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Everyone knows the classic Mexican standoff, in which some number of people (usually 3) all have weapons pointed at one another, meaning there's no way a single party can achieve victory.

In this game, we've just found the miraculous Oddly-Specific Treasure of Power (patent pending), and all of us want it! So you have to find some way to break the standoff, and ensure you can take the treasure.

For example:

Quote from: AliceI walk toward the treasure.

Quote from: BobNot so fast! I point my gun at you.

Quote from: CharlesI point two swords at Alice and Bob.

Quote from: AliceI shove Bob onto the ground, and point my own gun at Charles.

Quote from: DianeI stand next to a chalkboard, and threaten to scratch my nails on it if anybody walks near.

And so on. The more creative and silly the way to break the standoff, the better.



Since there's nobody above me, I just go to take the treasure.

NOT SO FAT FAST I POINT AT YOU WITH A PULSING HAND READY TO DO A RAGE

I pull a revolver on Smiley with my left hand, then another with my right hand, then another with a new arm that painfully grew out of my back, then another with another new arm that painfully grew out of my back. I grow a few more new arms with excruciatingly great pain to hold more of my own revolvers.

I tell you that I am a God Tier and that killing me like this would be useless.

I bounce all of you back to the beginning of the cave then teleport myself and the treasure to a place that only we can teleport to.

I'm the freaking prince of rage and I am very ticked off.  I use my powers to get back to the treasure, and the cave starts collapsing from all the walls I blew.

Well you just collapsed that standoff yourself, which lets me snag the treasure, pointing my gun at Bacon who is presumably still standing nearby.

Keeping my revolvers pointed at Smiley, I grow one last arm with agonizing nerve sensations. Unfortunately, I'm out of revolvers, but I have an effective flyswatter in my hand, ready to swat at Tyme at any moment.

I cut off one of bacon's arms with LAZERZ. (It's just a sword. It's name is LAZERZ. That's what the tag said.)

I inflict the curse of hella gay on the treasure. Anyone who holds it is hella gay and it bypasses no u and other cardsd

I'm undeterred by both the loss of my arm and the hella gayness of the treasure. With one of my two legs that I stretch out to incredible proportions, I aim it towards grabbing the treasure.

I cut your legs. I also throw Shpore at the treasure.

I warp out, then seven months later, I warp back in, getting ready to snatch the treasure.

I threaten to let my whole fireteam of guardians open fire on you.

Not so fast. I threaten to do a lot of Vine Whip Combos from every game I know (Starbound and Pokemon, I guess...) at you both. In fact, I wrap all of them around T.dude's guardians and shove them off-scene.

I shoot a flame cannon at the vines burning them and then teleport the treasure toward me.

Hold up, my guardian team comes back, with more, and they take aim. They will shoot if you make another move.

But my bigger, stronger guardian team was behind you all this time with multiple weapons and guns, and will not hesitate to fire at anyone if they even think about moving.

Hold up, Cayde 6 was up on a ledge. He took all the guardians' weapons and they have been changed into ants.

Hold up, Who said Cayde 6? Suddenly, he evaporates from existence in puff of logic that you aren't his controller, leaving me to point a gun towards Alex, Terrariadude and Ryasis

I fly down and freeze everyone except me, I also freeze the treasure.

Whatever...

This is mexican standoff, and as such, I use my newfound Flaring powers and threaten Tappaja and anyone else to burn them.

I teleport away with the treasure.

I disappear, the treasure is no longer frozen.

Ryasis fell into trap of flames, and the flaring is still threatening you all.