A card table has been set up at the campfire pit, with two chairs sitting at opposite ends. Everyone lines up and prepares to take the challenge. First up are Kaleidoscope and Wolframnhart. Kaleidoscope is handed to cups and a bag of special pop rocks. He turns his back to Wolf and pours the rocks into a cup and places both of them on the table, one in front of himself, the other in front of Wolf. After thinking for a moment, Wolf silently picks his own glass up. They both swallow their soda.
Suddenly, after a brief pause, Wolf shouts and stands up from his chair
. He tries to wipe the pop rocks off of his tongue.
"Well, that's one down," I say, picking up another pair of cups. "Bet the rest of you are really looking forward to this, huh?" A few players shiver slightly after seeing what became of Wolf.
"Next up, IcemanE versus Incognito."
IcemanE sets up the cups the same way Kaleidoscope did. Incognito decides to take his chances and drink out of his own cup.
They both down their soda, and this time, IcemanE's mouth explodes.
The cycle continues and the line keeps getting shorter. Sensfan and Farside step up next. Sensfan sets the cups down, and Farside follows the pattern of the players before her and does not switch.
Subsequently, Farside is greeted with pop rocks filling her mouth.
Next up is LlamaFluff and MBPikamon. LlamaFluff sets up the glasses. MBPikamon is the fourth in a row to not switch.
They both chug their sodas, and LlamaFluff gets the pop rocks.
Living up to his Izzy avatar, though, he quickly asks if he can have some more.
Cybele and Chenhsi sit down at the table next. Chenhsi also follows suit and does not switch.
He is soon punished for conforming, as he quickly finds out the pop rocks are in his drink.
Next is orangepenguin versus Stark. They walk up to the table, but orangepenguin quickly beckons Stark over. They whisper to each other for a second, then orangepenguin turns to me. "I'd like to concede this round to Stark, since we're on the same team."
"I guess I'll allow it," I say. "Such selflessness in a teammate... Either that or orangepenguin's just a baby and doesn't want to risk the pop rocks.
Either way, Stark wins by default.
"
CF Riot and pickemgenius step up next. Peg, yet again, does not switch.
They drink their sodas, and Peg quickly attempts to spit the pop rocks out of his mouth.
Next up is animorpherv1 and ZazieR. Ani sets up the cups, and Zazie, no shock here, does not switch.
As a result, she gets the mouthful of pain this time around.
Next, Rally Vincent and Mana Ku. Rally sets up the cups. Mana Ku, after a long, hard, thought, decides to keep the pattern going and not switch. They pick up their cups, and Rally grimaces slightly.
As expected, Rally has the rocks in his drink.
Ting and Skitzer, the next to last pair, come up to the table. Ting sets up the cups. Skitzer, in a surprising moves, decides to switch the cups.
However, he is not rewarded, as he got stuck with the rocks.
Last up are Shadowlurker and Charter. However, Shadowlurker is the only one there. "Huh? Where's Charter?" Everyone shrugs and looks around for him. It seems Charter has disappeared, too scared of the pop rocks of pain to go.
"Oh, well. Shadowlurker, I guess this means you win by default."
"Okay, then! Our first round is over, with minimal injuries. Here comes your line-up for Round 2!"
MBPikamon vs CF Riot
Animorpherv1 vs Kaleidoscope
Incognito vs Stark
Cybele vs Mana Ku
Shadowlurker vs Ting vs SensFan
In the case of the three-way match, Shadowlurker will place the cups, and Ting and SensFan will both get a chance to switch, and will name who they want to switch with.
You may send in your actions immediately.