Lucky 13

[NebulaChimera2211]

Got it.

>Scout that route out.

[Dookie]

>Scout that route out. (Neb)

You do just that, and find the enterance.

[Dookie]

(Apologies for being late, I had some classwork to do and I forgot)

The PA comes on again.

"Let's get on to our next game. This game will be Hot Potato. If I DM you that you have the Hot Potato, you must choose a person to pass it to. There will be 13 passes. If you get the 13th potato, it will explode and you will be killed. You will not know what number you are. I have already DMed the first person. Good luck."

[wingedcatgirl]

Lucky bats a random game piece around. Whether this is intended to indicate understanding of the announcement, or even has anything to do with the announcement at all, is unclear.

[Kennifer]

Good thing I have a lot of luck, then! 8n't that right, little meow8east?

Vriska grins at the kity.

[PointMaid]

Eight smiles softly, like the elderly teacher she's based on. For a second, anyway.

...Thirteen passes. I don't like the idea of any of us not making it.

[Zanreo]

"Thirteen... that number seems to pop up a lot here."

[TalesofUnder]

Pssssh. I got this. How hard can a children's game be?

[PointMaid]

It is not uncommon for children to do better at my games than adults.

[wingedcatgirl]

Good thing I have a lot of luck, then! 8n't that right, little meow8east?

Vriska grins at the kity.

Lucky headbumps Vriska purringly.

[Kennifer]

Okay that's weirdly adora8le! Are you asking for petting or 8egging for food? Or 8oth? I don't know much a8out meow8easts, especially not ones from Earth.

[PointMaid]

Hmm...

Eight offers a hand out to Lucky. Whether to shake hands or just to allow the cat to sniff, well...

[wingedcatgirl]

Okay that's weirdly adora8le! Are you asking for petting or 8egging for food? Or 8oth? I don't know much a8out meow8easts, especially not ones from Earth.

Probably both. He looks like he's in a mood where he would appreciate both affection and food pretty highly.

Also, water. He's still trying to recover from all the smoke and fire, after all.

But it's anyone's guess whether they can actually figure that out. I'm just narrative text describing some facts they might deduce from observation, they can't actually hear me directly.

Hmm...

Eight offers a hand out to Lucky. Whether to shake hands or just to allow the cat to sniff, well...

Lucky nuzzlenuzzles Eight's hand. He is being a friendly kity today.

[NebulaChimera2211]

Hey, all! The teacher was right, we are near the entrance. Bad news is, I forgot to check if the coast was clear.

What do we do about this "hot potato" then... oh, look! Kitty's here!

Arline rushes over to stroke Lucky.

[wingedcatgirl]

Lucky is enjoying all this delicious attention.

[wingedcatgirl]

Lucky is briefly seen batting a potato around.

[NebulaChimera2211]

Arline looks at Lucky curiously.

Huh. I had the hot potato some time ago too. Someone must be out for me...

[PointMaid]

Eight shrugs. I had it a while ago, too.

She looks at her watch. The longer this goes on the more nervous it makes me, though.

[Kennifer]

I've gotten it too. I wonder how long it's going to 8e 8efore........ well, you know, the last pass.

Vriska, possibly somewhat uncharacteristically, scritches the kity's ears.

[TalesofUnder]

Count me as another one. God, when will this potato just explode? The wait's almost more agonizing than it would be if it blew up.

[Zanreo]

"Yeah, this is taking forever... maybe they just wanna keep the suspense of it all. But... this does not seem like the way to do it!"

[Zanreo]

"Oh, by the way, I had it twice so far. Twice... is someone going after me? No, can't be..."

[noodlesnook]

Hey, I got it twice too. Don't think about it too much!

[Kennifer]

Well if the voice wasn't lying when they said there were 13 tosses, and there's what now, 8 of us left, that means some people would get it at least twice anyway even with every8ody getting it once. Right?

She glances at Dr. Eight as she says this.

[PointMaid]

Eight briefly glances around the room, then spaces out for a second before focusing again. I think there are nine of us still left. But yes, for thirteen throws, even if it were to land on each of us at least once to spread it out as much as possible, some of us would inevitably get it more than once.