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[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 7/27/2021 at 3:41 PM, Condensation said:

"Nice to meet you, I'm sure."

"Assuming you aren't here to attack us," replied Argent, sizing her up.

[Condensation she/her]

"No, probably not. I didn't think they were going to put multiple groups in the same area."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Sometimes they don't," replied Argent. "Unfortunately for us, this was not one of those times. We ran into Blight only a few minutes after spawning in."

[Condensation she/her]

"As I see it, it doesn't have to be unfortunately. What do you mean, Blight?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"They're one of the other teams." Argent pursed his lips. "Technically. They never actually participate in the Games. They just attack and destroy whatever's in front of them."

One of Argent's teammates- the tall one - shrugged. "They're withersprites," he said. "It's what they do."

[Condensation she/her]

"Well, you survived. Are they out of the running?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 8/15/2021 at 4:20 PM, Condensation said:

"Well, you survived. Are they out of the running?"

"That was few," said the man Argent had referred to as Aylin earlier. "They are many. Very many."

[Condensation she/her]

2 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

"That was few," said the man Argent had referred to as Aylin earlier. "They are many. Very many."

"How many? How worried should we be?"

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We as in her team.

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

12 hours ago, Condensation said:

"How many? How worried should we be?"

 

Aylin shrugged. "No worse than other things."

[Condensation she/her]

On 8/18/2021 at 10:46 AM, xinoehp512 said:

Aylin shrugged. "No worse than other things."

"Right." Trylle paused. "You seem to be... experienced... in this game."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 8/20/2021 at 6:58 PM, Condensation said:

"Right." Trylle paused. "You seem to be... experienced... in this game."

Aylin chuckled. "One tends to be, after eternity playing."

[Condensation she/her]

On 8/21/2021 at 5:36 PM, xinoehp512 said:

Aylin chuckled. "One tends to be, after eternity playing."

"Eternity?" Trylle looked up. "How so?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 8/24/2021 at 0:02 AM, Condensation said:

"Eternity?" Trylle looked up. "How so?"

Aylin shrugged. "Beyond me. Our minds... they are fixed, every so often. So we do not go mad. Or forget our past."

Argent barked a laugh. "Yeah... the Gamemaster can't have the competitors getting damaged, can he? Not when he can't get any more."

[Condensation she/her]

1 hour ago, xinoehp512 said:

Aylin shrugged. "Beyond me. Our minds... they are fixed, every so often. So we do not go mad. Or forget our past."

Argent barked a laugh. "Yeah... the Gamemaster can't have the competitors getting damaged, can he? Not when he can't get any more."

"Except he did get more, didn't he? This game is new to me."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

21 hours ago, Condensation said:

"Except he did get more, didn't he? This game is new to me."

"Is it?" Aylin's eyes narrowed. "Archeons, they said you were nothing more than experiment. Maybe people from storage. Not new. They say we all be locked up, shut away. So Gamemaster does not steal souls."

[Condensation she/her]

4 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Is it?" Aylin's eyes narrowed. "Archeons, they said you were nothing more than experiment. Maybe people from storage. Not new. They say we all be locked up, shut away. So Gamemaster does not steal souls."

"Well, unless it's been a really long time since I was taken - which it hasn't, I would remember that - the people I was stuck with and I are new.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Just now, Condensation said:

"Well, unless it's been a really long time since I was taken - which it hasn't, I would remember that - the people I was stuck with and I are new.

"Wait," said Argent. "You're from outside? You weren't locked up by some pantheon for all eternity?"

[Condensation she/her]

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Wait," said Argent. "You're from outside? You weren't locked up by some pantheon for all eternity?"

"No, definitely not. I've been living a... semi-normal life for... the past couple of decades."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Just now, Condensation said:

"No, definitely not. I've been living a... semi-normal life for... the past couple of decades."

The silver-haired woman gasped, her voice filled with longing. "Does that mean... we can leave?"

Argent shook his head. "No..." he said in a somewhat dazed voice. "The Gamemaster wouldn't allow us to leave... we need his permission..."

"But he can get new people now!" said the woman, eyes bright with hope. "Freedom was once a prize that could be won - you remember. It could be again!"

[Condensation she/her]

Just now, xinoehp512 said:

The silver-haired woman gasped, her voice filled with longing. "Does that mean... we can leave?"

Argent shook his head. "No..." he said in a somewhat dazed voice. "The Gamemaster wouldn't allow us to leave... we need his permission..."

"But he can get new people now!" said the woman, eyes bright with hope. "Freedom was once a prize that could be won - you remember. It could be again!"

"Are you saying I'm trapped here?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Indeed," said the tall one. "They say you can walk away, but they don't say how far... and the answer is not very."

[Condensation she/her]

"And who did you say was responsible for this?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Gamemaster," said Aylin. "Faceless. Unknown!"

[Condensation she/her]

"Where do I find him?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"You don't," said Argent. "He never shows his face."