Re: Heaven's Terrace (Safe Haven)
(Mmmm...probably not the best RP format, but most likely the least confusing.)
Responding to each in turn, Reina avoided attaching any true emotion to her tone of voice, making it hard even for the perceptive to decipher whether she was telling the truth or not...
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"So, why hasn't someone bombed this 'Lady' into a thousand smoking bloody chunks?"
"As has been stated, the Lady does not appear upon the board until the 7th day. Which has marked the end point for many rounds, save the last and the one before it."
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"And how do we capture the 'Lady'? I'm guessing it's not as easy as slapping some handcuffs on her."
"In regards to capturing the Lady however, it is similar to her very own victory condition. We may choose to either eliminate her from the board, or to force her into complete submission."
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"Why bother capturing her? It's not half as easy as holding onto someone who doesn't want to be held as Eva over there makes it look. People that get backed into a corner fight twenty times as hard. Especially since this 'Lady' is obviously more powerful than the lot of us put together, the people that brought us here included."
"Granted, capturing her is an easier task said then done. However, recently we are of the belief that although powerful, she is not as omnipotent as she makes herself seem given how a few ploys have managed to succeed in recent rounds, including those unfavorable to her. There is also the fact that this is the only truly feasible condition available to us, thus we are in essence forced to take it or surrender."
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"So, I have a question. Four, actually. Firstly, where do you keep your weapons? Secondly, where did you get them from in the first place, if you've been here for so long? Thirdly, where do I learn some of that magic Eva over there so casually throws around? And finally, what's with the stains on the bottom of the page?"
"Upon the conclusion of each round, the game board is reset and supplies are appropriated accordingly about the city. The weapons that are salavged and placed under the management of our mechanic and supplies master, Maggie, who will divide them accordingly to each's needs. As for 'magic'...that will be explained when the time is appropriate."
It should be noted that Reina did not comment on the stains at the bottom of the paper.
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"Not to bombard you with yet more questions, but... what assurances do we have that you, or anyone here isn't on the Lady's side? Couldn't any one of us be a mole?"
Upon hearing this, Eva looked as if she were about to protest before being cut short by Reina.
"While we have our own means of ensuring ourselves that no one here is on the Lady's side, I am regretful to say that we can not do more than simply ask for you to trust us out of good faith. Therefore I will state the following: Should any of you desire to leave the haven at any given time due to suspicion in regards to any of the staff or other circumstances, we will take no action to stop you, nor will we take any action to prevent your return should you desire it. I only ask that you remember, so long as you are on this game board, who your true enemy is at all times, for the Lady is not beyond creating internal disputes so as to weaken our side even more."
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"Are there any other rules? And what happened last time; perhaps we can bring new light to your plans with what worked and what didn't, and find some new ideas..."
"There are a few rules we speculate to exist asides from what we have confirmed thus far. Such as the use of 'overwhelming force' given that we have yet to be picked off on the first day, whether the Lady herself is allowed to leave the board upon entering it, and so forth. As for the previous round... I will go into it another time. There are other matters to tend before I can relate the whole tale to you. Are there any more questions?"