Survive

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the survival meme

Acts of nature, vicious monsters, merciless enemies, and treacherous worlds. These are circumstances which put your skills and your wit to the ultimate test: the struggle to survive. Maybe you're fit enough to make it on your own, or maybe you're in over your head. Either way, can you afford to help a friend or stranger in need? That's a decision you'll have to make in the moment.

scenarios

1. wilderness
Whether you're stranded, adventuring, or simply camping, the wild has been known to turn on those who would appreciate her splendor in an instant. Wild animals, inclement weather, hazardous territory, and food that fights back are just some of the things you'll need to contend with to survive.

2. natural disaster
Earthquakes, floods, avalanches, and more. These forces of nature are hard to predict, and even harder to control. You may need more than just your own wit and ingenuity to make it through this.

3. post-apoc
The world has met with some disaster - be it war, a climate event, an invasion - and for most, all the comforts of modern life are a thing of the distant past. How have the stragglers survived so far?

4. alien planet
You've landed on a strange and unknown world, and you have no idea what dangers could lurk ahead. The very air could be poison, and on some worlds, even the plants have teeth!

5. zombies
Whatever you do, don't get bitten. No one can afford to spare your life when the virus takes hold.

6. robot uprising
Humanity has been pushed to the very brink of existence on their own world, as AIs rise up to take their place as the rightful stewards of the planet. Do you even stand a chance against intelligence and physical ability far superior to a mere fleshy being?

7. monsters
Take care and stay on your guard, for this territory is crawling with foul beasts who will come for you at any sign of... fear, sound, movement, blood... or what have you!

8. battle royale
In this nightmare, your enemies are the very people who are trapped here with you. Do you team up to survive, or do you take no prisoners?

9. enemy territory
This is your most dangerous mission yet: you're heading right into the enemy's lair.

10. wildcard
Anything goes!

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Comments

[trebuchim]

[ Lune shakes her head slightly and lifts her palms for a moment without moving her arms, conveying without words she's letting that subject go. When he next speaks her name, it's with the sort of earnestness that makes her pull her eyes from their surroundings and pay attention. His request makes sense; he's immortal, not insensate. The air does have a slight bite to it, if you're forced to endure it in your underwear. After a beat, she nods, tossing another small branch into the fire from the stock pile next to it before getting up on her feet.

The circles the fire and comes to take a seat next to him, much closer than she normally would in effort to share her body heat, her bare arm pressing into his. ]

We should have probably tried to figure out a way to hang your clothes closer to the fire so they'd dry faster.

[fromfire]

Probably.

[ Since it seems like she won't, or perhaps he's being impatient, he rests his head against hers. Flexing his fingers, he does feel a little warmer with her near him. His eyes roll as he thinks he probably shouldn't word it quite like that, though.

Scratching the side of his face, he rubs his beard as he lets out another exaggerated sigh. ]

I have to tell you... I'm incredibly disappointed.... [ He presses his lips together before opening them; they make a soft wet sound. Not all that pleasing to the ears, sorry. ] ... of all the elements that's been learned... I can't believe you still don't know how to harness wind.

[trebuchim]

[ Lune stiffens slightly at first, not having expected more contact, but she relaxes into it soon enough. At least as long as it takes for him to open with that, and even though it's one of his quips, her spine straightens a little as if maybe she's about to unleash one of those very elements on him. ]

Are you now? [ The syllables stretch out slightly, dry and sarcastic. ] Bold of you to criticize, sitting there in your underwear.

[fromfire]

I can criticize because I am sitting in my underwear.

[ At the word "am," he gestures with both hands down toward the lack of attire that he has on his person. ]

I certainly would feel better if I wasn't the only one. [ And he interlaces his fingers to stare at the fire. His head tilts as he decides that isn't his sneakiest of ploys, especially since her tone has already slipped to what it is. ]

[trebuchim]

[ She gives a tiny scoff, shaking her head marginally. ]

Mmhmm. So your argument is that I, too, should strip down to my underwear to make you feel better?

[ She says that in a wry tone that suggests she's already expecting him to double down on this claim instead of realizing how ridiculous it is. Or probably, not caring how ridiculous it is. ]

[fromfire]

[ Verso hears it, but he thinks there is something charming in how ridiculous his request is. ]

Lune... I'm cold and wet... and I broke my arm earlier. Maybe even my leg... I can't recall that one, actually, but I might've.

[ He lifts said arm for her to see. His tone, however, isn't as pathetic as his words are but something teasing and playful in them. Like he expects her to acquiesce only because of how much he might make her laugh with how he's acting. ]

[trebuchim]

Right. And then you got better, as you do.

[ She points this out smartly, lips curving into a smirk as she does. Not a laugh, but she is clearly amused. ]

Nice try, but I'm not about to strip so I can be cold with you. It's not as if you can-- hmm. [ A pause as she thinks that over, amusement overshadowed by curiosity. ]

Actually, can you get sick? Catch a cold?

[fromfire]

So, it means it doesn't matter?

[ He holds his hands out in dramatic indignation.

His head tilts away as he accepts her answer. It was only a bit of fun anyway. His hands drop to rest on top of his thighs. But he does pause to glance toward her as he hears the pause. His eyebrows lift as a more secretive smile appears and disappears. ]

Always nice to hear your mind working. [ Verso says first. ] And no... I can't.

[trebuchim]

It means it doesn't matter... as much.

[ Lune flicks her gaze up briefly in a little eyeroll at his dramatics, but smiles all the same, even reaching out one hand to pat his knee in an equally exaggerated show of appeasement, a wordless there, there. When he replies, she can't help but breathe a small huff of doubt. ]

Is it?

[ Her tone is wry, thinking she knows the general sentiment when it comes to her incessant questioning. She knows her curiosity and the need to know everything isn't always seen as the most positive of characteristics. ]

So there's no actual downside to all of this for you, beyond momentary discomforts.