SIDE B

[dandelioned]

[The glass is still blank! But there is a chain with a post. And there is a collar on the end of the chain. It seems like something has slipped its leash . . . ]

Oh, dear. Has anyone seen Alexander?

Comments

[holysiscon]

...you've borrowed something from all of us, or just us as a group?

[holysiscon]

I doubt he'd kill me, but I'm being careful. If the price is too high, I'll back down.

[das_sourkraut]

You may doubt it, but there's no certainty. And my point about him being able to raise his expectations based on the ideas you're feeding him still stands.

At least you have a limit as to when you'll back down.

[holysiscon]

Fine! I'll get him to propose something, and see if it's within my ability to pay it and still function for the rest of the game. If it's not, then I make no deal and everything remains as is--with the possible exception of your friend there getting eaten by tentacles.

[das_sourkraut]

I can agree to that.

[facepalms] ...I'm going to go throw him into a corner.

[holysiscon]

Please do. It's nice that he cares, but he isn't particularly smart.

[royalaschole]

I can communicate with the other side.

[das_sourkraut]

Then we can figure out who those items belong to.

[eurocanada]

[making "THIS IS A BAD IDEA" hand signals at you]

[holysiscon]

*I HAVE MY SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BLINDERS ON*

[eurocanada]

[do they allow you to see him heading toward the octopus-thing again?]

[holysiscon]

*...why you do a thing, little country.*

[eurocanada]

[making gestures like he's going to pick it up... with his bare hands]

[holysiscon]

*...zipping over suddenly, grabbing him by the collar before he can*

Really?

[eurocanada]

It's no stupider than what you were trying to do!

[holysiscon]

I'm trying to get something useful--our teams reunited--by giving up something I can do without if I have to. You, on the other hand, are putting yourself in danger with no return.