FORGE

[livestage]

[The Showmaster leads you through the dark stage and you find yourself entering something that looks like a very nice and expensive classroom.

Each desk is spacious with drawers that you will conveniently find any important item that had been on your person or that you feel like you would need here. Each chair is cushy and swivels.

Sitting on top of the teacher's desk is a young girl, older teen / younger adult in age at most, hair that looks like mint cotton candy that probably reaches down to her ankles. She has a knee drawn up to her body, resting her chin on top as she scours the room of who arrived . . .

And then she looks at you all with disdain and slight fear in her face. You'll notice that her purple eyes shifts when she makes the scowl, it goes from a solid purple to a purple mixed in with this symbol in green also.]

I thought you guys might have been the exception, but oh no, no, no. Absolutely NOT.

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

So...do we want to play it safe since we're so close to shore, or be as reckless as we feel like?

Re: DISCUSSION

[friend_request]

Ah, is this the way it's normally done here?

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Close enough to it, anyway. We just go with the flow and see how everyone wants to proceed. Keep it simple and straightforward. Does that sound fine?

Re: DISCUSSION

[friend_request]

I'm not opposed at all. Consensus is a pleasant way to act as a group though it has its own drawbacks.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Yer sensible, so that means you'll fit right in.

[offers his hand]

Lea D. Gunmetal. Don't think I caught yer name, sorry. We had a few new kids I was helpin' to settle in. Might as well gimmie yer name along with what ya'd like to do for this, to start.

Re: DISCUSSION

[friend_request]

Patina.

[ a slight headtilt but then lightly takes the offered hand. ]

Conversations have led me to believe that a sample size of each tier might be the best in understanding the shape and weight of 'price'.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

[firm handshake!]

Nice ta meet ya, Patina. I was actually thinkin' the opposite. If we're real keen on doin' this, then we all pick a level 2 or 3 to start. And then we can pick higher or lower dependin' on how bad the results are.

I ain't opposed to yer idea either, but one of us jumpin' right for a level 5 might be...well, bad, dependin' on what happens.

Re: DISCUSSION

[friend_request]

Yes, there is no doubt. If we were speaking of insect stings, for example, a three and a five are quite different in pain. However, without any idea for an upper limit that does give us far less information to work with both in price structure and in gains.

Since there is a spread of us that allows for . . .
1 2 3 4 5
1-5 2-4 3-3 4-2 5-1
and 1-5 2-4 3-1 4-2 5-3 as possible distributions for information gathering.

A more cautious approach should still include a 1 for base anchoring, I believe.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Yer doin' math and everythin'. Ya know we don't have to do everythin' in the first round, don't ya?

Re: DISCUSSION

[friend_request]

Yes.

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

What're you feelin'?

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Hard to say. I got a lot of mixed feelin's. We got a lot of new kids, which makes me want to play it safe. No need to give 'em a scare so close to port. But I'm also keen for some information, so...goin' a little harder might be worth it if everyone's agreeable. We can test it in the first round, yeah?

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

[nods in agreement]

'M keen for information too, as long as everyone's on board for it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

I'd say...let's keep it middlin' to start. We can each try a level 2 or 3, dependin' on what we're comfortable with, and if it ain't worth the trade-off then we go lower. If it seems manageable, we go higher.

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

[nods again]

That's a good way to do it. Let's us test it out for the new folks, too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Glad we're in agreement. Let's just pick which ones we're grabbin'. If no one cares, I'll take level 3 destruction. I'm wonderin' if each of the level 3's are different dependin' on what it's for, too. So this can test that out.

[sighs a little]

I ain't much for coddlin' teenagers. So if anythin' I suggest sounds too harsh ya gotta let me know.

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

I'm gonna take one of 'em in cost, then, 'cuz I'm wonderin' that too.

[shakes his head]

They're teens, but they ain't kids. An' this ain't a coddlin' scenario.

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

[nods]

That's what I was thinkin'. I can't always tell if I'm bein' too harsh. Though, it anythin', it sounds like I'm proposin' somethin' too easy...

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

[pats him on the shoulder]

Maybe a lil'.

If it helps - Rose told me after that one bad performance that they'd rather choose what happens then have no choice at all, so I've been tryin' to keep that in mind since.

Re: DISCUSSION

[alanhearted]

What's life without a little danger?

[ she knows nothing ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

[he knows he can't explain it so he just has to roll with it. pats her head]

We have to keep it to reasonable levels of danger though, ya hear? No need to go overboard.

Re: DISCUSSION

[alanhearted]

[ ears perk up!! ]

Don't worry~ I only do whatever's most interesting to me in the moment! A history lesson is boring.

... besides, if you guys say to be careful, then I'll take it slow!

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Good, cuz if ya get hurt then I'm the one that has to explain it to yer parents. Think of my poor heart if I have to do that.

Re: DISCUSSION

[alanhearted]

... it's just another day of an experiment gone wrong! They might be like "what happened this time," y'know?

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Not when I'm here. As long as me and Ore are around the blame's gonna get pinned on us, ya know.