RAYA E4 - Spine

Ideas

“The gem isn’t a weapon!” Well now it really is made into weapons, and actually helps against Druun.
Spine does need their super-staff to survive, and are willing to give it up on Sisu’s authenticity
Jianzi / đá cầu / sipa / capteh
- except it’s like combat juggling
- each team has to keep “alive” their dacau, whilst trying to take down the other teams’
- maybe they have three each, and can use them to hit others out of the air
  - the lighter women are launched into the air to spike opponents’ balls out
- soft combat is allowed!
- there’s a 2m deep pond in the center of the arena
  - Spine players abuse Raya not willing to cross into the pond
  - Raya must admit her fear of water,
    - or maybe be willing to stand underwater to boost her shorter teammates like Noi to land a spike
- Namaari brings chilis from Fang to help with the cold
lol one of those doors with an eye slider, where you have to answer a prompt with the correct passphrase
they don’t believe in dragons lol
Raya’s the avatar of the worst traits of the five nations lol
- Old Kumandra
  - copycat
  - at first, they were all nice, and reciprocal
  - then when Namaari started cheating,
  - Raya (and Kumandra) copycats, always being untrusting from now on
- Tail: generally untrusting
  - doubt enemies
  - always cheat?
- Talon: false deception
  - doubt friends
  - coop once – then cheat
  - repeat interactions
- Spine: indifferent independence
  - doubt everyone (after once?)
  - grudger
  - will take handouts but won’t give
  - forever stuck in non-cooperation
  - needs to learn the non-zero sum game — if you don’t help others, they can’t help you, and you need help
- Heart: champion conspiring
  - trust everyone?
  - always cooperate?
- Fang: ruthless, internal trust
  - always cheat?—nah it gotta be more complex than that at this final stage
they find a water redirection
- Raya takes twice as long to find all river ends, because of all the redirection