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foundationmods ([personal profile] foundationmods) wrote in [community profile] thefoundation2019-03-23 11:33 am
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ROUND 3 INTRO LOG



Welcome to The Island. The Witch extends her greetings to you on this fine day, and is pleased to finally begin the game. Please, take a seat.

Though this game may be more difficult than originally expected, there are high hopes placed upon you. Fight well against what awaits you in order to reach a truly sparkling end.

The difficulty level is challenging, but also depends on you. Think deeply on your moves as you play.





You wake with a start - even if you don't remember falling asleep in the first place - and find yourself standing on the dock of what looks like an island. There's a noise behind you - and if you turn to look, you'll see a plain white boat taking off and leaving you all behind, not stopping for a second if you try to flag them down or scream at them.

It doesn't look like you can swim to shore, either - there's nothing but sea in all directions, and something tells you trying to swim out will end up badly. However, a small dip, if you were so inclined, would be fine. It's not like the weather is bad for it - it feels like it's summer, despite it having been firmly springish at the Foundation.

...Speaking of, what happened? The last thing you remember is being...wherever you were, and then seeing a yellow bird come towards you. Perhaps it was in the corner of your eye, or landed on your shoulder...regardless, all of you saw the bird before you were whisked away to this strange island.

Is it a new SCP? Something like this isn't outside the realm of their abilities, after all.

And there's something else. Your abilities are blocked, beyond those natural to your body. Try as you might, you just can't use any of your more supernatural or superhuman skills - though all of your physical abilities are intact, of course.

There is also a...letter? on your person, as if it was there all along - in your pocket or in your hand. It is...a remarkably plain envelope, and even the letter itself is plain parchment.

It reads:

'To the players in this game,

First and foremost, let me begin with an apology: for many of you, this is not a good time to bring you here, and forcing you to play in this game instead of asking nicely is quite rude of me. For that, you have my apologies.

However, as you will soon find out, this game is quite necessary. I hand-picked all of you because I felt you were the best for this task, strange circumstances notwithstanding, and I am sure you will excel beyond even my expectations. Please give me some consideration and play this game to your best efforts. Success will be greatly rewarded.

I will be watching, and I will intervene if needed. But I think all of you are up to this task. I am in your debt for this.

- The Witch of ██████████
'

...hm.

If you decide to head up the path, you'll find Goat....men? waiting for you near the doors to the mansion. Despite their bright red eyes, they merely bow politely and wordlessly bring you into the mansion, showing you your rooms and then stating that they will prepare food for you or anything else you should need whenever you want, in surprisingly deep voices.

As they leave, you can't help but wonder...

Where are you now?

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lutea: (the same way I am.)

[personal profile] lutea 2019-03-24 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
My, how rude.

[Still smiling, though.]

Especially from someone who could mistaken for a yokai himself.
chaoscontrol: (don't hold me back)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-24 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yokai"? Hmph. I am a finely tuned machine of destruction and salvation, and your pointless "game" is keeping me from my purpose. [his quills bristle] Speaking of which -- a "game" where people die? Call a spade a spade, you curr -- it's just murder. Now. Answer me this! Why are you targeting Foundation agents?!
youkaiwatch: (look at that dead black molly over there)

[personal profile] youkaiwatch 2019-03-24 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ bitch you best not be shitting on yokai ]
chaoscontrol: (ANTICS?! NOT ALLOWED.)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-24 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE ISN'T ENTIRELY SURE WHAT ONE IS TBH

he just knows he Isn't One
]
anonnomnomnom: (Friends are like potatoes.)

[personal profile] anonnomnomnom 2019-03-24 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[YOU MADE GRANDMA MAD.]
lutea: (Just now: all dried up)

[personal profile] lutea 2019-03-24 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
You would have to ask the one I am playing against - They were the one who chose all of you for the game.

[She doesn't comment on anything else he's said, though.]
chaoscontrol: (was this part of your plan?)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-24 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Great. So we're just to be pawns in some stupid game between you two? Because it "must be done"? You realize how infuriatingly vague you're being, yes?
lutea: (the same way I am.)

[personal profile] lutea 2019-03-24 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I may have an idea, yes.

[IMPISH GRIN]
chaoscontrol: (irritated)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-24 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[he rolls his eyes. He finds this exactly 0% amusing.]

You and your friend may not be allied with the Foundation, but you certainly subscribe to the same stupid tactics.
lutea: (The rain laughs at me through)

[personal profile] lutea 2019-03-24 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Do we? I think that's a rather harsh statement.
chaoscontrol: (losing temper)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-24 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Bare bones information on a need to know basis? Using sapient beings for cannon fodder? Ignoring that we have autonomy and wills of our own? Treating us like toys or tools for your amusement? No. I think you "Witches" and the Foundation are peas in a pod.
lutea: (is nowhere to be found.)

[personal profile] lutea 2019-03-24 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You're assuming Witches aren't just tools for amusement in of themselves.

[...?]
chaoscontrol: (STOMP)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-24 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[he narrows his eyes, but quickly catches on to what she's getting at]

Oh don't give me that. You're saying there's always something bigger and badder out there, right? Someone that will use you just as you're using us. From my standpoint, I don't give a damn! You don't have to perpetuate the abuse! I'm not setting up fights to the death between seagulls, now am I?
lutea: (the streams of red tears.)

[personal profile] lutea 2019-03-24 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
What if I had no choice? What if it were the only way for 'I' to continue existing?

[She's staring straight at him, now.]

Sometimes, things will happen outside of your control, and you will be punished for that which is not your fault. Yet, it must still happen.
chaoscontrol: (dont u fuckin sass me)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-24 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[he stares right back, his gaze unyielding]

So instead of dying yourself, you force others to die in your stead. [his smile is bitter, tense] ... Though if crushing a few insects was all I had to do to save my own skin, I can't say I wouldn't do the same. But you chose poorly -- this insect stings.
lutea: (Just now in full bloom)

[personal profile] lutea 2019-03-24 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Interesting. So you outright state that you're willing to kill others in public?

[She smiles.]

An interesting move in this game, Shadow-san.
chaoscontrol: (judgin u)

[personal profile] chaoscontrol 2019-03-25 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Well, in this little metaphor, it would be me killing lesser beings, not equals. However, I have killed many men in pursuit of my goals. But it's not something I take lightly. I have no reason to kill my equals here in this game. There is nothing you could offer me that would change my mind.

[since you can't bring back the dead]