Game of Balance

After finding a motorcycle in the ruins of the battle against the minotaurs army you head to the City of Inference.

You ride through a small city. The City of Inference is less than an hour from the bustling city. Out of nowhere, a van cuts you off and stops in front of you.

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BOOM

The van explodes and you are thrown from the bike.

BOOM

You are placed in an ambulance and taken from the scene.

You wake to find yourself locked in a prison cell.

Where am I? And why am I here?

You are in Gametown. You are here to fight in our balance battles.

Rules are simple. Whatever your opponent does you do the opposite.

You are dressed for the balance battle games and moved to the balance battle platform. Return each move with a counter opposite/inverse move.

If they throw -3x you counter with 3x. No mistakes. Remember, only opposite/inverse counter actions.

2x + 8 = 48

Round 1

2x = 40

8 is thrown.�You counter with -8.

2x = 40

x

X = 20

Multiply by 2 is thrown.�You counter with divide by 2.

Round 2 2x + 4 = x -10

2x + 4 = x -10

x

-x

X+ 4 = -10

You throw x

They counter with -x

x + 4 = -10

x = -14

You throw 4. �They counter with -4

Round 3 The Distributive Property

The final round determines the winner. Both teams are tied and the first mistake will end the match. The home crowd hates that you are still in the competition. The rumor is that the home team is planning to cheat to win.

May the best team win.

You hear your name announced as you walk through the tunnel to the balance platform. The distributive property will be a difficult move. But what does it matter, someone is plotting against you. Fight, never quit, make them remember this day. Inverse/opposites and distributing force to each fighter are always the actions.

4(x -1) = 2x + 4

You must hit all players with the 4 to score. There is no counter. You just have to distribute 4 successfully. Miss a single player and you lose the game and your life.

4

You make your move, distributing 4 to each player.

ughhh!

You deliver a perfect distributive blow hitting each player with the required 4. You knock them off the platform scoring three points. The home team has a chance to tie but they must also deliver a perfect distributive blow. If they make a mistake they lose the match and you go free. Losing to an outsider will be embarrassing for them and the balance battle league. They climb back onto the balance platform and take a stance on the right side of the platform. It is now their turn to distribute.

-3(2x - 9) = 4x + 44

We will destroy you this time stranger.

-3

Kaboom

Kaboom

To stop you from winning, an attempt was made on your life. An opposite/inverse explosion took out the entire arena but you survived. Although, you survived the blast the extremist did achieve their objective to stop the match. There was no way you could lose. You slip away among the rubble into the darkness. Sneaking off isn’t how you expected to escape. You wanted to finish the fight, but you are free.

You look back at the city. You can still see the flames when the sun rises. Only two weeks on your quest and already you have had two life changing events. Well, there is one good thing about today….

You found another bike. Inference City, here you come.