Kyr - Day 85 Nyssa/Akasha game

[murimurimuri]

[This is a very high-pitched noise made as Kong realizes he is in the room with a dragon]

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[letstalk]

W-wah! Who are you?!

[ AM I BEING KIDNAPPED AGAIN ]

[murimurimuri]

[WHY CAN IT TALK WHY DO SO MANY THINGS TALK]

M-me? I'm not anybody! Or rather, I don't actually know who I am...

[letstalk]

You didn't get a name yet?

[murimurimuri]

I... yeah. It's Kong.

[letstalk]

I'm Sunstone!

[murimurimuri]

It's...

[okay Kong calm down he sounds like a kid and he isn't trying to eat you (yet), deep breaths]

Sorry I had to meet you like this.

[letstalk]

It's okay! I'm sure everything will be just fine! It'll be just fine!

[ I have not yet fully grasped the gravity of this situation ]

[murimurimuri]

How is it going to be fine? One of us is supposed to...

[letstalk]

[ STARING BLANKLY ]

[murimurimuri]

...die. We're supposed to be choosing who dies.

[letstalk]

W-WAAAAAAAAAH?! That's not a fun game! That's not a fun game at all!

[murimurimuri]

Everybody warned me that the games would be bad, but still...

DECISION

[letstalk]

Mikhail is dying, giving up his memory of trying to find food for Zero to cure her sickness.

Mikhail's Rating - 7/10
Kong's Rating - 2/10

FAILURE

[cardless]

[Your offering was REJECTED.]

[Words appear on the ground before you in glowing green. “Your sacrifice(s) are to die, by quill or by ink. Make your final peace, then meet your fate.”]



[Of course, if you wait for longer than fifteen minutes, the matter will be taken out of your hands. The oddly metallic pattern of roses on the wall, with their unnervingly long thorns, peel off the paper and lash out — they snake themselves around the doomed sacrifice and squeeze, ever so gently and ever so slowly. It’s a long death by exsanguination for you poor lost soul, as the thorns stab deep, like so many tiny knives.

Not to worry, though! They will only hurt the sacrifice, even if the other partner tries to attack them or pull them off. The thorns won’t so much as cut the skin.]

Re: FAILURE

[letstalk]

...Oh. I guess it wasn't enough...

Re: FAILURE

[murimurimuri]

I wonder if they ever even meant it to begin with...

Re: FAILURE

[letstalk]

It's fine. It'll be fine. I'll come right back, right?

Re: FAILURE

[murimurimuri]

...

You will. I know you will. You're so much braver than I am, so don't be scared now.

Re: FAILURE

[letstalk]

Hehe...I don't really think I'm brave at all. I'm scared. I'm really scared! But I'll try to be brave for you.

Re: FAILURE

[murimurimuri]

Bravery means standing up to your fears. You can't be brave unless you're scared to begin with. It probably doesn't mean much coming from a coward like me, but I think that must be the difference between a hero and a regular person.

Re: FAILURE

[letstalk]

Oh, I get it. I get it!

...I wish this would happen sooner, though.

Re: FAILURE

[murimurimuri]

The echoes really are cruel.

[hesitates for a moment, and then goes over to pat him on the head]

Re: FAILURE

[letstalk]

[ lowering head for pats '^' ]

Well...I won't be scared. If they want me to be scared, then I won't be!

Re: FAILURE

[murimurimuri]

[pets idly]

That's it. You're better than they are.

Re: FAILURE

[letstalk]

Hehe...I'm glad...