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.

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Wit, then.

Care to guess who sent these?

The first bouquet could very well be Citrine.

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?

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.

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?

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.

[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?