“Well, I don’t think the terms are fair,” you say hesitatingly, “and I certainly wouldn’t want Mandy to get the benefits of the GAME ending while I am lumped with the consequences and the debt! Perhaps a different deal?” you venture.
“No.” says Green Notary. “No other deals and indeed the one I just offered you has now expired.” The man sighs, disappointed. “Do you know why No Holds Barred death match GAMES catch our attention?” You shake your head slightly. Mandy shrugs dismissively.
“GAMES.” Says the Auditor. “GAMES are designed to test the ingenuity of the students and pit risk vs reward. Discipline vs audacity. But the stakes you have chosen? There is no risk you will not take, no option you will not choose to stay alive. The GAME system allows you to run up debt, either your own or other students very quickly by manipulating NO PLAY and deliberate LOSE forfeitures. Attack and defence will become ever more extreme. And before long, the condition of getting ejaculate into your opponent is completely superseded by the measures you are taking to counter the magic your adversary has unleashed.”
Again the Auditor nods to the horrible art work “In 1928 one of the two students involved in a No Holds Barred death GAME was a fan of HP Lovecraft. Rather unusual in his own time in fact. In order to win the GAME, he manipulated the GAME system and brought forth a cosmic horror out of fiction and into reality. Some parts of Shoubu have never really recovered. 45 faculty staff and 582 students dead in twenty minutes and another 1200 individuals driven irrevocably insane. And even then, we at the University considered ourselves very, very lucky that the impact was so limited before the incident was contained.”
The Auditor continues to hold both of your gazes. “Shoubu policy has been to prevent any GAME getting that far out of hand again. That means this situation must be, will be, resolved with extreme expediency. Tonight, one of you will win the GAME.
The Auditor gave a wide grin. His teeth seem positively pointed now “and one of you will die.”
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