Carnelian

[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 two potatoes' worth of potato peelings, 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

[thankyouverymooch]

Couldn't we get actual potatoes instead of this...?

Re: Discussion

[fullmoonblooms]

Do you think someone has actual potatoes?

Re: Discussion

[thankyouverymooch]

I really don't think so.

But I guess potato peels aren't that bad either. What are we supposed to do, exactly?

Final Decision

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Final Decision

[thankyouverymooch]

We're keeping the potato peels and making a doll out of them.

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

[thankyouverymooch]

Looks like we were one step ahead of this guy! Though if we're only using our imagination, I wonder if we can afford to get a little wild with this.

Re: Discussion

[fullmoonblooms]

Oh! Even better!

The potato peels can be used to grow flowers, or subdue monsters or you could eat them and you'll magically know where treasure is for a few minutes!

Final Description

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Final Description

[thankyouverymooch]

Since imagination seems to be our only limitation, this is what we're going to imagine our potato peels like.

We're going to take care for arranging them into a doll, and once we do that, they'll gain magical properties that let them grow flowers which, in turn, will grow fruits that let you subdue monsters and know where treasure is for a few minutes. In addition to their magical properties, the fruits are going to taste like strawberries.

[ pauses ]

But if we can't do that, I guess we're sticking to just "doll".

Round Three

[dramatispersonae]

Goodness! You seem to be one step ahead of me. I was about to ask you to glorify your token. . . to, you know, imagine it as it could be, if it were bigger and better and more real and so on. Why don't you just carry on with that? Go into as much detail as you like.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[thankyouverymooch]

Looks like we're doing pretty good so far! So how about it? Let's make the flowers orange for Carnelian, with silver dots on their petals? Ah— Unless we should think of details for the peels.

Re: Discussion

[fullmoonblooms]

[thiiiiinks]

I like your idea for the flower. The potato peels can change colors, depending on who uses it.

Final Description

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[thankyouverymooch]

If we're given the chance to give more details to our potato peels, we decided to add a few more things.

First, the peels change color depending on who it is that uses them. Second, since they're bigger and better, they can be fried for a delicious meals that can satisfy up to twenty people. The doll we're making with the peels is also special enough that in addition to what we're already making it do, it can grant one wish to the person who puts it together.

And of course, in regards to the flowers we mentioned earlier, when they bloom they will be orange, with a few silver dots on their petals.

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

[thankyouverymooch]

Mmm... a name, is it? If you don't mind, I'd like to name it after my country.

Re: Discussion

[fullmoonblooms]

That sounds perfectly fine to me.

Do we want to give it a story?

Final Decision

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Final Decision

[thankyouverymooch]

Our item is called "Xing's potato peels". These peels come from the finest Xingiese potatoes, who are rumored to have been blessed by the noble sacrifice of a young heroine who couldn't stand to see her people suffer any longer. Or something like that, anyway.

Since she had all those magic powers and she was such a kind soul, she thought it'd be nice to do something good for everyone. That's why she cast a magic spell on the Xingiese potatoes, so that they could be able to do all that stuff we described earlier.

Being a sacrifice and all though, she had to lose her powers. But the people were happy, so that's what counts, right? And I suppose eating these fried peels would be enough to soothe her heart if she was ever sad about losing them.