[Sea Witch / Hook Game]

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[so we're both aware of the rules:

⎈ This is a game run by the Sea Witch and Captain Hook.

⎈ Pairs must decide on one person to live and one to die out of the two of them. This must be a joint decision. They may make an offer of something else in an attempt to save themselves, but must still decide who will die. Refusing to make a choice means that BOTH will die, if their offer is not accepted. Offers may be made individually or as a pair, but will be judged as a pair.

⎈ At the end of the game, your offer will be judged. The top 50% of offers will be accepted and those people will be spared.

⎈ The partner who is slated to die will have the opportunity to decide how to kill themselves. Methods generally are killing yourself, having your partner kill you, or allowing Hook/Sea Witch to do it. Generally, you should wait until part two for any killing.]

Comments

[telltaleheart]

...

[just... this face for a while]

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[...ugh]

I don't have an interest in bartering for my life.

[telltaleheart]

...You're not going to die.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

It's probably possible to win if we focus on dying spectacularly.

[telltaleheart]

I don't want to win like that.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[flopping down on the grounddd]

Well, what do you suggest?

[telltaleheart]

[...sits next to her]

I'm not letting you die. So, I'll be the one. Then... we just have to figure out an offer...

[boxupallthebutterflies]

...All this begging to save lives is quite distasteful. I'd almost offer to kill someone else if I have to offer anything.

[telltaleheart]

It's not begging, it's negotiating. They've laid out their terms. ...And I don't think offering to kill someone would do much if they're going to die anyway.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

It's all groveling to me. They simply want to see us scramble desperately to put something together with all our best efforts, then sneer in our faces and count it as nothing. I'm not going to be the one pleading on my knees in that situation.

[telltaleheart]

And you think playing into their game of death is any better?

[boxupallthebutterflies]

[at least then I'm the one killing someone. grrrrrr]

...Surely there is an option that does not compromise our pride.

[telltaleheart]

...We'll just have to come up with something more creative.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

That's right. ...I still think we should be moving in the direction of "action", whether it is retaliation, or simply a counterweight as an offer.

[telltaleheart]

Retaliation, huh...

[boxupallthebutterflies]

...I'm not entirely sure how that's feasible. Well, some people react well to bold defiance and turning the system around, and others do not.

[telltaleheart]

I'm not sure how well these two would react to that... though I don't know them very well.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

I can't say I know the other, but I've made a point of meeting the witch. ...She doesn't seem like the type to take it well. But who knows.

[telltaleheart]

The other one's the one who did the adventure on the boat, I think... Ariel said he threatened someone with his hook for being defiant, or something.

[boxupallthebutterflies]

...So it's more prudent to seize upon a loophole.

[telltaleheart]

A loophole, huh?

[boxupallthebutterflies]

Or at least a path that will get us out of here with something we want, rather than only losing something we have.

[telltaleheart]

Something we want...

[boxupallthebutterflies]

...It's a delicate balance. If we're trying to win the bid, it needs to be desirable to them. But if not...

If we may choose the method of death... I wonder if something could be made of that opportunity.

[telltaleheart]

...What do you mean?