Jasper

[dramatispersonae]

Following the hedges maze for a while you eventually find yourself in a small clearing with another white table sitting in the center. On the center of the table is another letter.

"Well, in the interests of airing our grievances with one another I feel it's best to communicate in the most honest way possible. Take the four names below and select four or five of the words listed that you feel best describes your thoughts and feelings toward them. Do try to be frank and open, Mother knows when you're lying.

And, of course, don't forget your dear Mother as well."

Iolite Citrine Blizzard Thorn

Disdain	Protection	Strength	Perserverance	Zeal	Uneasiness	Vulgar minds	Admiration	Friendship
Bonds	Good Education	Indifference	Curiosity	Meanness	Wit	Bluntness	Frankness	Hope
Insincerity	Bravery	Dignity	Treachery	Stoicism	Horror	Coldness	Pity	Surprise
Envy	Zest	Weakness	Sourness of Temper	Amiability	Virtue	Busybody	Variety	Independence
Uselessness	Warmth	Tears	Unamity	Tranquility	Energy in Adversity	Mildness	Silliness	Sympathy

RULES: As a team, pick 4-5 adjectives to describe how you feel about the 2 teams and 2 knights listed above. Also pick 4-5 to describe your feelings toward ~Mother~. Reply to the turn in comment by 12am EST / 9pm PST with your results. PLEASE keep the names private! Assume that characters who can't read hear Mother's voice reading the words in their head.

Comments

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

It looks a little more purple than that. [shrugging, though]

Zeal and frankness for the whites, then. Or envy.

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

We could go with "wit" if you think that matches better, but I'm not sure how well that goes along with bluntness and frankness. Though I guess frankness does match the off-white color best.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

Wit can be a vehicle for honesty.

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

It can, but it's not particularly blunt. [shrugs herself] But I suppose I shouldn't try to attribute too much consistency. They could have given us the words for different people.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

Wit, then.

Care to guess who sent these?

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

The first bouquet could very well be Citrine.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

That would fit, yes.

The second . . . Peridot, perhaps. [looks at it again] Or Amethyst. Those aren't strong guesses, but I don't have better. Which of the knights do you know?

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

The second could be Peridot, I suppose. I might expect something slightly more negative... but perhaps the stoicism comes into play there.

I know a handful of knights, but none of them very well.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

I only know Hakuren of the knights . . . I suppose he always could have sent the third. I'd look elsewhere, though.

Have you offended Peridot?

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I wouldn't put it that way. Beatrice of Peridot is... an opponent of mine, I guess you could say. In a game that I remember playing.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

[I AM NOT ALLOWING MYSELF TO BE INTERESTED IN ANY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE]

I see. I'll remember that, then. Do you have any better ideas for the third set?

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[GOOD LUCK WITH THAT]

Iolite, maybe...? It's hard to say.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

[looks at the flowers again]

Maybe. Saya has suggested Heliodor, but it would have to be a certain set of people playing to get us that.

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I don't know Heliodor very well, if that influences your decision. I could see a couple people from Iolite picking words like that, I think.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

I could see either, I suppose . . . .

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

If it was reciprocal, it would make sense for one of them to be Iolite, since we had to pick for them.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

[considering--then shrugs]

That's acceptable.

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Though in that case, maybe the second one should be Thorn.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

Do a lot of us know Thorn? He played with Saya and Eve in the Jabberwock's game, but otherwise . . . .

Re: [Second Task]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

We had to describe him, for some reason.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

But we had four to describe yesterday . . . if everything was reciprocal, wouldn't it be four today?

Re: [Second Task]

[mysong]

Frankness is a lot like bluntness, right? Some one of them is frank, and the other is probably envy.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

I'm not sure which team would envy us, though . . . .

Re: [Second Task]

[mysong]

We had the best sandcastle in that one game, so they probably all envy us a little.

Re: [Second Task]

[rebells]

[chuckling]

Fair enough.