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O FORTUNA | Hostage Trial

[you're ushered into a sitting room with your own team, away from everyone else. the door shuts and locks behind you.

straight ahead, sitting on the coffee table, is an indestructible clock with an indestructible starry globe... that seems to contain a small plastic figurine that looks exactly like Kometa—the one teammate missing from this room.

the outer lord's voice rings overhead:]

I've taken from you one of your teammates, and now I'd like to see how far you'd go to protect them.

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[encompassing the entirety of one wall is a large chart of the night sky's constellations, with several of the constellations and their names lit up—you instinctively understand that it's a touch-screen where you select one of the highlighted constellations to initiate the team's challenge for that round.

the constellations highlighted are as follows:]

★ Aquarius: "the waterbearer"
★ Boötes: "the herdsman"
★ Caelum: "the engraving tool"
★ Canes Venatici: "the hunting dogs"
★ Crater: "the cup"
★ Cassiopeia: "the seated queen"
★ Pyxis: "the compass"
★ Taurus: "the bull"

[comment to the R1/R2/R3 header below this toplevel with your choice; a new thread with the challenge, where you can play it out, will come up. when characters complete a challenge its constellation is no longer lit and can't be chosen again]

★ Caelum: "the engraving tool"

An engraving tool floating in the night sky, dotted with weak stars.

[You are given engraving tools—more simply, a series of chisels in different sizes and different ranges of sharpness.

You understand the instructions as follows:]

"You must use these tools in some manner to remove the eye of a teammate."

Edited 2021-05-08 00:39 (UTC)

★ Taurus: "the bull"

The goddess, Ishtar, sent this bull to kill Gilgamesh for his advances.

[You are provided with a branding iron and a container of molted heat.

You understand the instructions as follows:]

"You must heat this iron as hot as possible and brand one of your teammates with it."

[NOTE: the branding iron is star shaped.]

Edited 2021-05-08 02:01 (UTC)

★ Canes Venatici: "the hunting dogs"

These are Boötes' hunting dogs. Let's throw them a bone.

[You are provided with an axe, a chainsaw, and a bonesaw.

You understand the instructions as follows:]

"You must saw off someone's arm at the elbow, or someone's leg below the knee."

Edited 2021-05-08 02:34 (UTC)

[ have you ever seen a girl doing her best not to hyperventilate, becuase

now you have.

also she's gripping her axe tightly like she's about ten seconds away from caving someone's face in with it. ]

So, what? They won't even tell us what these challenges are until we choose one?

[ circling around the globe-clock, arms crossed like ah yes this shit again ]

So they expect us to choose our own fate? This should be interesting.

What? You can't use your imagination? It's obvious the constellations are hints.

[ why are u circling me like a shark please be kind ]

[ mostly because he can't pick up your ball and dramatically roll it back and forth on the table while discussing your fate ]

Obviously, but they're shitty hints. What the fuck is "the compass"?

Think about it! It could mean "changing your sense of direction". It could mean "changing your sense of purpose". Or perhaps it simply means "removing your ability to find your way"... in more ways than one.

...Cool. We're doing engraving.

[ waithuh ]

You're not putting it up for discussion, huh?

Do you have any other ideas? It's the most obvious one and it's not crippling or anything.

[ ... he can't argue about that but he sighs anyways, and waves a hand ]

If you must go for the least interesting one, fine. Something tells me our list isn't going to change though.

[ she crosses her arms and grunts, heading over to the console. ]

We're not here for interesting, unless you're volunteering to be the one to get fucked up for the sake of it. Otherwise, here's the plan: we figure out which ones are the safest options, and who has to get fucked up for the sake of a challenge is whoever's stupid star powers let them deal with it the best. Anything that doesn't actually impede someone doing anything like this engraving one, I'll take. Any arguments?

[ ;_; ]

★ Caelum: "the engraving tool"

[ oh that's not what she thought that'd be - ]

Lord fucking DAMN IT!

Edited 2021-05-08 00:41 (UTC)

Swine Before Pearls gives vou 200 coins for taking charge.

[ guess whose stupid star powers are totally useless for physical shit? ]

You're quite the little dictator, aren't you? And what happens if none of us can "deal with it"?

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