Ruby

[dramatispersonae]

[There are no real rooms in this game, but despite all the people, the Ring seems roomy enough that you can go off in a little huddle with your team without bumping elbows with any other team -- and if you’re the type to notice this sort of thing, you may realize that although you can still see and hear everybody else, their presence doesn’t really seem to intrude upon your discussion. It would be a stretch to say they’re muted. . . but somehow, things don’t get too loud or disruptive to your conversation.]

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Round One

[dramatispersonae]

[Nick hands someone on your team a large, slightly bent paperclip, with a hopeful smile.]

Of course, if you don’t like it, you can trade it with a team that does.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[prosight]

Okay . . .

Re: Discussion

[pchaaair]

. . . Uh.

[stares at the paperclip!?]

Maybe we could trade it? Unless you want to keep it.

Re: Discussion

[prosight]

We can trade it. But what do you want to trade it for?

Final Decision

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Final Decision

[pchaaair]

We are going to keep the item that we have, after careful consideration, on things that could be done, if that is what you want us to do in later rounds, or something.

Round Two

[dramatispersonae]

Ah, excellent, I see you’ve chosen your tokens! Let us proceed. . . you see, I thought. . . well, these things may be trash, but surely they’re good for something. And to make a game of it, I thought. . . you might as well use your imaginations. So! Tell me, what is the best use you can imagine for your item?

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[prosight]

Looks like you're up. What kind of animal are you going to make?

Re: Discussion

[pchaaair]

[ALREADY GETTING TO WORK

it's hard but it's taking on a vague dog shape.]

It will still be a paperclip, but, at least it will look like something else, so, it's still kind of different, even if it is still kind of doing the same thing? And, as a stretch, it could be useful, because it could make people happy... if, seeing paperclip dogs, could make them happy.

Final Description

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Final Description

[pchaaair]

Okay, so, I know that you asked for the best, but, best can be subjective, so, we have decided a few that could be considered the best, because. . . well, everyone thinks different things is the best, so there should be a lot of options if we do that.

These are the things that we have decided on:
It looks like a dog now, to make it look better. It is also still capable of doing the normal paperclip things, which could be the best use to some people.

The next one is that, er, it could make people happy, and that is a use, because sometimes people need help being happy? So, that is another use that could be something that it could be used for, that could also be a 'best use'.

After that, we have the fact that it could also be used as a display sort of thing, and it could sit on tables, or it could hang from the wall, and still make people happy, and be a best use, because people might like to use it like that.

And, finally, it could also be a present, in case someone wanted or needed something like that, and getting presents can also make them happy, and the present option could still be considered a best use.

Round Three

[dramatispersonae]

They’re a bit sad looking, aren’t they? Your tokens, I mean. So now I ask that you glorify them. Imagine them as bigger, better versions of themselves. Like a child’s clay model of a horse transformed into a real, beautiful charger -- tell me about the secret soul of your token. What is it the shadow of, the seed of? If it could grow, what might it grow up into?

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[pchaaair]

[:|a. . .]

Hmm...

Re: Discussion

[pchaaair]

Maybe it could be... uh, possibly, a giant dog, that is loyal, and wants to take care of people, and make them happy? Since, people being happy was the base of things, for the most part from the last one. It is a dog, too, and. . . I want to say that it would still be a dog.

Unless, you have a better idea.

Final Description

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Final Description

[pchaaair]

If it were to grow, it could grow into... er, other animals? Because, I was able to bend it into shape the first time, so, there is nothing stopping me from bending it into something else, so, it could technically be a neverending parade of things to make people happy. It's still the same thing at the base, but, it can still be whatever it wants to be, and whatever might make people happy, and that is what is important, since making people happy is the angle that we chose to go with for this game. And, also, this doesn't change what the other things can be, since, even while doing this, it could still be the other things, as well as taking on this deeper meaning that we have decided to give it.

Round Four

[dramatispersonae]

My word! That’s a great improvement. Now I start to see them as they might be -- or, perhaps, as they really are in secret. But this will not do! Such grand artefacts deserve grand names, and grand stories. So, tell me -- your glorified item. . . what would its name be? For as any ship and any good sword receives a name, so should your creations.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[prosight]

A name, huh?

Re: Discussion

[pchaaair]

We should give it a badass name, if we are going to give it one.

Final Decision

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Final Decision

[pchaaair]

We will call this Sabertooth.