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[STAYIN' QUIET THE WHOLE WAY TO TEAL'S LIVING ROOM]

[PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, though after he deposits the mushrooms somewhere, he pauses.

Quietly;]

We should get the blood out of your hair.

Later. I want to get you caught up first.

...

I don't want to see you covered in blood while you explain.

[. . . you should see the stains on my clothes.]

Alright.

[TO THE SHOWER]

[I will wait and not brood or anything. Definitely not.

... Also by the time you get back the room temperature has dropped at least 10 degrees, sorry about that.]

[COMING BACK SHORTLY with a towel wrapped around her hair. She just stuck her head under the water instead of actually getting in.]

. . . Vanilla?

[Ddddoesn't even notice he's turning the dorm into a refrigerator.

He holds out her brush for her as she approaches, though.]

I should have been there.

[takes it slowly]

[. . . and then grabs his hand, tugging him to sit with her on one of the armchairs. PERCHING ON THE ARM, HERSELF.]

You might get pulled in for the next round.

[No resistance, though everything about his body language is tense, right down to his fingers.]

I would prefer it that way.

I know.

. . . So, the competition . . . It's a "card game." We play cards, which have . . . effects, on other teams, to earn points. We can't attack the same team twice in a row, and if we attack a team that attacks us, both cards get cancelled out. We start each round with five cards, and we can play no less than one, no more than three.

There are cards like . . . making them forget a significant memory, for nine points, or stealing a day's rations, for one point. Who played what on who is a secret . . . unless a team chooses to carry out the card's action themselves, I guess.

Copper Rose played a card on us. To take an arm.

[He's quiet for a long moment, simply digesting all of that and filing it away into the right compartments.

At length:] ... What did Teal play?

Forget a significant memory, on Cardinal, for nine points. A day's ration's, on Shell, for one point. Minor increase of a negative trait, on Canary, for three points.

We bought a lottery ticket for three points. Some of the winners are picked randomly. You can buy a new hand of cards for six points, or a defensive barrier to protect you from attack for twenty five points. We started with fifteen.

[. . .]

One more thing. If we go into debt with our points, we'll be punished.

[WELP. DON'T HAVE MY RIGHT ARM]

[GOOD THING HE'S LEFT HANDED]

[just gonna be face first half asleep on the couch, arm nub bandaged up]

[FUCK THAT NOISE

FUCK IT A LOT]

Tiramisu...

[stirs a bit]

Is it over yet. . .

I don't know. But based on everyone's moods, probably not.

... Is there anything you need?

(A therapist, after all this.)

No, I'm fine, thanks. Sitting here and not moving at all seems like a great plan.

[. . . tugs the limp antenna gently :(]

[bwuuuh]

[eventually stirring]

Do we still have that pain medicine?

Mm, we have some. Can you sit up?

[aaaahhhhh ;;]

Tiramisu...

[WE COOL CANDY]

[EVERYTHING IS...COOL...]

[objection, sir. sits on the floor next to him.]

[also staying quiet :(]

[and there is a bloody Tiramisu on the couch :(]

......

[sitting down next to him, with a sigh.]

[sits down with her]

Will you tell me? About the competition.

Edited 2013-03-14 05:56 (UTC)

Yeah.

[tilts her head back]

It's a "card game." Each card has an action, and a certain point value. We play them on the other teams . . . no less than one, no more than three. They all have to be played on different teams, and we can't attack the same teams twice in a row.

We started with five cards in our hand, and fifteen points. Playing cards doesn't cost any points, but we can spend three points to enter a lottery, six points for a new hand of cards, or twenty five points for a protective barrier.

So . . . for example . . . If we played a card like, "Steal a day's rations" on a team, that card is worth one point. They lose a point, and we earn one. But if that team played a card against us in the same round, neither of us would get any points. Both cards would be cancelled.

... but some of the cards are worse? What kind of cards did we get...

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