Chapter 16
by
Felixfalck
What happened to the card?
It calls out Gretchen's cheating
Competitive, willing and trying to deceit
But no action goes without consequence, little miss cheat
Thinking yourself so clever, trying to rig the game
From now on you'll be known by a more fitting name
The card burst into flames immediately upon being read, not needing to hear neither continue nor chicken out to take effect.
"You tried to cheat?! How??" Himari shouted.
Tension built in the room as all eyes fell on the redhead. She'd had an edge and completely wasted it. Who could blame her though, she didn't know that the game would catch and out her like that. Let alone punish her somehow. Despite obviously being in the wrong here, she still went on the aggressive, trying to fend off Himari.
"Calm down you fucking crybaby! Why are you so upset anyways? It's got nothing to do with you!"
"Stop it both of you! Why and how did you cheat, Bitch?" Rebecca asked calmly
"The fuck did you just call me?!"
Rebecca's face went blank. What did she just call her? Looking at her friend, no other name than Bitch came to mind. Still, it felt wrong somehow? But why? She'd always been named bitch, surely. That's right! It'd always been Bitch. She was just acting up because she'd just been caught cheating. Bitch was absolutely a fitting name for her. Perhaps it'd be better as a middle name, first name being Colossal..
"What's wrong, Bitch?" Himari asked, a little concerned with her friend who seemed a little on edge. She didn't seem to have any trouble calling her friend by her given name. That's what she'd always called her after all..
"The hell you mean what's wrong?? You guys keep calling me fucking bitch!" She was fuming. Not yet having made the connection.

"That's literally your name, what's gotten into you?" Rebecca answered.
There was a pause. Bitch tried to remember her own name, but the only thing that came to mind was bitch. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember her old name. Even worse what that it seemed none of her friends remembered her by any other name.
"And what's with this cheating accusation the game just made?"
Bitch was at a loss, but she also knew that moping about it wouldn't help. It was the last thing she wanted to do right now, but she had to swallow and accept that her name was in fact Bitch now. She went on to tell how she'd cheated.
"I lied about your roll.."
No further evidence was needed as Rebecca's piece moved the six tiles it was supposed to, making it clear that she did in fact NOT roll a one..
Following her piece's advancements towards the red tile. Her first mental one if her memory served her right. She'd dreaded having her mind tempered with. Still she was adamant about continuing regardless of what it may entail, for the sake of Alice. Now more than ever it was apparent that they needed to be resilient. It was hard to blame Bitch for cheating, she'd already undergone a red card, it was impossible to know whether it was SHE who wanted to cheat or the effects of the card.
Rebecca simply looked at Bitch, hinting for the cheater to draw her card.
Anticipation filled the air as all three waited for Bitch to read the card. Mental ones had quickly become the scariest ones. Himari and Alice knew all too well how terrifying they could be.
Accustomed to the finer things
Time to break free from your heritage's strings
Say bye to your desire for daddy's cash
Strive for the life that some may consider trash
Do you continue or chicken out?
"Uhm.. -I.." Rebecca's fortitude was swiftly ebbing away. On one hand she was tired of everyone calling her spoiled, fortunate, even bourgeois. On the other she wasn't exactly prepared to just give it all up either. She enjoyed the perks of being rich to an extent. Sure, when she was old enough and educated she'd strive to live off of her own abilities and effort. But completely giving up her safety net already now was a big ask. Then again, it mentioned of her desire, and it was a mental card after all. The worst case scenario was that she didn't want her fathers money, but knowing him, he'd probably give it to her anyways. Sure she might hate herself for it, but it could definitely be worse.
Rebecca was so focused on the first three lines that the last one completely passed her by. She seemed to be the only one to have missed it as the rest of the group all had a sudden change in expression when the last line was read. Even Alice with her stone cold gaze had expressed minor signs of surprise. Surely Rebecca would chicken out at this point. This could very well be the biggest change until now, bigger than Alice's first card even.
Himari broke the silence by asking Rebecca what she was thinking. The girl had been silently contemplating, carefully considering the potential consequences of wanting to give up her father's wealth.
"I don't know really, it's a big change.. I'd prefer to go without, but I don't think I'm ready to give up either. There's been ..worse cards and we're all still playing so..."
"Sounds to me like you've already made up your mind. Just get on with it and let's continue this game already" Bitch shot in. If look could kill she'd be dead a long time ago. Rebecca was in no mood to let Bitch try and hurry things along after her little stunt.
"We won't blame you if you chicken out now" Himari said in an attempt to ease her friends conscience. Rebecca didn't understand the reasoning behind her friend's sudden support, no wonder, she'd missed the most essential part of the card..
"-I..."
What does Rebecca do?
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Chicken out: The game
A simple transformative game of chicken
Welcome to chicken out! The game so good we spun it off unchanged!! Based on the concept of Mr_Anderson. This is a game of chicken. The players each take turns rolling a die, their game piece moves accordingly and they draw a card based on the color they land on. The cards contain a text with transformative properties. After reading the card, the player can then choose to either continue or chicken out. Easy, right?
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