, but does not kill any of your men. It could be the culprit, or it could simply have wandered in by accident.

Regardless, it is a monster, not a human. What will you do with it?

DISCUSSION

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[cawnflict]

[ ... oh boy.

well, first he's actually scanning to see who's all there—and seems content with the answer. ]

Do you think it's afraid?

[assassinatedassassin]

[Looks kind of fidgety in his chair over here, not immediately speaking up.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[hissoff]

[ ..... hmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm ]

Let's kill it and get this over with, hm?

Re: DISCUSSION

[fisherofmen]

[ watching everyone else, carefully ]

. . . Isn't it okay to let it go? Maybe we should watch it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[saddleclub]

[Why wouldn't we kill it and gain exp though.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonblooming]

[ kill it kill it kill it kill it ]

... Does it seem capable of performing the deaths we've seen? How did those people die?

[agoodnoe]

[ GOSH THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE. ]

Can we not simply ask it?

[howlsitgoin]

I'm not really comfortable killing someone without proof, but it is just a monster... Doesn't that make it dangerous by default?

Re: DISCUSSION

[unaffective]

... I believe - if at all possible, all life is possessed of some value. However it may be incapable of rising to its own defense, that it does not kill our men is notable, and it has been contained besides.

Would it not be best to let it live until such a time that we are certain of its guilt?

Re: DISCUSSION

[crimeson]

[well this is uh



new?]

If it specifically hasn't been killing us, it'd be pretty rude of us to assume it's killing other people.

[ghostfromthemachine]

... mm. You know, "monster" is pretty subjective, as far as labels go.

[voreaciously]

Do not kill it.

DECISION

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Re: DECISION

[dragonblooming]

[ just goes ahead and ignores everyone else to answer. this is what consensus means ]

The monster is to be imprisoned, pending further investigation into the rash of deaths and whether or not it is likely to be the culprit. Further judgements are dependent on the results of that investigation.

Re: DECISION

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[There’s a click, and the cage opens. With an unearthly wail, the shadow bursts forth, expanding into a gale of dark wind that blasts you in the face. It fades into nothing after a few moments. The cage sinks back into the floor.]

ROUND TWO

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[The floor rises again. This time, the cage contains a holographic image of a scruffy, middle-aged man. He’s sitting on the floor, sobbing.]

A young man has been killed in a mugging gone wrong. When apprehended, the suspect breaks down, telling you it was an accident. He only meant to steal, to feed his impoverished family.

You have reason to believe he is telling the truth, but the evidence doesn’t support his claim. The victim’s family is calling for a strict sentence. It’s certain that without an act of pardon, the man will be put to death.

You have the ability to grant this pardon. Will you?

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[crimeson]

Keep looking for evidence.

Re: DISCUSSION

[dragonblooming]

Why do we believe he's telling the truth if there's no evidence to support it?

DECISION

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ROUND THREE

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[The floor rises again. This time, there is no cage. There’s only a mirror, reflecting your own faces.]

Due to your execution of a rival force’s leader, your town is under attack. Those laying siege have made an oath: in exchange for the life of your commander, they will leave the town and return to their own lands. This group holds a strong belief in keeping oaths, and you believe they’re likely to follow through.

If you would give your life for your people’s, one of you must enter the mirror.

DISCUSSION

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DECISION

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