EMERALD

[dramatispersonae]

You can see the other teams, but there is an invisible barrier preventing you from hearing them. You can assume that they can't hear you, either. There is a hefty serving of sweet wine and liquor, should you choose it. With a loaf of bread that you can slice. Nimue is in the center of the formation of teams, and when she speaks, you can hear her loud and clear.

"Storytelling has been a tradition of the knights of Camelot for some time. They would tell of the awesome feats of their king, and of their fellow knights... and... they were also prone to exaggeration in some cases."

There appears a small set of cards next to the liquor. You can read them, or you can implicitly understand them if you can't read.

"What feats have the heroes of Aather accomplished, I wonder? And what... exaggerations they may take? Before you, you will find prompts for your tales. You will write one for yourselves, for a set of knights, and for another team. I will select the most inspiring, as will your peers."

She tilts her head. "Ah, perhaps it is bad to encourage grandstanding..."

But before you can ask her, she vanishes.

Comments

YOUR TALES...

[dramatispersonae]

PROMPTS: FOR YOUR TEAM

[dramatispersonae]

Everything you touch shocks you, an important message.

PROMPTS: FOR YOUR KNIGHTS

[dramatispersonae]

Sasuke and Suzaku and the time they got lost in the maze.

PROMPTS: FOR ANOTHER TEAM

[dramatispersonae]

Ruby, and the day they could say nothing right.

GENERAL DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION

[heroinhisowntime]

Emerald again, huh? Hey.

[looking over the liquor]

Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION

[fraternalorders]

Good evening, Tiger.

Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION

[heroinhisowntime]

Evening, Stealth.

[pours himself a small cup]

This game doesn't seem too bad, right?

Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION

[fraternalorders]

No, it seems harmless enough.

Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION

[heroinhisowntime]

So how do you want to do this?

[godcomplexed]

Gaming with a team! More firsts!

[sniffing curiously at the liquor.]

[fraternalorders]

[a lot of new knights around...]

Hello.

[godcomplexed]

Hullo!

Bowtie. Here to help.

[fraternalorders]

...Stealth. I appreciate it.

[godcomplexed]

Stealth. Now that's a name.

I'll be doing my best.

[heroinhisowntime]

Hey there again. You end up with a name yet?

[godcomplexed]

Bowtie.

Pretty cool, isn't it?

[heroinhisowntime]

Cool? I dunno. I think for something really cool you want something stronger and less obvious! Like Lion or Tiger, for example.

[godcomplexed]

No, no, no, no.

Those are the sort of nicknames that try too hard. Sure, everyone wants to think they can call themselves Tiger, but no one really pulls it off.

YOUR TEAM'S STORY...

[dramatispersonae]

Re: YOUR TEAM'S STORY...

[heroinhisowntime]

It was an exciting day at Emerald cabin. Everything that Lightning touched shocked her! It was really cold! There was a lot of whiskey around! And feathers! Uh, and probably some other stuff was happening too! And no one could see Stealth anywhere.

But the important part was Lightning. After all, if she could create sparks anywhere, that was a shocking new way to fight the darkness! —Shocking, get it? That sounded pretty cool, right? —Anyway! They had to pass this news on! But, of course, they had to do it... stealthily. So the darkness wouldn't see it coming, right? So that was a mission for Stealth! He had to inform everyone.

...So he did that! And they beat all the monsters and all of Emerald's new powers were awesome. The End.

YOUR KNIGHT'S STORY...

[dramatispersonae]

Re: YOUR KNIGHT'S STORY...

[fraternalorders]

[The story is submitted as follows:

"During one fateful evening the knights Sasuke and Suzaku were exploring the hedge maze. They followed the paths to the heart of the labyrinth and there encountered a large lizard-like creature which was intent on devouring them. Sasuke recognized the monster as something similar to a particular story from his childhood and knew that he must defeat it.

Together the knights fought in a long and arduous battle. At one point, perhaps succumbing to exhaustion or injury, Suzaku found his life in peril, but Sasuke, being clever and quick, used his fire and lightning to distract the beast and was finally able to strike it down with his sword. Suzaku was saved, the monster was defeated, and the knights exited the maze victorious."]

ANOTHER TEAM'S STORY...

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ANOTHER TEAM'S STORY...

[godcomplexed]

One day, Ruby woke up to a very interesting day in Wonderland. It was opposite day! And no matter how they tried, they were unable to say what they wanted to say to each other. Instead, out of their mouths spilled, the exact opposite of what they wanted to convey! Kind greetings became rude sneers, compliments became insults, and agreements became disagreements.

It would be easy to see how simple tasks became extremely complicated and to be on the receiving end of rudeness from a beloved teammate was extremely disheartening. However, due to their close bonds, the team members of Ruby were able to forgive their teammates for the things they said and to suppress their own feelings of hurt. They had faith in their friends that didn’t mean the things they said. Because they didn’t get angry at each other, they were able to figure out how to speak to each other that day. Using little gestures and ticks, easy to understand due the time spent together; they were able to communicate without suffering curse effects!

The next day, they all were relieved to find that the curse of opposite day was over. They all laughed over the things they said accidentally the other day and figured they would be more prepared the next time opposite day came around.