CORONA

[cyclists]

Corona

Every Tuesday, the Corona will meet with the Signs and be presented with three choices to help or hinder the game's progress. This may include items, effects, scenarios or more. However, they will not be provided any further information about these choices and their results will vary. They will have to pick wisely.

Should the Corona choose to not pick at all, the Signs will pick for them instead and inflict a punishment on the Corona.

When the Signs seeks to summon the Corona, a portal will appear when they find themselves alone. Upon entering the door, they will be brought into a tea room where the Signs are waiting for them. When their visit in the room concludes and they choose to exit, the portal will disappear. The Corona will find that no matter how long they spent in the tea room, no time has elapsed outside of the portal.

Additional notes:
The Corona will be allowed to ask questions about the ongoings of the games and communicate with the Signs in their weekly meetings. They will be able to also receive small hints in the game should they perform well, including game mechanics, locations and more. However, the information received will be up to the Signs' discretion.

Best of luck.

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[leaberator]

[ this is a very important guess. he has to think about it-- ]

Six?

[ or just keep going up one last time because he's an idiot. ]

[cyclists]

Does it really count as a guess if you're just adding a number each time...?

[leaberator]

You said a handful! I'm keeping it to what a hand can hold.

[cyclists]

Well now your guesses are up. [Shrug!] Good effort though.

[leaberator]

I'll just assume it's seven, then.

[ how does that work. ]

[cyclists]

Bend down for a second?

[leaberator]

[ he does, looking very confused ]

[cyclists]

[Thanks, there's a very gentle flick to the forehead because no, dummy, that doesn't count.]

[leaberator]

[ he yelps more out of surprise than any pain, pushing sol right back ]

Hey, I've got a real reasoning behind it!

[ does he. ]

[cyclists]

Oh yeah? Lay it on me. [Please, enlighten him.]

[leaberator]

You said there were a handful, and that it was less than what we had in the Organization. Now, it's a wild guess on whether you meant the original Organization numbers or what we were while you were there-- we weren't thirteen for that long, but you're not that clever, [ he said, rudely ] so thirteen it is. I already know there's at least three, so I started with the lower end numbers after that. There were only thirty of us to begin with, so eight, nine and ten are way more than a handful, that's nearly a third of our numbers. An' you said no to four, five and six, so it's gotta be seven, otherwise you're really bad at what a handful is.

[ a beat ]

Well, technically you didn't say no to five and six, but I'm counting them as nos anyway.

[cyclists]

Hey! [Mildly indignant, but also he's not always clever so true. But he listens and he nods...]

Technically? I did not say no to five or six. [So suffer.]

[leaberator]

Hey, I mentioned that! Are you working with me, or against me, here?

[ sighs ]

[cyclists]

My hands are tied, you know that. But you're closer than you think and that's all I can say.

[leaberator]

The only thing I'm getting closer to is a headache, Roxas.

[ he's. sighing, but he's decided between five and seven is as good as he's gonna get? ]

[cyclists]

Third time's a charm. [A shrug.] Sorry. I know this is frustrating but I don't like it either.

[leaberator]

You're not giving me much to work with, is the issue. [ alright, alright. fine. ] Changing the line of questions, then: why did the corruption get three people last week? Can you tell me that much?

[cyclists]

[Axel should maybe think about that, but Sol leaves it alone.]

It's getting stronger. [...] You know how the darkness works at home, right? It's similar to here. It can manifest in different ways and it can control people in different ways. It's not just something that picks people and decides to take over. It can grow from any sort of feelings like anger, or fear, or even just being overprotective. It latches onto the dark part of the heart and shapes itself based on its host.

The corruption got to three people last week because it found three appropriate hosts. The universe still stopped us from coming back here that night to stop them.

[leaberator]

[ axel is only as smart as the dumbass player behind him ok. He listens to all of it with a serious frown on his face, to at the end of it he deadpans: ]

Does the universe not realize it's being real counterproductive? [ he still doesn't really see the difference between this darkness and the one back home, honestly, but does it even matter. ] As it stands, we're ripe breeding ground for it. [ well, people usually are, so. ]

So only two people can feel it in someone, and the rest of us can't protect each other during it... [ he stops, frowning. ] No, you guys can't. You can't interfere on anything we could theoretically do ourselves, including figuring out any answer. That's how it's been all these weeks. If all these extra powers are meant to help, it goes without saying at least one should be some kind of-- defense.

[ he... droops a bit, waving a hand around ]

Or does it? I wouldn't exactly have put "pick an item or whatever at random" high on the list of priorities.

[cyclists]

[He's quiet because yeah, he came to that conclusion a while ago and it's part of the reason he doesn't exactly know how to talk to his friends anymore. He should be able to help, and so being prevented from doing so is starting to get really annoying really fast. It's not fair, and it makes their job almost seem kind of useless.

At least if he had his Keyblades he could fight back.]

At this point? Pretty sure it knows it's being contrary but we don't know why yet. [There's a frown Axel can't see.] Using your own powers to defend yourself, finding ways to work around the universe, and figuring out loopholes are all strategies to be doing.

You're working in conjunction with a couple of other people to keep us on track and find ways to pinpoint where the darkness is hiding. The more you do in your efforts even if it's picking items at random, the more likely I can actually help you.

[A beat.] But yeah. I can't do anything. I know.

[leaberator]

[ axel winces, belated and apologetic ]

That's not what I meant. You're not-- you can't help directly, but you're still helping as much as you can.

[ he doesn't have much else to say to the rest of it, because he's frustrated and anxious and exhausted, and it's always a great mix when he's trying to think, isn't it? why doesn't he try kidnapping someone again, that helped. wow okay bad train of thought, he clears his throat ]

I'm just trying to figure things out, and I was kinda using you as a soundboard.

[cyclists]

...no, I know. Sorry. [Ahh....] A lot of people...

[...let's not talk about how many people get on their asses about not helping enough or doing enough.]

Well anyway. You have to trust me when I say that you're going the right direction with stuff. Your instincts aren't always that bad.

[leaberator]

If you name names, I'm pretty sure I could shame them.

[ he says, knowing full well they won't do that. He doesn't comment on the instinct part because-- yeah, they're fine. his heart's fine at choices. it's his luck he has no trust in. But: ]

I trust you, that's never been a problem.

[cyclists]

[There's a pointed look somehow because yeah, he's not tattling on people, it's fine.]

I know. [He kind of just wants to kick the universe.] The thing about the roles is that all of them, in their own way, are designed to help protect you and everyone else. That's why there's so few of them. Smaller numbers, higher impact. But it still means that every role has a choice.

[leaberator]

[ so it's? five?

he decides to be nice and not say that out loud. ]

A choice... Do you mean a choice whether to help or not?

[ :T? ]