The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[metagame]

The corpse sinks to the floor
Even the brightest gold, even the sharpest blade
Becomes sand, becomes dust

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[metagame]

I was busy elsewhere.

[Ominous!]

I'm not surprised you don't recognize them. They're dice. But in my time, we used astragali... The uneven heel bones of calves and sheep.

We didn't get a chance to play before what with Soujuurou and the others interrupting us. So how about now? Shall we play a game?

Roll all eight dice, and if they total 40 points you win.

[Roll 8D6!]

But if you lose, Joshua... You'll have to face a penalty.

[finalmix]

Too busy to pay us a visit? We had a chat with your staff, earlier.

[ a dramatic sigh. ]

And to think that we came here all this way~

[ that said, permission has been given to take the dice, so it's with a sweep of his hand he'll scoop up the dice. ]

You do know that those aren't very favourable odds, right?

[ but here goes nothing. the dice skitter across the table: 4, 6, 3, 6, 3, 5, 6, 2; total of 35 points. ]

[ joshua clicks his tongue. ] Unfortunate.

[ so close, yet so far. ]

You should roll too, hm? Where's the fun in just me playing~

[metagame]

Heh, why not?

[He gathers the dice and rolls just to be fair: 5, 4, 5, 6, 6, 5, 4, 6; a total of 41 points.

He whistles at the spread.]

Seems like I win. Just barely, too...

Yo! Does anyone else want to try?

[strawsandals]

Sure! I'll give it a go.

[ What's up Atem! He'll roll...

(5, 6, 4, 4, 6, 3, 4, 1) for 33 points. ]

Ah, dang...

[beautifulknight]

...Perhaps I should give it a go?

[ Argenti looks curious and honestly he gets 35 points, just like Joshua (I'm not typing all of that, friends) ]

Ah.

[ Goodbye ]

[cleansewithfire]

[ Sunrise will quietly pick up the dice and roll.

(1, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2) for 24 points.

...She sighs. ]

[chimken]

[ Falin tries and immediately gets a 28 ]

[moodwrecker]

[Oh apparently we are playing dice games. Well Aubrey's luck is shit so the total of 29 should not be a surprise.]

[ledbythewind]

[Yeah guess who else got a 28...]

[metagame]

[sorry atem just bursts out laughing at all of you]

How unlucky are you guys..?

It wouldn't be fun if I penalized you now...

Since you're my guests, you're free to explore the palace. Have fun!

[He disappears! BYEEE

Seems the hallway you guys used to get to the dining hall loops around to the courtyard in the back. That might be a good place to meet with the others!]

[moodwrecker]

...well, that was stupid.

[And pointless! Maybe they should have just tried to scruff him in front of all the gods and servants anyway.]