first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

Comments

[precedented]

These are giant worms that live in the desert and can swallow entire ships whole.

[passingthrough]

Okay, those would be some tough worms. Can I ask how you came by their skin? [OMG, Kitty! You can't just ask someone why they have wormskin!]

[precedented]

A mutual agreement of sorts. The story itself won't make much sense.

[ It involves a lot of Dune science. ]

[passingthrough]

I assume that with any story of yours going in. Makes things simpler. [She's still curious though.] Why'd you agree to it?

[precedented]

Desperate times. Someone had to make the choice.

[ The future was falling apart. Too much prescience, too many people trying to control the outcomes until there was only one left. Mutual destruction for humanity. ]

[passingthrough]

Do you regret it? [She's had to make choices in desperate times herself. She's not sure she actually regrets any, but there's not a one that doesn't still weigh on her mind since they rarely come with a good option.]

[precedented]

[ He looks away. ]

Sometimes. But such thoughts are unhealthy.

[passingthrough]

Tell me how to only have the healthy kind and I'll get on board. [She looks up from the chess board to realize he's looking away. Her expression softens.]

Sorry. That question was kind of personal. [Or super personal. However you want to look at it.]

[precedented]

[ He turns his gaze back at her, warm. ]

No, it's fine. As I said, someone had to do it. I prefer it to be me rather than my sister.

[passingthrough]

Sounds like you are a good brother.

[precedented]

Well. I'm not too terrible.

[ He's pretty sure Ghanima would disagree. ]

[passingthrough]

[She smiles back softly.]

Good. Family's important.

And you seem like a not too terrible guy to have salad and play chess with too.

[precedented]

I must be moving up in the world to be earning praise like that.

[passingthrough]

I've gotten sentimental in my old age. [Barely out of your teens is old age, right?]

[precedented]

[ Absolutely. ]

It is a common malady.

[passingthrough]

Have you fallen victim too?

[precedented]

Oh, I succumbed to it long ago.

[passingthrough]

Nooo. [Feigned shock.] Is there a cure?

[precedented]

[ With a straight face. ]

Constant mockery and sarcasm. I hear it cures everything.

[passingthrough]

Like music to my cynical ears. [Though for a self-professed cynic she has a lot of hopeful attitudes not exactly justified by the life she's experienced so far.]

[precedented]

I thought you might like it.

[passingthrough]

You really get me. [She doesn't always get him, but she does like the time they spend together.]

[precedented]

I try my best.

[ He knows he's difficult. Inscrutable. He can appreciate people who try to handle him. ]

[passingthrough]

[She's adding "Leto handler" to her very next resume.]

But are you going to beat me at this game? [She slides a piece over. Her playing style is aggressive but smart. But is it enough. Maybe not. But you tend to learn more from a loss.]

[precedented]

[ That will get you far in life. ]

That depends. Are you willing to lose?

[ He's good at this game, but he hasn't been playing to win at all of late. He enjoys the chase, the interplay of strategies. ]