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IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part VI
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<blockquote data-quote="Dichotomy" data-source="post: 5699342" data-attributes="member: 12941"><p>Ekaym smiles as Erdolliel and Kushnak express their interest. <span style="color: wheat">"Marvelous! Tell you what, I'll buy the three of you something to eat, and we can discuss all of the details."</span></p><p></p><p>Celeste gives a brief nod. <span style="color: purple">"While I don't mean to be rude, I'll be taking my leave of you all. I have my own business to see to, and I was really only here as a go-between for Ekaym. I'm sure everything will work out splendidly."</span></p><p></p><p>Unless the trio interrupts Celeste, she takes her leave.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: orange">"Not to be ungrateful, but we just had our breakfast, Mr. Smallcask,"</span> Nethezar mentions as Ekaym readies to lead the trio out.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: wheat">"Well,"</span> Ekaym responds, without seeming the least taken aback, <span style="color: wheat">"we will have to start right into wine, spirits, or ale, won't we? I know an excellent place."</span></p><p></p><p>Soon enough, Ekaym has the trio following him to a private dining room at an excellent brew house. Ekaym appears to spare no expense in attempting to win you over.</p><p></p><p>Ekaym reiterates much of what the trio heard the night before about the games but adds some detail: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">While gladiators CAN be killed, participants can surrender (either individually, or as an entire team) by dropping weapons, kneeling, and raising both hands in the air. Anyone attacking a surrendering foe is immediately disqualified from the entire games (and would face criminal sanctions for assault or murder), and anyone giving a fake surrender (i.e. surrendering and then attacking a foe) is also immediately disqualified.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gladiators can fly or levitate, but only up to 40 feet off the ground. Going higher results in disqualification. Burrowing into the ground is not allowed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matches continue until death or surrender of all opposing teams.<br /> Gladiators do not keep the spoils of victory, which also means that you don't lose your equipment if you lose.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tactics that endanger the spectators are forbidden and result in disqualification. This is judged on an ad hoc basis.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If an individual is disqualified, he must immediately move to the edge of the battlefield and take no further part. Failure to comply results in the entire team being disqualified.</li> </ul><p>Ekaym also advises that the formalities technically begin with the "Free Dinner", which begins at 5:00 p.m. three days from now (Day 54). All entrants must be present no later than 6:00 p.m. <span style="color: wheat">"The Free Dinner is quite the feast. More importantly, it is the first chance for the gladiators to meat each other and size each other up. It's also a chance for the richest nobility to meet the gladiators, so that they can assess them and make appropriate wagers."</span></p><p></p><p>Ekayam notes that after the Free Dinner, the gladiators escorted to the Coenoby below the area, which essentially becomes the gladiators' home for the contest. While a manager, in this case, Ekayam, can meet with his team every-other day (often to bring healing supplies or other needed goods), a team otherwise is confined to the Coenoby except when fighting.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: wheat">"And to top it all off, assuming you win, the total payout is around 40,000 gold. All I'm requesting, for the use of my license, is half of whatever the team takes."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dichotomy, post: 5699342, member: 12941"] Ekaym smiles as Erdolliel and Kushnak express their interest. [color=wheat]"Marvelous! Tell you what, I'll buy the three of you something to eat, and we can discuss all of the details."[/color] Celeste gives a brief nod. [color=purple]"While I don't mean to be rude, I'll be taking my leave of you all. I have my own business to see to, and I was really only here as a go-between for Ekaym. I'm sure everything will work out splendidly."[/color] Unless the trio interrupts Celeste, she takes her leave. [color=orange]"Not to be ungrateful, but we just had our breakfast, Mr. Smallcask,"[/color] Nethezar mentions as Ekaym readies to lead the trio out. [color=wheat]"Well,"[/color] Ekaym responds, without seeming the least taken aback, [color=wheat]"we will have to start right into wine, spirits, or ale, won't we? I know an excellent place."[/color] Soon enough, Ekaym has the trio following him to a private dining room at an excellent brew house. Ekaym appears to spare no expense in attempting to win you over. Ekaym reiterates much of what the trio heard the night before about the games but adds some detail:[LIST][*]While gladiators CAN be killed, participants can surrender (either individually, or as an entire team) by dropping weapons, kneeling, and raising both hands in the air. Anyone attacking a surrendering foe is immediately disqualified from the entire games (and would face criminal sanctions for assault or murder), and anyone giving a fake surrender (i.e. surrendering and then attacking a foe) is also immediately disqualified.[*]Gladiators can fly or levitate, but only up to 40 feet off the ground. Going higher results in disqualification. Burrowing into the ground is not allowed. [*]Matches continue until death or surrender of all opposing teams. Gladiators do not keep the spoils of victory, which also means that you don't lose your equipment if you lose. [*]Tactics that endanger the spectators are forbidden and result in disqualification. This is judged on an ad hoc basis. [*]If an individual is disqualified, he must immediately move to the edge of the battlefield and take no further part. Failure to comply results in the entire team being disqualified.[/LIST] Ekaym also advises that the formalities technically begin with the "Free Dinner", which begins at 5:00 p.m. three days from now (Day 54). All entrants must be present no later than 6:00 p.m. [color=wheat]"The Free Dinner is quite the feast. More importantly, it is the first chance for the gladiators to meat each other and size each other up. It's also a chance for the richest nobility to meet the gladiators, so that they can assess them and make appropriate wagers."[/color] Ekayam notes that after the Free Dinner, the gladiators escorted to the Coenoby below the area, which essentially becomes the gladiators' home for the contest. While a manager, in this case, Ekayam, can meet with his team every-other day (often to bring healing supplies or other needed goods), a team otherwise is confined to the Coenoby except when fighting. [color=wheat]"And to top it all off, assuming you win, the total payout is around 40,000 gold. All I'm requesting, for the use of my license, is half of whatever the team takes."[/color] [/QUOTE]
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