starmods | PATHETIQUE

[Your team stands in a solid glass rocket-looking elevator, which lunges upwards at the speed of sound before stopping to suspend you in the colorful galactic sky usually lingering above. you can see the rocket-elevators of the other teams around you. the Outer Lord's deep voice comes in on a a scratchy intercom.]

I believe I once read on the internet that the greatest fear associated with elevators is plunging to the lowest floor. That is and isn't the case for you today. This elevator will raise you to the starry heavens that I adore nearly as much as the palace.

—but you don't want that. The higher you go, the less oxygen you have. These elevators aren't sealed as tightly as they ought to be, so you will lose oxygen—which you need to live, in case you were not aware.

However, should nobody reach the top, I will simply plummet the teams that are quite low back down to the planet. Don't worry, my palace will survive.

To summarize my point, you want to keep your elevator as low as possible and other elevators as high as possible to live past this trial.

[★ Every round teams can choose to raise any team 3 levels, including their own team.
★ Every round teams can choose to lower any team 1 level, excluding their own team.

IT'S OPPOSITE OF USUAL ELEVATOR GAME! No matter what, two teams must suffer.

higher = bad! unless you hover below the top long enough for teams at the bottom to plummet, then yay!
lower = good! unless you reach round 5 with 0 teams at the top, then oh no!]

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YOU ARE CURRENTLY AT ZONE 5. The air is breathable and tolerable.

THE TRIAL ENDS AFTER TWO TEAMS REACH ZONE 15 OR FIVE ROUNDS. If 0 teams reach Zone 15 by the fifth round, the two lowest teams are instead plummeted to their death. If only 1 team reaches Zone 15, only the lowest team will be plummeted.

Raise Fortuna by 3.

Lower Ode to Joy by 1.

So... math?

Antu what do we do?

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[CANT I JUST STAB SOMEONE INSTEAD OF THIS STUFF THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND?????]

[sigh]

Simply put, who do we want to kill to save ourselves?

Anyone is fine.

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[ o thank god it's Jae. ]

Who's most likely to also get targeted by another team?

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Outer Lord. A question. Once a team hits Zone 15, they'll be too dead to vote, correct?

Correct, Jae. They will be distracted.

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YOU ARE CURRENTLY AT ZONE 11. You feel winded already, and disoriented. Focusing will be difficult.

THE TRIAL ENDS AFTER TWO TEAMS REACH ZONE 15 OR FIVE ROUNDS. If 0 teams reach Zone 15 by the fifth round, the two lowest teams are instead plummeted to their death. If only 1 team reaches Zone 15, only the lowest team will be plummeted.

A hologram appears, depicting everyone's location and the log of previous choices after round 1.

[oh huh

sitting]

Same thing again?

[counts on his fingers

looks at the hologram

counts on his fingers

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

Oh we're going to die.

[hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

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[tries not to look hurt since really it's exactly as expected]

I'll be right back. Plan to run the same play again but hold off on it as long as you can.

[sitting down on the floor of the elevator with his legs crossed and then will immediately pass out. feel free to draw dicks on his face]

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Hey everyone you should share this I'm going to blow myself up so I can heal after I die.

[holds out a water bottle

its an Elixir of Flame now]

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[ok once he gets EVERYONE TO DRINK THE ELIXIR and the elevator starts to rise HE GONNA SELF DESTRUCT

oh god he forgot he can feel pain OH HE FORGOT THAT OH THIS SUCKS]

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YOU ARE CURRENTLY PAST ZONE 15. There's nothing left for you at this altitude. First your head will feel light. Then, your last breaths won't be enough to fill your lungs, leaving you to gasp and pant for nothing. You will have mere moments before you suffocate to death.

[BING BONG~ ♫]

"The trial has ended. Your bodies will be delivered back to the palace in approximately five minutes."

Before you die the hologram appears, once again depicting everyone's current location and the log of the last choices.

[once the air starts to go he also pushes himself into a corner of the elevator and also explodes into flame and ash bye guys]

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