The nemo's game 4th round

In this month of April, we start with the Nemo games and as last month, the link for the vote will be to a strawpoll to avoid spoilers^^ I wish you a good reading and see you on Saturday^^.

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The results appeared on the screen, and it was a tie for both young people.

- N: Oh a tie, we'll have to break the tie to see who goes to auction.

He turned back to the two young men with a look full of mischief.

- N: Unless one of them wants to sacrifice himself to save the other.
- P: We'd both be willing to sacrifice ourselves for each other, but we'll let the game play itself out.
- J: Perfect, what are you going to tell us?
- N: Oh oh well, how about a game of kings.

He turned back to Jinx and showed them the table where a chess set lay.

The two young men exchanged glances and then settled down to start the game, but Jinx interrupted them to show them a clock.

- N: You should know, my two young friends, that the game will be timed, and whoever reaches 0 before winning will have lost.  The rules are clear for both of us?
- P: Yes!
- J: The same!
- N: Well, let the game begin!

Pierre invited Julien to start the game, and he accepted. After playing his first piece, he started the clock. After moving a few pieces, it was easy to see that they weren't great players, which made the game even more interesting, as great players always acted according to perfectly memorized tactics. But here, the two played calmly and the movements were surprising, as they were not part of a defined tactic.

The game had already begun and Pierre was in trouble.

- P: Nice move.
- J: Thanks, I must admit I haven't played chess very often.

Pierre played the rook at G4 to take a pawn, then gently pressed the clock.

- P: I'm glad I met you!
- J: What do you mean?
- P: In a few minutes, one of us will lose and I don't know if we'll remember our meeting.
- J: I too would have liked to have met you under different circumstances.
- P: Julien, you're a true friend and I swear that if there was a way out for both of us, I'd do everything I could to reach it;
- J: Thank you, I promise to do the same for you if I win.

The two friends looked at each other and shook hands to seal this promise, but Pierre began to feel unable to look his friend in the eye.

- J: What is it?
- P: I must admit that you're much better at chess than I am.
- J: The game's not over yet, You can still win.
- P: I know and I want you to know that I'm sorry for what I've just done?
- J: What are you talking about?

Just then, a buzzer sounded in the room.

- N: But what a pity for our friend Julien, he has no time left on the clock.
- J: What?

He looked at the chessboard clock and immediately understood that Pierre had made a monologue so that it would fall to zero.

- J: You bastard, you tricked me!
- P: I'm sorry, I had no choice.
- J: You know, where do you put your excuses?
- P: Know that I'll do anything to save you.

Nemo snapped his fingers and two guards took Julien into the machine. He didn't resist any longer, as he was in shock at the betrayal.

- N: It was an exceptional game, and I couldn't have wished for a better finale. Now it's time for the auction. Who wants to obtain this prized soul?

The moment was palpable, Pierre wanted to leave, but was grabbed by the arm by Nemo who prevented him from fleeing.

- N: don't leave us so soon. Bidding is closed and the winner is.... Mr. Jackal.  You're so discreet we'd forgotten all about you, my dear friend.

-JA: May I say something?

- N: Of course, you have the floor.
- JA: My young friend, I'm a betting man, and if you want your brother-in-arms back, I'll put him back on the line, but you've got to win.
- N: Oh, a thrilling announcement, there's going to be some sport in the next few events. But while we're waiting for the machine to be launched.

The machine started up, and after a few moments, a beautiful heroine emerged.

She was then taken to the jackal, who enjoyed her body in front of the camera. As if he wanted to mock Pierre and his inability to save his friend.

- P: I've had enough, I'm getting out of here!
- N: Just a second, my good fellow.
- P: I was talking about this piece, not the competition.
- N: I know, but you're forgetting the votes;
- P: What do the votes have to do with this discussion?

Two guards grabbed Pierre and pushed him into the machine. He set off inside and get transformed him in his turn.

- N: Just so you know, the game was to decide who was going to bid.  But a tie meant that you would also become a woman.

The machine opened and dropped a beautiful nun. Jinx took her by the hand and led her out of the room.

- N: Well, that's the end of the show and I'll see you next week. Yes, now the tests will be spaced out by a week, so that alliances can be formed and people can plan for a good betrayal.  See you next time.

The players returned to their relaxation areas and were informed of the decision that had just been made.

The next confrontation will take place in 7 days' time, and it will be the same for every confrontation to come in the future. This decision had been proposed so that the players would not be too exhausted at the end of the competition due to the numerous events.

The rules were simple: everyone had their own room and no other player could enter. The second point was that, apart from sleeping and washing, he had to do everything in community, from eating to sports and walking. The first week went pretty well, even if Antoine tried to create tension between the members by talking loudly and dropping little jabs to throw people off balance. But all these attempts seemed to have failed, so the big day arrived and everyone headed off to the venue for the next game.

When they reached the room, they were all surprised to discover that a woman was waiting for them, seated at a table.

- You have no shame in keeping a lady waiting.

Then it was Nemo's turn to arrive from across the room.

- N: Well, my dear Pierre, you seem to be enjoying your new look.
- L: I'd like you to call me Léa, now.
- N: With pleasure, my dear lady.

The woman waiting for them was none other than Pierre, one of last week's two nominees. Everyone had questions for him, but they would have to wait, as the game was about to begin.

They were all rather perturbed to see Lea, because she had a beautiful physique, but above all she acted in a perfectly feminine way, and for good reason: she'd spent a week with Jinx, who explained everything she needed to know.

No one would have guessed it, but Jinx had added a few parameters before Pierre became Lea, implanting in her brain all the knowledge she needed for feminine hygiene, but also everything she needed to know about dressing sexy and putting on perfect make-up.

All week long, she put her new knowledge into practice and was judged by Jinx. After just three days, she was a perfect woman in every respect, and was even the first player to take part in these games.

Nemo had just finished explaining today's game, but few people had followed the rules, too disturbed by the beauty around them.

Today, the game was none other than the famous card game Magic the Gathering, and they had to take part in several games of commander, which was a fairly common mode of play between friends.

The rules were simple, a deck of 100 cards and a commander, these will be tables of 4 players and the winner in each table will be spared then the second game if the first winner wins again, he can choose who he saves on the table.

The last two at each table will meet at a final table for a final game where the winner will be saved and then choose who to save between these three opponents.

There were 8 decks already created by Nemo himself, all on a different theme, but all designed for competitive play.

There was something for everyone, and Nemo threw the coin toss to see who would draw a deck first.

David was the first to draw the deck featuring Edgar Markov as commander, a vampire-based deck that would give these opponents a hard time.

Sasha was the second, hesitating for several moments before choosing his deck, which annoyed Antoine, who ended up shouting at him. He chose Commander Yuriko, a ninja deck that allows you to change creature cards using ninjutsus.

The one who followed was none other than Lea, who was very quiet and took with a firm hand the deck of the elves led by Commander Lathril, showing the power of this people's synergy.

Mathias was the fourth and came across Trazyn, a most terrifying commander because of his mono color and his ability to copy the abilities of the artifacts in his graveyard while in play.

Cedric followed directly behind and picked the mighty Ur-dragon, a commander with dozens of dragons under his command, ready to scorch this world with a powerful and effective strike.

Phil, arriving sixth, came across a deck for movie fans, as it was based on Lord of the Rings and its commander the mighty Sauron won't be there to make up the numbers.

Antoine was penultimate and didn't have much of a choice: he tossed a coin right, face left, and landed on Atraxa, a powerful phyrexian-based deck that will take over the world as usual.

Finally, Romain didn't have the stress of choice, as there was only one left: Pantlaza, a deck with a certain bite given that it was made up of powerful dinosaurs.

Everyone had their deck in hand, but before starting the game, Nemo allowed them to look at the deck for an hour and discover the subtlety of each card and the combos that could result.

They were all very concentrated, and when only a few minutes remained, they were surprised to hear Nemo replay the pitch of today's game, but when they saw that he was putting a lot of form and gesture into it.

They understood that the clandestine broadcast had just begun, and that at the end, one of the eight participants present would take her turn in this machine to change him forever.

When he had finished explaining, he launched the table draw: on the first table were Romain, Cédric, Léa and Antoine, and on the second David, Phil, Sasha and Mathias.

Everyone was ready for this exciting game, everyone drew seven cards, and the first game got underway in complete calm.

For the first round, everyone played a terrain to make mana, some even playing a Sol ring card emblematic of the commander format.

It was a game that seemed simple at first, as you had to eliminate all three opponents to win, but it was much more subtle, as if one person gained the upper hand, he would become the target of the other three.

This detail had not escaped the attention of the first two winners of each table, who were playing in the background and not making waves.

Cedric didn't play aggressively and didn't attack with these dragons, until the fateful moment when he launched a most effective combo when he had the right card in hand. He attacked with a dragon that gave him a lot of mana, allowing him to put down a large number of creatures.

He played a card that enabled him to make a second attack phase, destroying the life points of two players who were too dangerous, and ending the next turn with the survivor who could do nothing.

Mathias used another tactic which was also very powerful: he set up a few artifact creatures which he sacrificed when attacked. He seemed to be in a bad way when he drew a very special ballista.

He went for a combo, using an artifact that when tilted (engaged) gave three mana, and used his commander's ability to fetch an artifact ability from his graveyard that allowed him to pay two mana to disengage it.

In doing so, he explained that he had infinite mana, paid over 18 million mana to launch the ballista so that it had over 9 million +1/+1 markers and then paid 4 mana to remove the number of markers to wound a commander.

He drew 9 million and distributed them evenly among his three opponents, who remained in the game. He told them he loved playing the game and would be more passive next time.

Even though the two games hadn't finished at the same time, both tables waited to launch the second game, which looked even more complicated, as the winner of the first was no longer a threat, but could put obstacles in the way of those he didn't like.

At table 1, everyone was playing to win, but as Cedric no longer seemed a threat, Léa launched an offensive on Antoine, as she was afraid of his deck. It had to be said that many of these creatures had flight, which posed a problem, as it could only be countered by another creature with flight and she didn't have any in her deck.

Romain was playing a big dinosaur, but unfortunately for him Cedric was having fun attacking him, because he wanted to show that dragons were cooler than dinosaurs, their life points were melting like snow in the sun and nobody knew who would win.

At table 2, the game was more bizarre, as Mathias had forfeited his tenth round on the grounds that for the two losers at this table, it was better that they knew their decks better, and to do that, they had to play with them.

There was no rule preventing someone from talking and giving advice, so that's what he did for the rest of the game, and even though on paper Sasha's deck was one of the most complicated to play, he managed to win the second game.

Sasha was the second winner, not thanks to a great combo, but just thanks to fatigue - everyone tried out cards and in the end, no one had any left in their hands, so he finished off his two opponents with just three life points left.

Each of his opponents would hold out his hand in victory, and there was a great atmosphere at the table, as people were having fun playing, which wasn't the case at the other table.

Everyone was playing for their lives, and in the end no one expected Cedric's second victory, as he unleashed a dragon wave that decimated the three opposing camps and the few VPs they had left.

He wanted to show his supremacy and decided to choose Antony as his second saved, to make sure he was indebted to him.

The end was approaching, but as the two games had lasted over an hour each, Nemo allowed them to relieve themselves if he needed to.

The game was about to start, he was just waiting for David who had been in the bathroom for a while and when he arrived, the game started and Nemo asked the audience present not to say another word.

The game was quite tense, as whoever won could save one, so everyone kept a card up their sleeve to turn the tables.

Léa even used her new body in certain situations: when she was designated as the target of an attack, she would make gentle eyes to change the target of the attack.

No one had the upper hand in this game, but as the VPs got lower and lower, the more he was on his guard, because in one move each of them could have won the game.

And this blow was dealt by Lea and her commander who could remove 10 HP in one action, but David had foreseen the blow and cast a spell to destroy one of these creatures, but Phil cast a counter-spell which cancelled it out and gave Lea the victory.

She thanked Phil for saving her, but decided to choose Romain, which shocked Phil, and all he got in response was a simple wink from Léa.

Phil was about to get angry, but was cut off by Nemo.

- N: Which part, we know who's going to vote. David and Phil!  Now what are they going to be transformed into?

-JA: May I interrupt?

- N: Oh Mr. Jackal, what can I do for you?

-JA: Would you mind if I use my Joker?
- N: Not at all, you have the right.
-JA: Perfect, I use it to choose the three transformation proposals.
- N: Of course, but first let me explain what Joker is. Each bidder has one and can use them to change what they want. Here, he's decided to use it to choose the three transformations, and we're listening.

-Ja: In 1, a dark chocolate bunny.
- In 2, a Caramel rabbit.
- In 3, a rabbit with matcha

- N: Well, a very rabbit-like choice.

-JA: You see Lea, I deleted it to show you that I wouldn't use it against you.

- N: I see the jackal is hunting. But the show has gone on far too long, now it's time to vote. It's your turn!

Link for vote: https://strawpoll.com/xVg71PYkGyr