[elevator] [echidna]

[guillotineroom]

[ Hello, Echidna!

You are in grave peril! Well, no, you're not, but it will definitely seem like it at first.

You're in a cage with a single control panel on a door, being held aloft high in the sky, by a creature who is just so happy to be here. This kitty-bird is enjoying the high life. You might even hear purring.

But still, you're being held in a cage in the sky and you can't see the ground. Yikes! It's scary!

That said, on the panel in front of you is a selection. Ten different teams, with (0/1 CHOSEN) written in dark green text below. ]

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[survivaltricks]

[like before, the following list is displayed against the side of the cage as a hologram]

ROUND 2 CHOICES:

PHOENIX:
TEAM TO RAISE: Bugbear
TEAM TO LOWER: Phoenix

SPHINX:
TEAM TO RAISE: Kraken
TEAM TO LOWER: Cerberus

CERBERUS:
TEAM TO RAISE: Basilisk
TEAM TO LOWER: Nymph

YATAGARASU:
TEAM TO RAISE: Bugbear
TEAM TO LOWER: Phoenix

BUGBEAR:
TEAM TO RAISE: Nymph
TEAM TO LOWER: Cerberus

BASILISK:
TEAM TO RAISE: Kraken
TEAM TO LOWER: Phoenix

NYMPH:
TEAM TO RAISE: Basilisk
TEAM TO LOWER: Nymph

KRAKEN:
TEAM TO RAISE: Basilisk
TEAM TO LOWER: Cerberus

TSUCHIGUMO:
TEAM TO RAISE: Sphinx
TEAM TO LOWER: Phoenix

UNICORN:
TEAM TO RAISE: Kraken
TEAM TO LOWER: Unicorn

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[doublefried]

[ talking louder than normal because his ears just started ringing ]

Huh.

Unicorn's lowered themselves both times.

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[begguiling]

Wouldn't that make them a pretty safe bet to nullify? Since they're near the bottom anyway. Buuuut they might have an attack of conscience this time and choose differently . . . geez. All these people are too good for their own good! Really makes it hard to choose who to take down.

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[doublefried]

They might, if they're the type to feel really remorseful about what they just did... but I dunno! They voted themselves down with no information, then they voted themselves down from level 2 to level 1... I can't fault the attitude, but they'll be fine if they skip going from 1 to 0 this round.

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[begguiling]

They're probably not gonna vote for any team that's really in danger, but who is? If only there were an evil team! Too bad the job of an Echidna's never easy.

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[doublefried]

Right? If there were villains we could just thwart them. Oh, for the simpler days.

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[begguiling]

For a bunch of criminals, no one's being nearly hardened enough. Anyhoo, let's stare at this a little longer and hope something jumps out.

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[doublefried]

I'm staring at it like a magic eye picture and it seems like everyone is doing their best to keep things pretty even...

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[begguiling]

Eh, I'm all for just taking out Unicorn this round, unless we feel like gambling on waiting one more round! Not recommended.

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[doublefried]

Yeah, if nothing else nullifying 'raise a random team by 3, lower themselves from 1 to 0' is a pretty safe bet to snipe.

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[warpweft]

Hey! It's a good thing that so many teams are trying to lower other teams! We should be proud of them!

...

Anyway, negating Unicorn sounds....fine. [She doesn't sound totally confident.] ...if we negate them lowering themselves and they get raised four times, though....

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[doublefried]

If they get raised four times it might be over for them either way. But I'll go over and apologize if it happens because of us.

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[warpweft]

I know.

[She rubs her head.]

I really hope they don't get raised four times.

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[amalgameat]

[all her dragon body feathers fell off and started raining onto the teams below i guess, so:

- suddenly it is much more cold and uncomfortable for everyone, because under all the fluff was cold hard red scales, and the wind is probably not great up here

- her wings are reduced to like. completely useless little nubs.

- despite not belonging with the dragon body at all, the birdy wing nubs and her human body appear smoothly attached to it, without scarring or signs of grafting.

so we can rule out interfering with Kraken, Basilisk and Nymph to start with...this is difficult, still.]

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[doublefried]

[ oh NO gives her a pat pat ]

Sphinx and Bugbear are right on the borderline too.

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[amalgameat]

[it is SO much more unpleasant to pet armor scales than feathers :(

i am not opposed to nulling Unicorn. everyone else will be trying to lower themselves if they are high, or lowering a team they think will go high.]

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[doublefried]

Yeah, if this round follows the same train of thought as the previous, there's gonna be a lot of upvotes on Tsuchi, Phoenix, Yata, and Unicorn and a lot of downvotes on Kraken and Basilisk. But because there are so many low teams it'll probably be spread out...

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[amalgameat]

[they will all be guessing which low team hasn't been raised by other teams yet, so it may not spread out properly.

but, if Unicorn is unlucky and is picked too many times, I do not think they can lower themselves enough to make a difference in that case anyway.]

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[doublefried]

Yeah. If they got hit that hard that's just that.