PEACE WEEKEND

[airlockedmods]

[It's your first week here, and you've been offered a fantastic prize for killing someone: an all-expense paid vacation! It's a pretty standard prize as far as reality game shows go.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), this isn't exactly a game show.

It seems that no one has died this weekend, and the deadline for the prize is now expired. There's no announcement from the Overseers to that effect; in fact, none of you have seen either of them since Tuesday. Maybe they'll make a reappearance soon, but for now, it seems that you've got a moment of peace.

Hopefully nothing happens to it.]

Comments

[playthedamncard]

What about international trade? You can't simply have a completely isolated country and still be prosperous; your economy would suffer if not eventually collapse entirely.

[photoshooter]

I dunno. I think we were doing okay. Cindy told us that Insomnian goods are actually in pretty high demand everywhere, even if they're hard to get.

[Sensible economics? In my JRPG? Perish the thought, my guy.]

[playthedamncard]

Then perhaps there was more going on behind the scenes than you're aware.

[He'll leave it at that, because he's not here to teach people all about How To International Business and neither am I. He's here to stay in fabulous shape.]

There's a stopwatch function on these things. If you'd like to turn an obstacle course into a little friendly competition. After a few practice laps, of course.

[photoshooter]

[!]

You wanna race?

[pLAY WITH HIM!!!!]

Hahaha, sure, I'll take you on! Better get ready to eat my dust, man!

[playthedamncard]

[My god. He's an actual dog. This is a golden retriever in person form. Baka inu, etc.]

Only when I lap you. That's cute, thinking you can beat me. We'll just see who comes out on top--spoilers, it'll be me.

[photoshooter]

In your dreams, maybe! You wanna take your practice lap first? As a courtesy, of course.

[playthedamncard]

By all means, you first. You're going to need all the practice you can get.

[photoshooter]

Hope you had a light lunch, man, 'cause you're gonna eat those words.

[But sure! Prompto hops over to the start of the course, bounces a couple times, and then takes off, as quick on his feet as his name implies. It's not a very long or arduous course and he finishes in good time, looking more like he just had a lot of fun than did any exercise for exercise's sake.]

How'd I do? [Prompto, no one was timing that. Probably.]

[playthedamncard]

[Pff no he wasn't timing a practice run, and to be honest, he mostly wanted to see how this mishmash of tables and chairs was supposed to be run because, look, just because it's a nice idea doesn't make it pretty or easy to follow.

He could be a jerk and run it in a way that it wasn't intended to for the sake of time, buuuuut let's not do that. Just yet.]

Not as good as I'm about to do.

[Nyoom, there he go, looking a lot more serious about it than anyone running an 'obstacle course' made out of kitchen furniture should. But like Prompto, he hasn't exactly broken a sweat doing it when he lands at the end.

There may have been a bit of added flourish to it. You can't prove anything.]

A child could do it. [That's not the point.]

[photoshooter]

Well, thanks for proving that to the rest of us.

[OHHHHH.]

Should we up the stakes at all? Find something to bet? I know none of us have any of our stuff, but I'm sure between the two of us, we can come up with something.

[playthedamncard]

What, do you want to stoop to dares? You lose, you have to act like a dog for a day? Please, have some class. [He's not Otogi, c'mon.]

[photoshooter]

Aw, c'mon, not like that. Being a dog would be fun and all, but not super helpful in the long run? I was thinking more like... whoever loses, they have to teach the winner something. Then it's a friendly competition with an educational bonus!

[playthedamncard]

...That's more positive a result than I thought you'd suggest. I can agree to those terms.

I just don't know what you could teach me, but I'm sure we'll figure something out.

[photoshooter]

...You know, you seem to have a lot of opinions about me based on, like, two conversations.

[playthedamncard]

Maybe I just know enough people that strike me as similar to you that I've made extrapolations.

[photoshooter]

Know one joker, you know 'em all, huh? Wonder if this is what Iggy was like as a kid.

[But anyway. He twists his spine one more time, more ritual than actual stretch.]

Okay. You ready for the real match, man? Pulled the stopwatch up?

[playthedamncard]

You remind me, vaguely, of someone. [An annoying someone. An annoying someone not worth his time.]

Ground rules. No shortcuts. Interference from another person [like maybe someone just trying to eat or get some coffee] results in a resetting of the lap. Best time out of three?

[photoshooter]

Sounds good. We gonna switch between laps or just do all three in a row?

[playthedamncard]

Switch it up. Keeps the dramatic tension higher.

[photoshooter]

Fine by me. Also, if you hit one of the obstacles instead of clearing it, you gotta add five seconds onto your time.

[playthedamncard]

A whole five seconds sounds steep. It's a punishment, but you still ought to have at least some chance to recover. Two seconds, perhaps three? It's not a long course.
[If you're gonna roll with Kaiba you're gonna have to deal with him getting picky and intense about rules.]

[photoshooter]

Hmmm. You scared?

[Like, fair point, but.]

[playthedamncard]

[A mild shrug and a chuckle.] As if. Fine, five seconds it is, if you so insist--but only because I have no plans on ever facing such a penalty.