Week 1: Slumber Party Mingle

[whirlingmace]

[ After getting permission on the staff, they take over the lounge. Futons, blankets, sleeping bags, and pillows are all dragged out into the middle of the room. Time to build a fort, guys!

Or come to the Lounge to find it made and everyone chilling out. There's hot chocolate and snacks! ]

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[enter_the_darkness]

[ There's a glance over in her direction when she starts the announcement, and then he's looking away, probably giving a good impression of boredom...

... But, not too long after it's done, he's shifting in his seat, black eye facing towards her as he lifts his eyebrows a bit. ]

A guarantee? Really?

[ She doesn't seem like she has much experience in anything related to physical fighting, so he's curious to know how she could make such a bold promise. To him, it just sounds like a lot of arrogance regarding some... card game. He's never... so much as touched one of those things? So he's clueless, here. ]

What's so fun about these cards?

[latebluemer]

[He's giving a good impression of a cat, is what he's doing, and Blue Angel just bemusedly waits for him to complete his pretend circling of the topic.]

A guarantee. It might still need some tweaking, and...

[Hmm. Of course she knows that it's not a perfect solution to the sheer amount of frustration, cabin fever and likely fear that's going to build up this week and throughout coming weeks if they stay trapped here. That's not how people work (even if it is a little bit how she works, go coping mechanisms).

She falls silent for a moment, contemplative, seems to come to several conclusions and breaks into a small smile.]

It's a game of strategy, and there's an almost infinite number of ways to build a deck. Like I said, this is a smaller and more basic version of the game than we have back home, but it's not too big for beginners to get.

[enter_the_darkness]

[ A game of strategy, huh...

Briefly, a glint enters his gaze. He looks at her for a moment, and then to the side. ]

... No promises that there won't be any sparring [ he's already... kind of promised that Iwai guy about the fighting part, anyway, SIGH ] but I guess I could see, firsthand, what it's about.

[ Not like he has to keep at it, or anything, anyway. ]

[latebluemer]

[She sees that glint and meets it with a raised eyebrow and mildly challenging gaze of her own. It's not a front -- she's basically raring to go, it really is good stress relief for her. She's got some faith in her ability to convince others of that, or at least to give them some alternatives to The Great Wall.]

Well, I wasn't expecting anyone to promise not to spar. Think of this as more... of a different kind of challenge. As long as enough people are willing to give it a chance, we've got a good thing going.

[There's a satisfied curl to her smile. They do have a decent starting userbase!]

You have your tablet, right?

[enter_the_darkness]

[ He nods to the question, holding his tablet out for her to... do whatever she needs to with it? He doesn't Technology very well. ]

Guess you have a point there. This seems like it would be a little boring with just a small number of people.

[latebluemer]

[Eh, it's fine, they've got tech consultants for that stuff. Like the card games brigade over here. Blue Angel plucks the tablet from his grip and busies herself with it -- mostly just the business of transferring and configuring things. At least he isn't trying to fight his tablet like Ryoga used to. Silver star, Vanitas.]

It's the kind of game where each person will eventually build a deck that reflects themselves.

[Some more than others, honestly. Some decks are just absurdly symbolic. She ain't judging. Anyway, have your tablet back, like lightning.]

So the more people you have, the more different kinds of decks and strategies you get, and the more interesting the game gets. Here.

[enter_the_darkness]

[ Fighting it seems highly inefficient. Why do that, when he could just... ignore half of its functions, instead........ ]

Sounds fair enough.

[ He takes his device, studying it for now. ]