❝ kunzite ❞

[dramatispersonae]

[You are presented with yet more spiders, spiders, and also spiders. They appear to be weaving, creating words in their webs, strung between treetops. One of them drops down in front of you. It is an exposition spider! He sounds low-voiced and coaxing:]

❝ We will present you with words; it is up to you to determine which words you choose to keep, which words you discard, and which you apply to whom. ❞

❝ I wonder. Do you think words have power? ❞

Comments

❝ discuss ❞

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ❝ discuss ❞

[heteronormative]

[crap, a word game] Uhh, whatcha mean, apply to whom?

Re: ❝ discuss ❞

[odetojoy]

Words are what we use to communicate to one another. I assume they do.

Re: ❝ discuss ❞

[gonnariverdance]

Maybe just decidin' who fits the word best.

❝ one ❞

[dramatispersonae]

Of the following group words, choose six that you feel best describe this team. Then, select two each for Tiger's Eye, Sapphire, Peridot, and Coral. You will have words left over.

rustic, ruthless, quick, proficient, tangible, unusual, upbeat, languid, mundane, rabid, lamentable, spiritual, torpid, callous, crazy, hungry, invincible, itchy, lovely

Re: ❝ one ❞

[heteronormative]

Ohhhhhhhh. So we gotta apply words to people, huh? I don't ... think I know shit about most of these teams though.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[odetojoy]

Perhaps we should start by sharing what we know of them.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[heteronormative]

Uhh... Vision on Sapphire's cute and kinda smart and ... kinda likes teasing people. Don't take no shit even if she's polite'n quiet. The sapphire dude I kissed was kind of quiet and lost but he just was new too.

Valiant on Tiger's Eye is like... uh... I dunno, he was fluster...y.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[heteronormative]

Oh yeah! Ariel's on Peridot, right? She's super cute and real quiet 'cause she can't speak and gets real showy of her feelings prolly also 'cause she can't speak.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[myeyeonyou]

. . . you're all very new, for a game like this.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[gonnariverdance]

I don't suppose you know anything about those teams, do ya? I've only met one each from Peridot and Tiger's Eye so far.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[odetojoy]

I have only met someone on Tiger's Eye and some on Peridot so far.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[odetojoy]

Tiger's Eye is "hungry" and "crazy."
Sapphire is "mundane" and what else?
Peridot is "upbeat" and "unusual."
Coral is . . . ?

For us: tangible, invincible, proficient, quick and we need two more.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[gonnariverdance]

I like rustic and languid for us. Lovely for Coral since they're a bunch of pretty faces.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[heteronormative]

Guess I'm a little itchy if I think about it? Don't think that's really -- the hell kinda word's itchy for something like this.

Re: ❝ one ❞

[odetojoy]

This is our decision.

Tiger's Eye is "hungry" and "crazy."
Sapphire is "mundane" and "lamentable."
Peridot is "upbeat" and "unusual."
Coral is "lovely" and "torpid."

For us: tangible, invincible, proficient, quick, rustic and languid.

❝ two ❞

[dramatispersonae]

Rank these words in order from most accurate to least accurate in how you would describe this world. This may include your feelings, your observations, or your hopes.

fascinating, frightening, mysterious, mundane, beautiful, bizarre, tranquil, maddening, questionable, sordid, whimsical, lethal, ludicrous, rustic, gruesome, grotesque, evanescent, capricious, eternal, despicable

Re: ❝ two ❞

[heteronormative]

These're a lot of big words.

Uh, it ain't mundane or really grotesque, and I don't dispic -- despise it or nothin'. I do think it's kinda questionable and -- what's sordid? Dirty? Kinda dirty, I mean, I did show up and immediately have to kiss like a bunch of people. Whimsical, yeah, definitely...

Re: ❝ two ❞

[gonnariverdance]

That all makes sense . . . Whimsical, sordid, mundane, despicable, grotesque so far?

Seems like a fascinatin' and mysterious place too. Bizarre's good too. I dunno if I'd call it eternal when we gotta save it . . . Gruesome oughta be pretty low too.

Re: ❝ two ❞

[myeyeonyou]

Dirty is close enough, for sordid.

Re: ❝ two ❞

[odetojoy]

Perhaps: fascinating, whimsical, mysterious, bizarre, ludicrous, sordid, lethal, rustic, evanescent, tranquil, capricious, questionable, beautiful, maddening, grotesque, despicable, eternal, gruesome and mundane.

What would you like to change?

Answer

[odetojoy]

Our answer: Whimsical, fascinating, mysterious, bizarre, ludicrous, rustic, evanescent, beautiful, sordid, maddening, tranquil, capricious, questionable, maddening, grotesque, despicable, gruesome, lethal, eternal and mundane.

❝ three ❞

[dramatispersonae]

A question. Or a riddle? A thought, with words that aren't presented to you—unless they have been already? Tell me, as one:

Why does Sleeping Beauty sleep?

Re: ❝ three ❞

[heteronormative]

...I'm guessin' she's real tired or I dunno. Man I just had a creepy thought.

Re: ❝ three ❞

[gonnariverdance]

Creepy how?